Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses with actress, Mira Sorvino, in town for her films Blue in the Face, Sweet Nothing, and Tarantella
We are experiencing intermittent technical difficulties with our ticketing system and website. Please go directly to goelevent.com to search for showtimes and purchase passes and tickets.
Relive the 21st 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 1995 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 18–June 11, 1995
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Egyptian Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Seven Gables Theatre, Varsity Theatre
Opening Night: Braveheart at 5th Avenue Theatre
Closing Night: Cold Comfort Farm at Egyptian Theatre
Photos
Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses with actress, Mira Sorvino, in town for her films Blue in the Face, Sweet Nothing, and Tarantella
Actress, Mimi Rogers, accepts her Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress for her film, Reflection on a Crime
Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, talks with actor and director, Mel Gibson, at a press conference for the world premiere of his film, Braveheart, which opened the festival and earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture
Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, in conversation with director Todd Haynes, in town for his film, Safe
Rick Stevenson, writer and director, on stage for either his film, Magic in the Water, or to moderate the panel, Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking)
Actor and director, Mel Gibson, in a sea of festival goers, fans, and press
Best Film
The Kingdom (dir. Lars von Trier, Denmark)
Best Director
Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, USA)
Best Actress
Nicole Kidman (To Die For)
Best Actor
Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects)
Best Short
Surprise (dir. Veit Helmer, Germany)
Best Documentary
Crumb (dir. Terry Zwigoff, USA)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (dir. Marius Holst, Norway)
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Safe (dir. Todd Haynes, USA)
1-900 - dir. Theo van Gogh, 1994, Netherlands
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance - dir. Michael Haneke, 1994, Austria
Accumulator 1 - dir. Jan Sverak, 1994, Czech Republic
Afrique, Mon Afrique… - dir. Idrissa Ouedraogo, 1994, Burkina Faso
Ailsa - dir. Paddy Breathnach, 1994, Ireland
Alegre Ma Non Troppo - dir. Fernando Colomo, 1994, Spain
All Men Are Mortal - dir. Ate de Jong, 1995, Great Britain/Netherlands/France
Apart from Hugh - dir. Jon FitzGerald, 1994, USA
Aventurera - dir. Alberto Gout, 1949, Mexico
Bab El-Oued City - dir. Merzak Allouache, 1994, Algeria/France/Germany/Switzerland
Back to Back, Face to Face - dir. Huang Jianxin, 1994, China/Hong Kong
Ballot Measure 9 - dir. Heather MacDonald, 1994, USA
Bandit Queen - dir. Shekhar Kapur, 1994, India/Great Britain
Belle de Jour - dir. Luis Bunuel, 1967, France
Beyond the Sky - dir. Berit Nesheim, 1993, Norway
Black Is ... Black Ain’t - dir. Marlon T. Riggs, 1995, USA
Bleeding Hearts - dir. Gregory Hines, 1994, USA
Blue in the Face - dir. Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, 1995, USA
Blush - dir. Li Shaohong, 1995, China
Braveheart - dir. Mel Gibson, 1995, USA
Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X - dir. Jack Baxter, 1994, USA
The Brothers McMullen - dir. Edward Burns, 1995, USA
The Buddha of Suburbia - dir. Roger Michell, 1993, Great Britain
