Seattle International Film Festival 1994 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1994

Relive the 20th 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 1994 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 20–June 12, 1994
Number of Days: 24
Venues: Broadway Market Cinemas, Broadway Performance Hall, Egyptian Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Neptune Theatre

Opening Night: Little Buddha at 5th Avenue Theatre
Closing Night: Barcelona at Egyptian Theatre
Tribute: Bernardo Bertolucci


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Behind-the-scenes where the magic happens (in the projection booth)

Behind-the-scenes where the magic happens (in the projection booth)

Behind-the-scenes where the magic happens (in the projection booth)

Behind-the-scenes where the magic happens (in the projection booth)

Actresses, Victoria Abril and Rossy de Palma, discuss their film, Kika, from the stage

Actresses, Victoria Abril and Rossy de Palma, discuss their film, Kika, from the stage

Actresses, Victoria Abril and Rossy de Palma, discuss their film, Kika, from the stage

Actresses, Victoria Abril and Rossy de Palma, discuss their film, Kika, from the stage

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald (far right) poses with cast and crew from the film, Clerks

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald (far right) poses with cast and crew from the film, Clerks

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald (far right) poses with cast and crew from the film, Clerks

Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald (far right) poses with cast and crew from the film, Clerks

Candid shot of director, David O. Russell, in town for his film, Spanking The Monkey

Candid shot of director, David O. Russell, in town for his film, Spanking The Monkey

Candid shot of director, David O. Russell, in town for his film, Spanking The Monkey

Candid shot of director, David O. Russell, in town for his film, Spanking The Monkey

Director, Jennifer Warren, and actor, Rutger Hauer, in town for the World Premiere of their film, The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Director, Jennifer Warren, and actor, Rutger Hauer, in town for the World Premiere of their film, The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Director, Jennifer Warren, and actor, Rutger Hauer, in town for the World Premiere of their film, The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Director, Jennifer Warren, and actor, Rutger Hauer, in town for the World Premiere of their film, The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime

Barcelona
Barcelona
Little Buddha
Little Buddha
Fresh
Fresh
Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman
Kika
Kika
No Smoking
No Smoking
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Three Colors: White
Three Colors: White
Totally F**ked Up
Totally F**ked Up

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (dir. Stephan Elliott, Australia)

Best Director
Rolf de Heer (Bad Boy Bubby, Australia)

Best Actress
Mimi Rogers (Reflection on a Crime)

Best Actor
Terence Stamp (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)

Best Short
The Wrong Trousers (dir. Nick Park, UK)

Best Documentary
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (dir. Ray Müller, Germany)

List of Feature-Length Films

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - dir. Richard Fleischer, 1954, USA

Anchoress - dir. Chris Newby, 1993, Great Britain

As an Eilean - dir. Mike Alexander, 1993, Scotland

Bad Boy Bubby - dir. Rolf de Heer, 1993, Australia

Barcelona - dir. Whit Stillman, 1994, USA

The Beans of Egypt, Maine - dir. Jennifer Warren, 1994, USA

Because Why - dir. Arto Paragamian, 1993, Canada

Benny’s Video - dir. Michael Haneke, 1992, Austria

Betrayal - dir. Radu Mihaileanu, 1993, France/Romania

Blessing - dir. Paul Zehrer, 1993, USA

The Blue Kite - dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang, 1993, China/Hong Kong

Boatman of the River Padma - dir. Goutam Ghose, 1992, India

Bread and Roses - dir. Gaylene Preston, 1993, New Zealand

Bui Doi: Life Like Dust - dir. Ahrin Mishan, Nick Rothenberg, 1994, USA

Capture the White Flag - dir. Alex Zedicoff, 1994, USA

Century - dir. Stephen Poliakoff, 1993, Great Britain

Child Murders - dir. Ildikó Szabó, 1993, Hungary

Clerks - dir. Kevin Smith, 1993, USA

Colorado Cowboy: The Bruce Ford Story - dir. Arthur Elgort, 1993, USA

The Conformist - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970, Italy

The Cow - dir. Karel Kachyna, 1993, Czech Republic

Crime Story - dir. Kirk Wong, 1993, Hong Kong

Darkness in Tallinn - dir. Ilkka Jarvilaturi, 1993, Estonia/Finland

The Days - dir. Wang Xiaoshuai, 1993, China

Digger - dir. Robert Turner, 1993, Canada

Don Quijote - dir. Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, 1992, Spain

Dreaming of Rita - dir. Jon Lindström, 1993, Sweden

Eagle Scout: The Story of Henry Nicols - dir. Michael Ryan, Ellen Stokes, 1994, USA

The East is Red - dir. Ching Siu-Tung, Raymond Lee, 1993, Hong Kong

Eat Drink Man Woman - dir. Ang Lee, 1994, Taiwan/USA

Encore, Once More Encore! - dir. Pyotr Todorovsky, 1993, Russia

Erotique - dir. Lizzie Borden, Monika Treut, Clara Law, 1994, USA

Femme Fatale - dir. Udayan Prasad, 1993, Great Britain

First Love - dir. Lee Myung-Se, 1992, South Korea

For the Moment - dir. Aaron Kim Johnston, 1993, Canada

Freedom on my Mind - dir. Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford, 1994, USA

