Seattle International Film Festival 1996 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1996

Relive the 22nd 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 1996 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 16–June 9, 1996
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Alibi Room, Broadway Performance Hall, Egyptian Theatre, Guild 45th Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Neptune Theatre, Paramount Theatre

Opening Night: The Whole Wide World at Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: Emma at Egyptian Theatre


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Director, Steven Soderbergh, engaged in discussion as a panelist for the festival forums of the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

Director, Steven Soderbergh, engaged in discussion as a panelist for the festival forums of the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

Director, Steven Soderbergh, engaged in discussion as a panelist for the festival forums of the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

Director, Steven Soderbergh, engaged in discussion as a panelist for the festival forums of the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

Director, Todd Solondz, in town for his film, Welcome to the Dollhouse

Director, Todd Solondz, in town for his film, Welcome to the Dollhouse

Director, Todd Solondz, in town for his film, Welcome to the Dollhouse

Director, Todd Solondz, in town for his film, Welcome to the Dollhouse

A group of festival filmmakers unwind from the festivities of the day

A group of festival filmmakers unwind from the festivities of the day

A group of festival filmmakers unwind from the festivities of the day

A group of festival filmmakers unwind from the festivities of the day

The Guild 45th Theatre, a new SIFF venue in 1997, announces the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

The Guild 45th Theatre, a new SIFF venue in 1997, announces the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

The Guild 45th Theatre, a new SIFF venue in 1997, announces the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

The Guild 45th Theatre, a new SIFF venue in 1997, announces the 22nd Seattle International Film Festival

Emma
Emma
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Lone Star
Lone Star
Dead Man
Dead Man
The Whole Wide World
The Whole Wide World
Trainspotting
Trainspotting
Hype!
Hype!
Kansas City
Kansas City

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle, UK)

Best Director
Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, UK)

Best Actress
Lili Taylor (Girls Town, USA)

Best Actor
Vincent D'Onofrio (The Whole Wide World, USA)

Best Short
That Night (dir. John Keister, USA)

Best Documentary
Hype! (dir. Doug Pray, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
The Whole Wide World (dir. Dan Ireland, USA)

List of Feature-Length Films

Agnes - dir. Egill Edvardsson, 1996, Iceland

Alchemy - dir. Suzanne Myers, 1995, USA

All Things Fair - dir. Bo Widerberg, 1995, Sweden

An Almost Perfect Affair - dir. Reinhard Schwabenitzky, 1996, Austria

Anatomy of Desire - dir. Jean-Francois Monette, Peter T. Boullata, 1995, Canada

And the Moon Dances - dir. Garin Nugroho, 1995, Indonesia

Angel Baby - dir. Michael Rymer, 1995, Australia

Back to Back - dir. Roger Nygard, 1996, USA

Belly Talkers - dir. Sandara Luckow, 1995, USA

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - dir. Marion Hansel, 1995, Belgium

The Big Squeeze - dir. Marcus DeLeon, 1996, USA

The Boy From Mercury - dir. Martin Duffy, 1996, Ireland/France/Great Britain

Brother of Sleep - dir. Joseph Vilsmaier, 1995, Germany

Brothers in Trouble - dir. Udayan Prasad, 1995, Great Britain

Butterfly Kiss - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 1995, Great Britain

Bye-Bye - dir. Karim Dridi, 1995, France

Cadillac Ranch - dir. Lisa Gottlieb, 1995, USA

Celestial Clockwork - dir. Fina Torres, 1995, France

Celluloid - dir. Carlo Lizzani, 1995, Italy

Cold Fever - dir. Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, 1994, Iceland/USA/Germany/Switzerland

Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day - dir. Christopher Munch, 1995 , USA

