Tribute guest, actor, Ewan McGregor, director, Mike Mills, and SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence, pose with Beginners poster at a recpetion at Hotel Sorrento
Relive the 37th 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 2011 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 19–June 12, 2011
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Admiral Theater, Cinerama Theatre, Benroya Hall, Egyptian Theatre, Everett Performing Arts Center, Harvard Exit Theatre, IMAX at Pacific Science Center, Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland Performance Center, Majestic Bay, Neptune Theatre, AMC Pacific Place 11, Triple Door, SIFF Cinema at Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Renton Ikea Performing Arts Center
Opening Night: The First Grader at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Closing Night: Life in a Day at Cinerama Theatre
Tribute: Ewan McGregor, Warren Miller
Emerging Masters: Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Reha Erdem
Photos
Tribute guest, actor, Ewan McGregor, director, Mike Mills, and SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence, pose with Beginners poster at a recpetion at Hotel Sorrento
SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Maryna Ajaja, Justine Barda, Dan Doody, and Dustin Kaspar, current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, 2010 Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person
Best Film
Paper Birds (dir. Emilia Aragon, Spain)
Best Director
Larysa Kondracki (The Whistleblower, Canada/Germany)
Best Actress
Natasha Petrovic (As If I Am Not There)
Best Actor
Bill Skarsgard (Simple Simon)
Best Short
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, USA)
Best Documentary
To Be Heard (dir. Amy Sultan, Roland Legiardia-Laura, Edwin Martinez, and Deborah Shaffer, USA)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Gandu (dir. “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee, India)
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
On the Ice (dir. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, USA)
Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee (dir. Susan Saladoff, USA)
12 Angry Lebanese: The Documentary - dir. Zeina Daccache, 2010, Lebanon
12 Paces Without a Head - dir. Sven Taddicken, 2010, Germany
22nd of May - dir. Koen Mortier, 2010, Belgium
3 - dir. Tom Tykwer, 2010, Germany
71 - Into the Fire - dir. John H. Lee, 2010, South Korea
Above Us Only Sky - dir. Jan Schomburg, 2011, Germany
Absent - dir. Marco Berger, 2011, Argentina
An African Election - dir. Jarreth Merz, 2010, Ghana/Switzerland/USA
All Your Dead Ones - dir. Carlos Moreno, 2010, Colombia
Almanya - dir. Yasemin Samdereli, 2011, Germany
Amador - dir. Fernando León de Aranoa, 2011, Spain
Angel of Evil - dir. Michele Placido, 2010, Italy
Another Earth - dir. Mike Cahill, 2011, USA
Apart Together - dir. Wang Quan’an, 2010, China
Artificial Paradises - dir. Yulene Olaizola, 2011, Mexico
As If I Am Not There - dir. Juanita Wilson, 2010, Ireland/Macedonia/Sweden
August - dir. Eldar Rapaport, 2011, USA
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - dir. Jay Roach, 1999, USA
Backyard - dir. Árni Sveinsson, 2010, Iceland
A Barefoot Dream - dir. Kim Tae-gyun, 2010, South Korea /East Timor
Beginners - dir. Mike Mills, 2010, USA
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey - dir. Constance Marks, 2011, USA
Belle Epine - dir. Rebecca Zlotowski, 2010, France
Bellflower - dir. Evan Glodell, 2011, USA
The Bengali Detective - dir. Phil Cox, 2011, India/UK/USA
Bibliothèque Pascal - dir. Szabolcs Hajdu, 2010, Hungary/Germany/Romania/United Kingdom
Bicycle, Spoon, Apple - dir. Carles Bosch, 2010, Spain/Argentina/India/USA/Netherlands
Bi, Don’t Be Afraid! - dir. Phan Dang Di, 2010, Vietnam/Germany/France
Black Bread - dir. Agusti Villaronga, 2010, Spain
Black Field - dir. Vardis Marinakis, 2010, Greece
Black Narcissus - dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1947, United Kingdom
