Seattle International Film Festival 2014 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 2014

Relive the 40th 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 2014 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 15–June 8, 2014
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Cinerama, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Kirkland Performing Arts Center, Lincoln Square Cinemas, McCaw Hall, AMC Pacific Place 11, Renton Ikea Performing Arts Center, SIFF Cinema Uptown, Triple Door

Opening Night: Jimi: All is by My Side at McCaw Hall
Closing Night: The One I Love at Cinerama
Tribute: Laura Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Quincy Jones


FESTIVAL CATALOG


TRAILER

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Actor, Mark Duplass, from the red carpet of Closing Night at Cinerama, which featured his film, The One I Love

Actor, Mark Duplass, from the red carpet of Closing Night at Cinerama, which featured his film, The One I Love

Actor, Mark Duplass, from the red carpet of Closing Night at Cinerama, which featured his film, The One I Love

Actor, Mark Duplass, from the red carpet of Closing Night at Cinerama, which featured his film, The One I Love

Musician and actor, André 3000, and actress, Hayley Atwell, celebrate their film, Jimi: All Is by My Side, with SIFF's Mary Bacarella and Carl Spence on the red carpet on Opening Night

Director John Ridley and actress Hayley Atwell celebrate their film, Jimi: All Is by My Side, with SIFF's Mary Bacarella and Carl Spence on the red carpet on Opening Night

Musician and actor, André 3000, and actress, Hayley Atwell, celebrate their film, Jimi: All Is by My Side, with SIFF's Mary Bacarella and Carl Spence on the red carpet on Opening Night

Director John Ridley and actress Hayley Atwell celebrate their film, Jimi: All Is by My Side, with SIFF's Mary Bacarella and Carl Spence on the red carpet on Opening Night

Cast and crew from Megan Griffith's film, Lucky Them, on stage at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center for Renton Opening Night

Cast and crew from Megan Griffith's film, Lucky Them, on stage at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center for Renton Opening Night

Cast and crew from Megan Griffith's film, Lucky Them, on stage at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center for Renton Opening Night

Cast and crew from Megan Griffith's film, Lucky Them, on stage at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center for Renton Opening Night

Tribute guest and actress, Laura Dern, on stage at the Egyptian for a Q&A before a screening of her film, Wild at Heart

Tribute guest and actress, Laura Dern, on stage at the Egyptian for a Q&A before a screening of her film, Wild at Heart

Tribute guest and actress, Laura Dern, on stage at the Egyptian for a Q&A before a screening of her film, Wild at Heart

Tribute guest and actress, Laura Dern, on stage at the Egyptian for a Q&A before a screening of her film, Wild at Heart

Tribute guest and actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, on the red carpet with SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence, at Egyptian during his tribute event, which included a screening of his film, Half of a Yellow Sun

Tribute guest and actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, on the red carpet with SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence, at Egyptian during his tribute event, which included a screening of his film, Half of a Yellow Sun

Tribute guest and actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, on the red carpet with SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence, at Egyptian during his tribute event, which included a screening of his film, Half of a Yellow Sun

Tribute guest and actor, Chiwetel Ejiofor, on the red carpet with SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence, at Egyptian during his tribute event, which included a screening of his film, Half of a Yellow Sun

The One I Love
The One I Love
Dior And I
Dior And I
Ida
Ida
I Am Big Bird
I Am Big Bird
Lucky Them
Lucky Them
Jimi All Is By My Side
Jimi All Is By My Side
Boyhood
Boyhood

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Boyhood (dir. Richard Linklater, USA)

Best Director
Richard Linklater (Boyhood, USA)

Best Actress
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Best Actor
Dawid Ogrodnik (Life Feels Good)

Best Short
Fool's Day (dir. Cody Blue Snider, USA)

Best Documentary
Keep On Keepin' On (dir. Alan Hicks, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
10,000KM (dir. Carlos Marques-Marcet, Spain/USA)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Red Knot (dir. Scott Cohen, USA/Argentina/Antarctica)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Marmato (dir. Mark Grieco, Colombia/USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

