Seattle International Film Festival 1993 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1993

Relive the 19th 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 1993 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 14–June 6, 1993
Number of Days: 24
Venues: Broadway Market Cinemas, Egyptian Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Metro Cinema, Neptune Theatre

Opening Night: Much Ado About Nothing at 5th Avenue Theatre
Closing Night: King of the Hill at Egyptian Theatre
Tribute: John Schlesinger


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

A packed house at the 19th Seattle International Film Festival await the next film of the day

A packed house at the 19th Seattle International Film Festival await the next film of the day

A packed house at the 19th Seattle International Film Festival await the next film of the day

A packed house at the 19th Seattle International Film Festival await the next film of the day

SIFFer planning his film schedule, currently open to page 76-77 in the program, a spread that included the World Premiere of Dazed and Confused

SIFFer planning his film schedule, currently open to page 76-77 in the program, a spread that included the World Premiere of Dazed and Confused

SIFFer planning his film schedule, currently open to page 76-77 in the program, a spread that included the World Premiere of Dazed and Confused

SIFFer planning his film schedule, currently open to page 76-77 in the program, a spread that included the World Premiere of Dazed and Confused

The cast and crew of the film, Twenty Bucks, including director, Keva Rosenfeld (far right) and actor, Brendan Fraser (far left)

The cast and crew of the film, Twenty Bucks, including director, Keva Rosenfeld (far right) and actor, Brendan Fraser (far left)

The cast and crew of the film, Twenty Bucks, including director, Keva Rosenfeld (far right) and actor, Brendan Fraser (far left)

The cast and crew of the film, Twenty Bucks, including director, Keva Rosenfeld (far right) and actor, Brendan Fraser (far left)

Left to right, back to front: Lucinda Payne, Nick Vroman, Jayne Craig, Ruth Hayler, Sandy Gow, Pascale Anziani, Nancy Kennedy, Annie Wilson, Jim Gibbs, Darryl Macdonald, Judy Koven, Ted Fry, Molly Brick, Deena Juras, Helen du Toit, Rose Custer, John Teegarden, Deb Mayo. Not Pictured: Amy Fritz

Left to right, back to front: Lucinda Payne, Nick Vroman, Jayne Craig, Ruth Hayler, Sandy Gow, Pascale Anziani, Nancy Kennedy, Annie Wilson, Jim Gibbs, Darryl Macdonald, Judy Koven, Ted Fry, Molly Brick, Deena Juras, Helen du Toit, Rose Custer, John Teegarden, Deb Mayo. Not Pictured: Amy Fritz

Left to right, back to front: Lucinda Payne, Nick Vroman, Jayne Craig, Ruth Hayler, Sandy Gow, Pascale Anziani, Nancy Kennedy, Annie Wilson, Jim Gibbs, Darryl Macdonald, Judy Koven, Ted Fry, Molly Brick, Deena Juras, Helen du Toit, Rose Custer, John Teegarden, Deb Mayo. Not Pictured: Amy Fritz

Left to right, back to front: Lucinda Payne, Nick Vroman, Jayne Craig, Ruth Hayler, Sandy Gow, Pascale Anziani, Nancy Kennedy, Annie Wilson, Jim Gibbs, Darryl Macdonald, Judy Koven, Ted Fry, Molly Brick, Deena Juras, Helen du Toit, Rose Custer, John Teegarden, Deb Mayo. Not Pictured: Amy Fritz

Actor, Russell Crowe, pictured with the cast and crew of their film, Romper Stomper at the steps to the Egyptian stage

Actor, Russell Crowe, pictured with the cast and crew of their film, Romper Stomper at the steps to the Egyptian stage

Actor, Russell Crowe, pictured with the cast and crew of their film, Romper Stomper at the steps to the Egyptian stage

Actor, Russell Crowe, pictured with the cast and crew of their film, Romper Stomper at the steps to the Egyptian stage

Candid shot of tribute guest, director, John Schlesinger, being escorted throught the doors of the Egyptian by festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Candid shot of tribute guest, director, John Schlesinger, being escorted throught the doors of the Egyptian by festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Candid shot of tribute guest, director, John Schlesinger, being escorted throught the doors of the Egyptian by festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