Black Venus - dir. Abdellatif Kechiche, 2010, France
Black, White and Blues - dir. Mario Van Peebles, 2010, USA
Blinding - dir. Steve Sanguedolce, 2011, Canada
Bobby Fischer Against the World - dir. Liz Garbus, 2011, USA
Bon Appétit - dir. David Pinillos, 2010, Spain/Germany/Switzerland/Italy
Boy - dir. Taika Waititi, 2010, New Zealand
Bruce Lee, My Brother - dir. Raymond Yip, Manfred Wong, 2010, Hong Kong
Buck - dir. Cindy Meehl, 2011, USA
Burke & Hare - dir. John Landis, 2010, United Kingdom
Cairo 678 - dir. Mohamed Diab, 2010, Egypt
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff - dir. Craig McCall, 2010, United Kingdom
The Catechism Cataclysm - dir. Todd Rohal, 2011, USA
A Cat In Paris - dir. Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli, 2010, France/Belgium/Netherlands/Switzerland
The Child Prodigy - dir. Luc Dionne, 2010, Canada (Québec)
Circumstance - dir. Maryam Keshavarz, 2011, Iran/Lebanon
Circus Dreams - dir. Signe Taylor, 2011, USA
Clink of Ice - dir. Bertrand Blier, 2010, France
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same - dir. Madeleine Olnek, 2011, USA
Copacabana - dir. Marc Fitoussi, 2010, France
Crying Out - dir. Robin Aubertl, 2010, Canada (Québec)
Dance Town - dir. Jeon Kyu-hwan, 2010, South Korea
The Darkest Matter - dir. James Fox, 2011, USA
The Destiny of Lesser Animals - dir. Deron Albright, 2011, Ghana/USA
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame - dir. Tsui Hark, 2010, China
Detention - dir. Joseph Kahn, 2011, USA
Donor - dir. Mark Afable Meily, 2010, Philippines
Do You See Colors When You Close Your Eyes? - dir. Caleb Young, 2011, USA
El Bulli: Cooking In Progress - dir. Gereon Wetzel, 2010, Germany
The Empire of Mid-South - dir. Jacques Perrin, Eric Deroo, 2010, France
Eternity - dir. Sivaroj Kongsakul, 2010, Thailand
Every Song is About Me - dir. Jonas Trueba, 2010, Spain
Everything Will Be Fine - dir. Christoffer Boe, 2010, Denmark/Sweden/Germany
Ex - dir. Heiward Mak, 2010, Hong Kong
Fathers & Sons - dir. Carl Bessai, 2010, Canada
A Few Days of Respite - dir. Amor Hakkar, 2011, Algeria/France
Finding Kind - dir. Lauren Parsekian, 2011, USA
Finisterrae - dir. Sergio Caballero, 2010, Spain
Fire In Babylon - dir. Stevan Riley, 2010, United Kingdom
Fire of Conscience - dir. Dante Lam, 2010, Hong Kong
The First Grader - dir. Justin Chadwick, 2010, United Kingdom/Kenya
Flamenco, Flamenco - dir. Carlos Saura, 2010, Spain
Flying Fish - dir. Sanjeewa Pushpakumara, 2011, Sri Lanka
Four More Years - dir. Tova Magnusson-Norling, 2010, Sweden
Fuck My Life - dir. Nicolás López, 2010, Chile
Funkytown - dir. Daniel Roby, 2011, Canada (Québec)
The Future - dir. Miranda July, 2011, USA/Germany/UK
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life - dir. Joann Sfar, 2010, France
Gandu - dir. Kaushik Mukherjee, 2010, India
Gorbaciòf - The Cashier Who Liked Gambling - dir. Stefano Incerti, 2010, Italy
Grandma, A Thousand Times - dir. Mahmoud Kaabour, 2010, United Arab Emirates/Qatar/Lebanon
The Green Wave - dir. Ali Samadi Ahadi, 2010, Germany/Iran
Gromozeka - dir. Vladimir Kott, 2010, Russia
Gun Hill Road - dir. Rashaad Ernesto Green, 2011, USA
Happy, Happy - dir. Anne Sewitsky, 2010, Norway
Hayfever - dir. Laura Luchetti, 2010, Italy
Heading West - dir. Nicole van Kilsdonk, 2010, Netherlands
Hermano - dir. Marcel Rasquin, 2010, Venezuela
High Road - dir. Matt Walsh, 2011, USA
Hit So Hard - dir. P. David Ebersole, 2011, USA
Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians - dir. Bryan Storkel, 2011, USA
Honey - dir. Semih Kaplanoglu, 2010, Turkey/Germany
Hooked - dir. Pavel Sanayev, 2010, Russia
Hot Coffee - dir. Susan Saladoff, 2011, USA
How to Die in Oregon - dir. Peter D. Richardson, 2011, USA
The Hunter - dir. Rafi Pitts, 2010, Iran/Germany
Hurricane Kalatozov - dir. Patrick Cazals, 2010, France
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front - dir. Marshall Curry, 2011, USA
