Seattle International Film Festival 2009 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 2009

Relive the 35th 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 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 21–June 14, 2009
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Admiral Theater, Alki Room, Cinerama, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theatre, Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland Performance Center, Neptune Theatre, Neumos, Northwest Film Forum, Pacific Place Cinemas, Pan Pacific Seattle Hotel, Paramount Theatre, SIFF Cinema at Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall, Triple Door, Uptown Cinemas

Opening Night: In the Loop at The Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: OSS 117: Lost in Rio at Cinerama
Tribute: Spike Lee, Francis Ford Coppola
Emerging Masters: Lee Yoon-Ki, Bohdan Slama, Lucrecia Martel


FESTIVAL CATALOG


TRAILER

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Guests from the film, Humpday, including director, Lynn Shelton, and acress, Alycia Delmore, gather on the red carpet with SIFF's Artistic Director, Carl Spence, for the Centerpiece Film & Gala

Guests from the film, Humpday, including director, Lynn Shelton, and acress, Alycia Delmore, gather on the red carpet with SIFF's Artistic Director, Carl Spence, for the Centerpiece Film & Gala

Guests from the film, Humpday, including director, Lynn Shelton, and acress, Alycia Delmore, gather on the red carpet with SIFF's Artistic Director, Carl Spence, for the Centerpiece Film & Gala

Guests from the film, Humpday, including director, Lynn Shelton, and acress, Alycia Delmore, gather on the red carpet with SIFF's Artistic Director, Carl Spence, for the Centerpiece Film & Gala

SIFF volunteers, helping out with the Centerpiece Film & Gala, pose for the camera at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

SIFF volunteers, helping out with the Centerpiece Film & Gala, pose for the camera at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

SIFF volunteers, helping out with the Centerpiece Film & Gala, pose for the camera at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

SIFF volunteers, helping out with the Centerpiece Film & Gala, pose for the camera at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

Programmers, Dustin Kaspar and Beth Barrett (current Artistic Director) strike a pose on the red carpet at Closing Night of the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

Programmers, Dustin Kaspar and Beth Barrett (current Artistic Director) strike a pose on the red carpet at Closing Night of the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

Programmers, Dustin Kaspar and Beth Barrett (current Artistic Director) strike a pose on the red carpet at Closing Night of the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

Programmers, Dustin Kaspar and Beth Barrett (current Artistic Director) strike a pose on the red carpet at Closing Night of the 35th Seattle International Film Festival

Attendees of the Gay-La reception at Neighbours Nightclub and Lounge, which followed a screening of Patrik Age 1.5 at Egyptian

Attendees of the Gay-La reception at Neighbours Nightclub and Lounge, which followed a screening of Patrik Age 1.5 at Egyptian

Attendees of the Gay-La reception at Neighbours Nightclub and Lounge, which followed a screening of Patrik Age 1.5 at Egyptian

Attendees of the Gay-La reception at Neighbours Nightclub and Lounge, which followed a screening of Patrik Age 1.5 at Egyptian

Actress, Natasha Lyonne, in town for her film, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, poses outside the Egyptian in between screenings

Actress, Natasha Lyonne, in town for her film, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, poses outside the Egyptian in between screenings

Actress, Natasha Lyonne, in town for her film, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, poses outside the Egyptian in between screenings

Actress, Natasha Lyonne, in town for her film, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, poses outside the Egyptian in between screenings

Oss 117: Lost In Rio
Oss 117: Lost In Rio
In The Loop
In The Loop
Humpday
Humpday
500 Days Of Summer
500 Days Of Summer
Passing Strange
Passing Strange
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite
Moon
Moon
Headless Woman
Headless Woman

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Black Dynamite (dir. Scott Sanders, USA)

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, USA)

Best Actress
Yolande Moreau (Seraphine)

Best Actor
Sam Rockwell (Moon)

Best Short
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (dir. Nick Park, USA)

Best Documentary
The Cove (dir. Louie Psihoyos, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
The Other Bank (dir. George Ovashvili, Georgia/Kazakhstan)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Short Term 12 (dir. Destin Daniel Cretton, USA)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
talhotblond (dir. Barbara Schroeder, USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