Candid shot of tribute guest, director, John Schlesinger, being escorted throught the doors of the Egyptian by festival founder, Darryl Macdonald

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
The Wedding Banquet (dir. Ang Lee, Taiwan/USA)

Best Actress
Tilda Swinton (Orlando)

Best Actor
Russell Crowe (Romper Stomper / Hammers over the Anvil)

Best Short
The Fairy Who Didn't Want To be a Fairy Anymore (dir. Laurie Lynd, Canada)

Best Documentary
Road Scholar (dir. Roger Weisberg, USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

About Love, Tokyo - dir. Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1992, Japan

The Abyss–Special Edition - dir. James Cameron, 1989/1993, USA

Accion Mutante - dir. Alex de la Iglesia, 1992, Spain

Acla - dir. Aurelio Grimaldi, 1992, Italy

Acting It Out - dir. Sonke Wortmann, 1992, Germany

Acting on Impulse - dir. Sam Irvin, 1993, USA

Al Lupo Al Lupo - dir. Carlo Verdone, 1992, Italy

Alone Among Women - dir. Sonke Wortmann, 1992, Germany

Amazing Grace - dir. Amos Gutman, 1992, Israel

An Ambush Of Ghosts - dir. Everett Lewis, 1993, USA

Amongst Friends - dir. Rob Weiss, 1993, USA

Angel of Fire - dir. Dana Rotberg, 1992, Mexico

As In Heaven - dir. Kristin Johannesdottir, 1992, Iceland

Autumn Moon - dir. Clara Law, 1992, Hong Kong/Japan

Bad Behaviour - dir. Les Blair, 1992, Great Britain 

Baraka - dir. Ron Fricke, 1992, USA

Betty - dir. Claude Chabrol, 1992, France 

Billy Liar - dir. John Schlesinger, 1963, Great Britain

Bohemian Life - dir. Aki Kaurismaki, 1992, Finland/France

Bound by Honor - dir. Taylor Hackford, 1992, USA

The Boys from St. Petri - dir. Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, 1991, Denmark

Cadillac Girls - dir. Nicholas Kendall, 1993, Canada

Careful - dir. Guy Maddin, 1992, Canada

Chain of Desire - dir. Temistocles Lopez, 1992, USA

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker - dir. Richard Kurt Schmiechen, 1992, USA

Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family - dir. Michael Roemer, Susan Todd, Andrew Young, Robert M. Young, 1993, USA

The Clean Machine - dir. Jean Beaudry, 1992, Canada

The Conjugal Bed - dir. Mircea Daneliuc, 1992, Romania

Un Coeur En Hiver - dir. Claude Sautet, 1992, France

Crush - dir. Alison Maclean, 1992, New Zealand

Dark at Noon - dir. Raul Ruiz, 1992, France

Dazed and Confused - dir. Richard Linklater, 1993, USA

Dead Alive - dir. Peter Jackson, 1992, New Zealand

Don’t Call Me Frankie - dir. Thomas Fucci, 1993, USA

Eight-Tray Gangster: The Making of a Crip - dir. Thomas Lee Wright, 1993, USA

An Englishman Abroad - dir. John Schlesinger, 1983, Great Britain

Family Prayers - dir. Scott Rosenfelt, 1993, USA

Far From The Madding Crowd - dir. John Schlesinger, 1967, Great Britain 

The Fencing Master - dir. Pedro Olea, 1992, Spain

Flaming Ears - dir. Angela Hans Scheirl, Ursula Purrer, Dietmar Schipek, 1992, Austria

Fly By Night - dir. Steve Gomer, 1992, USA

The Flying Sneaker - dir. Bretislav Pojar, 1992, Czechoslovakia/Canada

For A Lost Soldier - dir. Roeland Kerbosch, 1992, Netherlands

Forbidden Love - dir. Aerlyn Weissman, Lynne Fernie, 1992, Canada

Fortress - dir. Stuart Gordon, 1992, USA/France

The Games Teachers Play - dir. Hideyuki Hirayama, 1992, Japan

Hammers Over the Anvil - dir. Ann Turner, 1993, Australia

The Harvest - dir. David Marconi, 1993, USA

Heart Strings - dir. Sun Zhou, 1993, China

Hercules Returns - dir. David Parker, 1992, Australia

Heresay! - dir. Will Berlinger, 1993, USA

House of Angels - dir. Colin Nutley, 1992, Sweden

House of Cards - dir. Michael Lessac, 1992, USA

Hyenas - dir. Djibril Diop Mambety, 1992, Senegal

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame - dir. Robert Land, 1929, Germany

