Seattle International Film Festival 1995 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1995

Relive the 21st 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 1995 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 18–June 11, 1995
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Egyptian Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Seven Gables Theatre, Varsity Theatre

Opening Night: Braveheart at 5th Avenue Theatre
Closing Night: Cold Comfort Farm at Egyptian Theatre


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses with actress, Mira Sorvino, in town for her films Blue in the Face, Sweet Nothing, and Tarantella

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses with actress, Mira Sorvino, in town for her films Blue in the Face, Sweet Nothing, and Tarantella

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses with actress, Mira Sorvino, in town for her films Blue in the Face, Sweet Nothing, and Tarantella

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses with actress, Mira Sorvino, in town for her films Blue in the Face, Sweet Nothing, and Tarantella

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, talks with actor and director, Mel Gibson, at a press conference for the world premiere of his film, Braveheart, which opened the festival and earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, talks with actor and director, Mel Gibson, at a press conference for the world premiere of his film, Braveheart, which opened the festival and earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, talks with actor and director, Mel Gibson, at a press conference for the world premiere of his film, Braveheart, which opened the festival and earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, talks with actor and director, Mel Gibson, at a press conference for the world premiere of his film, Braveheart, which opened the festival and earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, in conversation with director Todd Haynes, in town for his film, Safe

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, in conversation with director Todd Haynes, in town for his film, Safe

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, in conversation with director Todd Haynes, in town for his film, Safe

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, in conversation with director Todd Haynes, in town for his film, Safe

Rick Stevenson, writer and director, on stage for either his film, Magic in the Water, or to moderate the panel, Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking)

Rick Stevenson, writer and director, on stage for either his film, Magic in the Water, or to moderate the panel, Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking)

Rick Stevenson, writer and director, on stage for either his film, Magic in the Water, or to moderate the panel, Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking)

Rick Stevenson, writer and director, on stage for either his film, Magic in the Water, or to moderate the panel, Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking)

Actor and director, Mel Gibson, in a sea of festival goers, fans, and press

Actor and director, Mel Gibson, in a sea of festival goers, fans, and press

Actor and director, Mel Gibson, in a sea of festival goers, fans, and press

Actor and director, Mel Gibson, in a sea of festival goers, fans, and press

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
The Kingdom (dir. Lars von Trier, Denmark)

Best Director
Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, USA)

Best Actress
Nicole Kidman (To Die For)

Best Actor
Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects)

Best Short
Surprise (dir. Veit Helmer, Germany)

Best Documentary
Crumb (dir. Terry Zwigoff, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (dir. Marius Holst, Norway)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Safe (dir. Todd Haynes, USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

1-900 - dir. Theo van Gogh, 1994, Netherlands

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance - dir. Michael Haneke, 1994, Austria

Accumulator 1 - dir. Jan Sverak, 1994, Czech Republic

Afrique, Mon Afrique… - dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo, 1994, Burkina Faso

Ailsa - dir. Paddy Breathnach, 1994, Ireland

Alegre Ma Non Troppo - dir. Fernando Colomo, 1994, Spain

All Men Are Mortal - dir. Ate de Jong, 1995, Great Britain/Netherlands/France

Apart from Hugh - dir. Jon FitzGerald, 1994, USA

Aventurera - dir. Alberto Gout, 1949, Mexico

Bab El-Oued City - dir. Merzak Allouache, 1994, Algeria/France/Germany/Switzerland

Back to Back, Face to Face - dir. Huang Jianxin, 1994, China/Hong Kong

Ballot Measure 9 - dir. Heather MacDonald, 1994, USA

Bandit Queen - dir. Shekhar Kapur, 1994, India/Great Britain

Belle de Jour - dir. Luis Bunuel, 1967, France

Beyond the Sky - dir. Berit Nesheim, 1993, Norway

Black Is ... Black Ain’t - dir. Marlon T. Riggs, 1995, USA

Bleeding Hearts - dir. Gregory Hines, 1994, USA

Blue in the Face - dir. Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, 1995, USA

Blush - dir. Li Shaohong, 1995, China

Braveheart - dir. Mel Gibson, 1995, USA

Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X - dir. Jack Baxter, 1994, USA

The Brothers McMullen - dir. Edward Burns, 1995, USA

The Buddha of Suburbia - dir. Roger Michell, 1993, Great Britain

Burnt by the Sun - dir. Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994, Russia/France