1,000 Times Good Night - dir. Erik Poppe, 2013, Norway

10,000KM - dir. Carlos Marques-Marcet, 2014, Spain/USA

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared - dir. Felix Herngren, 2013, Sweden 

20,000 Days on Earth - dir. Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, 2014, United Kingdom 

3 Mile Limit - dir. Lesa Davis, Craig Newland, 2014, New Zealand 

40 Days of Silence - dir. Saodat Ismailova, 2014, Uzbekistan/Tajikistan/Netherlands/Germany/France

4 Minute Mile - dir. Charles-Olivier Michaud, 2014, USA 

Abuse of Weakness - dir. Catherine Breillat, 2013, France/Germany/Belgium

African Metropolis - dir. Marie Ka, Philippe Lacote, Ahmed Ghoneimy, Vincent Moloi, Folsakin Iwajomo, Jim Chuchu, 2013, Kenya/Ivory Coast/Egypt/Senegal/Nigeria/South Africa

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas - dir. Arnaud des Pallières, 2013, France/Germany

The Airstrip - Decampment of Modernism, Part III - dir. Heinz Emigholz, 2014, Germany 

Alex of Venice - dir. Chris Messina, 2014, USA 

Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory - dir. Michael Rossato-Bennett , 2014, USA 

The Amazing Catfish - dir. Claudia Sainte-Luce, 2013, Mexico 

Another - dir. Jason Bognacki, 2014, USA 

Attila Marcel - dir. Sylvain Chomet, 2013, France 

Awake: the Life of Yogananda - dir. Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman, 2014, USA 

The Babadook - dir. Jennifer Kent, 2014, Australia 

Bad Hair - dir. Mariana Rondón, 2013, Venezuela/Peru/Germany

Ballet 422 - dir. Jody Lee Lipes, 2014, USA 

Beautiful Noise - dir. Eric Green, 2014, USA 

Begin Again - dir. John Carney, 2013, USA 

Belle & Sebastien - dir. Nicolas Vanier, 2013, France 

Beneath - dir. Ben Ketai, 2013, USA 

The Better Angels - dir. A.J. Edwards, 2014, USA

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan From Above - dir. Chi Po-Lin, 2013, Taiwan 

Beyond the Brick: A LEGO® Brickumentary - dir. Kief Davidson, Daniel Junge, 2014, Denmark/USA

BFE - dir. Shawn Telford, 2014, USA 

B For Boy - dir. Chika Anadu, 2013, Nigeria

Big in Japan - dir. John Jeffcoat, 2014, USA/Japan

The Bit Player - dir. Jeffrey Jeturian, 2013, Philippines 

Black Coal, Thin Ice - dir. Diao Yinan, 2014, China/Hong Kong

Blind Dates - dir. Levan Koguashvili , 2013, Georgia 

Borgman - dir. Alex van Warmerdam, 2013, Netherlands/Belgium/Denmark

Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity - dir. Catherine Gund, 2014, USA 

Bound: Africans versus African Americans - dir. Peres Owino, 2014, USA 

The Boy and the World - dir. Alê Abreu, 2013, Brazil 

Boyhood - dir. Richard Linklater, 2014, USA 

Boys - dir. Mischa Kamp, 2014, Netherlands 

The Breach - dir. Mark Titus, 2014, USA 

A Brony Tale - dir. Brent Hodge, 2014, USA 

Burkholder - dir. Taylor Guterson, 2014, USA 

Burning Bush - dir. Agnieszka Holland, 2013, Czech Republic 

Burt’s Buzz - dir. Jody Shapiro, 2013, Canada 

The Butterfly’s Dream - dir. Yilmaz Erdogan, 2013, Turkey

Calvary - dir. John Michael McDonagh, 2014, Ireland/United Kingdom

Cannibal - dir. Manuel Martín Cuenca, 2013, Spain /Romania/Russia/France

Canopy - dir. Aaron Wilson, 2013, Australia/Singapore

The Case Against 8 - dir. Ben Cotner, Ryan White, 2014, USA 

#ChicagoGirl - The Social Network Takes on a Dictator - dir. Joe Piscatella, 2013, USA/Syria

