A line of SIFF attendees builds on the corner of Pine and Harvard at the Egyptian Theatre at the 31st Seattle International Film Festival
Relive the 31st 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 2005 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 19–June 12, 2005
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Broadway Performance Hall, Egyptian Theatre, Grand Hyatt Hotel Seattle, Guild 45th Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, JBL Theater at Experience Music Project, Neptune Theater, Neumo’s, Northwest Film Forum, Paramount Theatre, Uptown Theatre
Opening Night: Me and You and Everyone We Know at Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: Last Days at Neptune Theatre
Tribute: Peter Sarsgaard, Joan Allen
Emerging Masters: Susanne Bier, Attila Janisch, Pablo Trapero, Jia Zhang-ke
Photos
A line of SIFF attendees builds on the corner of Pine and Harvard at the Egyptian Theatre at the 31st Seattle International Film Festival
Festival Director, Helen Loveridge and Director of Programming, Carl Spence, pose with director, Gus Van Sant, for the North American Premiere of his film, Last Days, at the Neptune Theatre
Festival Director, Helen Loveridge and Director of Programming, Carl Spence, pose with director, Miranda July, for the program, How I Learned to Draw: A Conversation with Miranda July
SIFF staff, including current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, long-time programmers, Dan Doody, Andy Spletzer, Maryna Ajaja, and Ruth Hayler, Festival Director, Helen Loveridge, and Director of Programming, Carl Spence, not pictured, Stan Shields, current Associate Director of Festival Programming, programmed shorts
SIFF staff, including current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, long-time programmers, Dan Doody, Andy Spletzer, Maryna Ajaja, and Ruth Hayler, Festival Director, Helen Loveridge, and Director of Programming, Carl Spence, not pictured, Stan Shields, current Associate Director of Festival Programming, programmed shorts
Best Film
Innocent Voices (dir. Luis Mandoki, Mexico)
Best Director
Gregg Araki (Mysterious Skin, USA)
Best Actress
Joan Allen (Yes)
Best Actor
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Mysterious Skin)
Best Short
Raftman's Razor (dir. Keith Bearden, USA)
Best Documentary
Murderball (dir. Henry-Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro, USA)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
4 (dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky, , Russia)
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Swimmers (dir. Doug Sadler, USA)
Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Based on a True Story (dir. Walter Stokman, Netherlands)
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trial - dir. Raymond Depardon, 2004, France
2046 - dir. Wong Kar-wai, 2004, Hong Kong
36 - dir. Olivier Marchal, 2004, France
3-Iron - dir. Kim Ki-duk, 2004, South Korea
4 - dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky, 2004, Russia
5 X 2 - dir. François Ozon, 2004, France
9 Songs - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2004, United Kingdom
Absolut - dir. Romed Wyder, 2004, Switzerland
Adam & Steve - dir. Craig Chester, 2005, USA
After Innocence - dir. Jessica Sanders, 2005, USA
After Midnight - dir. Davide Ferrario, 2004, Italy
After the Day Before - dir. Attila Janisch, 2004, Hungary
Almost Brothers - dir. Lúcia Murat, 2004, Brazil
Alone - dir. Thomas Durchschlag, 2004, Germany
Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley - dir. Nyla Bialek Adams, Laurie Trombley, 2004, USA
Americano - dir. Kevin Noland, 2005, USA/Spain
Another Life - dir. Michele Placido, 2004, Italy
Après Vous... - dir. Pierre Salvadori, 2003, France
Arafat, My Brother - dir. Rashid Masharawi, 2005, France/Canada
The Aristocrats - dir. Paul Provenza, 2005, USA
The Art & Crimes of Ron English - dir. Pedro Carvajal, 2004, USA