The Confessional - dir. Robert Lepage, 1995, Canada/Great Britain/France

Cradle Song - dir. Jose Luis Garci, 1995, Spain

Crocodile Tears - dir. Ann Coppel, Work in Progress (Finished 1997) , USA

Crows - dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska, 1994, Poland

Cyclo - dir. Tran Anh Hung, 1995, Vietnam/France

Dadetown - dir. Russ Hexter, 1995, USA

Dead Man - dir. Jim Jarmusch, 1996, USA

The Delegation - dir. Alexander Galin, 1995 , Italy/Russia

Die Mediocren - dir. Matthias Glasner, 1995 , Germany

Drunks - dir. Peter Cohn, 1995, USA

Eden - dir. Howard Goldberg, 1996, USA

Edie & Pen - dir. Matthew Irmas, 1996, USA

Ed’s Next Move - dir. John Walsh, 1995, USA

Emma - dir. Douglas McGrath, 1995, Great Britain

Epsilon - dir. Rolf de Heer, 1996, Australia

A Feast at Midnight - dir. Justin Hardy, 1995, Great Britain

Flirt - dir. Hal Hartley, 1995, USA/Germany/Japan

Foreign Land - dir. Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, 1995, Brazil/Portugal

Full Throttle - dir. Derek Yee, 1995, Hong Kong

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe - dir. Shusuke Kaneko, 1995, Japan

The Garden - dir. Martin Sulik, 1995, Slovakia

The Gate of Heavenly Peace - dir. Richard Gordon, Carma Hinton, 1995, USA

Girls Town - dir. Jim McKay, 1995, USA

Gonin - dir. Ishii Takashi, 1995, Japan

Gravesend - dir. Sal Stabile, 1995, USA

Guiltrip - dir. Gerard Stembridge, 1995, Ireland

Guimba - dir. Cheich Oumar Sissoko, 1995, Mali, Burkina Faso/Germany

Gypsy Soul - dir. Chus Gutierrez, 1996, Spain

Haiti, Untitled - dir. Jørgen Leth, 1996, Denmark

Haramuya - dir. Drissa Toure, 1995, Burkina Faso/France

Harvest Home - dir. Carlos Siguion-Reyna, 1996, The Philippines

Hearts and Minds - dir. Ralph Ziman, 1995, South Africa

Hitting the Ground - dir. David P. Moore, 1996, USA

The Horseman on the Roof - dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1996, France