In Advance of Landing - dir. Dan Curtis, 1992, Canada

Into the West - dir. Mike Newell, 1992, Great Britain 

I Wanted to See Angels - dir. Sergei Bodrov, 1992, Russia

Jacquot - dir. Agnes Varda, 1991, France

Jamon, Jamon - dir. Bigas Luna, 1992, Spain

King of the Hill - dir. Stephen Soderbergh, 1993, USA

Kitchen and Other Rooms - dir. Philippe Muyl, 1992, France

La Carpa - dir. Carlos Avila, 1992, USA

La Sentinelle - dir. Arnaud Desplechin, 1992, France

Last Call At Maud’s - dir. Paris Poirier, 1993, USA

La Vie de Boheme - dir. Aki Kaurismaki, 1992, Finland/France

Letters from Paris - dir. Ugo Fabrizio Giordani, 1992, Italy

Le Zebre - dir. Jean Poiret, 1992, France 

The Long Day Closes - dir. Terence Davies, 1992, Great Britain 

Man Bites Dog - dir. Remy Belvaux, Andre Bonzel, Benoit Poelvoorde, 1992, Belgium

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media - dir. Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick, 1992, Canada

Mary From Beijing - dir. Sylvia Chang, 1993, Hong Kong

Me And Veronica - dir. Don Scardino, 1992, USA

Menace II Society - dir. Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes, 1993, USA

Midnight Cowboy - dir. John Schlesinger, 1969, USA

Milena - dir. Vera Belmont, 1992, France

Much Ado About Nothing - dir. Kenneth Branagh, 1993, Great Britain/USA

The Music of Chance - dir. Philip Haas, 1993, USA

The Mystery of Edwin Drood - dir. Timothy Forder, 1993, Great Britain 

Mystery of Edwin Drood - dir. Timothy Forder, 1993, Great Britain

National Velvet - dir. Clarence Brown, 1945, USA

No Place Like Home - dir. Katherine Hunt, , USA

The Northerners - dir. Alex van Warmerdam, 1991, Netherlands

Night and Day - dir. Chantal Ackerman, 1991, Belgium

The Nun and the Bandit - dir. Paul Cox, 1992, Australia

The Oak - dir. Lucian Pintilie, 1992, Romania/France

Off Season - dir. Daniel Schmid, 1992, Switzerland/Germany/France

The Olympic Summer - dir. Gordian Maugg, 1992, Germany

On My Own - dir. Antonio Tibaldi, 1992, Canada

Original Sin - dir. Takashi Ishii, 1992, Japan

Orlando - dir. Sally Potter, 1992, Great Britain/Russia/Italy/France/Netherlands

Our Twisted Hero - dir. Park Chong-Won, 1992, South Korea

Outback - dir. Bogdan Dumitrescu, 1991, Romania

Passin’ It On - dir. John Valadez, 1992, USA

The Peach Blossom Land - dir. Stan Lai (Lai Shengchuan), 1992, Taiwan

Peter in Magicland - dir. Wolfgang Urchs, 1992, Germany

Phantom of the Opera - dir. Rupert Julian, 1925, USA

A Place in the World - dir. Adolfo Aristarain, 1992, Argentina/Uruguay

Port of Seven Seas - dir. James Whale, 1938, USA

Quick - dir. Rick King, 1993, USA

The Red Squirrel - dir. Julio Medem, 1993, Spain

Ripples Across Stagnant Water - dir. Ling Zifeng, 1992, China

Road Scholar - dir. Roger Weisberg, 1992, USA

Romper Stomper - dir. Geoffrey Wright, 1992, Australia

Running Late - dir. Udayan Prasad, 1992, Great Britain 

Savior of the Soul ‘92 - dir. David Lai, Corey Yuen, 1992, Hong Kong

Schtonk - dir. Helmut Dietl, 1991, Germany

The Scorpio Eats the Gemini for Breakfast - dir. Gardos Peter, 1992, Hungary

Seven Songs for Malcolm X - dir. John Akomfrah, 1993, Great Britain 

Sex Is... - dir. Marc Huestis, 1993, USA

Shelf Life - dir. Paul Bartel, 1993, USA

Shirtless Soul - dir. Kyle Bergerse, 1992, USA

The Silent Touch - dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, 1991, Great Britain/Poland/Denmark

