Seattle International Film Festival 1998 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1998

Relive the 24th 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 1998 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 21–June 14, 1998
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Broadway Performance Hall, Egyptian Theatre, Guild 45th Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, 5th Avenue Theater

Opening Night: Firelight at 5th Avenue Theatre
Closing Night: This Is My Father at Egyptian Theatre


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Behind-the-scenes shot of, director, Miguel Arteta, participating in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Behind-the-scenes shot of, director, Miguel Arteta, participating in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Behind-the-scenes shot of, director, Miguel Arteta, participating in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Behind-the-scenes shot of, director, Miguel Arteta, participating in the Fly Filmmaking Challenge

Festival founder, Dan Ireland and actress, Salma Hayek, at the 1998 Secret Festival

Festival founder, Dan Ireland and actress, Salma Hayek, at the 1998 Secret Festival

Festival founder, Dan Ireland and actress, Salma Hayek, at the 1998 Secret Festival

Festival founder, Dan Ireland and actress, Salma Hayek, at the 1998 Secret Festival

Back Row (left to right): Nancy Kennedy, Jeanette Liao, Cindy Hoots, Brad Cerenizia, Lyssa Brown, Kim Ross, Darryl Macdonald, Maryna Albert, Christine Cook,Terri Murphy, Christopher Fekete,Wendy Jo Carlton, W arren Etheredge, Holly Becker, John Giaccone; Middle Row (left to right): Misty McKinney, Chris Ophoven, Julie Mullaney, Doug Cavarocchi, Susanna Burney, Chris Wiggum, Carl Spence, Justine Alten, Charles McEherney, Christy Collins, Allison Kelly, Litsa Dremousis, Greg White; Front Row (left to right): Kathleen Mclnnis,Steve Johnson,William Azaroff, Chris McKoy, Marion Seymour, Jim Gibbs, Dennis Laurence, Michele Goodson, Deborah Person

Back Row (left to right): Nancy Kennedy, Jeanette Liao, Cindy Hoots, Brad Cerenizia, Lyssa Brown, Kim Ross, Darryl Macdonald, Maryna Albert, Christine Cook,Terri Murphy, Christopher Fekete,Wendy Jo Carlton, W arren Etheredge, Holly Becker, John Giaccone; Middle Row (left to right): Misty McKinney, Chris Ophoven, Julie Mullaney, Doug Cavarocchi, Susanna Burney, Chris Wiggum, Carl Spence, Justine Alten, Charles McEherney, Christy Collins, Allison Kelly, Litsa Dremousis, Greg White; Front Row (left to right): Kathleen Mclnnis,Steve Johnson,William Azaroff, Chris McKoy, Marion Seymour, Jim Gibbs, Dennis Laurence, Michele Goodson, Deborah Person

Back Row (left to right): Nancy Kennedy, Jeanette Liao, Cindy Hoots, Brad Cerenizia, Lyssa Brown, Kim Ross, Darryl Macdonald, Maryna Albert, Christine Cook,Terri Murphy, Christopher Fekete,Wendy Jo Carlton, W arren Etheredge, Holly Becker, John Giaccone; Middle Row (left to right): Misty McKinney, Chris Ophoven, Julie Mullaney, Doug Cavarocchi, Susanna Burney, Chris Wiggum, Carl Spence, Justine Alten, Charles McEherney, Christy Collins, Allison Kelly, Litsa Dremousis, Greg White; Front Row (left to right): Kathleen Mclnnis,Steve Johnson,William Azaroff, Chris McKoy, Marion Seymour, Jim Gibbs, Dennis Laurence, Michele Goodson, Deborah Person

Back Row (left to right): Nancy Kennedy, Jeanette Liao, Cindy Hoots, Brad Cerenizia, Lyssa Brown, Kim Ross, Darryl Macdonald, Maryna Albert, Christine Cook,Terri Murphy, Christopher Fekete,Wendy Jo Carlton, W arren Etheredge, Holly Becker, John Giaccone; Middle Row (left to right): Misty McKinney, Chris Ophoven, Julie Mullaney, Doug Cavarocchi, Susanna Burney, Chris Wiggum, Carl Spence, Justine Alten, Charles McEherney, Christy Collins, Allison Kelly, Litsa Dremousis, Greg White; Front Row (left to right): Kathleen Mclnnis,Steve Johnson,William Azaroff, Chris McKoy, Marion Seymour, Jim Gibbs, Dennis Laurence, Michele Goodson, Deborah Person

