Seattle International Film Festival 2006 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 2006

Relive the 32nd 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 2006 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 25–June 18, 2006
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Broadway Performance Hall, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theatre, Lincoln Square Bellevue, Moore Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Neumos, Northwest Film Forum, Pacific Place Cinemas, Paramount Theatre

Opening Night: The Illusionist at Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: The Science of Sleep at Neptune Theatre
Emerging Masters: Adam Curtis, Nicolas Winding Refn, Andrucha Waddington, Wang Xiaoshuai


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Opening Night of the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre with the film, The Illusionist

Opening Night of the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre with the film, The Illusionist

Opening Night of the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre with the film, The Illusionist

Opening Night of the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre with the film, The Illusionist

SIFF audiences at the Egyptian Theatre await the Fly Filmmaking Challenge program

SIFF audiences at the Egyptian Theatre await the Fly Filmmaking Challenge program

SIFF audiences at the Egyptian Theatre await the Fly Filmmaking Challenge program

SIFF audiences at the Egyptian Theatre await the Fly Filmmaking Challenge program

SIFF guests, including Ryan Fleck, director of festival film, Half Nelson, answer questions outside of the Egyptian Theatre

SIFF guests, including Ryan Fleck, director of festival film, Half Nelson, answer questions outside of the Egyptian Theatre

SIFF guests, including Ryan Fleck, director of festival film, Half Nelson, answer questions outside of the Egyptian Theatre

SIFF guests, including Ryan Fleck, director of festival film, Half Nelson, answer questions outside of the Egyptian Theatre

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Maryna Ajaja and Andy Spletzer, long-time devo-queen, Nancy Kennedy, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Maryna Ajaja and Andy Spletzer, long-time devo-queen, Nancy Kennedy, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Maryna Ajaja and Andy Spletzer, long-time devo-queen, Nancy Kennedy, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Maryna Ajaja and Andy Spletzer, long-time devo-queen, Nancy Kennedy, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

The Science Of Sleep
The Science Of Sleep
House Of Sand
House Of Sand
Shanghai Dreams
Shanghai Dreams
25th Hour
25th Hour
The Illusionist
The Illusionist
Oss 117: Nest Of Spies
Oss 117: Nest Of Spies
Half Nelson
Half Nelson

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
OSS 117: Nest of Spies (dir. Michel Hazanavicius, France)

Best Director
Goran Dukic (Wristcutters, A Love Story, USA)

Best Actress
Fiona Gordon (The Iceberg)

Best Actor
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)

Best Short
Full Disclosure (dir. Douglas Horn, USA)

Best Documentary
The Trials of Darryl Hunt (dir. Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Host & Guest (dir. Shin Dong-il, South Korea)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Live Free or Die (dir. Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, USA)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Gitmo: The News Rules of War (dir. Erik Gandini, Tarik Sale, Sweden/Denmark)

List of Feature-Length Films

1:1 - dir. Annette K. Olesen, 2005, Denmark/Great Britain

3 Needles - dir. Thom Fitzgerald, 2005, Canada

4 Barefooted Women - dir. Santiago Loza, 2005, Argentina

7 Virgins - dir. Alberto Rodríguez, 2005, Spain

13 Tzameti - dir. Géla Babluani, 2005, France/Georgia

37 Uses for a Dead Sheep - dir. Ben Hopkins, 2006, United Kingdom/Turkey

20 Centimeters - dir. Ramón Salazar, 2005, Spain

49 Up - dir. Michael Apted, 2006, United Kingdom

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - dir. Roy Rowland, 1953, USA

A Side, B Side, Seaside - dir. Wing-chiu Chan, 2005, Hong Kong/China

Adam’s Apples - dir. Anders Thomas Jensen, 2005, Denmark

Ahlaam - dir. Mohamed Al-Daradji, 2006, Iraq/UK/Netherlands

Los Aires Difíciles - dir. Gerardo Herrero, 2005, Spain

a/k/a Tommy Chong - dir. Josh Gilbert, 2005, USA

Al Franken: God Spoke - dir. Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, 2006, USA