If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle - dir. Florin Serban, 2010, Romania/Sweden
Illegal - dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse, 2010, Belgium/Luxembourg/France
The Importance of Being Earnest - dir. Brian Bedford, 2011, United Kingdom
The Interrupters - dir. Steve James, 2011, USA
The Intruder - dir. Thanadol Nualsuth, 2010, Thailand
Jess + Moss - dir. Clay Jeter, 2011, USA
Johan Primero - dir. Johan Kramer, 2010, Netherlands/Spain
John Carpenter’s The Ward - dir. John Carpenter, 2010, USA
Juan - dir. Kasper Holten, 2010, Denmark
Jucy - dir. Louise Alston, 2010, Australia
Karate-Robo Zaborgar - dir. Noboru Iguchi, 2011, Japan
Killing Bono - dir. Nick Hamm, 2011, United Kingdom
King of Devil’s Island - dir. Marius Holst, 2010, Norway
Kinshasa Symphony - dir. Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer , 2010, Germany
Kosmos - dir. Reha Erdem, 2009, Turkey/Bulgaria
Kung Fu Panda 2 - dir. Jennifer Yuh, 2011, USA
La Dolce Vita - dir. Federico Fellini, 1960, Italy
The Last Circus - dir. Álex de la Iglesia, 2010, Spain/France
The Last Mountain - dir. Bill Haney, 2011, USA
Late Autumn - dir. Kim Tae-yong, 2010, South Korea/Hong Kong/USA
Lesson Plan - dir. Philip Neel, David H. Jeffrey, 2010, USA/Germany
Letters From the Big Man - dir. Christopher Munch, 2011, USA
Life in a Day - dir. Kevin Macdonald, 2011, United Kingdom
The Life of Fish - dir. Matías Bize, 2010, Chile
Littlerock - dir. Mike Ott, 2010, USA
Lope - dir. Andrucha Waddington, 2010, Spain/Brazil
A Lot Like You - dir. Eliaichi Kimaro, 2011, Tanzania/USA
LOVE - dir. William Eubank, 2011, USA
Love Crime - dir. Alain Corneau, 2010, France
Love Like Poison - dir. Katell Quillevere, 2010, France
Lys - dir. Krystof Zlatnik, 2011, Germany
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place - dir. Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney, 2011, USA
The Majority - dir. Seren Yüce, 2010, Turkey
Mama Africa - dir. Mika Kaurismäki, 2011, South Africa/Germany/Finland
Mamas & Papas - dir. Alice Nellis, 2010, Czech Republic
Mammuth - dir. Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern, 2010, France
Man at Bath - dir. Christophe Honoré, 2010, France
Marathon Boy - dir. Gemma Atwal, 2010, India/United Kingdom/USA
Marrow - dir. Matt Wilkins, 2011, USA
Mars - dir. Geoff Marslett, 2009, USA
A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt - dir. Sally Rowe, 2011, USA
Microphone - dir. Ahmad Abdalla, 2010, Egypt
Mondays In the Sun - dir. Fernando León de Aranoa, 2002, Spain
The Most Important Thing in Life Is Not Being Dead - dir. Olivier Pictel, Pablo Martin Torrado, Mark Recuenco, 2010, Switzerland/Spain
Moulin Rouge! - dir. Baz Luhrmann, 2001, USA
The Mountain - dir. Ole Glæver, 2011, Norway
My Afternoons With Margueritte - dir. Jean Becker, 2010, France
My So-Called Enemy - dir. Lisa Gossels, 2010, USA
Mysteries of Lisbon - dir. Raúl Ruiz, 2010, Portugal/France
The Names of Love - dir. Michel Leclerc, 2010, France
Natural Selection - dir. Robbie Pickering, 2011, USA
The Night of Counting the Years - dir. Shadi Abdel Salam, 1969, Egypt
Nobody - dir. Christos Nikoleris, 2010, Greece
Norman - dir. Jonathan Segal, 2010, USA
Norwegian Wood - dir. Tran Anh Hung, 2010, Japan
Nothing’s All Bad - dir. Mikkel Munch-Fals, 2010, Denmark
Nuummioq - dir. Otto Rosing, Torben Bech, 2010, Greenland
The Off Hours - dir. Megan Griffiths, 2011, USA
Old Goats - dir. Taylor Guterson, 2010, USA
Oliver Sherman - dir. Ryan Redford, 2010, Canada
On the Ice - dir. Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, 2011, USA
On Tour - dir. Mathieu Amalric, 2010, France
Our Home - dir. Wagner de Assis, 2010, Brazil
Our Life - dir. Daniele Luchetti, 2010, Italy/France
Outrage - dir. Takeshi Kitano, 2010, Japan
Outside the Law - dir. Rachid Bouchareb, 2010, Algeria/France/Tunisia/Italy/Belgium
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow - dir. Sophie Fiennes, 2010, United Kingdom/France/The Netherlands