SIFFers eagerly await the next screening at the Egyptian

SIFFers eagerly await the next screening at the Egyptian

SIFFers eagerly await the next screening at the Egyptian

SIFFers eagerly await the next screening at the Egyptian

Director, Julia Sweeney, discussing her film, God Said Ha!, from the stage

Director, Julia Sweeney, discussing her film, God Said Ha!, from the stage

Director, Julia Sweeney, discussing her film, God Said Ha!, from the stage

Director, Julia Sweeney, discussing her film, God Said Ha!, from the stage

Director, Julie Lynch, and actress, Christine Harnos, in town for their film, Remembering Sex (later renamed Getting Off)

Director, Julie Lynch, and actress, Christine Harnos, in town for their film, Remembering Sex (later renamed Getting Off)

Director, Julie Lynch, and actress, Christine Harnos, in town for their film, Remembering Sex (later renamed Getting Off)

Director, Julie Lynch, and actress, Christine Harnos, in town for their film, Remembering Sex (later renamed Getting Off)

This Is My Father
This Is My Father
Firelight
Firelight
Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals
God Said Ha!
God Said Ha!
The Day Of The Beast
The Day Of The Beast
Buffalo 66
Buffalo 66
Country Of The Deaf
Country Of The Deaf
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kiki's Delivery Service

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
God Said Ha! (dir. Julia Sweeney, USA)

Best Director
Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, USA)

Best Actress
Christina Ricci (Buffalo 66 / The Opposite of Sex)

Best Actor
Stephen Fry (Wilde)

Best Short
Sin Sostén (dir. Rene Castinello/Antonio Urrutia, Belgium)

Best Documentary
Frank Lloyd Wright (dir. Ken Burns/Lynn Novick, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Land of the Deaf (dir. Valery Todorosvsky, 1998, Russia)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Southie (dir. John Shea, 1998, USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

12 Storeys - dir. Eric Khoo, 1997, Singapore

A Soldier’s Sweetheart - dir. Thomas Michael Donnelly, 1998, USA

Above Freezing - dir. Frank Todaro, 1998, USA

Actresses - dir. Ventura Pons, 1996, Spain

Adam & Eva - dir. Mans Herngren, Hannes Holm, 1997, Sweden

Un Air de Famille - dir. Cedric Klapisch, 1997, France

Airbag - dir. Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 1997, Spain/Portugal/Germany

Amor Vertical - dir. Arturo Sotto, 1997, Cuba

Around the Fire - dir. John Jacobsen, 1998, USA

The Baby Dance - dir. Jane Anderson, 1998, USA

Backroads - dir. Emilio Martinez- Lazaro, 1997, Spain

Bandits - dir. Katja von Garnier, 1997, Germany

The Beyond - dir. Lucio Fulci, 1981, Italy

Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss - dir. Tommy O’Haver, 1997, USA

Black Angel - dir. Ishii Takashi, 1997, Japan

Black Mask - dir. Daniel Lee, 1997, Hong Kong

Blind Faith - dir. Ernest Dickerson, 1998, USA

Blinded - dir. Daniel Calparsoro, 1997, Spain

The Brandon Teena Story - dir. Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir, 1998, USA