Arvo Pärt, 24 Preludes for a Fugue - dir. Dorian Supin, 2004, Estonia
As it is in Heaven - dir. Kay Pollak, 2004, Sweden
Avellaneda’s Moon - dir. Juan José Campanella, 2004, Argentina/Spain
Bars in the Memory - dir. Manuel Palacios, 2004, Spain
Based on a True Story - dir. Walter Stokman, 2005 , Netherlands
Banlieue 13 - dir. Pierre Morel, 2004, France
The Beat That My Heart Skipped - dir. Jacques Audiard, 2005, France
The Beautiful Country - dir. Hans Petter Moland, 2004, Norway/USA
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt - dir. Margaret Brown, 2004, USA
Being Caribou - dir. Leanne Allison, Diana Wilson, 2004, Canada
Beneath Her Window - dir. Metod Pevec, 2004, Slovenia
Bluebird - dir. Mijke de Jong, 2004, Netherlands
Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds - dir. Ahmet Uluçay, 2004, Turkey
Bombón, el Perro - dir. Carlos Sorin, 2004, Argentina
Born into Brothels - dir. Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman, 2004, USA/India
Bride of Silence - dir. Doan Thanh Nghia, Doan Minh Phuong, 2005, Vietnam/Germany/Australia
Broidit - dir. Esa Illi, 2003, Finland
Brothers - dir. Susanne Bier, 2004, Denmark
Campfire - dir. Joseph Cedar , 2004, Israel
Cape of Good Hope - dir. Mark Bamford, 2004, South Africa/USA
Childstar - dir. Don McKellar, 2004, Canada
The Circus - dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1928, USA
The Civilization Of Maxwell Bright - dir. David Beaird, 2005, USA
Clean - dir. Olivier Assayas, 2004, France
Cote d’Azur - dir. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau, 2005, France
Crane World - dir. Pablo Trapero, 1999, Argentina
Cruel But Necessary - dir. Saul Rubinek, 2005, USA
Dalecarlians - dir. Maria Blom, 2004, Sweden
Days and Hours - dir. Pjer Zalica, 2004, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dead Man’s Shoes - dir. Shane Meadows, 2004, United Kingdom
The Debt - dir. Jorge Lantana, Andrés Schaer, 2004, Argentina
Deep Blue - dir. Alastair Fothergill, Andy Byatt, 2003, United Kingdom/Germany
Deepwater - dir. David S. Marfield, 2005, USA
Dias de Santiago - dir. Josué Méndez, 2004, Peru
Dreamship Surprise - Period 1 - dir. Michael “Bully” Herbig, 2004, Germany
Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On the Road with Death Cab For Cutie - dir. Justin Mitchell, 2005, USA
The Dying Gaul - dir. Craig Lucas, 2005, USA
Earth and Ashes - dir. Atiq Rahimi, 2004, France
Earthling - dir. Tristan Bayer, Wolfgang Bayer, 2005, USA
The Edukators - dir. Hans Weingartner, 2004, Germany
El Crimen Perfecto - dir. Alex de la Iglesia, 2004, Spain
Ellie Parker - dir. Scott Coffey, 2005, USA
Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons - dir. Gandulf Hennig, 2004, Germany/United Kingdom
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate - dir. Michael Epstein, 2004, USA
Fishermen’s Terminal - dir. B.J. Bullert, 2005, USA
Forgiveness - dir. Ian Gabriel, 2004, South Africa
Fourteen Sucks - dir. Emil Larsson, Henrik Norrthon, Filippa Freijd, Martin Jern, 2004, Sweden
Frozen - dir. Juliet McKoen, 2004, United Kingdom/Denmark
Games of Love and Chance - dir. Abdellatafi Kechiche, 2003, France
Genesis - dir. Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou, 2004, France/Italy
The Gits - dir. Kerri O'Kane, 2005, USA
Godzilla: Final Wars - dir. Ryuhei Kitamura, 2004, Japan/Australia/USA/China
Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern - dir. Jon Ward, 2005, USA
Gorky Trilogy 1 - The Childhood of Maxim Gorky - dir. Mark Donskoy, 1938, Soviet Union
Gorky Trilogy 2 - My Apprenticeship - dir. Mark Donskoy, 1939, Soviet Union
Gorky Trilogy 3 - My Universities - dir. Mark Donskoy, 1940, Soviet Union
The Great Water - dir. Ivo Trajkov, 2004, Macedonia
Green Hat - dir. Liu Fendou, 2004, China/Hong Kong
Grizzly Man - dir. Werner Herzog, 2005, USA/Canada
Hana and Alice - dir. Shunji Iwai, 2004, Japan
Happily Ever After - dir. Yvan Attal, 2004, France