A Hot Roof - dir. Lee Min-Yong, 1995, South Korea

Hype! - dir. Doug Pray, 1995, USA

I Can't Sleep - dir. Claire Denis, 1995, France

The Innocent Sleep - dir. Scott Michell, 1995, Great Britain

The Interview - dir. Monique Gardenberg, 1996, Brazil

Intimate Relations - dir. Philip Goodhew, 1996, Great Britain/Canada

I Shot Andy Warhol - dir. Mary Harron, 1996, USA

I Thank You for Each New Morning - dir. Milan Steindler, 1995, Czech Republic

Jane: An Abortion Service - dir. Kate Kirtz, Nell Lundy, 1995, USA

Jim Loves Jack: The James Egan Story - dir. David Adkin, 1995, Canada

Joint Adventure - dir. John Foran, 1995, USA

Jonah and the Pink Whale - dir. Juan Carlos Valdivia, 1995, Bolivia/Mexico

Just A Girl - dir. Peter Schroder, 1995, Denmark

Kansas City - dir. Robert Altman, 1996, USA

Killer: A Journal of Murder - dir. Tim Metcalfe, 1996, USA

The King of the Masks - dir. Wu Tianming, 1996, China/Hong Kong

Lamerica - dir. Gianni Amelio, 1994, Italy

L’Amore Molesto - dir. Mario Martone, 1995, Italy

The Land is White, the Seed is Black - dir. Koto Bolofo, 1995, France

The Last Stop - dir. Wanda Jakubowska, 1948, Poland

Late Bloomers - dir. Julia Dyer, Gretchen Dyer, 1995, USA

A Leap of Faith - dir. Jenifer McShane, Tricia Regan, 1996, USA

The Leopard Son - dir. Hugo van Lawick, 1996, Great Britain

Little Sister - dir. Robert Jan Westdijk, 1995, The Netherlands

Live Bait - dir. Bruce Sweeney, 1995, Canada

Lone Star - dir. John Sayles, 1996, USA

Losing Chase - dir. Kevin Bacon, 1995, USA

The Lost Garden - dir. Marquise Lepage, 1995, Canada

Loved Up - dir. Peter Cattaneo, 1995, Great Britain

Love Me and You Will See… - dir. Daniel Diaz Torres, 1994, Cuba

Lumiere and Company - dir. Sarah Moon, 1995, France/Spain/Sweden

Maborosi - dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1995, Japan

Madagascar - dir. Fernando Perez, 1994, Cuba

Madame Butterfly - dir. Frederic Mitterrand, 1995, France

Mahjong - dir. Edward Yang, 1996, Taiwan

Manneken Pis - dir. Frank Van Passel, 1994, Belgium

Manny & Lo - dir. Lisa Krueger, 1995, USA

Man of the Year - dir. Dirk Shafer, 1995, USA

The Man With the Movie Camera - dir. Dziga Vertov, 1929, USSR

Margaret’s Museum - dir. Mort Ransen, 1995, Canada

Matter of Faith - dir. Marcos Loayza, 1995, Bolivia

A Mongolian Tale - dir. Xie Fei, 1995, China

Mother Dao, the Turtlelike - dir. Vincent Monnikendam, 1995, The Netherlands

Mouth to Mouth - dir. Manuel Gomez Pereira, 1996, Spain

My Friend Joe - dir. Chris Bould, 1995, Ireland

My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports - dir. Melissa Hacker, 1995, USA

Nervous Energy - dir. Jean Stewart, 1995, Great Britain

Next Year ... We’ll have to Go to Bed by Ten - dir. Angelo Orlando, 1995, Italy

No Sender - dir. Carlos Carrera, 1994, Mexico

Notes From Underground - dir. Gary Walkow, 1995, USA

Nothing But the Sun - dir. Mark Gordon, 1996, USA

Nothing to Lose - dir. Eric Bross, 1995, USA

Other Voices Other Rooms - dir. David Rock Savage, 1995, USA

The Ox and the Eye - dir. Richard LaBrie, 1996, USA

Palookaville - dir. Alan Taylor, 1995, USA

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills - dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, 1995, USA

Paris was a Woman - dir. Greta Schiller, 1995, Great Britain

A Perfect Candidate R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor, 1995, USA

Phenomenon - dir. Jon Turteltaub, 1996, USA

Premeditated Murder - dir. Gorcin Stojanovic, 1995, Serbia

Purple Noon - dir. René Clément, 1960, France

Red Rose, White Rose - dir. Stanley Kwan, 1995, Hong Kong

The Reggae Movie - dir. Randy Rovins, 1995, USA

The River Chao Phraya - dir. Sampson Williams, 1996, Thailand

Saint Clara - dir. Ori Sivan, Ari Folman, 1996, Israel

Scorpion Spring - dir. Brian Cox, 1995, USA

Sebastian - dir. Svend Wam, 1995, Sweden/Norway

Shadow of the Pepper Tree - dir. Francesca Fisher, Taggart Siegel, 1995 , Mexico

Siao Yu - dir. Sylvia Chang, 1995, Taiwan

A Single Girl - dir. Benoit Jacquot, 1995, France

Sister Island - dir. Avery Crounse, 1996, USA

Small Faces - dir. Gillies MacKinnon, 1995, Scotland

Someone Else’s America - dir. Goran Paskaljevic, 1994, Great Britain/France/Germany

Stonewall - dir. Nigel Finch, 1995, Great Britain

Streetlife - dir. Karl Francis, 1995, Wales

Sudden Manhattan - dir. Adrienne Shelly, 1996, USA

The Summer of Bobby Charlton - dir. Massimo Guglielmi, 1995, Italy

The Sun Has Ears - dir. Yim Ho, 1996, China

Switchblade Sisters - dir. Jack Hill, 1975, USA

Synthetic Pleasures - dir. Iara Lee, 1995, USA

Tale of the Three Jewels - dir. Michel Khleifi, 1995, Palestine/Belgium/Great Britain

Talk of the Town - dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 1995, Germany

Target - dir. Sandip Ray, 1995, India

Tattoo Boy - dir. Larry Turner, 1995, USA

Tears Of Stone - dir. Hilmar Oddsson, 1995, Iceland

Thesis - dir. Alejandro Amenabar, 1995, Spain

TheYoung Poisoner’s Handbook - dir. Benjamin Ross, 1994, Great Britain/Germany/France