Broken Vessels - dir. Scott Ziehl, 1998, USA

Brother - dir. Alexei Balabanov, 1997, Russia

Buffalo 66 - dir. Vincent Gallo, 1998, USA

Burn - dir. Scott Storm, 1998, USA

The Campus - dir. Sonke Wortmann, 1998, Germany

Caresses - dir. Ventura Pons, 1997, Spain

Carried Away - dir. Paul Kostick, 1998, USA

The Children of Heaven - dir. Majid Majidi, 1997, Iran

Chile, The Obstinate Memory - dir. Patricio Guzman, 1997, Canada/Chile/France

Claudine’s Return - dir. Antonio Tibaldi, 1998, USA

Cleopatra’s Second Husband - dir. Jon Reiss, 1998, USA

Cloud Capped Star - dir. Ritwik Ghatak, 1960, India

Comedia Infantil - dir. Solveig Nordlund, 1998, Mozambique/Sweden/Portugal

Conceiving Ada - dir. Lynn Hershman Leeson, 1997, USA

Cousin Bette - dir. Des McAnuff, 1998, USA

Dancemaker - dir. Matthew Diamond, 1998, USA

Dark Harbor - dir. Adam Coleman Howard, 1998, USA

Day of the Beast - dir. Alex de la Iglesia, 1996, Spain

Dead Man’s Curve - dir. Dan Rosen, 1998, USA

Dear Jesse - dir. Tim Kirkman, 1998, USA

Deja Vu - dir. Henry Jaglom, 1998, USA

Delivered - dir. Guy Ferland, 1998, USA

Denial - dir. Adam Rifkin, 1998, USA

Digging to China - dir. Timothy Hutton, 1998, USA

Dirty - dir. Bruce Sweeney, 1997, Canada

Doing Time for Patsy Cline - dir. Chris Kennedy, 1997, Australia

Dry Cleaning - dir. Anne Fontaine, 1997, France

Felice...Felice - dir. Peter Delpeut, 1998, Netherlands

Fiber Optics - dir. Francisco Athie, 1997, Mexico

The File of Anna Akhmatova - dir. Semyon Aranovich, 1989, Russia

Firelight - dir. William Nicholson, 1997, Great Britain/USA

First Love, Last Rites - dir. Jesse Peretz, 1997, USA

Floating - dir. William Roth, 1998, USA

Forgotten Light - dir. Vladimir Michalek, 1997, Czech Republic

Frank Lloyd Wright - dir. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, 1998, USA

Frat House - dir. Todd Phillips, Andrew Gurland, 1998, USA

Full Alert - dir. Ringo Lam Ling-tung, 1997, Hong Kong

Full Tilt Boogie - dir. Sarah Kelly, 1997, USA

Funny Games - dir. Michael Haneke, 1997, Austria

Gadjo Dilo - dir. Tony Gatlif, 1997, France/Romania

Genealogies of a Crime - dir. Raoul Ruiz, 1996, France

Georgica - dir. Sulev Keedus, 1998, Estonia

Girl with Hyacinths - dir. Hasse Ekman, 1950, Sweden

God Said Ha! - dir. Julia Sweeney, 1998, USA

Gods and Monsters - dir. Bill Condon, 1998, USA

The Governess - dir. Sandra Goldbacher, 1998, Great Britain

The Hanging Garden - dir. Thom Fitzgerald, 1996, Canada

Henry Fool - dir. Hal Hartley, 1997, USA

Hero - dir. Corey Yuen Kwai, 1997, Hong Kong

High Art - dir. Lisa Cholodenko, 1998, USA

Hold You Tight - dir. Stanley Kwan, 1998, Hong Kong

Homo Heights - dir. Sara Moore, 1997, USA

Honey and Ashes - dir. Nadia Fares, 1996, Tunisia/Switzerland

How the War Started on My Island - dir. Vinko Bresan, 1997, Croatia

How to Make the Cruelest Month - dir. Kip Koenig, 1998, USA

The Human Race - dir. Bobby Houston, 1998, USA

I Married a Strange Person - dir. Bill Plympton, 1997, USA

I Want to be a Vampire - dir. Ulli Lommel, 1997, USA

I Went Down - dir. Paddy Breathnach, 1997, Ireland

Inspirations - dir. Michael Apted, 1998, USA

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy - dir. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau, 1998, France

Jour de Fete - dir. Jacques Tati, 1948, France

Jugofilm - dir. Goran Rebic, 1997, Austria

Kiki’s Delivery Service - dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 1998, Japan

Killer Condom - dir. Martin Walz, 1996, Germany

Kingdom I - dir. Lars von Trier, 1995, Denmark

Kingdom II - dir. Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred, 1997, Denmark

