The Market Theatre (added as a venue in 1985) celebrates the 11th Seattle International Film Festival
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Relive the 11th 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 1986 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 15–June 9, 1986
Number of Days: 26
Venues: Cinerama, Egyptian Theatre, Market Theatre
Opening Night: Sweet Liberty at Egyptian Theatre
Closing Night: The Assault at Egyptian Theatre, Sunrise at Market Theatre
Tribute: Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan de Bont
Photos
The Market Theatre (added as a venue in 1985) celebrates the 11th Seattle International Film Festival
Festival Founder, Dan Ireland, poses between screenwriter, Hanif Kureishi and actor, Daniel Day-Lewis, in town for their film, My Beautiful Laundrette
SIFF Assistant Director, Gary Tucker, pictured with a film reel on stage
Director, Fons Rademakers, in town for his film, The Assault, proudly holds his Golden Space Needle Award (awarded Best Film and Best Director)
Behold! A ballot box for the Golden Space Needle Awards, established just one year earlier during the 1985 fest
Actor, Arliss Howard, in town for his film, The Lightship, which screened during the 11th Seattle International Film Festival
Adela - dir. Mircea Veroiu, 1985, Romania
Ake and His World - dir. Allan Edwall, 1985, Sweden
The Red-Eye Special: 70mm All-Nighter At The Cinerama (Alien) - dir. Ridley Scott, 1979, USA (The Thing) - dir. John Carpenter, 1982, USA (Emerald Forest) - dir. John Boorman, 1985, United Kingdom (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) - dir. George Miller, George Ogilvie, 1985, Australia
Alpine Fire - dir. Fredi M. Murer, 1985, Switzerland
Angel River - dir. Sergio Olhovich, 1986, USA/Mexico
Angry Harvest - dir. Agnieszka Holland, 1985, West Germany
Antonio Gaudí - dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1985, Japan/Spain
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got - dir. Brigitte Berman, 1985, Canada
The Assault - dir. Fons Rademakers, 1986, Netherlands
The Beauty and the Beast - dir. Nils Malmros, 1983, Denmark
Belizaire the Cajun - dir. Glen Pitre, 1985, USA
Black Narcissus - dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1946, Great Britain
Bombs Away! - dir. Bruce Wilson, 1985, USA
The Boy in Blue - dir. Charles Jarrott, 1985, Canada
Burke and Wills - dir. Graeme Clifford, 1985, Australia
Camorra - dir. Lina Wertmuller, 1986, Italy
Chain Letters - dir. Mark Rappaport, 1985, USA
Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff) - dir. Orson Welles, 1966, Spain/USA/Great Britain
Come and See - dir. Elem Klimov, 1985, USSR
Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie - dir. Robert Mugge, 1983, USA
The Crazy Family - dir. Sogo Ishii, 1985, Japan
Dance Black America - dir. Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker, 1984, USA
Dark of the Night - dir. Gaylene Preston, 1985, New Zealand
Desert Bloom - dir. Eugene Corr, 1986, USA
Desert Hearts - dir. Donna Deitch, 1985, USA
Detective - dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1985, France
Diabolique - dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955, France
The Dream - dir. Pieter Verhoeff, 1985, Netherlands
Echo Park - dir. Robert Dornhelm, 1985, Austria
Edith’s Diary - dir. Hans W. Geissendoerfer, 1983, West Germany
Elena and Her Men - dir. Jean Renoir, 1956, France
Eyes of Fire - dir. Avery Crounse, 1986, USA
Femmes de Personnes - dir. Christopher Frank, 1985, France
Flight of the Spruce Goose - dir. Lech Majewski, 1986, USA
For Kayako - dir. Kohei Oguri, 1985, Japan
Fran - dir. Glenda Hamby, 1985, Australia
Frida - dir. Paul Leduc, 1985, Mexico
The Funeral - dir. Juzo Itami, 1984, Japan
The Glenn Miller Story - dir. Anthony Mann, 1954, USA
Gospel According to Al Green - dir. Robert Mugge, 1984, USA
The Great Wall is a Great Wall - dir. Peter Wang, 1986, USA/China
Growing Up With Rockets - dir. Nancy Yasecko, 1985, USA
Half Life - dir. Dennis O’Rourke, 1985, Australia
Hanging Out - dir. Marcel Gisler, 1985, West Germany
Happily Ever After - dir. Bruno Barreto, 1985, Brazil
Heimat - dir. Edgar Reitz, 1984, West Germany
Hidden Pleasures - dir. Eloy de la Iglesia, 1977, Spain
High and Low - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1963, Japan
Home of the Brave - dir. Laurie Anderson, 1986, USA
Horse - dir. Kajiro Yamamoto, 1941, Japan
The Horse of Pride - dir. Claude Chabrol, 1980, France
In the Belly of the Whale - dir. Doris Dörrie, 1984, West Germany
In the Shadow of Victory - dir. Ate de Jong, 1986, Netherlands
Joey - dir. Joseph Ellison, 1985, USA
Letter to Brezhnev - dir. Chris Bernard, 1985, Great Britain