Page One: Inside the New York Times - dir. Andrew Rossi, 2011, USA
Paper Birds - dir. Emilio Aragón, 2010, Spain
Perfect Sense - dir. David Mackenzie, 2011, United Kingdom/Germany/Sweden/Denmark
The Pillow Book - dir. Peter Greenaway, 1996, France/UK/Netherlands/Luxembourg
Pinoy Sunday - dir. Wi Ding Ho, 2010, Taiwan/Philippines/Japan/France
The Pipe - dir. Risteard Ó Domhnaill, 2010, Ireland
The Poll Diaries - dir. Chris Kraus, 2010, Germany/Austria/Estonia
Por El Camino - dir. Charly Braun, 2010, Brazil/Uruguay
Poupoupidou (Nobody Else but You) - dir. Gerald Hustache-Mathieu, 2011, France/Switzerland
PressPausePlay - dir. David Dworsky, Victor Köhler, 2011, Sweden
Princess - dir. Arto Halonen, 2010, Finland
Project Nim - dir. James Marsh, 2011, United Kingdom
Qarantina - dir. Oday Rasheed, 2010, Iraq/Germany
A Quiet Life - dir. Claudio Cupellini, 2010, Italy/Germany/France
Red Eagle - dir. Wisit Sasanatieng, 2010, Thailand
The Redemption of General Butt Naked - dir. Daniele Anastasion, Eric Strauss, 2011, USA
Red Eyes - dir. Juan Pablo Sallato, Ismael Larrain, Juan Ignacio Sabatini, 2011, Chile
Rene Goes To Hollywood - dir. Aleko Tsabadze, 2010, Georgia
The Rescuers - dir. Michael King, 2011, USA
Revenge: A Love Story - dir. Wong Ching Po, 2010, Hong Kong
Revenge of the Electric Car - dir. Chris Paine, 2011, USA
Roadie - dir. Michael Cuesta, 2011, USA
Romeos - dir. Sabine Bernardi, 2011, Germany
Rosario - dir. Alberto Martinez, 2010, Philippines
Rothstein's First Assignment - dir. Richard Knox Robinson, 2010, USA
Route Irish - dir. Ken Loach, 2010, United Kingdom/France/Belgium/Italy/Spain
Saigon Electric - dir. Stephane Gauger, 2011, Vietnam/USA
Salvation Boulevard - dir. George Ratliff, 2011, USA
Sandcastle - dir. Boo Junfeng, 2010, Singapore
The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams - dir. Jesper Moller, Sinem Sakagolu, 2010, Germany
A Screaming Man - dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2010, Chad/France/Belgium
Service Entrance - dir. Philippe Le Guay, 2011, France
Sevdah for Karim - dir. Jasmin Duraković, 2010, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Hungary
Shocking Blue - dir. Mark de Cloe, 2010, Netherlands
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure - dir. Matthew Bate, 2011, Australia
Silent Sonata - dir. Janez Burger, 2011, Slovenia/Ireland/Finland
Silent Souls - dir. Aleksei Fedorchenko, 2010, Russia
Simple Simon - dir. Andreas Öhman, 2010, Sweden
Small Town Murder Songs - dir. Ed Gass-Donnelly, 2010, Canada
Snow White - dir. Angelin Preljocaj, 2010, France
Something Ventured - dir. Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, 2011, USA
The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical - dir. Sarah McCarthy, 2010, United Kingdom
Sound of Noise - dir. Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, 2010, Sweden/France
Spark of Being - dir. Bill Morrison, 2010, USA
Spud - dir. Donovan Marsh, 2010, South Africa
Steam of Life - dir. Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen, 2010, Finland/Sweden
The Stool Pigeon - dir. Dante Lam, 2010, Hong Kong/China
Submarine - dir. Richard Ayoade, 2010, United Kingdom
Summer Coda - dir. Richard Gray, 2010, Australia/USA
Surrogate Valentine - dir. Dave Boyle, 2011, USA
Sushi: The Global Catch - dir. Mark Hall, 2011, USA
Tabloid - dir. Errol Morris, 2010, USA
Terri - dir. Azazel Jacobs, 2011, USA
These Amazing Shadows - dir. Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton, 2011, USA
The Thief of Bagdad: Re-imagined by Shadoe Stevens with the Music of E.L.O. - dir. Raoul Walsh, 1924, USA
Third Star - dir. Hattie Dalton, 2010, United Kingdom
A Thousand Fools - dir. Ventura Pons, 2011, Spain
A Thousand Times Stronger - dir. Peter Schildt, 2010, Sweden
Tilt - dir. Viktor Chouchkov Jr., 2010, Bulgaria/Germany
Times and Winds - dir. Reha Erdem, 2006, Turkey
Toast - dir. SJ Clarkson, 2011, United Kingdom
To Be Heard - dir. Amy Sultan, Roland Legiardi-Laura, Deborah Shaffer, Edwin Martinez, 2010, USA
