Seattle International Film Festival 1978 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1977

Relive the third 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 1978 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 11–31, 1978
Number of Days: 21
Venue: Moore Egyptian Theatre

Opening Night: Madame Rosa at Moore Egyptian Theatre
Closing Night: Operation Thunderbolt at Moore Egyptian Theatre
Tribute: Stanley Kramer


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Moore Egyptian staff photo featuring festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from left) and Dan Ireland (third from right)

Moore Egyptian staff photo featuring festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from left) and Dan Ireland (third from right)

Moore Egyptian staff photo featuring festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from left) and Dan Ireland (third from right)

Moore Egyptian staff photo featuring festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from left) and Dan Ireland (third from right)

Moore Egyptian staff photo, but make it silly! Additional staff photos can be found in the program on page 21

Moore Egyptian staff photo, but make it silly! Additional staff photos can be found in the program on page 21

Moore Egyptian staff photo, but make it silly! Additional staff photos can be found in the program on page 21

Moore Egyptian staff photo, but make it silly! Additional staff photos can be found in the program on page 21

SIFFers, including festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from right) and Dan Ireland (second from left), under the Moore Egyptian marquee for the 3rd Seattle International Film Festival

SIFFers, including festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from right) and Dan Ireland (second from left), under the Moore Egyptian marquee for the 3rd Seattle International Film Festival

SIFFers, including festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from right) and Dan Ireland (second from left), under the Moore Egyptian marquee for the 3rd Seattle International Film Festival

SIFFers, including festival founders, Darryl Macdonald (second from right) and Dan Ireland (second from left), under the Moore Egyptian marquee for the 3rd Seattle International Film Festival

FILM HIGHLIGHTS

Madame Rosa
Madame Rosa
The American Friend
The American Friend
Ceddo
Ceddo
The Ascent
The Ascent
The Chess Players
The Chess Players
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Thunderbolt

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

List of Feature-Length Films

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

Allegro non troppo - dir. Bruno Bozzetto, 1976, Italy

The Best Way - dir. Claude Miller, 1975, France

A Bigger Splash - dir. Jack Hazan, 1974, Great Britain

California Reich - dir. Keith F. Critchlow, Walter F. Parkes, 1976, USA

Circus in the Circus - dir. Oldrich Lipsky, 1976, Czechoslovakia/Russia

The Clockmaker - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1973, France

Eraserhead - dir. David Lynch, 1976, USA

Exhibition - dir. Jean-Francois Davy, 1975, France

F. For Fake - dir. Orson Welles, 1973, France/Iran/W. Germany

The Incredible Sarah - dir. Richard Fleisher, 1976, Great Britain

Lancelot du Lac - dir. Robert Bresson, 1974, France

Let Joy Reign Supreme - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1976, France

Max Havelaar - dir. Fons Rademakers, 1977, Netherlands/Indonesia

Mother Kuster’s Trip To Heaven - dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976, Germany

Multiple Maniacs - dir. John Waters, 1972, USA

The Old Gun - dir. Robert Enrico, 1975, France

People of the Wind - dir. Anthony Howarth, 1976, Iran

Raise Ravens (Cria Cuervos) - dir. Carlos Saura, 1975, Spain

The Saragossa Manuscript - dir. Wojciech J. Has, 1967, Poland

The Story of Sin - dir. Walerian Borowcyzk, 1975, Poland

Thundercrack - dir. Curt McDowell, 1975, USA

Tracks - dir. Henry Jaglom, 1977, USA

Turkish Delight - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1974, Netherlands

Dylan Thomas' Under Milkwood - dir. Andrew Sinclair, 1974, Great Britain

A Woman of Paris - dir. Charles Chaplin, 1923, USA

Special Programs & Events

Stanley Kramer: A Retrospective-Tribute