Chinese Puzzle - dir. Cédric Klapisch, 2013, France 

The Circle - dir. Stefan Haupt, 2014, Switzerland 

Class Enemy - dir. Rok Biček, 2013, Slovenia 

Clownwise - dir. Viktor Tauš, 2014, Czech Republic/Luxembourg/Slovakia/Finland

Club Sandwich - dir. Fernando Eimbcke, 2013, Mexico 

The Congress - dir. Ari Folman, 2013, Israel/France/Germany

Creep - dir. Patrick Brice, 2014, USA 

DamNation - dir. Ben Knight, Travis Rummel, 2014, USA 

Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus - dir. Madeleine Sackler, 2013, United Kingdom/USA/Belarus

Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead - dir. Tommy Wirkola, 2014, Norway 

Dear White People - dir. Justin Simien, 2014, USA 

Desert Cathedral - dir. Travis Gutiérrez Senger, 2014, USA 

Desert Runners - dir. Jennifer Steinman, 2013, USA/Chile/China/Egypt/Antarctica

Difret - dir. Zeresenay Berhane Mehari, 2014, Ethiopia 

Dior and I - dir. Frédéric Tcheng, 2014, France 

The Disciple - dir. Ulrika Bengts, 2013, Finland 

The Double - dir. Richard Ayoade, 2013, United Kingdom 

A Dream of Iron - dir. Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, 2014, South Korea/USA

The Dune - dir. Yossi Aviram, 2013, France/Israel

Eastern Boys - dir. Robin Campillo, 2013, France 

Electro Chaabi - dir. Hind Meddeb, 2013, Egypt/France

Elsa & Fred - dir. Michael Radford, 2014, USA 

Everything We Loved - dir. Max Currie, 2014, New Zealand 

Family United - dir. Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, 2013, Spain 

Fasten Your Seatbelts - dir. Ferzan Ozpetek, 2014, Italy 

The Fault In Our Stars - dir. Josh Boone, 2014, USA 

Fifi Howls from Happiness - dir. Mitra Farahani, 2013, Iran/USA/Italy

Fight Church - dir. Daniel Junge, Bryan Storkel, 2014, USA 

Final Recipe - dir. Gina Kim, 2013, South Korea/Thailand/Singapore

Finding Fela - dir. Alex Gibney, 2014, USA

Firestorm - dir. Alan Yuen, 2013, Hong Kong 

First Snowfall - dir. Andrea Segre, 2013, Italy 

Fish & Cat - dir. Shahram Mokri, 2013, Iran 

Five Star - dir. Keith Miller, 2014, USA 

Fly Colt Fly: The Legend of The Barefoot Bandit - dir. Adam Gray, Andrew Gray, 2013, Canada

For Those in Peril - dir. Paul Wright, 2013, United Kingdom 

Four Corners - dir. Ian Gabriel, 2014, South Africa

The Foxy Merkins - dir. Madeleine Olnek, 2013, USA 

Frank - dir. Lenny Abrahamson, 2014, Ireland/United Kingdom

Free Range: Ballad on Approving of the World - dir. Veiko Ounpuu, 2014, Estonia 

From Neurons to Nirvana: The Great Medicines - dir. Oliver Hockenhull, 2013, Canada/United Kingdom

Futuro Beach - dir. Karim Aïnouz, 2014, Brazil/Germany

Gabrielle - dir. Louise Archambault, 2013, Canada (Québec) 

