Seattle International Film Festival 1999 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1999

Relive the 25th Seattle International Film Festival. Read key details, flip through the full Festival catalog, see photos and other media, and find a full list of feature-length films presented at the 1999 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 13–June 6, 1999
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Barnes & Noble Pacific Place, Broadway Performance Hall, Cinerama, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Pacific Place Cinemas, Paramount Theatre, Valley Drive-In Theatres

Opening Night: The Dinner Game at Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me at Pacific Place Cinemas
Tribute: John Sayles
Emerging Masters: Tom Tykwer, François Ozon, Michael Winterbottom, Dorota Kedzierzawska


FESTIVAL CATALOG


25TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK

Photos

Director, François Girard, and screenwriter, Don McKellar, in town for their film, The Red Violiin, in conversation with festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Director, François Girard, and screenwriter, Don McKellar, in town for their film, The Red Violin, in conversation with festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Director, François Girard, and screenwriter, Don McKellar, in town for their film, The Red Violiin, in conversation with festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Director, François Girard, and screenwriter, Don McKellar, in town for their film, The Red Violin, in conversation with festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Guests gather at the corner of Pine and 9th at the Paramount Theatre for the Opening Night of the 25th Seattle International Film Festival

Guests gather at the corner of Pine and 9th at the Paramount Theatre for the Opening Night of the 25th Seattle International Film Festival

Guests gather at the corner of Pine and 9th at the Paramount Theatre for the Opening Night of the 25th Seattle International Film Festival

Guests gather at the corner of Pine and 9th at the Paramount Theatre for the Opening Night of the 25th Seattle International Film Festival

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, shakes hands with director, Michael Winterbottom, during the Emerging Masters series

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, shakes hands with director, Michael Winterbottom, during the Emerging Masters series

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, shakes hands with director, Michael Winterbottom, during the Emerging Masters series

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, shakes hands with director, Michael Winterbottom, during the Emerging Masters series

Writer/Director, Martyn Burke, and actor, Anthony Michael Hall, visit Seattle to show their film, Pirates of Silicon Valley

Writer/Director, Martyn Burke, and actor, Anthony Michael Hall, visit Seattle to show their film, Pirates of Silicon Valley

Writer/Director, Martyn Burke, and actor, Anthony Michael Hall, visit Seattle to show their film, Pirates of Silicon Valley

Writer/Director, Martyn Burke, and actor, Anthony Michael Hall, visit Seattle to show their film, Pirates of Silicon Valley

Actor, Bruce Willis, graces the stage, with director, Alan Rudolph, to celebrate their film, Breakfast of Champions

Actor, Bruce Willis, graces the stage, with director, Alan Rudolph, to celebrate their film, Breakfast of Champions

Actor, Bruce Willis, graces the stage, with director, Alan Rudolph, to celebrate their film, Breakfast of Champions

Actor, Bruce Willis, graces the stage, with director, Alan Rudolph, to celebrate their film, Breakfast of Champions

Director, Julia Sweeney, in action as she participates in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Director, Julia Sweeney, in action as she participates in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Director, Julia Sweeney, in action as she participates in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Director, Julia Sweeney, in action as she participates in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
The Dinner Game
The Dinner Game
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Drylongso
Drylongso
Head On
Head On
Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
Chutney Popcorn
Chutney Popcorn

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Run Lola Run (dir. Tom Tykwer, Germany)

Best Director
John Sayles (Lone Star, USA)

Best Actress
Piper Laurie (The Mao Game)

Best Actor
Rupert Everett (An Ideal Husband)

Best Short
12 Stops of the Road to Nowhere (dir. Jay Lowi, USA)

Best Documentary
Buena Vista Social Club (dir. Wim Wenders, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Rosie (dir. Patrice Toye, 1998, Belgium)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Dead Dogs (dir. Clay Eide, 1999, USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

A Beautiful New World - dir. Shi Runjiu, 1998, China

Adrenaline Drive - dir. Shinobu Yaguchi, 1998, Japan

After Life - dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998, Japan

After the Rain - dir. Ross Kettle, 1999, South Africa

Aguirre, Wrath of God - dir. Werner Herzog, 1972, Germany

All the Little Animals - dir. Jeremy Thomas, 1998, Great Britain

Amerikan Passport - dir. Reed Paget, 1999, USA

An Ideal Husband - dir. Oliver Parker, 1999, Great Britain

Angel of the Night - dir. Shaky González, 1998, Denmark

At Sachem Farm - dir. John Huddles, 1999, USA

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me- dir. Jay Roach, 1999, USA