Silverlake Life: The View From Here - dir. Tom Joslin, Peter Friedman, 1993, USA

Snakes and Ladders - dir. Busi Cortes, 1992, Mexico

Sofie - dir. Liv Ullman, 1992, Denmark

Soft Top, Hard Shoulder - dir. Stefan Schwartz, 1992, Great Britain 

South Bound - dir. Pasquale Pozzessere, 1992, Italy

Stepping Razor–Red X - dir. Nicholas Campbell, 1992, Canada

The Story of Qiu Ju - dir. Zhang Yimou, 1992, China

Sunday, Bloody Sunday - dir. John Schlesinger, 1971, Great Britain 

Sweet Emma, Dear Bobe - dir. Istvan Szabo, 1992, Hungary

Tango Argentino - dir. Goran Paskaljevic, 1992, Serbia

The Three Best Things in Life - dir. Ger Poppelaars, 1992, Netherlands

Time Indefinite - dir. Ross McElwee, 1993, USA

Tom and Jerry...The Movie - dir. Phil Roman, 1993, USA

Trouble Bound - dir. Jeff Reiner, 1992, USA

Twenty Bucks - dir. Keva Rosenfeld, 1993, USA

Twist - dir. Ron Mann, 1992, Canada

Vermont is for Lovers - dir. John O’Brien, 1992, USA

Verso Sud - dir. Pasquale Pozzessere, 1992, Italy

Les Visiteurs - dir. Jean-Marie Poire, 1992, France

Walt Disney Before Mickey Mouse - dir. Walt Disney, 1924-1927, USA

The Warrior’s Heart - dir. Leidulv Risan, 1992, Norway/Finland/Sweden

The Wedding Banquet - dir. Ang Lee, 1992, Taiwan/USA

The Well - dir. Docho Bodjakov, 1990, Bulgaria

Where is Memory - dir. Chris Gallager, 1992, Canada

White Badge - dir. Chung Ji-Young, 1992, South Korea

White Marriage - dir. Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, 1992, Poland

Wild West - dir. David Attwood, 1992, Great Britain 

Special Programs & Events

Best of the Northwest - included Best of the Northwest: Shorts, Eight-Tray Gangster: The Making of a Crip, Shirtless Soul

Celebration of Film Preservation - included I Kiss Your Hand, Madame, Phantom of the Opera, Port of Seven Seas, Walt Disney in the Jazz Age 

Children’s Museum Film Festival - included The Clean Machine, The Flying Sneaker, National Velvet, Peter in Magicland, Tom and Jerry…The Movie, Walt Disney Before Mickey Mouse, Finding Your Place (Shorts Program) 

Golden Space Needle Awards

John Schlesinger Tribute - included Midnight Cowboy, Billy Liar, An Englishman Abroad, Far From the Maddening Crowd, Sunday, Bloody Sunday 

The Midnight Zone - included Accion Mutante, Dead Alive, Don’t Call Me Frankie, Hercules Returns, Savior of the Soul ‘92, Stepping Razor–Red X

New Director’s Showcase - included Menace II Society, The Northerners, Outback, The Peach Blossom Land, Romper Stomper, Schtonk, Sofie, Soft Top, Hard Shoulder, Verso Sud, Le Zebre

Poster Auction

Secret Festival

Seminar: Actors and Directors - seminar guests included Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Tilda Swinton, Les Blair

Seminar: Computer Animation with Bill Kroyer

Seminar: Screenwriting

Walt Disney in the Jazz Age (collection of silent cartoons) - dir. Walt Disney, 1921-1928, USA

Baraka
Baraka
Orlando
Orlando
Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet
Hyenas
Hyenas
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Romper Stomper
Romper Stomper