Garden Lovers - dir. Virpi Suutari, 2014, Finland 

The Geographer Drank His Globe Away - dir. Alexander Veledinsky, 2013, Russia 

Gerontophilia - dir. Bruce LaBruce, 2013, Canada 

God Help the Girl - dir. Stuart Murdoch, 2014, United Kingdom 

Gold - dir. Niall Heery, 2014, Ireland

Grand Central - dir. Rebecca Zlotowski, 2013, France/Austria

The Grand Seduction - dir. Don McKellar, 2013, Canada 

The Great Museum - dir. Johannes Holzhausen, 2014, Austria 

The Green Prince - dir. Nadav Schirman, 2014, Germany/Israel/United Kingdom

Half of a Yellow Sun - dir. Biyi Bandele, 2013, Nigeria/United Kingdom

Happy Christmas - dir. Joe Swanberg, 2014, USA

Hard to Be a God - dir. Aleksei German, 2013, Russia 

Healing - dir. Craig Monahan, 2014, Australia 

Helicopter Mom - dir. Salomé Breziner, 2014, USA

Hellion - dir. Kat Candler, 2014, USA 

History of Fear - dir. Benjamín Naishtat, 2013, Argentina/Uruguay/France/Germany

Hotell - dir. Lisa Langseth, 2013, Sweden 

House of Magic 3D - dir. Ben Stassen, Jeremy Degruson, 2013, France

How To Train Your Dragon 2 - dir. Dean DeBlois, 2014, USA 

Human Capital - dir. Paolo Virzí, 2013, Italy/France

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story - dir. Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker, 2014, USA 

Ida - dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013, Poland 

Ignasi M. - dir. Ventura Pons, 2013, Spain 

In Order of Disappearance - dir. Hans Petter Moland, 2014, Norway 

The Internet’s Own Boy - dir. Brian Knappenberger, 2014, USA 

Intramural - dir. Andrew Disney, 2014, USA 

Intruders - dir. Noh Young-seok, 2013, South Korea 

I Origins - dir. Mike Cahill, 2014, USA 

It's Only Make Believe - dir. Arild Østin Ommundsen, 2013, Norway 

Ivory Tower - dir. Andrew Rossi, 2014, USA 

J’accuse - dir. Abel Gance, 1919, France 

The Japanese Dog - dir. Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, 2013, Romania 

Jealousy - dir. Philippe Garrel, 2013, France 

Jimi: All Is By My Side - dir. John Ridley, 2013, United Kingdom/Ireland

The Keeper of Lost Causes - dir. Mikkel Nørgaard, 2013, Denmark/Germany/Sweden

Keep On Keepin’ On - dir. Alan Hicks, 2014, USA

Kinderwald - dir. Lise Raven, 2013, USA 

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter - dir. David Zellner, 2014, USA/Japan

Lady Be Good; Instrumental Women In Jazz - dir. Kay D. Ray, 2014, USA 

La Mia Classe - dir. Daniele Gaglianone, 2013, Italy 

Land of Storms - dir. Àdám Császi, 2014, Hungary/Germany

Land of the Bears 3D - dir. Guillaume Vincent, 2014, France 

The Last of the Unjust - dir. Claude Lanzmann, 2013, France/Austria

Last Year at Marienbad - dir. Alain Resnais, 1961, France

Late Phases - dir. Adrián García Bogliano, 2014, USA 

Layover - dir. Joshua Caldwell, 2014, USA 

Leading Lady - dir. Henk Pretorius, 2014, South Africa 

Leninland - dir. Askold Kurov, 2013, Russia/Germany/Netherlands

Liar’s Dice - dir. Geetu Mohandas, 2014, India 

Life Feels Good - dir. Maciej Pieprzyca, 2013, Poland 

Lilting - dir. Hong Khaou, 2014, United Kingdom 

Little Accidents - dir. Sara Colangelo, 2014, USA 

The Little House - dir. Yoji Yamada, 2014, Japan 

Living is Easy With Eyes Closed - dir. David Trueba, 2013, Spain 

Longwave - dir. Lionel Baier, 2013, Switzerland/France/Portugal

Love and Lemons - dir. Teresa Fabik, 2013, Sweden 

Lucky Them - dir. Megan Griffiths, 2013, USA 

The Lusty Men - dir. Nicholas Ray, 1952, USA 

Macondo - dir. Sudabeh Mortezai, 2014, Austria 

Manuscripts Don’t Burn - dir. Mohammad Rasoulof, 2013, Iran 

Marmato - dir. Mark Grieco, 2014, Colombia/USA

Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy - dir. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, 2013, Thailand 