Tomorrow Will Be Better - dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska, 2010, Poland/Japan
Tornado Alley - dir. Sean Casey, 2011, USA
Touch - dir. Minh Duc Nguyen, 2011, USA
Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation + a Look at Cars 2, dir. Gary Rydstrom, 2011, USA
Treatment - dir. Steven Schardt, Sean Nelson, 2011, USA
Trigger - dir. Bruce McDonald, 2010, Canada
The Trip - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2010, United Kingdom
Trollhunter - dir. André Øvredal, 2010, Norway
Tyrannosaur - dir. Paddy Considine, 2011, United Kingdom
Vampire - dir. Iwai Shunji, 2011, Canada/USA
Venice - dir. Jan Jakub Kolski, 2010, Poland
The Village of Shadows - dir. Fouad Benhammou, 2010, France
Viva Riva! - dir. Djo Tunda Wa Munga, 2010, Democratic Republic of Congo/France/Belgium/South Africa
Wasted on the Young - dir. Ben C. Lucas, 2010, Australia
We Are the Night - dir. Dennis Gansel, 2010, Germany
Weekend - dir. Andrew Haigh, 2011, United Kingdom
The Whisperer in Darkness - dir. Sean Branney, 2011, USA
The Whistleblower - dir. Larysa Kondracki, 2010, Canada/Germany
White Irish Drinkers - dir. John Gray, 2010, USA
The White Meadows - dir. Mohammad Rasoulof, 2009, Iran
Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour - dir. Kerthy Fix, 2011, USA
Winds of Heaven - dir. Michael Ostroff, 2010, Canada
Winnie the Pooh - dir. Stephen Anderson, Don Hall, 2011, USA
Win/Win - dir. Jaap van Heusden, 2010, Netherlands
Without - dir. Mark Jackson, 2011, USA
Womb - dir. Benedek Fliegauf, 2010, Germany/Hungary/France
The Yellow Sea - dir. Na Hong-jin, 2010, South Korea
You Are Here - dir. Daniel Cockburn, 2010, Canada
Young Goethe in Love - dir. Philipp Stölzl, 2010, Germany
3-Minute Masterpieces
Alternate Cinema - included 4 feature films and one shorts package
Archival Films - included 6 feature films
Asian Crossroads - included 10 feature films
Asian Crossroads Party: Saigon Electric
Centerpiece Gala: Service Entrance at Egyptian Theatre
Digital Media Lab - included 6 filmmaking workshops
Documentary Competition - included 10 feature films
Emerging Masters: Fernando León de Aranoa - included Mondays in the Sun, Amador, Reha Erdem - included Times and Winds, Kosmos
Everett Opening Night: Young Goethe in Love at Everett Performing Arts Center
Face the Music - included 8 feature films and 3 special events
Face the Music: Damien Jurado and the Russian Avant-Garde
Face the Music: Music From The Film Winter’s Bone Performed Live in Concert
Face the Music: The Thief of Bagdad Re-imagined by Shadoe Stevens with the Music of E.L.O.
Festival Forums: Four Peaks Salon: Entertainment and Innovation: The Fusion of Film and Gaming in the Pacific Northwest - seminar guests included Lynn Shelton, Matt Vancil, The Darkest Matter Green Screen Workshop, Finding, Funding…Feature!
Films4Families - included 9 feature films and one shorts package
Fly Filmmaking Challenge
FutureWave - included 9 feature films and one shorts package
Gay-La: August at Egyptian Theatre
Golden Space Needle Awards
Kirkland Opening Night: Bon Appétit at Kirkland Performance Center
New American Cinema - included 19 feature films
New American Cinema Party: The Future
New Directors Competition - included 10 feature films
Northwest Connections - included 14 feature films
Outdoor Screening: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Quarantine Midnight Adrenaline - included 8 feature films
Renton Opening Night: Black, White and Blues at Renton Ikea Performing Arts Center
Secret Festival
Short Films - included 15 shorts packages
Special Presentations: The Importance of Being Earnest, Mysteries of Lisbon, Norwegian Wood, Tornado Alley, The White Meadows
SuperFly Filmmaking
Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation + a Look at Cars 2, dir. Gary Rydstrom, 2011, USA
Tribute: Ewan McGregor - included Beginners, Perfect Sense, The Pillow Book, Moulin Rouge!
Tribute: Warren Miller