Allegro - dir. Christoffer Boe, 2005, Denmark

American Blackout - dir. Ian Inaba, 2006, USA

Americanese - dir. Eric Byler , 2006, USA

Anne of the Thousand Days - dir. Charles Jarrott, 1969, United Kingdom

Another Gay Movie - dir. Todd Stephens, 2006, USA

Apart from That - dir. Jennifer Shainin, Randy Walker, 2005, USA

Arctic Son - dir. Andrew Walton, 2006, USA

Au Bonheur des dames - dir. Julien Duvivier, 1929, France

Avenge But One of My Two Eyes - dir. Avi Mograbi, 2005, Israel/France

Awakening From the Dead - dir. Milos Radivojevic, 2005, Serbia/Montenegro

Backstage - dir. Emmanuelle Bercot, 2005, France

Beowulf & Grendel - dir. Sturla Gunnarsson, 2005, Canada/Iceland/United Kingdom

The Betrayal - dir. Philippe Faucon, 2005, France/Belgium

Be With Me - dir. Eric Khoo, 2005, Singapore

Beyond Hatred - dir. Olivier Meyrou, 2006, France

Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas - dir. Scott Lew, 2006, USA

The Big Bad Swim - dir. Ishai Setton, 2006, USA

The Birthday - dir. Diane Kurys, 2005, France

A Bittersweet Life - dir. Kim Jee-woon, 2005, South Korea

Black Gold - dir. Marc Francis, Nick Francis , 2006, United Kingdom

Black Orpheus - dir. Marcel Camus, 1959, Brazil/France/Italy

Blessed by Fire - dir. Tristán Bauer, 2005, Argentina

Blood Rain - dir. Kim Dae-seung, Lee Won-jae, 2005, South Korea

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros - dir. Aureus Solito, 2005, Philippines

Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters - dir. Bill Couturié , 2006, USA

Boy Culture - dir. Q. Allan Brocka, 2006, USA

Broken Sky - dir. Julián Hernandez, 2006, Mexico

Brothers of the Head - dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe, 2005, United Kingdom

Burnt Out - dir. Fabienne Godet, 2005, France

C.R.A.Z.Y. - dir. Jean-Marc Vallée, 2005, Canada

The Call of Cthulhu - dir. Andrew Leman, 2005, USA

Carmen in Khayelitsha - dir. Mark Dornford-May, 2005, South Africa

Case of the Grinning Cat - dir. Chris Marker, 2004, France

The Cave of the Yellow Dog - dir. Byambasuren Davaa, 2005, Mongolia/Germany

The Century of the Self - dir. Adam Curtis, 2002, United Kingdom

The Chances of the World Changing - dir. Eric Daniel Metzgar, 2005, USA

Chinaman - dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, 2005, Denmark/China

Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon - dir. Peter Richardson, 2005, USA

Close to Home - dir. Dalia Hager, Vidi Bilu, 2006, Israel

Combat - dir. Patrick Carpentier, 2006, Belgium

A Comedy of Power - dir. Claude Chabrol, 2006, France/Germany

Container - dir. Lukas Moodysson, 2006, Sweden

Conversations with Other Women - dir. Hans Canosa, 2005, USA

Crime Novel - dir. Michele Placido, 2005, Italy

Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul - dir. Fatih Akin, 2005, Germany

Dam Street - dir. Li Yu, 2005, China

Dark Horse - dir. Dagur Kári, 2005, Denmark/Iceland

A Darkness Swallowed - dir. Betzy Bromberg, 2006, USA

The Days - dir. Wang Xiaoshuai, 1993, China/Hong Kong

Dear Pyongyang - dir. Yonghi Yang, 2005, Japan

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - dir. Cristi Puiu, 2005, Romania

Delwende - dir. S. Pierre Yaméogo, 2005, Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland

Destricted - dir. Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Larry Clark, Gaspar Noé, Richard Prince, Sam Taylor-Wood, 2006, United Kingdom/USA

Disappearances - dir. Jay Craven, 2006, USA

Distant Journey - dir. Alfréd Radok, 1949, Czech Republic

The District! - dir. Áron Gauder, 2004, Hungary

Dreaming of Space - dir. Alexey Uchitel, 2005, Russia

Dreamland - dir. Jason Matzner, 2006, USA

Early in the Morning - dir. Gahité Fofana, 2006, Guinea/France

Elsa & Fred - dir. Marcos Carnevale , 2005, Spain/Argentina

Eve and the Fire Horse - dir. Julia Kwan, 2005, Canada

Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out - dir. Stewart Copeland, 2006, USA

Every Other Week - dir. Måns Herngren, Hannes Holm, Felix Herngren, Hans Ingemansson, 2006, Sweden