Autumn Tale - dir. Eric Rohmer, 1998, France

The Basement and the Kitchen - dir. David Fickas, 1999, USA

Battleship Potemkin - dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925, Russia

Beautiful Sunday - Tetsuya Nakashima, 1998, Japan

Beauty - dir. Yonfan, 1998, Hong Kong/China

Bedrooms & Hallways - dir. Rose Troche, 1998, Great Britain

Beefcake - dir. Thom Fitzgerald, 1998, Canada

Beloved/Friend - dir. Ventura Pons, 1999, Spain

Bent Familia - dir. Nouri Bouzid, 1997, Tunisia/France

Beshkempir - The Adopted Son - dir. Aktan Abdikalikov, 1998, Kyrgyzstan/France

Besieged - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1998, Italy

Betrayal - dir. Arthur Fontes, Claudio Torres, José Enrique Fonseca, 1998, Brazil

Better Living Through Circuitry - dir. Jon Reiss, 1999, USA

Better Than Chocolate - dir. Anne Wheeler, 1999, Canada

Bingo: The Documentary - dir. John Jeffcoat, 1999, USA

Black Cat, White Cat - dir. Emir Kusturica, 1998, Yugoslavia

Breakfast of Champions - dir. Alan Rudolph, 1999, USA

Buena Vista Social Club - dir. Wim Wenders, 1999, Germany

Buttoners - dir. Petr Zelenka, 1997, Czech Republic

Can’t Stop Dancing - dir. Stephen Falick, Ben Zook, 1999, USA

Chance or Coincidence - dir. Claude Lelouche, 1998, France/Canada/Italy/Turkey/Mexico/USA

Choose Me - dir. Alan Rudolph, 1984, US

Chutney Popcorn - dir. Nisha Ganatra, 1999, USA

Circus Palestina - dir. Eyal Halfon, 1998, Israel

Coming Soon - dir. Colette Burson, 1999, USA

Conquest - dir. Piers Haggard, 1998, Canada/Great Britain

Creature - dir. Parris Patton, 1999, USA

Dance of Dust - dir. Abolfazl Jalili, 1998, Iran

Date Wine - dir. Radwan el-Kashef, 1998, Egypt

Day of the Full Moon - dir. Karen Shakhnazarov, 1998, Russia

Dead Dogs - dir. Clay Eide, 1999, USA

Dead Letter Office - dir. John Ruane, 1998, Australia

Deadly Maria - dir. Tom Tykwer, 1993, Germany

Desert Blue - dir. Morgan J. Freeman, 1999, USA

Devils, Devils - dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska, 1991, Poland

Dill Scallion - dir. Jordan Brady, 1998, USA

Divine - dir. Arturo Ripstein, 1998, Mexico/Argentina

Don’t Tell Anyone - dir. Francisco J. Lombardi, 1998, Peru/Spain

Earth - dir. Deepa Mehta, 1999, Canada/India

Entre Las Piernas - dir. Manuel Gomez Pereira, 1998, Spain/France

Element of Crime - dir. Lars von Trier, 1984, Denmark

Elvjs & Merilijn - dir. Armando Manni, 1998, Italy

Emporte-Moi (Set Me Free) - dir. Léa Pool, 1998, Canada/Switzerland/France

Expect the Unexpected - dir. Patrick Yau, 1998, Hong Kong

Final Rinse - dir. Robert Tucker, 1999, USA

Fire-Eater - dir. Pirjo Honkasalo, 1998, Finland/Sweden

Following - dir. Christopher Nolan, 1999, Great Britain

The Fourth Man - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1983, The Netherlands

Freak Talks About Sex - dir. Paul Todisco, 1998, USA

Genghis Blues - dir. Roko Belic, 1999, USA

Get Bruce - dir. Andrew J. Kuehn, 1998, USA

Get Real - dir. Simon Shore, 1998, Great Britain

Getting to Know You - dir. Lisanne Skyler, 1999, USA

A Glass of Rage - dir. Aluízio Abranches, 1999, Brazil

Gomez: Heads or Tails - dir. Edward Berger, 1998, Germany/Switzerland

Grandma and Her Ghosts - dir. Wang Shaudi, 1998, South Korea

Hand of Fate - dir. Scott Morgan, 1999, USA

Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi - dir. Avi Mograbi, 1999, Israel