33 Scenes from Life - dir. Malgoska Szumowska, 2008, Poland/Germany

(500) Days of Summer - dir. Marc Webb, 2009, USA

$9.99 - dir. Tatia Rosenthal, 2008, Israel/Australia

About Elly - dir. Asghar Farhadi, 2009, Iran

Adam - dir. Max Mayer, 2009, USA

The Admiral - dir. Andrei Kravchuk, 2008, Russia

The Adventures of Robin Hood - dir. Michael Curtiz, William Keighley, 1938, USA

Afghan Star - dir. Havana Marking, 2008, United Kingdom/Afghanistan

Against the Current - dir. Peter Callahan, 2009, USA

Alisa’s Birthday - dir. Sergei Seregin, 2008, Russia

All Tomorrow’s Parties - dir. All Tomorrow’s People, Jonathan Caouette, 2009, United Kingdom

American Primitive - dir. Gwen Wynne, 2009, USA

Amreeka - dir. Cherien Dabis, 2009, USA/Canada/Kuwait

The Anarchist's Wife - dir. Marie Noëlle, Peter Sehr, 2009, Spain/Germany/France

The Answer Man - dir. John Hindman, 2009, USA

Apron Strings - dir. Sima Urale, 2008, New Zealand

Art & Copy - dir. Doug Pray, 2009, USA

At West of Pluto - dir. Myriam Verreault, Henry Bernadet, 2009, Canada

The Baby Formula - dir. Alison Reid, 2008, Canada

Baby Love - dir. Vincent Garenq, 2008, France

Back to the Garden, Flower Power Comes Full Circle - dir. Kevin Tomlinson, 2009, USA

Ball Don't Lie - dir. Brin Hill, 2008, USA

The Beaches of Agnès - dir. Agnès Varda, 2008, France

The Bear - dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1989, France/USA

The Beast Stalker - dir. Dante Lam, 2008, Hong Kong

Beauties at War - dir. Patrice Leconte, 2008, France

Be Calm and Count to Seven - dir. Ramtin Lavafipour, 2008, Iran

Beket - dir. Davide Manuli, 2008, Italy

Birdwatchers - dir. Marco Bechis, 2008, Italy/Brazil

Black - dir. Pierre Laffargue, 2008, France

Black Dogs Barking - dir. Mehmet Bahadir Er, Maryna Gorbach, 2009, Turkey

Black Dynamite - dir. Scott Sanders, 2009, USA

Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly- dir. Edwin, 2008, Indonesia

Bluebeard - dir. Catherine Breillat, 2009, France

Boy - dir. Aureus Solito, 2009, Philippines

Breathless - dir. Yang Ik-june, 2008, South Korea

Bronson - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008, United Kingdom

Bruce Springsteen: Live in Barcelona - dir. Chris Hilson, 2003, USA

Buddenbrooks - dir. Heinrich Breloer, 2008, Germany

Buick Riviera - dir. Goran Rušinović, 2008, Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Germany/USA

Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country - dir. Anders Høgsbro Østergaard, 2008, Denmark/Norway

The Burning Plain - dir. Guillermo Arriaga, 2008, USA

California Company Town - dir. Lee Anne Schmitt, 2008, USA

Can Go Through Skin - dir. Esther Rots, 2009, Netherlands

Captive - dir. Alexei Uchitel, 2008, Russia/Bulgaria

Carmo, Hit the Road- dir. Murilo Pasta, 2008, Spain/Poland/Brazil

Chef’s Special - dir. Nacho G. Velilla, 2008, Spain

City of Borders - dir. Yun Suh, 2009, USA

The Clone Returns Home - dir. Kanji Nakajima, 2008, Japan

Cloud 9 - dir. Andreas Dresen, 2008, Germany

Cold Souls - dir. Sophie Barthes, 2009, USA

The Conversation - dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974, USA

The Country Teacher - dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2008, Czech Republic/Germany/France

The Cove - dir. Louie Psihoyos, 2009, USA

Daddy Cool - dir. Francois Desagnat, Thomass Sorri, 2008, France

Dancing Across Borders - dir. Anne H. Bass, 2009, USA/Cambodia

The Dark Harbor - dir. Naito Takasugu, 2008, Japan

Daytime Drinking - dir. Noh Young-seok, 2008, South Korea

Deadgirl - dir. Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel, 2008, USA

