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Seattle International Film Festival 1976 Archive

Relive the first 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 1976 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 14–31, 1976
Number of Days: 18
Venue: Moore Egyptian Theatre

Opening Night: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum at Moore Egyptian Theatre
Closing Night: All Screwed Up at Moore Egyptian Theatre

FESTIVAL CATALOG

Photos

Interior shot of the Moore Egyptian Theatre (now known simply as the Moore) from the first balcony, projector in view

Interior shot of the Moore Egyptian Theatre (now known simply as the Moore) from the first balcony, projector in view

Interior shot of the Moore Egyptian Theatre (now known simply as the Moore) from the first balcony, projector in view

Interior shot of the Moore Egyptian Theatre (now known simply as the Moore) from the first balcony, projector in view

Audiences gather in the Moore Egyptian lobby

Audiences gather in the Moore Egyptian lobby

Audiences gather in the Moore Egyptian lobby

Audiences gather in the Moore Egyptian lobby

The Moore Egyptian marquee, annoucing director, Busby Berkeley's, The Gang's All Here (screened post-festival in December)

The Moore Egyptian marquee, announcing director Busby Berkeley's The Gang's All Here (screened post-festival in December)

The Moore Egyptian marquee, annoucing director, Busby Berkeley's, The Gang's All Here (screened post-festival in December)

The Moore Egyptian marquee, announcing director Busby Berkeley's The Gang's All Here (screened post-festival in December)

FILM HIGHLIGHTS

All Screwed Up
All Screwed Up
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Fassbinder’s Fox and His Friends
Fassbinder’s Fox and His Friends
Kathy Tippel
Kathy Tippel

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

List of Feature-Length Films

All Screwed Up - dir. Lina Wertmüller, 1973, Italy

Black Moon - dir. Louis Malle, 1975, France

Cathy Tippel - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1975, Netherlands

Confrontation - dir. Miklós Jancsó, 1968, Hungary

The Crazies - dir. George A. Romero, 1973, USA

Cul de Sac - dir. Roman Polanski, 1966, Great Britain

Dick Deadeye - dir. Bill Melendez, 1975, Great Britain

Down the Ancient Stairs - dir. Mauro Bolognini, 1975, Italy/France

Fox & His Friends - dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975, West Germany

The Gospel According to St. Matthew - dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964, France/Italy

Hedda - dir. Trevor Nunn, 1975, Great Britain

I Am a Dancer - dir. Evdoros Demetriou, Bryan Forbes, 1972, France/Great Britain

Immoral Tales - dir. Walerian Borowczyk, 1976, Italy/Russia/France

Just Before Nightfall - dir. Claude Chabrol, 1971, France

Knife in the Water - dir. Roman Polanski, 1962, Poland

Kwaidan - dir. Masaki Kobayashi, 1964, Japan

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum - dir. Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, 1975, West Germany

Mahler - dir. Ken Russell, 1974, Great Britain

Money, Money, Money - dir. Claude Lelouch, 1972, France

Night of Counting the Years - dir. Chadi Abdel Salam, 1969, Egypt

The Phantom of Liberte - dir. Luis Buñuel, 1974, France

Rocky Horror Picture Show - dir. Jim Sharman, 1975, Great Britain

Scent of a Woman - dir. Dino Risi, 1974, Italy

Sweet Movie - dir. Dušan Makavejev, 1974, Canada/France/West Germany

Teorema - dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968, Italy

Woman of the Dunes - dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964, Japan

Special Programs & Events

Directors Retrospective: Hiroshi Teshigama - included Woman of the Dunes, Kwaidan