A Masque of Madness - dir. Norbert Pfaffenbichler, 2013, Austria

May in the Summer - dir. Cherien Dabis, 2013, Qatar/Lebanon/USA/Jordan

Medeas - dir. Andrea Pallaoro, 2013, USA/Italy/Mexico

Me, Myself and Mum - dir. Guillaume Gallienne, 2013, Belgium/France/Spain

The Midnight After - dir. Fruit Chan, 2014, Hong Kong/China

The Militant - dir. Manuel Nieto, 2013, Uruguay/Argentina

Mirage Men - dir. Roland Denning, John Lundberg, Kypros Kyprianou, Mark Pilkington, 2013, United Kingdom 

Miss Zombie - dir. Sabu, 2013, Japan 

Monsoon Shootout - dir. Amit Kumar, 2013, India/United Kingdom/Netherlands

Mood Indigo - dir. Michel Gondry, 2013, France 

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - dir. Frank Capra, 1936, USA 

Muse of Fire - dir. Giles Terera, Dan Poole, 2013, United Kingdom

My Last Year With the Nuns - dir. Bret Fetzer, 2014, USA 

Mystery Road - dir. Ivan Sen, 2013, Australia 

Natural Sciences - dir. Matías Lucchesi, 2014, Argentina/France

The Nightingale - dir. Philippe Muyl, 2013, China/France

Night Moves - dir. Kelly Reichardt, 2013, USA 

Not My Type - dir. Lucas Belvaux, 2014, France/Belgium

Obama Mama - dir. Vivian Norris, 2014, USA/Poland/France

Obvious Child - dir. Gillian Robespierre, 2014, USA 

Of Horses and Men - dir. Benedikt Erlingsson, 2013, Iceland/Norway/Germany

Oil & Water - dir. Laurel Spellman Smith, Francine Strickwerda, 2014, USA 

Once Upon a Forest - dir. Luc Jacquet, 2013, France 

Once Upon a Time in Shanghai - dir. Wong Ching-po, 2014, Hong Kong

One Chance - dir. David Frankel, 2013, United Kingdom 

The One I Love - dir. Charlie McDowell, 2014, USA

Our Sunhi - dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2013, South Korea 

Palestine Stereo - dir. Rashid Masharawi, 2013, Palestine/Tunisia/France/Norway/United Arab Emirates/Italy/Switzerland

Patema Inverted - dir. Yasuhiro Yoshiura, 2013, Japan 

A Patriotic Man - dir. Arto Halonen, 2013, Finland 

The Pawnbroker - dir. Sidney Lumet, 1964, USA 

Pierrot Lunaire - dir. Bruce LaBruce , 2014, Germany/Canada

A Place in Heaven - dir. Yossi Madmony, 2013, Israel 

Queen Margot - dir. Patrice Chéreau, 1994, France/Italy/Germany

Quod Erat Demonstrandum - dir. Andrei Gruzsniczki, 2013, Romania 

Rags and Tatters - dir. Ahmad Abdalla, 2013, Egypt

Razing the Bar - dir. Ryan Worsley, 2014, USA 

Red Knot - dir. Scott Cohen, 2014, USA/Argentina/Antarctica

Regarding Susan Sontag - dir. Nancy Kates, 2014, USA 

Remote Control - dir. Byamba Sakhya, 2013, Mongolia/Germany/USA

Rhymes for Young Ghouls - dir. Jeff Barnaby, 2013, Canada (Québec) 

Rigor Mortis - dir. Juno Mak, 2013, Hong Kong 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show - dir. Jim Sharman, 1975, United Kingdom/USA

