Highlights
Spike Lee Tribute at the Egyptian Theatre
SIFF presented the Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing to Spike Lee in recognition of his extraordinary filmmaking career at The Egyptian Theatre.
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Festival updates
(6/15/2007 5:27 PM)
Encore Screenings Added!
For the Bible Tells Me So - Sunday, June 17th, 6:30pm, Harvard Exit [FORT1707A]
Outsourced - Sunday, June 17th, 9:30pm, Egyptian [OUTS1707A]
and an encore screening of a SIFF Award winning film will be announced on Sunday at 11am!
On Rush - no advance tickets available
(Rush tickets may be available at the screening)
It’s Winter - Friday, June 15, 7:00pm, Pacific Place [ITSW1507A]
Kinski Performs Berlin: Symphony Of A City - Friday, June 15, 7:00pm, Triple Door [BER11507F]
Kinski Performs Berlin: Symphony Of A City - Friday, June 15, 9:30pm, Triple Door
Evening (Gala Screening) - Saturday, June 16, 6:30pm, Neptune [EVEN1607C]
The Bet Collector - Sunday, June 17, 1:30pm, Pacific Place
Selling Quickly!
Sweet Crude, Friday, June 15, 7:00pm, Neptune [SCRU1507A]
Yella, Saturday June 16, 1:45pm, Pacific Place [YELL1607A]
Guests In Town
Filmmakers
Steve Buscemi, Interview, Director/Actor
Laurent Tirard, Moliere, Director
Eytan Fox, The Bubble, Director
Rafi Pitts, It’s Winter, Director
Lajos Koltai, Evening, Director
Abe Levy, One of Our Own, Director
Matthew Lillard, One of Our Own, Actor/Producer
Simon Baker, Sex and Death 101, Actor
Winona Ryder, Sex and Death 101, Actor
Daniel Waters Sex and Death 101, Director
Cary Brokaw, Sex and Death 101, Producer
Aimee Barth, Sex and Death 101, Producer
Elizabeth Friedman, Sex and Death 101, Producer
Aaron Geller, Sex and Death 101, Producer
Andrea Stone, Sex and Death 101, Producer
Greg Little, Sex and Death 101, Producer
Paul Todisco, One Day Like Rain, Director
Michel Bayan, One Day Like Rain, Producer
Tod Harrison Williams, Trainwreck: My Life as an Idoit, Director
Jan Willem van Ewijk, Nu., Director
Matthijs Bourdez, Nu., Actor
Jason Cottle, Cthulhu, Actor
Scott McKnight, Cthulhu, Actor
Chris Pratt, Walk The Talk, Actor
Marco Henry, Walk The Talk, Producer
Matthew Allen, Walk The Talk, Director
Evan Ellingson, Walk The Talk, Actor
Andreas Karlsson, Walk The Talk, Sonet Films
John Bradburn, Kyle, Director
Jenny Dale, Kyle, Actor
Kirt Gunn, Lovely By Surprise, Director
Michael Chernus, Lovely By Surprise, Actor
Ed Herbstman, Lovely By Surprise, Producer
Karen Ingram, Lovely By Surprise, Producer
Jim Helton, Lovely By Surprise, Editor
Jake Abraham, Lovely By Surprise, Producer
James Egan, Angels in the Dust, Producer
David Koh, Black White + Gray, Producer
Harkaitz Martinez de San Vicente, Nomadak Tx, Director
Igor Otxoa, Nomadak Tx, Director
Cecilia Miniucchi, Expired, Director
Jeff Nichols, Shotgun Stories, Director
Oliver Parker, I Really Hate My Job, Director
Reka Pigniczky, Journey Home: A story from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Director
Jean-Francois Pouliot, Little Book of Revenge, Director
Shin Dong-il, My Friend & His Wife, Director
Erik Richter Strand, Sons, Director
Maria Yatskova, Miss Gulag, Director
Industry/Press
Sarah Finklea, Janus Films, Jury
Carl Hampe, Warner Independent Pictures, Jury
Courtney Sexton, Participant Productions
Angelo Acerbi, Festival Programmer, Jury
Cameron Bailey, Festival Programmer, Jury
Chris Clark, Cinema St. Louis, Festival Programmer
Lya Guerra, Festival Programmer, Jury
Eamonn Bowles, Magnolia Pictures
Chantal Chauzy, Strand Releasing
Jared Earley, TLA Entertainment Group
Megan Hammitt, Picture This! Entertainment
Matt Littin, Cinetic Media
Bahman Naraghi, NETFLIX
David Strauss, Without A Box
Fred Tsui, Media Asia Films
Meghan Wurtz, Film Movement LLC
Ella Taylor, LA Weekly, Jury
Emily Woodburne, IFC First Take, Jury
John Powers, Film Critic
Polly Cohen, Warner Independent Pictures
John Anderson, Press
David Ansen, Newsweek
Nancy Bishop, Venice Magazine, Jury
Ken Eisner, Variety - Georgia Straight
Brandon Judell, IndieWire
Jeremy Kay, Screen International / Jury
Anne Thompson, Variety
Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere
Charles Pugliese, Killer Films, Jury
Karen Fried, Indie PR
Winnie Lau, Fortissimo Films
Darryl Macdonald, Palm Springs International Film Festival, SIFF Founder
Matt Henderson, 7th Art Releasing
New films!