Dead Snow - dir. Tommy Wirkola, 2009, Norway

Defamation - dir. Yoav Shamir, 2009, Israel/Austria

Departures - dir. Yojiro Takita, 2008, Japan

The Desert Within - dir. Rodrigo Plá, 2008, Mexico

Dodsworth - dir. William Wyler, 1936, USA

Don't Let Me Drown - dir. Cruz Angeles, 2009, USA

Downloading Nancy - dir. Johan Renck, 2008, USA

Egon & Dönci - dir. Ádám Magyar, 2008, Hungary

Eldorado - dir. Bouli Lanners, 2008, Belgium/France

El General - dir. Natalia Almada, 2008, Mexico/USA

The End of the Line - dir. Rupert Murray, 2009, United Kingdom

The Escape - dir. Kathrine Windfeld, 2009, Denmark

Every Little Step - dir. James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo, 2008, USA

Everyone Else - dir. Maren Ade, 2009, Germany

Everything Strange and New - dir. Frazer Bradshaw, 2009, USA

The Exploding Girl - dir. Bradley Rust Gray, 2009, USA

Facing Ali - dir. Pete McCormack, 2009, Canada

Favela on Blast - dir. Leandro HBL, Wesley Pentz, 2009, Brazil

Fear Me Not - dir. Kristian Levring, 2008, Denmark

Fifty Dead Men Walking - dir. Kari Skogland, 2008, United Kingdom/Canada

Fig Trees - dir. John Greyson, 2009, Canada

FILM IST. a girl & a gun - dir. Gustav Deutsch, 2009, Austria

Final Arrangements - dir. Michel Delgado, 2008, France

Finding Bliss - dir. Julie Davis, 2009, USA

The Firm Land - dir. Chapour Haghighat, 2008, Iran/France/India

Flame & Citron - dir. Ole Christian Madsen, 2008, Denmark/Czech Republic/Germany

Food, Inc. - dir. Robert Kenner, 2008, USA

Forasters - dir. Ventura Pons, 2009, Spain

Forever Enthralled - dir. Chen Kaige, 2009, China

The Fortress - dir. Fernand Melgar, 2008, Switzerland

Four Boxes - dir. Wyatt McDill, 2009, USA

Four Chapters - dir. Suman Mukhopadhyay, 2008, India

A French Gigolo - dir. Josiane Balasko, 2008, France

Fruit Fly - dir. H. P. Mendoza, 2008, USA

Garbage Dreams - dir. Mai Iskander, 2008, USA

The Garden - dir. Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 2008, USA

The Girl from Monaco - dir. Anne Fontaine, 2008, France

Give Me Your Hand - dir. Pascal-Alex Vincent, 2009, France

God’s Offices- dir. Claire Simon, 2008, France

Gotta Dance - dir. Dori Berinstein, 2008, USA

Grace - dir. Paul Solet, 2009, USA

The Great Race - dir. Blake Edwards, 1965, USA

Hachiko: A Dog’s Story - dir. Lasse Hallström, 2009, USA

Hansel and Gretel - dir. Yim Phil-sung, 2008, South Korea

The Headless Woman - dir. Lucrecia Martel, 2008, Argentina/France/Italy/Spain

The Higher Force - dir. Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, 2008, Iceland

The Hills Run Red - dir. Dave Parker, 2009, USA

Home - dir. Ursula Meier, 2008, Switzerland/France/Belgium

Hooked - dir. Adrian Sitaru, 2008, Romania/France

Humpday - dir. Lynn Shelton, 2009, USA

The Hurt Locker - dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 2008, USA

Icons Among Us - dir. Michael Rivoira, Lars Larson, Peter J. Vogt, 2009, USA

I Know You Know - dir. Justin Kerrigan, 2008, United Kingdom

I Sell the Dead - dir. Glenn McQuaid, 2009, USA

Il Divo - dir. Paolo Sorrentino, 2008, Italy/France

I’m Gonna Explode - dir. Gerardo Naranjo, 2008, Mexico

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle - dir. David Russo, 2009, USA