Evil Aliens - dir. Jake West, 2005, United Kingdom

Expiration Date - dir. Rick Stevenson, 2006 , USA

Factotum - dir. Bent Hamer, 2005, USA/Norway

Familia - dir. Louise Archambault, 2005, Canada

The First People on the Moon - dir. Alexsei Fedorchenko, 2004, Russia

The Fish Fall in Love - dir. Ali Raffi, 2005, Iran

Five Days in September - dir. Barbara Willis Sweete, 2005, Canada

The Five Venoms - dir. Chang Cheh , 1978, Hong Kong

The Flowers of St. Francis - dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1950, Italy

The Forsaken Land - dir. Vimukthi Jayasundara, 2005, Sri Lanka/France

Four Stars - dir. Christian Vincent, 2006, France

Frostbite - dir. Anders Banke , 2006, Sweden

Gambler - dir. Phie Ambo, 2006, Denmark

Garpastum - dir. Alexey Guerman Jr., 2005, Russia

George Michael - A Different Story - dir. Southan Morris, 2005, United Kingdom

The Giant Buddhas - dir. Christian Frei, 2005, Switzerland

Gitmo: The New Rules of War - dir. Erik Gandini, Tarik Saleh, 2005, Sweden/Denmark

The Gold Rush - dir. Charles Chaplin, 1925, USA

Go West - dir. Ahmed Imamovic, 2005, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Croatia

Gradually - dir. Maziar Miri, 2006, Iran

Grain in Ear - dir. Zhang Lu, 2005, China/South Korea

Gravehopping - dir. Jan Cvitkovic, 2005, Slovenia

The Great Match - dir. Gerardo Olivares, 2006, Spain/Germany

Greyfriars Bobby - dir. John Henderson, 2005, United Kingdom

The Groomsmen - dir. Edward Burns, 2006, USA

Gypo - dir. Jan Dunn, 2005, United Kingdom

Half Nelson - dir. Ryan Fleck, 2006, USA

Happy As One - dir. Vanessa Jopp, 2006, Germany

Heading South - dir. Laurent Cantet, 2005, France/Canada

The Heart of the Game - dir. Ward Serrill, 2005, USA

Hell - dir. Danis Tanovic, 2005, France/Italy/Belgium/Japan

Hello, Dolly! - dir. Gene Kelly, 1969, USA

The Hidden Blade - dir. Yoji Yamada, 2005, Japan

The Horizon of Events - dir. Daniele Vicari, 2005, Italy

Host & Guest - dir. Shin Dong-il, 2005, South Korea

House of Sand - dir. Andrucha Waddington, 2005, Brazil

How Little We Know of Our Neighbours - dir. Rebecca Baron, 2005, United Kingdom

Huldufólk 102 - dir. Nisha Inalsingh, 2005, USA/Iceland

I Am - dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska, 2005, Poland

Iberia - dir. Carlos Saura, 2005, Spain/France

The Iceberg - dir. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy, 2005, Belgium

I for India - dir. Sandhya Suri, 2005, United Kingdom/Germany/Italy

The Illusionist - dir. Neil Burger, 2006, USA

In Bed (2005) - dir. Matías Bize, 2005, Chile/Germany

Initial D - dir. Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, 2005, Hong Kong

Into Great Silence - dir. Philip Gröning, 2005, Germany/Switzerland

Isabella - dir. Pang Ho-Cheung, 2005, Hong Kong

Isolation - dir. Billy O’Brien, 2005, United Kingdom/Ireland

Itinéraires - dir. Christophe Otzenberger, 2005, France

Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis - dir. Mary Jordan, 2006, USA

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - dir. Stanley Nelson, 2006, USA

Joni’s Promise - dir. Joko Anwar, 2005, Indonesia

Kamataki - dir. Claude Gagnon, 2005, Canada

King Leopold’s Ghost - dir. Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees, 2005, USA

The King - dir. James Marsh, 2005, USA

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts - dir. Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup, 2005, France

Kissed by Winter - dir. Sara Johnsen, 2005, Norway/Sweden

Lassie - dir. Charles Sturridge, 2006, Ireland/United Kingdom/USA

The Last Communist - dir. Amir Muhammad, 2006, Malaysia

Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man - dir. Lian Lunson, 2005, USA

Life With My Father - dir. Sébastien Rose, 2005, Canada

Linda Linda Linda - dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005, Japan

The Line of Beauty - dir. Saul Dibb, 2006, United Kingdom

A Lion in the House - dir. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, 2006, USA

Little Fugitive - dir. Joanna Lipper, 2006, USA

Little Red Flowers - dir. Zhang Yuan, 2005, China

A Little Trip to Heaven - dir. Baltasar Kormákur, 2005, Iceland/USA

Liubi - dir. Layia Yiourgou, 2005, Greece

Live Free or Die - dir. Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet, 2006, USA