A Business Affair - dir. Charlotte Brandstorm, 1994, Great Britain/France

Chinatown - dir. Roman Polanski, 1974, USA

Chinese Torture Chamber - dir. Bosco Lam, 1994, Hong Kong

Chungking Express - dir. Wong Kar-Wai, 1994, Hong Kong

Cold Blooded - dir. Wallace Wolodarsky, 1995, USA

Cold Comfort Farm - dir. John Schlesinger, 1995, Great Britain

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter - dir. Deborah Hoffmann, 1994, USA

Confession of a Pretty Lady - dir. Kris Clarke, 1993, Great Britain

A Confucian Confusion - dir. Edward Yang, 1994, Taiwan

The Convert - dir. Kazimierz Kutz, 1994, Poland

Criminal - dir. Corin Campbell Hill, 1994, Great Britain

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die - dir. Marius Holst, 1995, Norway

Crumb - dir. Terry Zwigoff, 1994, USA

Dallas Doll - dir. Ann Turner, 1994, Australia

Daughter of the Puma - dir. Ulf Hultberg, Asa Faringer, 1994, Sweden/Denmark

The Day the Sun Turned Cold - dir. Yim Ho, 1995, Hong Kong

Deadly Maria - dir. Tom Tykwer, 1993, Germany

Denise Calls Up - dir. Hal Salwen, 1995, USA

Don’t Get Me Started - dir. Arthur Ellis, 1994, Great Britain

The Doom Generation - dir. Gregg Araki, 1995, USA

Double Happiness - dir. Mina Shum, 1994, Canada

Down Came a Blackbird - dir. Jonathan Sanger, 1995, USA

Dust of Life - dir. Rachid Bouchareb, 1994, France

The Eagle Shooting Heroes - dir. Jeffrey Lau Chun-wai, 1994, Hong Kong

Eclipse - dir. Jeremy Podeswa, 1994, Canada

Ecological Design: Inventing the Future - dir. Brian Danitz, 1994, USA

El Bulto - dir. Gabriel Retes, 1991, Mexico

Ermo - dir. Zhou Xiaowen, 1994, China/Hong Kong

False Pregnancy - dir. Denis Rabaglia, 1994, France/Switzerland

Family - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 1994, Great Britain

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - dir. Russ Meyer, 1965, USA

Fist of Legend - dir. Gordon Chan, 1995, Hong Kong

Flesh Suitcase - dir. Paul Duran, 1995, USA

The Flying Camel - dir. Rami Na’aman, 1994, Israel

Frank and Ollie - dir. Theodore Thomas, 1995, USA

Funny Bones - dir. Peter Chelsom, 1994, Great Britain

The Garden of Eden - dir. Maria Novaro, 1994, Mexico

Grosse Fatigue - dir. Michel Blanc, 1994, France

Half Spirit - Voice of the Spider - dir. Henri Barges, 1995, France

Headless Body in Topless Bar - dir. James Bruce, 1995, USA

The Heartbreak Kid - dir. Michael Jenkins, 1993, Australia

Heaven’s a Drag - dir. Peter Mackenzie Litten, 1994, Great Britain

Hello Photo - dir. Nina Davenport, 1994, USA

Highway of Heartache - dir. Gregory Wild, 1994, Canada

I Am Cuba - dir. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964, Cuba/USSR

I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times - dir. Don Was, 1995, USA

The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love - dir. Maria Maggenti, 1995, USA

Joe’s Rotten World - dir. Richard LaBrie, 1995, USA

Jupiter’s Wife - dir. Michel Negroponte, 1994, USA

Just You and Me - dir. Suzanne Osten, 1994, Sweden

The Kingdom - dir. Lars von Trier, 1994, Denmark

Kisses and Scratches - dir. Gyorgy Szomjas, 1995, Hungary

Korea - dir. Cathal Black, 1995, Ireland

The Last Dance - dir. Colin Nutley, 1994, Sweden

L’Enfer - dir. Claude Chabrol, 1994, France

Liberation - dir. Arnold Schwartzman, 1995, USA

Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid - dir. Chung Jiyoung, 1994, South Korea