Hari Om - dir. Bharatbala Ganapathy, 2004, India
Hawaii, Oslo - dir. Erik Poppe, 2004, Norway
The Heart of the Game - dir. Ward Serrill, 2005, USA
Heaven’s Gate - dir. Michael Cimino, 1980, USA
Heights - dir. Chris Terrio, 2005, USA
Her Minor Thing - dir. Charles Matthau, 2005, USA
Hey, Comrade. I seem to have misplaced my donkey - dir. Ivan Boychuck, 2005, Ukraine
A Hole In My Heart - dir. Lukas Moodysson, 2004, Sweden
Holiday Weekend - dir. Robert Glinski, 2004, Poland
The Holy Girl - dir. Lucrecia Martel, 2004, Argentina
Hostage - dir. Constantine Giannaris , 2004, Greece/Turkey
Howl’s Moving Castle - dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2004, Japan
The Hunter - dir. Serik Aprymov, 2004, Kazakhstan
The Immortal - dir. Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez, 2005, Nicaragua/Spain/Mexico
In My Father’s Den - dir. Brad McGann, 2004, New Zealand
In the Battlefields - dir. Danielle Arbid, 2004, Lebanon/France/Belgium
Inlaws and Outlaws - dir. Drew Emery, 2005, USA
Innocent Voices - dir. Luis Mandoki, 2004, Mexico
Izo - dir. Takashi Miike, 2004, Japan
The Journey - dir. Ligy J. Pullappally, 2004, India/USA
The Joy of Life - dir. Jenni Olson, 2005, USA
Junebug - dir. Phil Morrison, 2005, USA
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol - dir. Lu Chuan, 2004, China/USA
Kept and Dreamless - dir. Martin Desalvo, Vera Fogwill, 2005, Argentina
The Keys to the House - dir. Gianni Amelio, 2004, Italy/Germany/France
Kings and Queens - dir. Arnaud Desplechin, 2004, France
Kings of the Sky - dir. Deborah Stratman, 2004, USA
King’s Game - dir. Nicolai Arcel, 2004, Denmark
La Sierra - dir. Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez, 2004, Colombia/USA
Ladies in Lavender - dir. Charles Dance, 2004, United Kingdom
L’Amant - dir. Hiroki Ryuchi, 2004, Japan
Land of Plenty - dir. Wim Wenders, 2004, USA
The Last Day - dir. Rodolphe Marconi, 2004, France
Last Days - dir. Gus Van Sant, 2005, USA
The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman - dir. Barry Avrich, 2005, Canada/USA
The Last Moon - dir. Miguel Littín, 2004, Chile/Mexico/Spain
Layer Cake - dir. Matthew Vaughn, 2004, United Kingdom
Le Grand Voyage - dir. Ismaël Ferroukhi, 2004, France
León and Olvido - dir. Xavier Bermúdez, 2004, Spain
Letter from an Unknown Woman - dir. Xu Jinglei, 2004, China
Lila Says - dir. Ziad Doueiri, 2004, France
Lipstick and Dynamite - dir. Ruth Leitman, 2004, USA
Little Sky - dir. Maria Victoria Menis, 2004, Argentina
The Lizard - dir. Kamal Tabrizi, 2004, Iran
Lonesome Jim - dir. Steve Buscemi, 2005, USA
Long Twilight - dir. Attila Janisch, 1997, Hungary
The Loss of Nameless Things - dir. Bill Rose, 2004, USA
Machuca - dir. Andrés Wood, 2004, Chile
Mad Hot Ballroom - dir. Marilyn Agrelo, 2005, USA
The Making of Alaska Airlines Training Film AL-4637 - dir. T.L. Hannalahan, 2005, USA/Canada/Mexico
Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story - dir. Scot Barbour, 2005, USA
Man About Dog - dir. Paddy Breathnach, 2004, Ireland
The March of the Penguins - dir. Luc Jacquet, 2004, France
Marebito - dir. Takashi Shimizu, 2004, Japan
Mars - dir. Anna Melikian, 2004, Russia
Max & Grace - dir. Michael Parness, 2005, USA
McDull, Prince de la Bun - dir. Toe Yuen, 2004, Hong Kong/China
Me and You and Everyone We Know - dir. Miranda July, 2005, USA
Metallic Blues - dir. Danny Verete, 2004, Israel/Canada/Germany
Midwinter’s Night Dream - dir. Goran Paskaljevic, 2004, Serbia/Montenegro
Missing In America - dir. Gabrielle Savage Dockterman, 2005, USA/Canada
Mongolian Ping Pong - dir. Ning Hao, 2005, China
Murderball - dir. Henry-Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro, 2005, USA
My Stepbrother Frankenstein - dir. Valery Todorovsky, 2004, Russia
My Summer of Love - dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, 2004, United Kingdom
Mysterious Skin - dir. Gregg Araki, 2004, USA