I’m No Dummy - dir. Bryan W. Simon, 2009, USA

Independent America: Rising from Ruins - dir. Hanson Hosein, 2008, Canada/USA

Inju, the Beast in the Shadow - dir. Barbet Schroeder, 2008, France

In the Loop - dir. Armando Iannucci, 2009, United Kingdom

Inland - dir. Tariq Teguia, 2008, Algeria

Involuntary - dir. Ruben Östlund, 2008, Sweden

In Your Absence - dir. Iván Noel, 2008, Spain

I Sell the Dead - dir. Glenn McQuaid, 2009, USA

An Island Calling - dir. Annie Goldson, 2008, New Zealand/Fiji

It Came From Kuchar - dir. Jennifer Kroot, 2009, USA

It Takes a Cult - dir. Eric Johannsen, 2008, USA

Kabei - Our Mother - dir. Yoji Yamada, 2008, Japan

Kaifeck Murder - dir. Esther Gronenborn, 2008, Germany

Kanchivaram - dir. Priyadarshan, 2008, India

The Karamazovs - dir. Petr Zelenka, 2008, Czech Republic/Poland

Katia’s Sister - dir. Mijke de Jong, 2008, Netherlands

Khamsa - dir. Karim Dridi, 2008, France/Tunisia

Kimjongilia - dir. N.C. Heikin, 2009, France/USA/South Korea

Kisses - dir. Lance Daly, 2008, Ireland/Sweden

Know Your Mushrooms - dir. Ron Mann, 2009, Canada

Krabat - dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner, 2008, Germany

La Ciénaga - dir. Lucrecia Martel, 2001, Argentina/France/Spain

Laila’s Birthday - dir. Rashid Masharawi, 2008, Palestine/Tunisia/Netherlands

Le Amiche - dir. Michaelangelo Antonioni, 1955, Italy

Light Year - dir. Mikael Kristersson, 2008, Sweden

Like Dandelion Dust- dir. Jon Gunn, 2009, USA

Little Joe - dir. Nicole Haeusser, 2009, USA

Little Soldier - dir. Annette K. Olesen, 2009, Denmark

Live and Remember - dir. Alexander Proshkin, 2008, Russia

Lovely Loneliness - dir. Victoria Galardi, Martín Carranza, 2008, Argentina

Machan - dir. Uberto Pasolini, 2008, Sri Lanka/Italy/Germany

The Maid - dir. Sebastian Silva, 2008, Chile

Mamma Moo and Crow - dir. Igor Veyshtagin, 2008, Sweden/Germany/Hungary

Manhole Children - dir. Yoshio Harada, 2008, Japan

Maradona by Kusturica - dir. Emir Kusturica, 2008, Spain/France

Marcello Marcello - dir. Denis Rabaglia, 2008, Switzerland /Germany

The Market - A Tale of Trade - dir. Ben Hopkins, 2008, United Kingdom

Melodrama Habibi - dir. Hany Tamba, 2008, France

The Merry Gentleman - dir. Michael Keaton, 2008, USA

Mesrine: A Film in Two Parts - dir. Jean-François Richet, 2008, France/Canada/Italy

Miao Miao - dir. Hsiao-Tse Cheng, 2008, Hong Kong/Taiwan

Mid-August Lunch - dir. Gianni di Gregorio, 2008, Italy

The Missing Person - dir. Noah Buschel, 2009, USA

La Mission - dir. Peter Bratt, 2009, USA

Modern Life - dir. Raymond Depardon, 2008, France

Mommy is at the Hairdresser’s - dir. Léa Pool, 2008, Canada

Moon - dir. Duncan Jones, 2009, United Kingdom

Moonbeam Bear and His Friends - dir. Michael Maurus, Thomas Bodenstein, 2008, Germany

Morris: A Life With Bells On - dir. Lucy Akhurst, 2008, United Kingdom

Mothers & Daughters - dir. Carl Bessai, 2008, Canada

My Dear Enemy - dir. Lee Yoon-ki, 2008, South Korea

My Suicide - dir. David Lee Miller, 2009, USA

Nak - dir. Natthapong Rattanachoksirikul, 2009, Thailand

The Necessities of Life - dir. Benoît Pilon, 2008, Canada

No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti - dir. Leon Dai, 2008, Taiwan