The Lightship - dir. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1985, USA
The Lost One (Der Verlorene) - dir. Peter Lorre, 1951, Germany
Loyalties - dir. Anne Wheeler, 1986, Canada
Lulu in Berlin - dir. Richard Leacock, 1984, USA
Mala Noche - dir. Gus Van Sant, 1986, USA
Malcolm - dir. Nadia Tass, 1986, Australia
Mama is Mad! - dir. Ruud van Hemert, 1986, Netherlands
Man in Trouble - dir. Joost Ranzijn, 1985, Netherlands
A Man, When He is A Man - dir. Valeria Sarmiento, 1985, Costa Rica
Marathon Family - dir. Slobodan Sijan, 1983, Yugoslavia
Metamorphosis - dir. Ivo Dvorak, 1975, Sweden
Mixed Blood - dir. Paul Morrissey, 1985, USA
Moliere - dir. Ariane Mnouchkine, 1979, France
Mona Lisa - dir. Neil Jordan, 1986, Great Britain
My Beautiful Laundrette - dir. Stephen Frears, 1985, Great Britain
The Mystery of Alexina - dir. Rene Feret, 1985, France
The Mystery of Picasso - dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955, France
The Naked Country - dir. Tim Burstall, 1985, Australia
Next Summer - dir. Nadine Trintignant, 1985, France
No Surrender - dir. Peter Smith, 1985, Great Britain
Not All is True - dir. Orson Welles, 1942/1986, Brazil
One, Two, Three - dir. Billy Wilder, 1961, USA
One Wonderful Sunday - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1947, Japan
Oriana - dir. Fina Torres, 1985, Venezuela/France
Orion’s Belt - dir. Ola Solum, 1985, Norway
Paar: The Crossing - dir. Goutan Ghose, 1984, India
Partisans of Vilna - dir. Josh Waltezky, 1985, USA
Patakin! - dir. Manuel Octavio Gomez, 1985, Cuba
Pervola: Tracks in the Snow - dir. Orlow Seunke, 1985, Netherlands
Population: One - dir. Rene Daalder, 1986, USA
The Power of Evil - dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, 1985, France
Private Conversations - dir. Christian Blackwood, 1985, USA
Psycho III - dir. Anthony Perkins, 1986, USA
Quilombo - dir. Carlos Diegues, 1984, Brazil
Rate it X - dir. Lucy Winer, Paula de Koenigsberg, 1985, USA
Re-Animator - dir. Stuart Gordon, 1985, USA
The Rebel - dir. Luis Trenker, 1933, Germany
The Return of Ruben Blades - dir. Robert Mugge, 1985, USA
Revolution - dir. Hugh Hudson, 1985, Great Britain
Salvador - dir. Oliver Stone, 1986, USA
Shadey - dir. Phillip Saville, 1985, Great Britain
Shanghai Blues - dir. Tsui Hark, 1984, Hong Kong
Sheer Madness - dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 1984, West Germany
Sleeping Beauty - dir. Clyde Geronomi, 1959, USA
The Smile of the Lamb - dir. Shimon Dotan, 1985, Israel
Static - dir. Mark Romanek, 1985, USA
Strangler vs. Strangler - dir. Slobodan Sijan, 1984, Yugoslavia
The Stuff - dir. Larry Cohen, 1985, USA
Sugarbaby - dir. Percy Adlon, 1985, West Germany
Sunrise - dir. F.W. Murnau, 1927, USA
Sweet Liberty - dir. Alan Alda, 1986, USA
Three Men And a Cradle - dir. Coline Serreau, 1985, France
Der Todesspringer - dir. Benno Trautmann, 1984, West Germany
The Toxic Avenger - dir. Michael Herz, Samuel Weil, 1986, USA
The Turn of the Screw - dir. Eloy de la Iglesias, 1985, Spain
Twist and Shout - dir. Bille August, 1985, Denmark
Vagabond - dir. Agnes Varda, 1985, France
Vigil - dir. Vincent Ward, 1984, New Zealand
Yellow Earth - dir. Chen Kaige, 1984, China
Yokiro - dir. Hideo Gosha, 1984, Japan
You Got to Move - dir. Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver, 1985, USA
A Zed and Two Noughts - dir. Peter Greenaway, 1985, Great Britain
Zig Zag Story - dir. Patrick Schulmann, 1980, France
Zina - dir. Ken McCullen, 1985, Great Britain
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
An Evening with Krzysztof Zanussi - included The Power of Evil
Foreign Film Poster Exhibition and Auction
Golden Space Needle Awards
Heimat, presented in its entirety twice: once in a 2-day marathon showing at the Egyptian and once in a 4-part showing on weekend matinees over 3 weeks at the Market Theatre
Mugge Music Movies - included Gospel According to Al Green, The Return of Ruben Blades, Cool Runnings: The Reggae Movie
The Red Eye Special: 70 mm All-Nighter at the Cinerama - included Alien, The Thing, Emerald Forest, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
A Salute to Jan de Bont
The Secret Festival
Sleeping Beauty, presented in 70mm and 6-Track Dolby Stereo at Cinerama
They Only Come Out at Night - included Eyes of Fire, Mixed Blood, Population: One, Re-Animator, Strangler vs. Strangler, The Stuff, The Toxic Avenger, The Red Eye Special: 70 mm All-Nighter at the Cinerama
A Tribute to the National Film Board of Canada
Best Film
The Assault (dir. Fons Rademakers, the Netherlands)
Best Director
Fons Rademakers (The Assault)
Best Actress
Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa)
Best Actor
Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa)
Best Short
The Big Snit (dir. Richard Condie, USA)