Head On - dir. Ana Kokkinos, 1998, Australia

Here We Are, Waiting for You - dir. Marcelo Masagão, 1999, Brazil

Hit and Runway - dir. Christopher Livingston, 1999, USA

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood - dir. Michael Epstein, 1998, USA

Holy Smoke! - dir. Jane Campion, 1999, USA

I Stand Alone - dir. Gaspar Noé, 1998, France

I Want You - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 1997, Great Britain

I.D. - dir. Mweze Ngangura, 1998, Republic of Congo/France/Belgium

Ikinai - dir. Hiroshi Shimizu, 1998, Japan

In That Land - dir. Lidia Bobrova, 1998, Russia

In the Winter Dark - dir. James Bogle, 1998, Australia

Insomnio - dir. Chus Gutiérrez, 1997, Spain

The Iron Heel of the Oligarchy - dir. Alexander Bashirov, 1998, Russia

Jam - dir. Chen Yiwen, 1998, Taiwan

Jesus of Montreal - dir. Denys Arcand, 1989, Canada

Jinnah - dir. Jamil Dhlavi, 1998, Pakistan/Great Britain

Jose Rizal - dir. Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 1998, Philippines

Judy Berlin - dir. Eric Mendelsohn, 1999, USA

Kathy Tippel - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1975, The Netherlands

Keepers of the Frame - dir. Mark McLaughlin, 1999, USA

Keiho - dir. Yoshimitsu Morita, 1999, Japan

Killer - dir. Darezhan Omirbaev, 1998, Kazakhstan Republic/France

Kiss of the Spiderwoman - dir. Hector Babenco, 1985, Brazil/USA

Last Night - dir. Don McKellar, 1998, Canada

Late August, Early September - dir. Olivier Assayas, 1999, France

Lautrec - dir. Roger Planchon, 1998, France

Let’s Get Lost - dir. Jonas Elmer, 1997, Denmark

Life in Fog - dir. Bahman Ghobadi, 1998, Iran

Limbo - dir. John Sayles, 1999, USA

Little Tony - dir. Alex van Warmerdam, 1998, The Netherlands

Lola and Bilidikid - dir. E. Kutlug Ataman, 1998, Germany/Turkey

Love Happens - dir. Tony Cookson, 1999, USA

Lovers on the Bridge - dir. Leos Carax, 1991, France

Lucy’s Revenge - dir. Janusz Mrozowski, 1998, Burkina Faso/France

Made in Hong Kong - dir. Fruit Chan, 1997, Hong Kong

Mating Game - dir. Olga Malea, 1999, Greece

Mensaka - dir. Salvador García Ruiz, 1998, Spain

Miguel/Michelle - dir. Gil M. Portes, 1998, Philippines

Money Buys Happiness - dir. Gregg Lachow, 1999, USA

MuMu - dir. Yuri Grymov, 1998, Russia

My Son the Fanatic - dir. Udayan Prasad, 1996, Great Britain

Night Train - dir. John Lynch, 1999, Ireland

- dir. Robert Lepage, 1998, Canada

No Trace - dir. Hilmar Oddsson, 1998, Iceland

Nothing - dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska, 1998, Poland

Of Freaks and Men - dir. Aleksei Balabanov, 1998, Russia

One False Move - dir. Carl Franklin, 1991, USA

One Girl Against the Mafia - dir. Marco Amenta, 1998, Italy/France

Only Clouds Move the Stars - dir. Torun Lian, 1998, Norway

Open Bodies - dir. Sébastien Lifshitz, 1997, France

  1. Tinto’s Miracle - dir. Javier Fesser, 1998, Spain

Pep Squad - dir. Steve Balderson, 1999, USA

Pirates of Silicon Valley - dir. Martyn Burke, 1999, USA

Porgy & Bess - dir. Otto Preminger, 1959, USA

Portland Street Blues - dir. Raymond Yip, 1998, Hong Kong

The Powder Keg - dir. Goran Paskaljevic, 1998, Yugoslavia/France/Greece/Macedonia/Turkey