Kisangani Diary - dir. Hubert Sauper, 1997, France/Austria

Kitchen Party - dir. Gary Burns, 1997, Canada

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door - dir. Thomas Jahn, 1997, Germany

Land of the Deaf - dir. Valery Todorovsky, 1998, Russia

The Last Bus Home - dir. Johnny Gogan, 1997, Ireland

The Last Days of Disco - dir. Whit Stillman, 1998, USA

Late Full Moon - dir. Edward Zahariev, 1997, Bulgaria/Hungary/Canada

Lawn Dogs - dir. John Duigan, 1997, Great Britain/USA

Lea - dir. Ivan Fila, 1996, Germany

The Life of Jesus - dir. Bruno Dumont, 1997, France

Long Twilight - dir. Attila Janisch, 1997, Hungary

Lost and Found - dir. Ron Burrus, 1998, USA

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health - dir. Manuel Gomez Pereira, 1996, Spain

Love Tangles - dir. Olivier Peray, 1997, France/Spain/Switzerland

Lucky Star - dir. Ricardo Franco, 1997, Spain/France/Italy

The Man in Her Life - dir. Carlos Siguion-Reyna, 1998, Philippines

Manly Love - dir. Mariano Barroso, 1997, Spain

Marie Baie des Anges - dir. Manuel Pradal, 1997, France

Marthe - dir. Jean-Loup Hubert, 1997, France

Melting Pot - dir. Tom Musca, 1998, USA

Memories - dir. Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, 1997, Japan

Metroland - dir. Philip Saville, 1997, Great Britain/France

The Mirror - dir. Jafar Panahi , 1997, Iran

Modulations - dir. Iara Lee, 1998, USA

Motello - dir. Mikael Wikke, Steen Rasmussen, 1998, Denmark

Mothertime - dir. Matthew Jacobs, 1997, Great Britain

Mr. Jealousy - dir. Noah Baumbach, 1998, USA

Mr. P’s Dancing Sushi Bar - dir. Hirotaka Tashiro, 1998, USA/Vietnam

My Secret Cache - dir. Shinobu Yaguchi, 1996, Japan

Next Stop, Wonderland - dir. Brad Anderson, 1998, USA

Nights of Cabiria - dir. Federico Fellini, 1957, Italy/France

Nosferatu - dir. F.W. Murnau, 1922, Germany

The Opium War - dir. Xie Jin, 1997, China

The Opposite of Sex - dir. Don Roos, 1998, USA

Out of the Past - dir. Jeffrey Dupre, 1998, USA

The Oyster and the Wind - dir. Walter Lima Jr., 1997, Brazil

Perfect Circle - dir. Ademir Kenovic, 1997, Bosnia/France

The Pharmacist - dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 1997, Germany

Possums - dir. J. Max Burnett, 1998, USA

Post Coitum - dir. Brigitte Rouan, 1997, France

Postman Blues - dir. Sabu, 1997, Japan

Push! Push! - dir. Park Chul-Soo, 1997, South Korea

Pusher - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 1997, Denmark

The Race to Save 100 Years - dir. Scott Benson, 1997, USA

Rashomon - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1951, Japan

The Red Door - dir. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, 1997, India