Fresh - dir. Boaz Yakin, 1994, USA

Friends - dir. Elaine Proctor, 1993, South Africa/Great Britain/France

Full Contact - dir. Ringo lam, 1992, Hong Kong

The Ghost Ship - dir. Mark Robson, 1943, USA

Go Fish - dir. Rose Troche, 1994, USA

Going Home - dir. Hans Hylkema, 1993, Netherlands

Golden Balls - dir. Bigas Luna, 1993, Spain

The Great Pumpkin - dir. Francesca Archibugi, 1993, Italy

Green Henry - dir. Thomas Koerfer, 1993, Switzerland

Grief - dir. Richard Glatzer, 1993, USA

The Grim Reaper - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1962, Italy

The Groundhogs - dir. Elie Chouraqui, 1993, France

Handgun - dir. Whitney Ransick, 1994, USA

Hedd Wyn - dir. Paul Turner, 1992, Wales/United Kingdom

Hélas Pour Moi - dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1993, Switzerland/France

Homelands - dir. Tom Zubrycki, 1992, Australia

How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It - dir. Enrique Urbizu, 1993, Spain

Hwaomkyung - dir.Chang Sun-Woo, 1993, South Korea

I Don’t Want to Talk About It - dir. Maria Luisa Bemberg, 1993, Argentina

Inside the Goldmine - dir. Josh Evans, 1994, USA

In The Name of Christ - dir. Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 1993, Ivory Coast

I Only Want You to Love Me - dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976, Germany

Ivan & Abraham - dir. Yolanda Zauberman, 1993, France

I Was Born, But... - dir. Yasujiro Ozu, 1932, Japan

Johnny 100 Pesos - dir. Gustavo Graef Marino, 1993, Chile

Justiz - dir. Hans W. Geissendörfer, 1993, Germany/Switzerland

Just Like A Woman - dir. Christopher Monger, 1991, Great Britain

Kaspar Hauser - dir. Peter Sehr, 1993, Germany

Kika - dir. Pedro Almodóvar, 1993, Spain

Killing Granddad- dir. Luis Cesar D’Angiolillo, 1993, Argentina

Knocks at My Door - dir. Alejandro Saderman, 1993, Venezuela/Argentina

A La Belle Etoile - dir. Antoine Desrosieres, 1994, France

La Scorta - dir. Ricky Tognazzi, 1993, Italy

The Last Emperor - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987, Italy/Hong Kong/USA

The Last Lieutenant - dir. Hans Petter Moland, 1993, Norway

The Last Seduction - dir. John Dahl , 1994, USA

Last Tango in Paris - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972, France/Italy/USA

Legend of Fong Sai Yuk II - dir. Corey Yuen, 1993, Hong Kong

The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk - dir. Yuen Kwai, 1992, Hong Kong

Legend of La Rose Noire - dir. Jeffrey Lau, 1992, Hong Kong

Le Journal de Lady M. - dir. Alain Tanner, 1993, Switzerland

Le Sexe Des Etoiles - dir. Paule Baillargeon, 1993, Canada

Little Buddha - dir. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1993, Great Britain/France

Living With an Idiot - dir. Aleksandr Rogoschkin, 1993, Russia

The Long Silence - dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 1993, Italy

Love and a .45 - dir. C.W. Talkington, 1994, USA

Love and Human Remains - dir. Denys Arcand, 1993, Canada

Lucky Star - dir. Frank Borzage, 1929, USA

Making Up! - dir. Katja von Garnier, 1993, Germany

A Man in Uniform - dir. David Wellington, 1993, Canada

Married Life - dir. Luis Carlos Carrera, 1992, Mexico

Me, Let’s Hope I Make It - dir. Lina Wertmuller, 1993, Italy

Minbo-Or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion - dir. Jûzô Itami, 1992, Japan

Mi Vida Loca - dir. Allison Anders, 1993, USA

My Life’s in Turnaround - dir. Eric Schaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward, 1993, USA

My Name Is Victor - dir. Guy Jacques, 1993, France

Myth of the Male Orgasm - dir. John Hamilton, 1993, Canada

Nina Takes a Lover - dir. Alan Jacobs, 1994, USA

No Smoking - dir. Alain Resnais, 1993, France

Oblivion - dir. Sam Irvin, 1994, USA

Once Upon a Time: The Cinema - dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1992, Iran

One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave - dir. Juan Botas, Lucas Platt, 1994, USA

Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider - dir. Catherine Warnow, Regina Weinreich, 1993, USA

Pigs - dir. Wladyslaw Pasikowski, 1992, Poland

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - dir. Stephan Elliott, 1994, Australia

The Pros and Cons of Breathing - dir. Robert Munic, 1993, USA

Quartier Mozart - dir. Jean-Pierre Bekolo, 1992, Cameroon

Raining Stones - dir. Ken Loach, 1993, Great Britain

Rebels of the Neon God - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 1992, Taiwan

Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker - dir. He Ping, 1994, China/Hong Kong

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

Reflections on a Crime - dir. Jon Purdy, 1994, USA

Remote Control - dir. Óskar Jónasson, 1993, Iceland

Ripa Hits the Skids - dir. Christian Lindblad, 1993, Finland

Russian Pizza Blues - dir. Steen Rasmussen, Michael Wikke, 1992, Denmark

Safe - dir. Antonia Bird, 1993, Great Britain

Savage Capitalism - dir. André Klotzel, 1993, Brazil

The Sea Hawk - dir. Frank Lloyd, 1924, USA

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb - dir. Dave Borthwick, 1993, Great Britain

Secret of Roan Inish - dir. John Sayles, 1994, Ireland/USA

Sex, Drugs & Democracy - dir. Jonathan Blank, 1994, Netherlands/USA

Shopping - dir. Paul Anderson, 1993, Great Britain

Silver Stallion, King of the Wild Brumbies - dir. John Tatoutis, 1993, Australia

Sleep With Me - dir. Rory Kelly, 1994, USA

The Slingshot - dir. Åke Sandgren, 1993, Sweden

Smoking - dir. Alain Resnais, 1993, France

The Son of the Shark - dir. Agnes Merlet, 1993, France

Sopyonje - dir. Im Kwon-Taek, 1993, South Korea

A Soul Split in Two - dir. Silvio Soldini, 1993, Italy

Spanking The Monkey - dir. David O. Russell, 1993, USA

Stalingrad - dir. Joseph Vilsmaier, 1993, Germany

Stand Up, Don’t Grovel - dir. Huang Jianxin, 1993, China

Stefano! - dir. Maurizio Nichetti, 1993, Italy

Sunday’s Children - dir. Daniel Bergman, 1992, Sweden

Talk - dir. Susan Lambert, 1993, Australia

Tango - dir. Patrice Leconte, 1993, France

Tango Feroz - dir. Marcelo Piñeyro, 1993, Argentina/Spain

Three Colors: White - dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994, Poland/France

Totally F**ked Up - dir. Gregg Araki, 1993, USA

A Touch of Fever - dir. Ryosuke Hashiguchi, 1993, Japan

Trading Mom - dir. Tia Brelis, 1994, USA

Two Small Bodies - dir. Beth B, 1993, USA/Germany

Up, Down and Sideways - dir. Michael Cacoyannis, 1992, Greece

The Wedding Gift - dir. Richard Loncraine, 1994, Great Britain

What Happened Was... - dir. Tom Noonan, 1994, USA

When I Close My Eyes - dir. Franci Slak, 1993, Slovenia

Where the Rivers Flow North - dir. Jay Craven, 1993, USA

Why Wasn’t He There? - dir. András Jeles, 1993, Hungary

Widows’ Peak - dir. John Irvin, 1993, Great Britain

The Wild East - dir. Rashid Nougmanov, 1993, Kazakhstan

Women from the Lake of Scented Souls - dir. Xie Fei, 1992, China

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl - dir. Ray Müller, 1993, Germany

The Young Americans - dir. Danny Cannon, 1993, Great Britain

Zeram - dir. Keita Amemiya, 1991, Japan

Special Programs & Events

Archival Presentations - included 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Ghost Ship, I Was Born, But…, Lucky Star, The Sea Hawk, Social Guidance Classics 

Best of the Northwest - included Capture the White Flag, Best of the Northwest: Shorts

Bernardo Bertolucci Tribute - included The Conformist, The Grim Reaper, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor

Children’s Film Festival - included Digger, Secret of Roan Inish, Silver Stallion, King of the Wild Brumbies, Trading Mom

Closing Night Special Presentation Three Colors: White 

Critic’s Panel Beyond Thumbs Up: The State of American Film Criticism - seminar guests included Jay Carr, Owen Gleiberman, Len Klady, Peter Rainer, Richard Shickel 

Golden Space Needle Awards 

The Midnight Zone - included The East is Red, Full Contact, Oblivion, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb, Zeram

New Directors Showcase - included Because Why, Fresh, Go Fish, Inside the Goldmine, Ivan & Ibraham, The Last Lieutenant, Safe, Shopping, The Son of the Shark, Sunday’s Children, Tango Feroz, A Touch of Fever

Poster Auction 

Secret Festival

Seminar: Independent Directions - seminar guests included Allison Anders, Marcus Hu, Jeff Lipsky, Tom Noonan, Arto Paragamian, David O. Russell 

Seminar: Sexual Ethics on Screen - seminar guests included Gregg Araki, Andres Vincente Gomez, Alan Jacobs, Myriam Mezieres, Monika Treut

Shorts Programs: Brief Encounters - included Best of the Brits, Family Portraits, L’Amour Fou Shorts, Oscar Shorts, Out and About: Queer Short Cinema, Shooting Stars, Strange Trips, Worlds of Wonder: International Short Films 

Special Presentation Smoking/No Smoking