Niceland - dir. Fridrik Thór Fridriksson, 2004, Iceland/Germany/United Kingdom/Denmark
The Night of the Living Dorks - dir. Matthias Dinter, 2004, Germany
The Night of Truth - dir. Fanta Régina Nacro, 2004, Burkina Faso/France
Nightmare - dir. Maxwell Shane, 1956, USA
The Ninth Day - dir. Volker Schlöndorff, 2004, Germany/Luxembourg
No More Tears, Sister: An Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal - dir. Helene Klowdawsky, 2004, Canada
No Songs of Love - dir. Lars Kraume, 2004, Germany
North Korea - Day in the Life - dir. Pieter Fleury, 2004, Netherlands
November - dir. Greg Harrison, 2005, USA
Omagh - dir. Pete Travis, 2004, Ireland/United Kingdom
Open Hearts - dir. Susanne Bier, 2002, Denmark
Our Own - dir. Dmitry Meskhiyev, 2004, Russia
Overlord - dir. Stuart Cooper, 1975, United Kingdom
The Overture - dir. Itthi-sunthon Wichailak, 2004, Thailand
Oyster Farmer - dir. Anna Reeves, 2004, Australia/United Kingdom
The Peach Girl - dir. Bu Wancang, 1931, China
Pizza - dir. Marc Christopher, 2004, USA
Platform - dir. Jia Zhang-ke, 2000, China
Police Beat - dir. Robinson Devor, 2005, USA
Pretty Persuasion - dir. Marcos Siega, 2005, USA
Producing Adults - dir. Aleksi Salmenperä, 2004, Finland/Sweden
Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling - dir. Kate Davis, David Heilbroner, 2005, USA
Punk: Attitude - dir. Don Letts, 2005, USA
Queimada! - dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1969, Italy/France
The Real Dirt on Farmer John - dir. Taggart Siegel, 2005, USA
Red Colored Grey Truck - dir. Srdjan Kolijevic, 2004, Serbia/Montenegro/Slovenia/Germany
Red Dust - dir. Tom Hooper, 2004, South Africa/United Kingdom
Redeemer - dir. Claudio Torres, 2005, Brazil
Revolution of Pigs - dir. Jaak Kilmi, René Reinumägi, 2004, Estonia
Rice Rhapsody - dir. Kenneth Bi, 2004, Hong Kong/Singapore
Rock School - dir. Don Argott, 2004, USA
The Role of a Lifetime - dir. Francois Favrat, 2004, France
Rolling Family - dir. Pablo Trapero, 2004, Argentina/Spain/France/Germany/Brazil
Roma - dir. Adolfo Aristarain, 2004, Argentina/Spain
Ronda Nocturna - dir. Edgardo Cozarinsky, 2004, Argentina
R-Point - dir. Gong Su-chang , 2004, South Korea
Sabah - dir. Ruba Nadda, 2005, Canada
Saint Ralph - dir. Michael McGowan, 2004, Canada
Saraband - dir. Ingmar Bergman, 2004, Sweden
Saving Face - dir. Alice Wu, 2005, USA
Seoul Train - dir. Aaron Lubarsky, Jim Butterworth, Lisa Sleeth, 2004, USA
Sergeant Pepper - dir. Sandra Nettelbeck, 2004, Germany
Shadows of Time - dir. Florian Gallenberger, 2004, India/Germany
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire - dir. Peter Raymont, 2004, Canada
Shape of the Moon - dir. Leonard Retel Helmrich, 2004, Netherlands
Somersault - dir. Cate Shortland, 2004, Australia
Steal Me - dir. Melissa Painter, 2005, USA
The Story of My Life - dir. Laurent Tirard, 2004, France
Strings - dir. Anders Ronnow Klarlund, 2004, Denmark/Sweden/United Kingdom/Norway
Summer Storm - dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner, 2004, Germany
Swimmers - dir. Doug Sadler, 2005, USA
The Syrian Bride - dir. Eran Riklis, 2004, Israel/France/Germany
Tell Them Who You Are - dir. Mark S. Wexler, 2004, USA
Tenja, the Last Will - dir. Hassan Legzouli, 2004, Morocco/France
The Thing About My Folks - dir. Raymond De Felitta, 2005, USA
That Man: Peter Berlin - dir. Jim Tushinski, 2005, USA
This Charming Girl - dir. Lee Yoon-ki, 2004, South Korea
Three of Hearts - dir. Susan Kaplan, 2004, USA
Three Dancing Slaves - dir. Gaël Morel, 2004, France
Three...Extremes - dir. Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, 2004, South Korea/Japan/Hong Kong
Tony Takitani - dir. Jun Ichikawa, 2004, Japan
Touch the Sound - dir. Thomas Riedelsheimer, 2004, Germany/UK
Tropical Malady - dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004, Thailand/France
Trudell - dir. Heather Rae, 2005, USA
Tudo Azul - dir. Jesse Acevedo, 2004, Brazil/Mexico
Twist of Faith - dir. Kirby Dick, 2004, USA