Liviu’s Dream - dir. Corneliu Porumboiu, 2005, Romania/France

Lonely Are The Brave - dir. David Miller, 1962, USA

Los Aires Difíciles - dir. Gerardo Herrera, 2005, Spain

loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies - dir. Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin, 2006, USA

Love Sick - dir. Tudor Giurgiu, 2006, Romania

Lower City - dir. Sergio Machado, 2005, Brazil

Low Profile - dir. Christoph Hochhäusler, 2005, Germany

Lunacy - dir. Jan Svankmajer, 2005, Czech Republic/Slovakia

Madeinusa - dir. Claudia Llosa, 2006, Peru/Spain

La Maison de Nina - dir. Richard Dembo, 2005, France

Malas Temporadas - dir. Manuel Martín Cuenca, 2005, Spain

Man Push Cart - dir. Ramin Bahrani, 2005, USA/Iran

Manslaughter - dir. Per Fly, 2005, Denmark

The Man Who Cheated Himself - dir. Felix E. Feist , 1950, USA

Maquilapolis - City Of Factories - dir. Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre, 2006, USA/Mexico

Maria Bethânia: Music is Perfume - dir. Georges Gachot, 2005, Switzerland

The Master - dir. Piotr Trzaskalski, 2005, Poland

Maxed Out - dir. James D. Scurlock, 2006, USA

The Method - dir. Marcelo Piñeyro, 2005, Spain/Argentina/Italy

Me, You, Them - dir. Andrucha Waddington, 2000, Brazil

Molly’s Way - dir. Emily Atef, 2006, Germany

Mom’s Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mother’s Custody Movement - dir. Jody Laine, Shan Ottey, Shad Reinstein, 2006, USA

Monster House - dir. Gil Kenan, 2006, USA

...More Than 1000 Words - dir. Solo Avital, 2006, Germany

Mother of Mine - dir. Klaus Härö, 2005, Finland/Sweden

My Country, My Country - dir. Laura Poitras, 2006, USA

My Nikifor - dir. Krzysztof Krauze, 2004, Poland

The Nightly Song of the Travellers - dir.,Chapour Haghighat, 2005, Iran/France

No. 2 - dir. Toa Fraser, 2006, New Zealand

Nordeste - dir. Juan Solanas, 2005, Argentina/Spain/Belgium

Not Here to be Loved - dir. Stéphane Brizé, 2005, France

Off Screen - dir. Pieter Kuijpers, 2005, Netherlands/Belgium

Old Joy - dir. Kelly Reichardt, 2006, USA

Once You’re Born You Can No Longer Hide - dir. Marco Tullio Giordana , 2005, Italy/France/United Kingdom

Only God Knows - dir. Carlos Bolado, 2005, Mexico/Brazil

OSS 117: Nest of Spies - dir. Michel Hazanavicius, 2006, France

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl - dir. Perry Ogden, 2005, Ireland

A Perfect Day - dir. Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas, 2005, Lebanon/France

Perhaps Love - dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan, 2005, Hong Kong /China

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes - dir. Quay Brothers, 2005, United Kingdom/Germany/France

Pierrepoint - dir. Adrian Shergold, 2005, United Kingdom

The Play - dir. Pelin Esmer, 2005, Turkey

The Porcelain Doll - dir. Péter Gárdos, 2005, Hungary

The Power of Nightmares; The Rise of the Politics of Fear - dir. Adam Curtis, 2005, United Kingdom

A Prairie Home Companion - dir. Robert Altman, 2006, USA

The Prince Contemplating His Soul - dir. Nacer Khemir, 2005, Tunisia/France/Germany/UK

Princesses - dir. Fernando León de Aranoa, 2005, Spain

Princess Raccoon - dir. Seijun Suzuki, 2005, Japan

The Proposition - dir. John Hillcoat, 2005, Australia/UK

The Puffy Chair - dir. Jay Duplass, 2005, USA

Pusher - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996, Denmark

Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2004, Denmark

Pusher III: I’m the Angel of Death - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2005, Denmark

Queens - dir. Manuel Gómez Pereira, 2005, Spain

Quinceañera - dir. Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer, 2006, USA

The Refugee All Stars - dir. Zach Niles, Banker White, 2005, Guinea/Sierra Leone/USA

Requiem - dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, 2006, Germany

The Road to Guantanamo - dir. Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross, 2006, United Kingdom

Rome, Open City - dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1945, Italy