North - dir. Rune Denstad Langlo, 2009, Norway

North Face - dir. Philipp Stölzl, 2008, Austria

Nurse.Fighter.Boy - dir. Charles Officer, 2008, Canada

Once Upon a Time in the West - dir. Sergio Leone, 1968, USA/Italy

The One-Handed Trick - dir. Santiago Zannou, 2008, Spain

Opium War - dir. Siddiq Barmak, 2008, Afghanistan/Japan/South Korea/France

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

OSS 117: Lost in Rio - dir. Michel Hazanavicius, 2009, France

The Other Bank - dir. George Ovashvili, 2009, Georgia/Kazakhstan

Our Beloved Month of August - dir. Miguel Gomes, 2008, Portugal/France

The Overbrook Brothers - dir. John Bryant, 2009, USA

A Pain in the Ass - dir. Francis Veber, 2008 , France

Paper Heart - dir. Nicholas Jasenovec, 2008, USA

The Paranoids - dir. Gabriel Medina, 2008, Argentina

Passing Strange - dir. Spike Lee, 2009, USA

Patrik Age 1.5 - dir. Ella Lemhagen, 2008, Sweden

Pirate for the Sea - dir. Ronald Colby, 2008, USA

Poppy Shakespeare - dir. Benjamin Ross, 2008, United Kingdom

Pop Star On Ice - dir. David Barba, James Pellerito, 2009, USA/Canada/Russia/Japan

Princess of Africa - dir. Juan Laguna, 2008, Spain/Senegal

Prodigal Sons - dir. Kimberly Reed, 2008, USA

Quiet Chaos - dir. Antonello Grimaldi, 2008, Italy

Raging Sun, Raging Sky - dir. Julián Hernández, 2008, Mexico

Rain - dir. Maria Govan, 2008, Bahamas

The Red Race - dir. Gan Chao, 2008, China/Germany

Rembrandt's J'Accuse - dir. Peter Greenaway, 2008, Netherlands/United Kingdom/Poland/Canada

Rumba - dir. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy, 2008, Belgium/France

Running on Empty - dir. Bulent Akinci, 2006, Germany

School Days With a Pig - dir. Tetsu Maeda, 2008, Japan

Scratch - dir. Michal Rosa, 2008, Poland

A Sea Change - dir. Barbara Ettinger, 2009, Norway/USA

Séraphine - dir. Martin Provost, 2008, France/Belgium

Sexykiller - dir. Miguel Martí, 2008, Spain

The Shaft - dir. Zhang Chi, 2008, China

Shrink - dir. Jonas Pate, 2009, USA

Skin - dir. Anthony Fabian, 2008, South Africa/United Kingdom

Small Crime - dir. Christos Georgiou, 2008, Cyprus

The Sniper - dir. Dante Lam, 2009, Hong Kong

Snow - dir. Aida Begic, 2008, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/France/Iran

So Long at the Fair - dir. Terence Fisher, 1950, United Kingdom

Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary- dir. Jamie J. Johnson, 2008, United Kingdom

Spring 1941 - dir. Uri Barbash, 2008, Israel/Poland

Spring Breakdown - dir. Ryan Shiraki, 2009, USA

The Spy and the Sparrow - dir. Garrett Bennett, 2009, USA

The Square - dir. Nash Edgerton, 2008, Australia

Stella - dir. Sylvie Verheyde, 2008, France

Still Walking - dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2008, Japan

Story of Jen - dir. François Rotger, 2009, Canada/France

Strella - A Woman’s Way - dir. Panos H. Koutras, 2009, Greece

The Strength of Water - dir. Armaggan Ballantyne, 2009, New Zealand/Germany

Sügisball - dir. Veiko Õunpuu, 2007, Estonia

Summer - dir. Kenny Glenaan, 2008, United Kingdom

Summer Hours - dir. Olivier Assayas, 2008, France

Sunset Boulevard - dir. Billy Wilder, 1950, USA

Sweet Crude - dir. Sandy Cioffi, 2008, USA

Swimsuit Issue - dir. Måns Herngren, 2009, Sweden

Tahaan - A Boy With a Grenade - dir. Santosh Sivan, 2008, India

talhotblond - dir. Barbara Schroeder, 2009, USA

Tears of April - dir. Aku Louhimies, 2009, Finland/Germany/Greece

Telstar - dir. Nick Moran, 2008, United Kingdom

Tengri: Blue Heavens - dir. Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville, 2008, Kyrgyzstan/France/Germany

Terribly Happy - dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, 2008, Denmark

Tetro - dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 2009, USA, Argentina

That Evening Sun - dir. Scott Teems, 2009, USA

The Third Man - dir. Carol Reed, 1949, United Kingdom

This Charming Girl - dir. Lee Yoon-ki, 2004, South Korea

Three Blind Mice - dir. Matthew Newton, 2008, Australia

Treeless Mountain - dir. So-yong Kim, 2008, USA/South Korea

Trimpin: The Sound of Invention - dir. Peter Esmonde, 2008, USA

Troubled Water - dir. Erik Poppe, 2008, Norway/Sweden

True Adolescents - dir. Craig Johnson, 2009, USA

Tulpan - dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy, 2008, Kazakhstan/Germany/Switzerland/Russia/Poland