Joshua, dir. George Ratliff, 2007, USA
Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean, Jacob Kogan
An affluent New York couple joyfully brings their newborn daughter home; but when 9-year old older brother Joshua begins acting strangely and a series of escalating accidents falls in his wake, they fear that the boy might be growing into a monster. A creepy, unnerving psychological thriller, highlighted by striking performances.
Screening information:
June 14, 6:30pm, Lincoln Square Theatres [JOSH1407A]
June 16, 9:30pm, Egyptian Theatre [JOSH1607A]
End of the Line, dir. Maurice Deveraux 2006, Canada
Ilona Elkin, Neil Napier, Nicolas Wright, Emily Shelton, Tim Rozon
Maurice Devereaux’s newest thriller offers a new twist on a classic horror tale as a group of subway riders find themselvestrapped in the underground by knife-wielding religious fanatics intent on bringing on Armageddon.
Screening information:
June 16, Midnight, Neptune Theatre [ENDO1607A]
Films that have moved / have changed
Aachi & Ssipak
Saturday, May 26, Midnight, Neptune Theatre [AACH2607A] (*moved from June 16th)
Sunday, June 17, 9:30pm Neptune Theatre [AACH1707A] (*no change)
Reprise
Monday, May 28, 6:30pm, Pacific Place [REPX2807A] (*moved from SIFF Cinema at 9:30pm)
Thursday, May 31, 4:00pm, Lincoln Square [REPX3107A] (*moved from SIFF Cinema at 4:00pm)
Before We Fall In Love Again
Monday May 28, 9:30pm, SIFF Cinema [BEFX2807A] (*moved from Pacific Place at 6:30pm)
Saturday June 2, 3:45pm, Harvard Exit [BEFO0207A] (*no change)
Crossing the Line
Monday May 28, 9:15pm, Neptune Theatre [CROS2807A] (*no change)
Thursday May 31, 4pm, SIFF Cinema [CROX3107A] (*moved from Lincoln Square at 4:00pm)
My Friend & His Wife
Saturday June 16, 4:00pm, Pacific Place [MYFX1607A] (*moved from SIFF Cinema at 6:30pm)
Sunday June 17, 7:00pm, Pacific Place [MYFX1707A] (*moved from SIFF Cinema at 6:30pm)
Drama/Mex
Saturday June 16, 6:30pm, SIFF Cinema [DRAX1607A] (*moved from Pacific Place at 4:15pm)
Sunday June 17, 6:30pm, SIFF Cinema [DRAX1707A] (*moved from Pacific Place at 7:00pm)
Films that have been cancelled
The screenings of Ghandi My Father have been cancelled-the replacement film is Joshua
The screening of Superbad has been cancelled- the replacement film is End of the Line
TheSIFF Classroom Audio class on Thursday June 5 has been cancelled.
Different from the Times Guide
An Evening With Lisa Gerrard - in the overview, the date and showtime is listed incorrectly- the correct date and showtime is May 25, 7:00pm at SIFF Cinema
On the grid, the May 31 screenings of Strange Culture and The Ghosts of Cite Soleil at the Northwest Film Forum are listed under the May 30 calendar date
Everything's Cool - on the grid, the May 31 showtime is listed as 7pm, the correct showtime is 6:30pm
Captain Blood - the time listed in the individual blurb is incorrect- the correct showtime is 1:00pm, Saturday June 2
An Afternoon With Robert Benton is at 2pm, Sunday June 3 at the Northwest Film Forum
A Conversation with Julien Temple - in the overview, the showtime is listed incorrectly- the correct showtime is 7:00pm, June 5 at SIFF Cinema
Read More
6/17/2007
SIFF 2007 Award Winners
Jury Award and Golden Space Needle Audience Award winners announced!
6/17/2007
The 33rd Annual Seattle International Film Festival Concludes Another Record-Breaking Year
The North American Premiere of Laurent Tirard's Molière closes the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival on Sunday June 17 with announcements of Golden Space Needle and Jury Award Winners.
6/15/2007
SIFF 2007 Encore Screenings Added
Sunday, June 17th screenings of Outsourced and For the Bible Tells Me So on sale now
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