Burnt by the Sun - dir. Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994, Russia/France
A Business Affair - dir. Charlotte Brandstorm, 1994, Great Britain/France
Chinatown - dir. Roman Polanski, 1974, USA
Chinese Torture Chamber - dir. Bosco Lam, 1994, Hong Kong
Chungking Express - dir. Wong Kar-Wai, 1994, Hong Kong
Cold Blooded - dir. Wallace Wolodarsky, 1995, USA
Cold Comfort Farm - dir. John Schlesinger, 1995, Great Britain
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter - dir. Deborah Hoffmann, 1994, USA
Confession of a Pretty Lady - dir. Kris Clarke, 1993, Great Britain
A Confucian Confusion - dir. Edward Yang, 1994, Taiwan
The Convert - dir. Kazimierz Kutz, 1994, Poland
Criminal - dir. Corin Campbell Hill, 1994, Great Britain
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die - dir. Marius Holst, 1995, Norway
Crumb - dir. Terry Zwigoff, 1994, USA
Dallas Doll - dir. Ann Turner, 1994, Australia
Daughter of the Puma - dir. Ulf Hultberg, Asa Faringer, 1994, Sweden/Denmark
The Day the Sun Turned Cold - dir. Yim Ho, 1995, Hong Kong
Deadly Maria - dir. Tom Tykwer, 1993, Germany
Denise Calls Up - dir. Hal Salwen, 1995, USA
Don’t Get Me Started - dir. Arthur Ellis, 1994, Great Britain
The Doom Generation - dir. Gregg Araki, 1995, USA
Double Happiness - dir. Mina Shum, 1994, Canada
Down Came a Blackbird - dir. Jonathan Sanger, 1995, USA
Dust of Life - dir. Rachid Bouchareb, 1994, France
The Eagle Shooting Heroes - dir. Jeffrey Lau Chun-wai, 1994, Hong Kong
Eclipse - dir. Jeremy Podeswa, 1994, Canada
Ecological Design: Inventing the Future - dir. Brian Danitz, 1994, USA
El Bulto - dir. Gabriel Retes, 1991, Mexico
Ermo - dir. Zhou Xiaowen, 1994, China/Hong Kong
False Pregnancy - dir. Denis Rabaglia, 1994, France/Switzerland
Family - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 1994, Great Britain
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! - dir. Russ Meyer, 1965, USA
Fist of Legend - dir. Gordon Chan, 1995, Hong Kong
Flesh Suitcase - dir. Paul Duran, 1995, USA
The Flying Camel - dir. Rami Na’aman, 1994, Israel
Frank and Ollie - dir. Theodore Thomas, 1995, USA
Funny Bones - dir. Peter Chelsom, 1994, Great Britain
The Garden of Eden - dir. Maria Novaro, 1994, Mexico
Grosse Fatigue - dir. Michel Blanc, 1994, France
Half Spirit - Voice of the Spider - dir. Henri Barges, 1995, France
Headless Body in Topless Bar - dir. James Bruce, 1995, USA
The Heartbreak Kid - dir. Michael Jenkins, 1993, Australia
Heaven’s a Drag - dir. Peter Mackenzie Litten, 1994, Great Britain
Hello Photo - dir. Nina Davenport, 1994, USA
Highway of Heartache - dir. Gregory Wild, 1994, Canada
I Am Cuba - dir. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964, Cuba/USSR
I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times - dir. Don Was, 1995, USA
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love - dir. Maria Maggenti, 1995, USA
Joe’s Rotten World - dir. Richard LaBrie, 1995, USA
Jupiter’s Wife - dir. Michel Negroponte, 1994, USA
Just You and Me - dir. Suzanne Osten, 1994, Sweden
The Kingdom - dir. Lars von Trier, 1994, Denmark
Kisses and Scratches - dir. Gyorgy Szomjas, 1995, Hungary
Korea - dir. Cathal Black, 1995, Ireland
The Last Dance - dir. Colin Nutley, 1994, Sweden
L’Enfer - dir. Claude Chabrol, 1994, France
Liberation - dir. Arnold Schwartzman, 1995, USA
Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid - dir. Chung Jiyoung, 1994, South Korea
Like Two Crocodiles - dir. Giacomo Campiotti, 1995, Italy
Little Odessa - dir. James Gray, 1994, USA
Live Nude Girls - dir. Julianna Lavin, 1995, USA
Living In Oblivion - dir. Tom DiCillo, 1995, USA