The Rooftops - dir. Merzak Allouache, 2013, Algeria/France

Salvation Army - dir. Abdellah Taïa, 2013, Morocco/France

Sam & Amira - dir. Sean Mullin, 2014, USA 

The Search for General Tso - dir. Ian Cheney, 2014, USA

Seeds of Time - dir. Sandy McLeod, 2013, USA 

Serenity - dir. Joss Whedon, 2005, USA 

The Servant - dir. Joseph Losey, 1963, United Kingdom 

Shake the Dust - dir. Adam Sjöberg, 2014, USA 

Shame - dir. Yusup Razykov, 2013, Russia

Siddharth - dir. Richie Mehta 2013, Canada/India

The Signal - dir. William Eubank, 2014, USA

The Skeleton Twins - dir. Craig Johnson, 2014, USA 

The Skin - dir. Liliana Cavani, 1981, Italy/France

The Sleepwalker - dir. Mona Fastvold, 2014, USA/Norway

Sold - dir. Jeffrey Brown, 2014, USA/India/Nepal/United Kingdom

Something Must Break - dir. Ester Martin Bergsmark, 2014, Sweden 

Song of the Fishermen - dir. Cai Chusheng, 1934, China

Song of the New Earth - dir. Ward Serrill, 2014, USA 

Standing Aside, Watching - dir. Yorgos Servetas, 2013, Greece

Starred Up - dir. David Mackenzie, 2013, United Kingdom 

Still Life - dir. Uberto Pasolini, 2013, Italy/United Kingdom

Story of My Death - dir. Albert Serra, 2013, Spain/France

The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears - dir. Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, 2013, Belgium/France/Luxembourg

Stray Dogs - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 2013, Taiwan/France

A Street in Palermo - dir. Emma Dante, 2013, Italy/Switzerland/France

Strictly Sacred: The Story of Girl Trouble - dir.Isaac Olsen, 2014, USA 

The Stunt Man - dir. Richard Rush, 1980, USA 

The Sunfish - dir. Søren Balle, 2014, Denmark 

Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon - dir. Mike Myers, 2013, USA 

Tangerines - dir. Zaza Urushadze, 2013, Estonia/Georgia

They Came Together - dir. David Wain, 2014, USA 

This May Be the Last Time - dir. Sterlin Harjo, 2014, USA

A Time in Quchi - dir. Chang Tso-Chi, 2013, Taiwan 

Time Lapse - dir. Bradley King, 2014, USA 

To Be Takei - dir. Jennifer Kroot, 2014, USA 

To Fool a Thief - dir. Ariel Winograd, 2013, Argentina 

To Kill a Man - dir. Alejandro Fernández Almendras, 2013, Chile/France

Tom at the Farm - dir. Xavier Dolan, 2013, Canada (Québec)/France

Touch of the Light - dir. Jung-chi Chang, 2012, Taiwan 

Trace Amounts - dir. Eric Gladen, 2014, USA 

Tracks - dir. John Curran, 2013, United Kingdom/Australia

The Trip to Italy - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2014, United Kingdom/Italy

Triptych - dir. Robert Lepage, Pedro Pires, 2013, Canada (Québec) 

Trust Me - dir. Clark Gregg, 2013, USA 

The Turning - dir. various, Marieka Walsh, Warwick Thornton, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Anthony Lucas, Rhys Graham, Ashlee Page, Tony Ayres, Claire McCarthy, Stephen Page, Shaun Gladwell, Mia Wasikowska, Simon Stone, David Wenham, Jonathan auf der Heide, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Ian Meadows, 2013, Australia 

Turning Tide - dir. Christophe Offenstein, 2013, France/Belgium/Spain

The Two Faces of January - dir. Hossein Amini, 2014, United Kingdom/USA/France

Two Raging Grannies - dir. Håvard Bustnes, 2014, Norway/Denmark/Italy

Under the Starry Sky - dir. Dyana Gaye, 2013, France/Senegal

Unforgiven - dir. Lee Sang-il, 2013, Japan 

Venus in Fur - dir. Roman Polanski, 2013, France 

Viktoria - dir. Maya Vitkova, 2014, Bulgaria/Romania

Walesa. Man of Hope - dir. Andrzej Wajda, 2013, Poland 

The Way He Looks - dir. Daniel Ribeiro, 2014, Brazil 

We Are the Best! - dir. Lukas Moodysson, 2013, Sweden 

West - dir. Christian Schwochow, 2013, Germany 

Wetlands - dir. David F. Wnendt, 2013, Germany 

What Is Cinema? - dir. Chuck Workman, 2013, USA 

What Now? Remind Me - dir. Joaquim Pinto, 2013, Portugal 

White Shadow - dir. Noaz Deshe, 2013, Germany/Italy/Tanzania

Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger - dir. Joe Berlinger, 2014, USA 