Two Great Sheep - dir. Liu Hao, 2004, China
Unconscious - dir. Joaquín Oristell, 2004, Spain/Germany/Portugal/Italy
Unknown White Male - dir. Rupert Murray, 2004, United Kingdom
Uno - dir. Aksel Hennie, 2004, Norway
Vento di Terra - dir. Vincenzo Marra, 2004, Italy
Vital - dir. Shinya Tsukamoto, 2004, Japan
Waiting for the Clouds - dir. Yesim Ustaoglu, 2004, Turkey/France/Germany/Greece
Wall - dir. Simone Bitton, 2004, Israel/France
The Wandering Shadows - dir. Ciro Guerra, 2004, Colombia
The Warrior - dir. Asif Kapadia, 2001, United Kingdom/France
Warsaw - dir. Dariusz Gajewski, 2003, Poland
The Well - dir. Kristian Petri, 2005, Sweden
Whisky Romeo Zulu - dir. Enrique Piñeyro, 2004, Argentina
A Wonderful Night in Split - dir. Arsen Anton Ostojic, 2004, Croatia
The World - dir. Jia Zhang-ke, 2004, China/Japan/France
A World Without Thieves - dir. Xiaogang Feng, 2004, Hong Kong
Writer of O - dir. Pola Rappaport, 2004, France/USA
Yang Ban Xi: the 8 Model Works - dir. Yan Ting Yuen, 2005, Netherlands
Yasmin - dir. Kenny Glennan, 2004, United Kingdom/Germany
A Year Without Love - dir. Anahí Berneri, 2005, Argentina
Yes - dir. Sally Potter, 2004, United Kingdom
Yesterday - dir. Darrell James Roodt, 2004, South Africa
Alternate Tracks: Reimagining Classic Film Scores
Archival Films - included 10 feature films
Emerging Masters: Attila Janisch - included After the Day Before, Long Twilight
Emerging Masters: Susan Bier - included Brothers, Open Hearts
Emerging Masters: Pablo Trapero - included Crane World, Rolling Family
Emerging Masters: Jia Zhang-ke - included Platform, The World
An Evening with Peter Sarsgaard
Face the Music - included 12 feature films
Festival Forum: The State of Seattle Filmmaking - seminar guests included Michael Seiwerath, Suzy Kellett, Rick Steveneon, Bill Murray, Andrew McAllister, Jennifer Roth, and moderator Andy Spletzer
Films4Families - included Bluebird, The Circus, Deep Blue, Earthling, Mad Hot Ballroom, The March of the Penguins, Sergeant Pepper, Shorts Program: The Family Picture Show Fly Filmmaking Challenge - included Circus of Infinity, Driver’s Ed, …Loves Martha
Golden Space Needle Awards
How I Learned to Draw: A Conversation with Miranda July
International Galas - included The Dying Gaul, Red Dust, Bombón El Perro, Cote d’Azur
Midnight Adrenaline - included The Aristocrats, Banlieue 13, Godzilla: Final Wars, A Hole in My Heart, Izo, The Night of the Living Darks, R-Point, Three…Extremes
New American Cinema - included 22 feature films
New Directors Showcase - included 12 feature films
New Pioneers - included 2 feature films and 11 short films
Northwest Film Forum presents The Art of Film Financing - seminar guests included Gregg Lachow, Jeffrey Brown, David Miller, Randy Brinson, and moderator Sandy Cioffi
Poster Auction and Exhibition
Refracting Reality: Documentary Films - included 41 feature films
Rock School Jam at Neumo’s
Screenwriters Salon: Our Favorite Scenes
Seattle Summit: What Does It Really Mean To Be an Independent in Today’s Film Business?
Short Films - included The Family Picture Show, C’est la Femme, Experimental Voices, The Animated Guide to Life, ¡Cinema Fantastico!, Greek Love, Accidentally Growing Up, Left Turn, Seriously Gay, House Arrest
SIFF Classroom: Apple Portable Classroom - included Introduction to Final Cut Pro, Advanced Techniques in Final Cut Pro, Advanced Techniques in Final Cut Pro, DVD Authoring and DVD Studio Pro, Introduction to Motion, 3D for Film Made Simple with Maya
Spawned in Seattle - included 4 feature films, 10 short films, and 4 Fly Films
SIFF’s Secret Festival
Special Presentations - included Howl’s Moving Castle, 36 Quai Des OrfÈvres, Murderball
Special Presentation: Zana Briski presents Born Into Brothels
Talking Pictures - included The Gits, Being Caribou, Unknown White Male
¡Viva Argentina! - included 12 feature films
Women in Cinema: An Afternoon with Joan Allen