Roots - dir. Pavel Lungin, 2005, Russia/France

Round Two - dir. Daniel Cebrián, 2005, Spain

Russian Dolls - dir. Cédric Klapisch, 2005, France

Ryna - dir. Ruxandra Zenide, 2005, Switzerland/Romania

Sacred Heart - dir. Ferzan Ozpetek, 2005, Italy

Sa-Kwa - dir. Kang Yi-kwan, 2005, South Korea

Sangre - dir. Amat Escalante, 2005, Mexico/France

A Scanner Darkly - dir. Richard Linklater, 2006, USA

The Scarlet Letter - dir. Victor Sjöström, 1926, USA

The Science of Sleep - dir. Michel Gondry, 2006, France

Screaming Masterpieces - dir. Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, 2005, Iceland

Sentenced Home - dir. David Grabias, Nicole Newnham, 2005, USA

Seven Swords - dir. Tsui Hark, 2005, Hong Kong/China

Shanghai Dreams - dir. Wang Xiaoshuai, 2005, China

Shaymol Chhaya - dir. Humayan Ahmed, 2005, Bangladesh

Shinobi - dir. Ten Shimoyama, 2005, Japan

Sketches of Frank Gehry - dir. Sydney Pollack, 2005, USA

Ski Jumping Pairs - Road to Torino 2006 - dir. Mashima Riichiro, Kobayashi Masaki, 2005, Japan

Slumming - dir. Michael Glawogger, 2006, Austria/Switzerland

Small Town Gay Bar - dir. Malcolm Ingram, 2006, USA

Smiling in a Warzone - dir. Simone Aaberg Kærns, Magnus Bejmar, 2005, Denmark/Austria/Sweden/German/Finland

Snow Cake - dir. Marc Evans, 2006, Canada/UK

A Soap - dir. Pernille Fischer Christiansen, 2005, Denmark/Sweden

So Close, So Far - dir. Reza Mir-Karimi, 2005, Iran

Someone Else’s Happiness - dir. Fien Troch, 2005, Belgium

Something Like Happiness - dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2005, Czech Republic

The Standard - dir. Jordan Albertsen, 2006, USA

Starfish Hotel - dir. John Williams, 2006, Japan

Strangers with Candy - dir. Paul Dinello, 2005, USA

Sud Express - dir. Chema de la Peña, Gabriel Velázquez, 2005, Spain

Suicidals - dir. Juan Villegas, 2005, Argentina

A Summer Day - dir. Franck Guérin, 2006, France

Terkel in Trouble - dir. Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thornbjørn Christoffersen, 2004, Denmark

Tertium non datur - dir. Lucian Pintilie, 2006, Romania/France

Texas - dir. Fausto Paravidino, 2005, Italy

Thieves and Liars - dir. Ricardo Mendez Matta, Poli Marichal, 2005, Puerto Rico

This Film is Not Yet Rated - dir. Kirby Dick, 2006, USA

This is Gary McFarland - dir. Kristian St. Clair, 2006, USA

Three Times - dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005, Taiwan

Time to Leave - dir. François Ozon, 2005, France

To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale - dir. Jörg Bundschuh , 2005, Germany

Tough Enough - dir. Detlev Buck, 2006, Germany

The Trials of Darryl Hunt - dir. Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg, 2005 , USA

A Trip to Kharabakh - dir. Levan Tutberidze, 2005, Georgia

TV Junkie - dir. Michael Cain, Matt Radecki, 2006, USA

Twelve and Holding - dir. Michael Cuesta, 2005, USA

Two Drifters - dir. João Pedro Rodrigues, 2005, Portugal

Urban Scarecrow - dir. Andrew McAllister, 2006, USA

Vishwa Thulasi - dir. Sumathy Ram, 2005, India

Wah-Wah - dir. Richard E. Grant, 2005, South Africa/France/UK

Walking to Werner - dir. Linas Phillips, 2006, USA

Way of the Puck - dir. Eric Anderson, 2006, USA

The Wayward Cloud - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 2005, Taiwan

We Go Way Back - dir. Lynn Shelton, 2006, USA

We Shall Overcome - dir. Niels Arden Oplev, 2005, Denmark

The West Wittering Affair - dir. David Scheinmann , 2005, United Kingdom

What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here? - dir. Saso Podgorsek, 2005, Slovenia/Hungary

What a Wonderful Place - dir. Eyal Halfon, 2005, Israel

What Remains - dir. Steven Cantor, 2005, USA

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him?) - dir. John Scheinfeld, 2006, USA