Regular Guys - dir. Rolf Silber, 1996, Germany

Relax…It’s Just Sex - dir. P.J. Castellaneta, 1998, USA

Remembering Sex - dir. Julie Lynch, 1998, USA

Reno Finds Her Mom - dir. Lydia Dean Pilcher, 1997, USA

Resurrection Man - dir. Marc Evans, 1997, Great Britain

Road to Nhill - dir. Sue Brooks, 1997, Australia

The Saltmen of Tibet - dir. Ulrike Koch, 1997, Germany/Switzerland

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

Sex/Life in L.A. - dir. Jochen Hick, 1998, Germany

Shooting Fish - dir. Stefan Schwartz, 1997, Great Britain

Six Ways to Sunday - dir. Adam Bernstein, 1998, USA

The Sixth Happiness - dir. Waris Hussein, 1997, Great Britain/India

Smoke Signals - dir. Chris Eyre, 1997, USA

Southie - dir. John Shea, 1998, USA

Stella Does Tricks - dir. Coky Giedroyc, 1997, Great Britain

The Sugar Factory - dir. Robert Carter, 1998, Australia

Surrender Dorothy - dir. Kevin Di Novis, 1998, USA

Thank God He Met Lizzie - dir. Cherie Nowlan, 1997, Australia

The Thief - dir. Pavel Chukhrai, 1997, Russia

Things I Left in Havana - dir. Manuel Gutierrez Aragon, 1997, Spain

This Is My Father - dir. Paul Quinn, 1998, Canada/Ireland

Tic Tac - dir. Daniel Alfredson, 1997, Sweden

Tokyo Lullaby - dir. Jun Ichikawa, 1997, Japan

Tomorrow Night - dir. Louis C.K., 1998, USA

Tonka - dir. Jean-Hugues Anglade, 1997, France/Italy

Tranceformer - dir. Stig Bjorkman, Fredrik Von Krusenstjerna, 1997, Denmark

Uncut - dir. John Greyson, 1997, Canada

Under Heaven - dir. Meg Richman, 1998, USA

Under the Skin - dir. Carine Adler, 1997, Great Britain

The Unknown Cyclist - dir. Bernard Salzman, 1998, USA

Voyage to the Beginning of the World - dir. Manoel de Oliveira, 1997, Portugal/France

Waco: The Rules of Engagement - dir. William Gazecki, 1997, USA

War Zone - dir. Maggie Hadleigh-West, 1998, USA/Germany

The Well - dir. Samantha Lang, 1997, Australia

Whatever - dir. Susan Skoog, 1998, USA

When Trumpets Fade - dir. John Irvin, 1998, USA

White Witch Doctor - dir. Henry Hathaway, 1953, USA

Who the Hell is Juliette? - dir. Carlos Marcovich, 1997, Mexico/Cuba

Wicked - dir. Michael Steinberg, 1998, USA

Wilde - dir. Brian Gilbert, 1997, Great Britain

Wintersleepers - dir. Tom Tykwer, 1997, Germany

Xiu Xiu - The Sent Down Girl - dir. Joan Chen, 1998, USA

Young & Dangerous 5 - dir. Andrew Lau, Wai Keung, 1997, Hong Kong

Yours and Mine - dir. Wang Shaudi, 1997, Taiwan

Special Programs & Events

The 20th Annual Poster Exhibition and Auction

American Independent Awards

Archival Presentations - included Cloud Capped Star, Girl with Hyacinths, Jour de Fete, Nights of Cabiria, Rashomon, White Witch Doctor 

Bedtime Stories: The Midnight Series - included The Beyond, Black Angel, Black Mask, Full Tilt Boogie, I Want to Be a Vampire, Killer Condom, Tomorrow Night, Young & Dangerous 5

Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude - included 16 feature films and 5 short films

Films 4 Families - included Digging to China, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Possums, Short Films 4 Families 

Filmmakers Forum: The Sound View - included THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES: Getting it right in the explosive journey from book to screen., RAINING STONES: A Seattle music symposium., AS GOOD AS IT GETS: A big finish to a screenwriting derby.

Filmmakers Forum: The World View - included MEDIUM COOL: Crossing genres between film and television., BEING THERE: The performing experience., THE PRODUCERS: Nurturing directors., TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN: A fundraising seminar., MY LEFT FOOT: A close, colloquial look at choreography for film. 

Filmmakers Forum: The Convergence - included BLADE RUNNER: A master cutting glass with film editor Craig McKay., HE GOT GAME: Top Hollywood talent agents call the plays., THE MIGHTY QUINN: The combined energies of three brothers and 13 years., FLY FILMMAKING: A practical exercise in flash film production 

Golden Space Needle Awards

New Directors Showcase - included 12 feature films

Screenwriters Salon 

Secret Festival

Shorts Awards 

Shorts Programs - included 9 1/2 Peeks, Idiot’s Delight, Pulp Friction, The Wrongs & Rites of Passage

Special Archival Presentation Nosferatu

Special Mid-Festival Gala Smoke Signals

Special Marathon Presentation - included Kingdom I, Kingdom II