The Whole Wide World - dir. Dan Ireland, 1996, USA 

Why Don’t You Play in Hell? - dir. Sion Sono, 2013, Japan 

Wild at Heart - dir. David Lynch, 1990, USA 

Willow Creek - dir. Bobcat Goldthwait, 2013, USA 

Witching and Bitching - dir. Álex de la Iglesia, 2013, Spain/France

A Wolf at the Door - dir. Fernando Coimbra, 2013, Brazil 

Words and Pictures - dir. Fred Schepisi, 2013, USA 

X/Y - dir. Ryan Piers Williams , 2014, USA 

You Must Be Joking - dir. Jake Wilson, 2013, USA 

Yves Saint Laurent - dir. Jalil Lespert, 2014, France

Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang - dir. Óskar Santos, 2013, Spain 

Zombeavers - dir. Jordan Rubin, 2014, USA

Special Programs & Events

3-Minute Masterpiece

40th Anniversary Special Presentations: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Stunt Man, The Whole Wide World, The Fault in Our Stars, How to Train Your Dragon 2

African Pictures - included 14 feature films

African Pictures Film and Party: Finding Fela at Pacific Place

Alternate Cinema - included 5 feature films and one shorts package

Ambiente: New Spanish Films - included 17 feature films

An Afternoon with Laura Dern: Wild at Heart

Archival Films - included 13 feature films and one shorts collection

Asian Crossroads - included 26 feature films

Centerpiece Gala: Boyhood at Egyptian Theatre

Charlie Chaplin Shorts - included Kid Auto Races In Venice, One A.M., Easy Street, The Immigrant

Documentary Competition - included 12 feature films

An Evening with Chiwetel Ejiofor: Half a Yellow Sun

An Evening with the Justin Kauflin Trio

Festival Forums - included The Editor’s Toolkit, Inside LAIKA Animation, The Changing Face of Documentary Filmmaking, The Alchemy of Film Scoring, Get Animated: Animation Workshop for Kids (ages 8-14), How To Make a Living Creating Media, Short Filmmakers Happy Hour & Panel: Making the Most of Any Festival, Crash Cinema @ Folklife, Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: The Hammersmith App and Other New Teaching Tools, SIFF Catalyst Panels, Catalyst: Produce Smarter: How to Finance Your Short Film Without Using Your Credit Card, Catalyst: Keynote by Emily Best (Speed&Spark), Catalyst: Filmmaker Panel, The Emergence of Native Filmmaking, Successful Genre Filmmaking, TheFilmSchool: How to Correctly Pitch Your Project, Filmmaking Across the African Diaspora, TheFilmSchool: How to Prepare for the Investor Conversation, The Future of Film Criticism, TheFilmSchool: Protecting Your IP & Negotiating the Deal, The Future of Distribution

Films4Families - included 7 feature films, one shorts package, and one filmmaking workshop

Fly Filmmaking Challenge

FutureWave - included 8 feature films and one shorts package

Gay-La: Helicopter Mom at Egyptian Theatre

Kirkland Opening Night: The Grand Seduction at Kirkland PC

Midnight Adrenaline Quarantine - included 9 feature films

New American Cinema Competition - included 12 feature films

New Directors Competition - included 12 feature films

Northwest Connections - included 17 feature films and 3 shorts packages

Quincy Jones: SIFF Lifetime Achievement Award Keep On Keepin’ On

Renton Opening Night: Lucky Them at SIFF Cinema Uptown

SIFF Catalyst - included 6 feature films

Saturday Film and Party: Dior and I, I Origins

Saturday Film and Party: They Came Together at Egyptian Theatre

Secret Festival

Short Films - included 17 shorts packages

SuperFly and Native Shorts Showcase