Like Two Crocodiles - dir. Giacomo Campiotti, 1995, Italy

Little Odessa - dir. James Gray, 1994, USA

Live Nude Girls - dir. Julianna Lavin, 1995, USA

Living In Oblivion - dir. Tom DiCillo, 1995, USA

Lotto Land - dir. John Rubino, 1995, USA

Louis XIX, King of the Airwaves - dir. Michel Poulette, 1994, Canada

The Low Life - dir. George Hickenlooper, 1995, USA

Lucky Break - dir. Ben Lewin, 1994, Australia

Magic in the Water - dir. Rick Stevenson, 1995, USA

The Most Terrible Time In My Life - dir. Kaizo Hayashi, 1994, Japan

Movie Days - dir. Fredrik Thor Fridriksson, 1994, Iceland

Mushrooms - dir. Alan Madden, 1995, Australia

Mute Witness - dir. Anthony Waller, 1995, Great Britain

My Family - dir. Gregory Nava, 1995, USA

The Mystery of Rampo - dir. Kazuyoshi Okuyama, 1994, Japan

Nadja - dir. Michael Almereyda, 1995, USA

No Mercy - dir. Francisco Lombardi, 1994, Peru/Mexico

No Skin - dir. Alessandro D'Alatri, 1994, Italy

Nothing Sacred - dir. William Wellman, 1937, USA

Once Upon a Time, Beirut - dir. Jocelyne Saab, 1994, Lebanon/France

Only the Brave - dir. Ana Kokkinos, 1994, Australia

Party Girl - dir. Daisy von Scherler Mayer, 1994, USA

People of the Rice Paddies - dir. Rithy Panh, 1994, Cambodia/France/Switzerland/Germany

Pharaoh’s Army - dir. Robby Henson, 1994, USA

Picture Bride - dir. Kayo Hatta, 1994, USA

Pigalle - dir. Karim Dridi, 1994, France

The Poet’s Princess - dir. Niki List, 1994, Austria

Postcards from America - dir. Steve McLean, 1995, USA

The Postman - dir. Michael Radford, 1995, Italy

Pretty Baby - dir. Soenke Wortmann, 1994, Germany

The Promise - dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 1994, Germany/France/Switzerland

A Pure Formality - dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1994, Italy/France

The Raccoon War - dir. Isao Takahata, 1994, Japan

Rebel Without a Cause - dir. Nicholas Ray, 1955, USA

The Red Lotus Society - dir. Stan Lai, 1994, Taiwan

The Return - dir. Dang Nhat Minh, 1994, Vietnam

The Return of Tommy Tricker - dir. Michael Rubbo, 1994, Canada

Ride - dir. Jan Sverak, 1995, Czech Republic

Safe - dir. Todd Haynes, 1994, USA

The Searchers - dir. John Ford, 1956, USA

Second Sight - dir. Ola Solum, 1994, Norway

The Seriously Ill - dir. Juzo Itami, 1994, Japan

Seven Chances - dir. Buster Keaton, 1925, USA

The Sexual Life of the Belgians - dir. Jan Bucquoy, 1993/94, Belgium

A Shadow You Soon Will Be - dir. Hector Olivera, 1994, Argentina

The Silence of Neto - dir. Luis Argueta, 1994, Guatemala

Sister My Sister - dir. Nancy Meckler, 1994, Great Britain

Six Days, Six Nights - dir. Diane Kurys, 1994, France

Smoke - dir. Wayne Wang, 1995, USA

Song of the Siren - dir. Eytan Fox, 1995, Israel

Spider and Rose - dir. Bill Bennett, 1994, Australia

Squadron - dir. Juliusz Machulski, 1994, Poland

Stairway to the Distant Past - dir. Kaizo Hayashi, 1994, Japan

The Stars Fell on Henrietta - dir. James Keach, 1995, USA

Sweet Nothing - dir. Gary Winick, 1995, USA

Swimming with Sharks - dir. George Huang, 1994, USA

The Taebaek Mountains - dir. Im Kwon Taek, 1994, South Korea

Tarantella - dir. Helen de Michiel, 1995, USA

That Eye, The Sky - dir. John Ruane, 1994, Australia

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey - dir. Steven M. Martin, 1994, USA

This Window Is Yours - dir. Tomoyuki Furumaya, 1994, Japan

Through the Olive Trees - dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1994, Iran

Tie-Died: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Deadicated Fans - dir. Andrew Behar, 1995, USA