Praise - dir. John Curran, 1998, Australia

Rabbit in the Moon - dir. Emiko Omori, 1999, USA

The Red Dwarf - dir. Yvan le Moine, 1998, Belgium/France/Italy

The Red Violin - dir. François Girard, 1998, Canada/Italy/UK/Austria

Regret to Inform - dir. Barbara Sonneborn, 1998, USA

Return With Honor - dir. Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders, 1998, USA

Romani Kris — Gypsy Lore - dir. Bence Gyöngyössy, 1998, Hungary

Rosie - dir. Patrice Toye, 1998, Belgium

Run Lola Run - dir. Tom Tykwer, 1998, Germany

Santitos - dir. Alejandro Springall, 1999, Mexico

Saturn - dir. Robert Schmidt, 1999, USA

Say You’ll Be Mine - dir. Brad Kane, 1998, USA

See the Sea - dir. Francois Ozon, 1997, France

Sekal Must Die - dir. Vladimir Michalek, 1998, Czech Republic/Poland/France

Senso Unico (One Way) - dir. Aditya Basu Bhattacharya, 1999, Italy/India/Great Britain

Shadow Boxers - dir. Katya Bankowsky, 1999, USA

Shores of Twilight - dir. Efthimios Hatzis, 1998, Greece

Show Me Love - dir. Lukas Moodysson, 1998, Sweden

Side Streets - dir. Tony Gerber, 1998, USA

Sitcom - dir. François Ozon, 1998, France

Some Like it Hot - dir. Billy Wilder, 1959, USA

Speak to Me Sisters - dir. Maj Wechselmann, 1999, Sweden/South Africa

Speaking in Strings - dir. Paola Di Florio, 1999, USA

Speedway Junky - dir. Nickolas Perry, 1999, USA/Israel

Speedy Boys - dir. James Herbert, 1999, USA

Star Sisters - dir. Tobias Falk, 1999, Sweden

Such A Long Journey - dir. Sturla Gunnarsson, 1998, Canada/Great Britain

Sweet Thing - dir. Mark David, 1999, USA

Sweety Barrett - dir. Stephen Bradley, 1998, Ireland

TAMARO: Stones and Angels. Mario Botta and Enzo - dir. Villi Hermann, 1998, Switzerland

The Terrorist - dir. Santosh Sivan, 1997, India

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole - dir. Tod Williams, 1998, USA

The Assault - dir. Fons Rademakers, 1986, The Netherlands

The Basket - dir. Rich Cowan, 1999, USA

The Bed - dir. Oskar Reif, 1998, Czech Republic

The Big Swap - dir. Niall Johnson, 1998, Great Britain

The Book of Stars - dir. Michael Miner, 1999, USA

The Castle - dir. Rob Sitch, 1997, Australia

The Children of Chabannes - dir. Lisa Gossels, Dean Wetherell, 1999, USA

The Dinner Game - dir. Francis Veber, 1998, France

The Element of Crime - dir. Lars von Trier, 1984, Denmark

The Hole - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 1998, Taiwan/France

The Hole - dir. Jacques Becker, 1960, France

The Interview - dir. Craig Monahan, 1998, Australia

The Last Best Sunday - dir. Don Most, 1999, USA

The Last Contract - dir. Kjell Sundvall, 1998, Sweden

The Lifestyle - dir. David Schisgall, 1999, USA

The Little Girl Who Fell From a Tree - dir. Michael Bartlett, 1997, Germany

The Living Museum - dir. Jessica Yu, 1998, USA

The Loss of Sexual Innocence - dir. Mike Figgis, 1999, USA

The Lovers of the Arctic Circle - dir. Julio Medem, 1998, Spain

The Man Who Drove With Mandela - dir. Greta Schiller, 1998, Great Britain/USA/Belgium/The Netherlands