Lotto Land - dir. John Rubino, 1995, USA
Louis XIX, King of the Airwaves - dir. Michel Poulette, 1994, Canada
The Low Life - dir. George Hickenlooper, 1995, USA
Lucky Break - dir. Ben Lewin, 1994, Australia
Magic in the Water - dir. Rick Stevenson, 1995, USA
The Most Terrible Time In My Life - dir. Kaizo Hayashi, 1994, Japan
Movie Days - dir. Fredrik Thor Fridriksson, 1994, Iceland
Mushrooms - dir. Alan Madden, 1995, Australia
Mute Witness - dir. Anthony Waller, 1995, Great Britain
My Family - dir. Gregory Nava, 1995, USA
The Mystery of Rampo - dir. Kazuyoshi Okuyama, 1994, Japan
Nadja - dir. Michael Almereyda, 1995, USA
No Mercy - dir. Francisco Lombardi, 1994, Peru/Mexico
No Skin - dir. Alessandro D'Alatri, 1994, Italy
Nothing Sacred - dir. William Wellman, 1937, USA
Once Upon a Time, Beirut - dir. Jocelyne Saab, 1994, Lebanon/France
Only the Brave - dir. Ana Kokkinos, 1994, Australia
Party Girl - dir. Daisy von Scherler Mayer, 1994, USA
People of the Rice Paddies - dir. Rithy Panh, 1994, Cambodia/France/Switzerland/Germany
Pharaoh’s Army - dir. Robby Henson, 1994, USA
Picture Bride - dir. Kayo Hatta, 1994, USA
Pigalle - dir. Karim Dridi, 1994, France
The Poet’s Princess - dir. Niki List, 1994, Austria
Postcards from America - dir. Steve McLean, 1995, USA
The Postman - dir. Michael Radford, 1995, Italy
Pretty Baby - dir. Soenke Wortmann, 1994, Germany
The Promise - dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 1994, Germany/France/Switzerland
A Pure Formality - dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1994, Italy/France
The Raccoon War - dir. Isao Takahata, 1994, Japan
Rebel Without a Cause - dir. Nicholas Ray, 1955, USA
The Red Lotus Society - dir. Stan Lai, 1994, Taiwan
The Return - dir. Dang Nhat Minh, 1994, Vietnam
The Return of Tommy Tricker - dir. Michael Rubbo, 1994, Canada
Ride - dir. Jan Sverak, 1995, Czech Republic
Safe - dir. Todd Haynes, 1994, USA
The Searchers - dir. John Ford, 1956, USA
Second Sight - dir. Ola Solum, 1994, Norway
The Seriously Ill - dir. Juzo Itami, 1994, Japan
Seven Chances - dir. Buster Keaton, 1925, USA
The Sexual Life of the Belgians - dir. Jan Bucquoy, 1993/94, Belgium
A Shadow You Soon Will Be - dir. Hector Olivera, 1994, Argentina
The Silence of Neto - dir. Luis Argueta, 1994, Guatemala
Sister My Sister - dir. Nancy Meckler, 1994, Great Britain
Six Days, Six Nights - dir. Diane Kurys, 1994, France
Smoke - dir. Wayne Wang, 1995, USA
Song of the Siren - dir. Eytan Fox, 1995, Israel
Spider and Rose - dir. Bill Bennett, 1994, Australia
Squadron - dir. Juliusz Machulski, 1994, Poland
Stairway to the Distant Past - dir. Kaizo Hayashi, 1994, Japan
The Stars Fell on Henrietta - dir. James Keach, 1995, USA
Sweet Nothing - dir. Gary Winick, 1995, USA
Swimming with Sharks - dir. George Huang, 1994, USA
The Taebaek Mountains - dir. Im Kwon Taek, 1994, South Korea
Tarantella - dir. Helen de Michiel, 1995, USA
That Eye, The Sky - dir. John Ruane, 1994, Australia
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey - dir. Steven M. Martin, 1994, USA
This Window Is Yours - dir. Tomoyuki Furumaya, 1994, Japan
Through the Olive Trees - dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1994, Iran
Tie-Died: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Most Deadicated Fans - dir. Andrew Behar, 1995, USA
‘Til Death - dir. Fernando Sarinana, 1993, Mexico
The Tin Soldier - dir. Jon Voight, 1995, USA
To Die For - dir. Gus Van Sant Jr., 1995, USA
Tokyo Cowboy - dir. Kathy Garneau, 1994, Canada
Two Brothers, My Sister - dir. Teresa Villaverde, 1994, Portugal