Who Killed the Electric Car? - dir. Chris Paine, 2006, USA

Whole New Thing - dir. Amnon Buchbinder, 2005, Canada

Wild Tigers I Have Known - dir. Cam Archer, 2006, USA

The Window - dir. Ted Tetzlaff, 1949, USA

The Wind - dir. Eduardo Mignogna, 2005, Argentina

Wordplay - dir. Patrick Creadon, 2006, USA

Workingman’s Death - dir. Michael Glawogger, 2005, Austria

The World According to Sesame Street - dir. Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Hawkins Costigan, 2006, USA

Worldly Desires - dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006, South Korea

Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner - dir. Freida Lee Mock, 2006, USA

Wristcutters - A Love Story - dir. Goran Dukic, 2006, USA

You and Me - dir. Julie Lopes-Curval, 2006, France

You Are So Handsome - dir. Isabelle Mergault, 2006, France

Zozo - dir. Josef Fares, 2005, Sweden/UK/Denmark

Special Programs & Events

Alternate Cinema - included 11 feature films and 2 shorts packages

Archival Films - included 11 feature films

A Conversation with Stewart Copeland

Cues and Connections: Making Music in Film - seminar guests included Sharon Boyle, Jen Czeisler, Dave Dederer, Ian Hierons, Jason Reitman

Danish Spotlight - included 14 feature films

Documentary Competition - included 12 feature films

Digital Storytelling and Media Literacy in the Classroom: A professional development training for teachers of grades 6-12

Distribution Systems and How They Will Change the Way We Do Business - both moderated by Mike Goodrich

Emerging Masters: Adam Curtis - included The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares; The Rise of the Politics of Fear

Emerging Masters: Andrucha Waddington - included House of Sand, Me, You, Them

Emerging Masters: Nicolas Winding Refn - included Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands, Pusher III: I’m the Angel of Death, Gambler

Emerging Masters: Wang Xiaoshuai - included The Days, Shanghai Dreams 

Gay-La Extravaganza Boy Culture 

Golden Space Needle Awards 

The Great Debate: The Northwest Voice and the National Scene - seminar guests included Larry Estes, Donna James, Don Jensen, Jennifer Roth, Lynn Shelton, moderated by Jam Baker Face the Music - included 12 feature films and 6 events 

Face the Music Rock Party at Neumos 

Festival Forums - included On A Wire and a Prayer, Animation Master Class with Dreamworks - seminar guests included Cameron Hood, Kyle Jefferson, moderated by Brian McDonald

Fly Films Take Flight - included 3 short films and 1 documentary 

FutureWave - included 17 short films

I Wake Up Screening: what to do after you’ve made that movie - seminar guests included John Anderson and Laura Kim, moderated by Anne Thompson

Encode Your Film for Internet Streaming: Presented by RealNetworks

Master Class with Composer Mark Mothersbaugh

Melodic Meshes with Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie 

Midnight Adrenaline - included Sneak Midnight Movie, Another Gay Movie, Destricted, The District!, Evil Aliens, Frostbite, Isolation, Terkel in Trouble 

New American Cinema - included 11 feature films 

New Directors - included 11 feature films

Producer School Series - included Independent Film and Television: A Sound Investment, The Business of Filmmaking: What You Need to Know Before and After the Cameras Roll - seminar guest included Hal “Corky” Kessler

Screenwriters Salon: How to Tell A Great Story on Film - seminar guests included Tom Skerritt, John Jacobsen, Rick Stevenson, Stewart Stern, Warren Etheredge 

Seattle Summit: The New Money in Content Creation and How to Access It and New 

Secret Festival

Short Films - included 10 shorts packages 

SIFF Classroom - included 3D for Film Made Easy with Maya, Digital Media Lab, Introduction to Final Cut Pro, Advanced Techniques in Final Cut Pro, Introduction to Logic Express, Introduction to Motion, DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro, GarageBand Workshop for Youth

Spawned in Seattle - included 8 feature films, 6 documentaries, 17 short films

Films4Families - included 7 feature films and 2 shorts packages 

Special Presentations - included Half Nelson, Monster House

Talking Pictures - included Dale Chihuly presents Lonely Are the Brave, Tom Douglas presents Hello, Dolly!, Jane Eaglen presents Anne of the Thousands Days

Three-Minute Masterpieces 

The Unknown with Portastatic

Weekend Galas - included A Prairie Home Companion, Factotum, Perhaps Love, Strangers with Candy