Unmistaken Child - dir. Nati Baratz, 2008, Israel

Warlords - dir. Peter Chan, Wai Man Yip, 2008, Hong Kong/China

The Wedding Song - dir. Karin Albou, 2008, France/Tunisia

Welcome - dir. Philippe Lioret, 2008, France

We Live in Public - dir. Ondi Timoner, 2008, USA

What’s on Your Plate? - dir. Catherine Gund, 2009, USA

White Night Wedding - dir. Baltasar Kormákur, 2008, Iceland

The Whole Truth - dir. Colleen Patrick, 2009, USA

The Wild Bees - dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2001, Czech Republic

Wild Field - dir. Mikhail Kalatozishvili, 2008, Russia

Wild Rose - dir. Sun Yu, 1932, China

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe - dir. Sarah Kunstler, Emily Kunstler, 2009, USA

Wind Blows in the Meadow- dir. Khosro Masoumi, 2008, Iran

With a Little Help from Myself - dir. François Dupeyron, 2008, France

A Woman in Berlin - dir. Max Färberböck, 2008, Germany/Poland

A Woman Under the Influence - dir. John Cassavetes, 1974, USA

A Woman’s World - dir. Panos H. Koutras, 2009, Greece

Wonderful World - dir. Joshua Goldin, 2009, USA

World's Greatest Dad - dir. Bobcat Goldthwait, 2009, USA

Yes, I Can See Dead People - dir. David Lee, 2008, Hong Kong

The Yes Men Fix the World - dir. Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno, Kurt Engfehr, 2009, USA

Youssou N’dour: I Bring What I Love - dir. Chai Vasarhelyi, 2008, Senegal/France

Zift - dir. Javor Gardev, 2008, Bulgaria

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction - dir. Kevin Hamedani, 2009, USA

Special Programs & Events

3-Minute Masterpieces 

Alternate Cinema - included 6 feature films and one shorts package

Archival Films - included The Conversation, Once Upon a Time in the West, So Long at the Fair

Archival Silent Film Presentation: Wild Rose 

Archival Special Presentations - Le Amiche, A Woman Under the Influence 

Centerpiece Gala: Humpday at Egyptian Theatre 

Documentary Competition - included 8 feature films 

Emerging Masters: Lee Yoon-ki - included My Dear Enemy, This Charming Girl, Lucrecia Martel - included The Headless Woman, La Ciénaga, Bohdan Sláma - included The Country Teacher, The Wild Bees

An Evening with Francis Ford Coppola Tetro

Exploring Film History: Nasty Cinema: The not-so classy side of Classic Hollywood and Animated Enemies: Propaganda with a chuckle with James Forsher

Face the Music - included 9 feature films

Films4Families - included 7 feature films and one shorts package

Fly Filmmaking Challenge 

FutureWave Feature Films - included 10 films 

FutureWave Shorts Program 

FutureWave SuperFly

Gay-La: Patrik Age 1.5 at Egyptian Theatre 

Golden Space Needle Awards 

Hands-On Animation Workshop–Training for Teachers of Grades K through 12

Icons Among Us, followed by a live performance from daKAH Hip Hop Chamber Orchestra at Neumos

Midnight Adrenaline - included 8 feature films

New Directors Showcase - included 12 feature films 

No Age performs The Bear

Northwest Connections - included 13 feature films

Northwest Production Summit: Pitch Slam, Trials and Tribulations: The Reality of Independent Production 

Planet Cinema - included 13 feature films 

Secret Festival 

Short Films - included 12 shorts packages 

SIFF Classroom: Digital Media Lab - included 12 workshops

Special Benefit Screening for SIFF: Bruce Springsteen: Live in Barcelona

Special Presentations: Every Little Step, The Great Race, Cairo, Nest of Spies

Strand Anniversary - included 8 feature films

Talking Pictures - included The Yes Men Fix the World, A Sea Change, The Red Race, What’s on Your Plate?

Tribute to Spike Lee Passing Strange 

Turner Classic Movies archival special presentations - included The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dodsworth, Sunset Boulevard, The Third Man