Throwing Down - dir. Lawrence O’Neil, 1995, USA

Tokyo Drifter - dir. Seijun Suzuki, 1966, Japan

Trainspotting - dir. Danny Boyle, 1996, Great Britain

The Trigger Effect - dir. David Koepp, 1996, USA

Trinity and Beyond - dir. Peter Kuran, 1995, USA

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern - dir. Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher, 1995, USA

Turkish Passion - dir. Vincente Aranda, 1994, Spain

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - dir. Jacques Demy, 1964, France

Under the Domim Tree - dir. Eli Cohen, 1995, Israel

Underworld - dir. Roger Christian, 1996, USA

Village of Dreams - dir. Yoichi Higashi, 1996, Japan

Vite Strozzate - dir. Ricky Tognazzi, 1995, Italy

Vive L’Amour - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 1994, Taiwan

Walking and Talking - dir. Nicole Holofcener, 1996, USA

Welcome to the Dollhouse - dir. Todd Solondz, 1995, USA

Who Killed Pasolini? - dir. Marco Tullio Giordana, 1995, Italy/France

Who Killed Teddy Bear? - dir. Joseph Cates, 1965, USA

The Whole Wide World - dir. Dan Ireland, 1996, USA

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick - dir. Todd Robinson, 1995, USA

The Wind in the Willows - dir. Dave Unwin, 1995, Great Britain

Without Evidence - dir. Gill Dennis, 1996, USA

Work - dir. Rachel Reichman, 1996, USA

Year Number Ten - dir. Kathe Kratz, 1995, Austria

Zero Degrees Kelvin - dir. Hans Petter Moland, 1995, Norway

Special Programs & Events

Archival Presentations - included The Last Stop, The Lost Garden, Politically Incorrect Cartoondaze Program 1 and 2, Purple Noon, Tokyo Drifter, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Bedtime Stories: The Midnight Series - included Back to Back, The Reggae Movie, Full Throttle, Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe, Hype!, Scorpion Spring, Switchblade Sisters, Who Killed Teddy Bear?

Benefit Screening Crocodile Tears, Work in progress

Child’s Play - included The Boy From Mercury, A Feast at Midnight, My Friend Joe, The River Chao Phraya, The Wind in the Willows 

Closing Night Special Presentation Kansas City 

Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude - included 19 feature films and 3 short films

Filmmakers’ Forum: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: U.S. Distribution and International Sales - seminar guests included Mingham Ray, Michael Barker, Adam Rogers, Bill Stephens, Charlotte Mickie, Wouter Barendrecht

Filmmakers’ Forum: Critical Perspectives 

Filmmakers' Forum: The Director’s Chair: Independent Directors Speak Out! - seminar guests included Danny Boyle, Lisa Kreuger, Todd Solondz, Jim McKay, Dan Ireland

Filmmakers’ Forum: Fade In: The Writer–Director Relationship - seminar guests included David Koepp, Rolf de Heer, Buck Henry, and moderator John Pierson

Filmmakers’ Forum: How to Negotiate a Distribution Deal: A Master Class with Mark Litwak

Filmmakers’ Forum: North by Northwest: The Washington Filmmaking Experience - seminar guests included Lisanne Dutton, Ted Sod, John Keister, Suzy Kellett

Filmmakers’ Forum: The Pros and Cons of 16mm film Stock with Richard Bax of Eastman Kodak

Filmmakers’ Forum: TBA Master Class

Golden Space Needle Awards

New Directors Showcase - included 14 feature films

Poster Auction 

Pyramid Ales American Independent Award
Seattle Symphony Goes to the Movies with Michael Kamen

Secret Festival

Shorts Programs - included The Best of British Shorts, Boys’ Night Out, A Date with Fate, Girls’ Night Out, Live! From the Other End of the Universe, North by Northwest, True Romance, Women in Shorts

Special Presentation The Man with the Movie Camera with live accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra

The WGA-West and SIFF present the first annual Screenwriters Salon