The Mao Game - dir. Joshua Miller, 1999, USA

The Passion of Ayn Rand - dir. Christopher Menaul, 1998, USA

The Power of Kangwon Province - dir. Sangsoo Hong, 1998, South Korea

The Secret Life of Girls - dir. Holly Goldberg Sloan, 1999, USA

The Swindle - dir. Claude Chabrol, 1997, France

The Third Man - dir. Carol Reed, 1949, USA

The Tichborne Claimant - dir. David Yates, 1998, Great Britain

The Wounds - dir. Srdjan Dragojevic, 1998, Yugoslavia/France

This Space Between Us - dir. Mathew Leutwyler, 1999, USA

Thundercrack - dir. Curt McDowell, 1975, USA

Titanic Town - dir. Roger Michell, 1998, Great Britain

To Walk With Lions - dir. Carl Schultz, 1998, Great Britain/South Africa

Tokyo Eyes - dir. Jean-Pierre Limosin, 1998, Japan/France

Tom’s Midnight Garden - dir. Willard Carroll, 1998, USA

Too Many Ways to Be #1 - dir. Ka-Fai Wai, 1997, Hong Kong

Train of Life - dir. Radu Milhaileanu, 1998, France/The Netherlands/Belgium/Romania

True Mob Story - dir. Jing Wong, 1999, Hong Kong

Twin Falls Idaho - dir. Michael Polish, 1999, USA

Under A Spell - dir. Carlos Carerra, 1998, Mexico

Unlucky Monkey - dir. Sabu, 1998, Japan

Vacas - dir. Julio Medem, 1991, Spain

Via Satellite - dir. Anthony McCarten, 1998, New Zealand

Welcome to Sarajevo - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 1997, Great Britain

West Beirut - dir. Zaid Doueiri, 1998, France/Lebanon

When Love Comes - dir. Garth Maxwell, 1998, New Zealand

Xiao Wu - dir. Jia Zhang Ke, 1998, China

You Can Thank Me Later - dir. Shimon Dotan, 1998, Canada

Special Programs & Events

25th Anniversary Art Auction 

25th Anniversary Gala - included Breakfast of Champions, The Red Violin, The Ideal Husband, To Walk With Lions, At Sachem Farm

The 5th Annual Filmmakers Forum Flashback. Fast Forward: Day One Trade. Business. Art. Industry. Craft - included Truth With An Attitude, The First Rehearsal, A Conversation with…, Screenwriters Salon Presents…

The 5th Annual Filmmakers Forum Flashback. Fast Forward: Day Two Is Digital Video a New Alternative? - included Get Ready to Rumble, From the Basement Up, Flashing 101 - The Art of Exhibition, Pre-Movie Soundtrack - Film Spotting

The 5th Annual Filmmakers Forum Flashback. Fast Forward: Day Three The Art of Audience Participation - included State of the Art - Critical Mass & Independent Film, Lion King, Fly Filmmaking - Cast and Crew Screening, Fly Filmmaking - How the Film Was Done 

Adrenaline Rush - included Angel of the Night, Portland Street Blues, True Mob Story, Unlucky Monkey 

Archival Presentations - included The Hole, Some Like It Hot, The Third Man

CineCafe Discussions with Jennifer Steinberg - included Love At First Sight?, Under One Roof, Love Ain’t Nothing But Sex Misspelled, Manage a Plot, You Lookin’ at Me?, It’s the End of the World as We Know It…, Take Mine Dark, Bad Taste, Black Humor, and More

Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude - included 23 feature films

Drive-In Party - included Pep Squad, Can’t Stop Dancing, Final Rinse, Angel of the Night

Emerging Master–Dorota Kedzierzawska - included Nothing, Devils, Devils 

Emerging Master–François Ozon - included Sitcom, Short Films from François Ozon

Emerging Master–Michael Winterbottom - included I Want You, Welcome to Sarajevo 

Emerging Master–Tom Tykwer - included Run Lola Run, Deadly Maria

Erotic City - included A Glass of Rage, Naughty Bits, Speedy Boys, Thundercrack 

An Evening with John Sayles Limbo

Films 4 Families - included The Basket, Grandma and Her Ghosts, Star Sisters, Tom’s Midnight Garden

Flashback Films: 25 Years of Introducing the Future - included 10 feature films

New Directors Showcase - included 13 feature films  

Poster Auction: Going Once, Going Twice, Going…Online! 

The Secret Festival

Shorts Program - included American Roadway, Boy’s Briefs, International Shorts, Northwest Filmmakers Showcase, Women In Cinema 

Space Needle Awards

Special Benefit Screening Money Buys Happiness 

Special Archival Presentation - included Battleship Potemkin, Porgy & Bess