Two Crimes - dir. Roberto Sneider, 1994, Mexico
Two On A Couch - dir. Amir Rezazadeh, 1994, Denmark
An Unconditional Love - dir. Arthur Bjorn Egeli, 1995, USA
Uncovered - dir. Jim McBride, 1994, Great Britain/Spain
Unforgettable Summer - dir. Lucian Pintilie, 1994, France/Romania
Unzipped - dir. Douglas Keeve, 1994, USA
The Usual Suspects - dir. Bryan Singer, 1994, USA
Velasquez’s Little Museum - dir. Bernar Hebert, 1994, Canada
Vukovar - dir. Boro Draskovic, 1994, Croatia
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us - dir. Gaylene Preston, 1995, New Zealand
Wigstock: The Movie - dir. Barry Shils, 1994, USA
The Wooden Man's Bride - dir. Huang Jianxin, 1993, Taiwan/China
Words Upon the Window Pane - dir. Mary McGuckian, 1995, Ireland
World and Time Enough - dir. Eric Mueller, 1994, USA
Xime - dir. Sana Na N’Hada, 1994, Guinea-Bissau/Netherlands
The Year of My Japanese Cousin - dir. Maria Gargiulo, 1995, USA
100 Years of Cinema - included Aventurera, Belle de Jour, Chinatown, I Am Cuba, The Movies Begin: The Movie, Nothing Sacred, Rebel Without a Cause, The Searchers, Seven Chances
American Independent Awards
Best of the Northwest - included Apart From Hugh, The Year of My Japanese Cousin, The Best of the Northwest: Shorts
Children’s Film Festival - included Magic in the Water, The Return of Tommy Tricker, The Tin Soldier
Filmmaker’s Forum: Critical Perspectives - moderated by Peter Rainer
Filmmaker’s Forum: Distributors’ Round Table - seminar guests included Mike Barker, John Ferraro, Helen Loveridge, Marcia Kirkley, Marcus Hu, Jeff Kurz, David Dinerstein
Filmmaker’s Forum: Film Financing: Chasing the Green
Filmmaker’s Forum: Finding the Right Format: The Stock Question - seminar guests included Richard Bax, Laszlo Pal, Bill Scott
Filmmaker’s Forum: From Script to Screen: The Long, Strange Trip… - seminar guests included Mark Handley, Steven Gaydos, Thomas Lee Wright, Mary Wellnitz, Richard Green
Filmmaker’s Forum: Independent Directions: New American Indie Filmmakers - seminar guests included Gus Van Sant, Tom DiCillo, Todd Haynes, Carl Franklin, Allison Anders
Filmmaker’s Forum: Local Heroes: The Year of My Japanese Cousin (A Case Study in Seattle Filmmaking) - moderated by Rick Stevenson
Filmmaker’s Forum: The Perils of Production - seminar guests included Chris Sievernich, Christine Vachon, Sam Kitt, Jesse Beaton, Jonathan Sanger, Ted Hope
Filmmaker’s Forum: Silicon Studio 101: The Digital Post Production Revolution - hosted by CSI Videosystems and Silicon Graphics
Filmmaker’s Forum: Techno Tools: 3-D Animation and Special Effects in the Second Century of Filmmaking - seminar guests included Dave Carson, Daniel Langlois
Golden Space Needle Awards
The Midnighters - included Chinese Torture Chamber, The Eagle Shooting Heroes, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Highway of Heartache, Tie-Died: Rock ‘N’ Roll’s Most Dedicated Fans
More Social Guidance Classics, Continuing Revelations from the Prelinger Archives
New Directors Showcase - included Cross My Heart and Hope to Die, Deadly Maria, Double Happiness, False Pregnancy, Half Spirit–Voice of the Spider, Korea, Mute Witness, The Sexual Life of the Belgians, The Silence of Neto, Sister My Sister, Song of the Siren, The Window Is Yours, Tokyo Cowboy, Two Crimes
Poster Auction
Secret Festival
Shorts Programs - included All Things British, Canadian Quips, L’Amour Fou Shorts, On the Road, Out and About Again, Rites of Passage, Strange Encounters, Tales From Down Under
The Wonderful Worlds of Aardman: A Retrospective - included 14 short films