‘Til Death - dir. Fernando Sarinana, 1993, Mexico

The Tin Soldier - dir. Jon Voight, 1995, USA

To Die For - dir. Gus Van Sant Jr., 1995, USA

Tokyo Cowboy - dir. Kathy Garneau, 1994, Canada

Two Brothers, My Sister - dir. Teresa Villaverde, 1994, Portugal

Two Crimes - dir. Roberto Sneider, 1994, Mexico

Two On A Couch - dir. Amir Rezazadeh, 1994, Denmark

An Unconditional Love - dir. Arthur Bjorn Egeli, 1995, USA

Uncovered - dir. Jim McBride, 1994, Great Britain/Spain

Unforgettable Summer - dir. Lucian Pintilie, 1994, France/Romania

Unzipped - dir. Douglas Keeve, 1994, USA

The Usual Suspects - dir. Bryan Singer, 1994, USA

Velasquez’s Little Museum - dir. Bernar Hebert, 1994, Canada

Vukovar - dir. Boro Draskovic, 1994, Croatia

War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us - dir. Gaylene Preston, 1995, New Zealand

Wigstock: The Movie - dir. Barry Shils, 1994, USA

The Wooden Man's Bride - dir. Huang Jianxin, 1993, Taiwan/China

Words Upon the Window Pane - dir. Mary McGuckian, 1995, Ireland

World and Time Enough - dir. Eric Mueller, 1994, USA

Xime - dir. Sana Na N’Hada, 1994, Guinea-Bissau/Netherlands

The Year of My Japanese Cousin - dir. Maria Gargiulo, 1995, USA

Special Programs & Events

100 Years of Cinema - included Aventurera, Belle de Jour, Chinatown, I Am Cuba, The Movies Begin: The Movie, Nothing Sacred, Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, Seven Chances 

American Independent Awards

Best of the Northwest - included Apart From Hugh, The Year of My Japanese Cousin, The Best of the Northwest: Shorts

Children’s Film Festival - included Magic in the Water, The Return of Tommy Tricker, The Tin Soldier

Filmmaker’s Forum: Critical Perspectives - moderated by Peter Rainer

Filmmaker’s Forum: Distributors’ Round Table - seminar guests included Mike Barker, John Ferraro, Helen Loveridge, Marcia Kirkley, Marcus Hu, Jeff Kurz, David Dinerstein

Filmmaker’s Forum: Film Financing: Chasing the Green

Filmmaker’s Forum: Finding the Right Format: The Stock Question - seminar guests included Richard Bax, Laszlo Pal, Bill Scott

Filmmaker’s Forum: From Script to Screen: The Long, Strange Trip… - seminar guests included Mark Handley, Steven Gaydos, Thomas Lee Wright, Mary Wellnitz, Richard Green

Filmmaker’s Forum: Independent Directions: New American Indie Filmmakers - seminar guests included Gus Van Sant, Tom DiCillo, Todd Haynes, Carl Franklin, Allison Anders

Filmmaker’s Forum: Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking) - moderated by Rick Stevenson

Filmmaker’s Forum: The Perils of Production - seminar guests included Chris Sievernich, Christine Vachon, Sam Kitt, Jesse Beaton, Jonathan Sanger, Ted Hope

Filmmaker’s Forum: Silicon Studio 101: The Digital Post Production Revolution - hosted by CSI Videosystems and Silicon Graphics 

Filmmaker’s Forum: Techno Tools: 3-D Animation and Special Effects in the Second Century of Filmmaking - seminar guests included Dave Carson, Daniel Langlois

Golden Space Needle Awards

The Midnighters - included Chinese Torture Chamber, The Eagle Shooting Heroes, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Highway of Heartache, Tie-Died: Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Most Dedicated Fans

More Social Guidance Classics, Continuing Revelations from the Prelinger Archives 

New Directors Showcase - included Cross My Heart and Hope to Die, Deadly Maria, Double Happiness, False Pregnancy, Half Spirit–Voice of the Spider, Korea, Mute Witness, The Sexual Life of the Belgians, The Silence of Neto, Sister My Sister, Song of the Siren, The Window Is Yours, Tokyo Cowboy, Two Crimes 

Poster Auction

Secret Festival

Shorts Programs - included All Things British, Canadian Quips, L’Amour Fou Shorts, On the Road, Out and About Again, Rites of Passage, Strange Encounters, Tales From Down Under

The Wonderful Worlds of Aardman: A Retrospective - included 14 short films 

Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm
Braveheart
Braveheart
The Usual Suspects
The Usual Suspects
Crumb
Crumb
Safe
Safe
To Die For
To Die For