Director, Peter Greenaway, on stage discussing his film, The Pillow Book, which won him a Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director
Relive the 23rd 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 1997 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 15–June 8, 1997
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Alibi Room, Broadway Performance Hall, 5th Avenue Theatre, Egyptian Theatre, Guild 45th Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, King Cat Theater
Opening Night: Addicted to Love at 5th Avenue Theatre
Closing Night: Mrs. Brown at Egyptian Theatre
On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS
Photos
Director, Peter Greenaway, on stage discussing his film, The Pillow Book, which won him a Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director
Guests engaged in discussion during the filmmakers forum of the 23rd Seattle International Film Festival
Guests in line for the opening night of the 23rd Seattle International Film Festival, Addicted to Love at the 5th Avenue Theatre
Festival founder, Darryl Macdonald, poses in the theatre projection booth
Jeff Dowd, film producer and former SIFF staffer, poses on the streets of Seattle with film cans
Best Film
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (dir. Peter Chan, Hong Kong)
Best Director
Peter Greenaway (The Pillow Book, UK)
Best Actress
Robin Wright-Penn (Loved)
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser (Still Breathing)
Best Short
Ballad of the Skeletons (dir. Gus van Sant, USA)
Best Documentary
Licensed to Kill (dir. Arthur Dong, USA)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Engelschen (dir. Helke Misselwitz, Germany)
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Eye of God (dir. Tim Blake Nelson, USA)
Addicted to Love - dir. Griffin Dunne, 1997, USA
Alive & Kicking - dir. Nancy Meckler, 1996, Great Britain
Angelou on Burns - dir. Elly Taylor, 1996, Scotland
Anthem - dir. Shainee Gabel, Kristin Hahn, 1997, USA
Battle for the Minds - dir. Steven Lipscomb, 1996, USA
Best of Erotic Tales II - dir. Various, 1996, Germany
Between Marx and a Naked Woman - dir. Camilo Luzuriaga, 1996, Ecuador
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman - dir. Sabina Berman, Isabella Tardan, 1996, Mexico
Beyond Barbed Wire - dir. Steve Rosen, 1996, USA
Beyond Silence - dir. Caroline Link, 1996, Germany
The Big Heat - dir. Andrew Kam, Johnny To Kei-fung, 1988, Hong Kong
A Bit of Scarlet - dir. Andrea Weiss, 1997, Great Britain
Bitter Sugar - dir. Leon Ichaso, 1996, Cuba
Black Circle Boys - dir. Matthew Carnahan, 1997, USA
Bleached - dir. Tom Danon, 1997, USA
Bob’s Weekend - dir. Jevon O'Neill, 1996, Great Britain
Bolshe Vita - dir. Ibolya Fekete, 1995, Hungary
Box of Moonlight - dir. Tom DiCillo, 1996, USA
Brassed Off - dir. Mark Herman, 1996, Great Britain
Breaking Up - dir. Robert Greenwald, 1997, USA
Broadway Damage - dir. Victor Mignatti, 1997, USA
Brother’s Kiss - dir. Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, 1997, USA
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? - dir. Peter W. Meyer, 1997, USA
Captain Conan - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1996, France
A Chef in Love - dir. Nana Djordjadze, 1996, Georgia/France
The Cherry Pick - dir. Arno Kranenborg, 1996, Netherlands
Childhood's End - dir. Jeff Lipsky, 1996, USA
Children of the Revolution - dir. Peter Duncan, 1996, Australia
Christmas Oratorio - dir. Kjell-Ake Andersson, 1996, Sweden
Chronicle of a Disappearance - dir. Elia Suleiman, 1996, Palestine
Colin Fitz - dir. Robert Bella, 1997, USA
Companions: Tales From the Closet - dir. Cecilia Neant-Falk, Nina Bergstrom, 1997, Sweden
Comrades: Almost a Love Story - dir. Peter Chan, 1996, Hong Kong
Conspirators of Pleasure - dir. Jan Svankmajer, 1996, Czech Republic/Switzerland/Great Britain
Coup de Torchon - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1981, France
The Cow’s Orgasm - dir. Olga Malea, 1997, Greece
Crocodile Tears - dir. Ann Coppel, 1997, USA
Defying Gravity - dir. John Keitel, 1997, USA
The Delta - dir. Ira Sachs, 1997, USA
Different for Girls - dir. Richard Spence, 1996, Great Britain
The Disappearance of Finbar - dir. Sue Clayton, 1996, Ireland/Great Britain/Sweden
Dogs are Colour Blind - dir. Orna Raviv, Johanan Raviv, 1996, Israel
Dream with the Fishes - dir. Finn Taylor, 1997, USA
The Dress - dir. Alex van Warmerdam, 1996, Netherlands
Dr. Wai in “the Scripture with No Words” - dir. Ching Siu-tung, 1996, Hong Kong
Earth - dir. Julio Medem, 1995, Spain
East Side Story - dir. Dana Ranga, 1996, Germany
Ecstasy - dir. Mariano Barroso, 1996, Spain
Eight Days a Week - dir. Michael Davis, 1997, USA
The Elevator - dir. Arthur Borman, Rafael Zelinsky, Nigel Dick, 1997, USA
The Emperor's Shadow - dir. Zhou Xiaowen, 1996, China
Every Sunday - dir. Sandor Simo, 1997, Hungary
Eye of God - dir. Tim Blake Nelson, 1997, USA
Eye of the Eagle - dir. Peter Flunth, 1996, Denmark
Fall - dir. Eric Schaeffer, 1997, USA
Familia - dir. Fernando León de Aranoa, 1997, Spain
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary - dir. Laura Angelica Símon, 1996, USA
Fire - dir. Deepa Mehta, 1996, Canada/India
Fistful of Flies - dir. Monica Pellizzari, 1996, Australia
Flight of the Albatross - dir. Werner Meyer, 1996, New Zealand/Germany
Floating Life - dir. Clara Law, 1996, Australia
Forbidden City Cop - dir. Stephen Chiau Shing-chi, Kuk Tak-Chiu, 1996, Hong Kong
Forgotten Silver - dir. Peter Jackson, 1996, New Zealand
For Roseanna - dir. Paul Weiland, 1996, USA
Franchesca Page - dir. Kelley Sane, 1997, USA
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks - dir. Isaac Julien, 1996, Great Britain
The Full Monty - dir. Peter Cattaneo, 1996, Great Britain
Gabbeh - dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996, Iran
The Garden of Redemption - dir. Thomas Michael Donnelly, 1997, USA
Glastonbury: The Movie - dir. Robin Mahoney, Matthew Salkeld, Willliam Beaton, 1997, Great Britain
The God of Cookery - dir. Stephen Chiau, Li Likchi , 1996, Hong Kong
Gonin II - dir. Ishii Takashi, 1996, Japan
Guantanamera - dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio, 1996, Cuba
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde - dir. Stefani Ames, 1997, USA
Guy - dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 1997, Great Britain
Hard Core Logo - dir. Bruce McDonald, 1996, Canada
The Headhunter's Sister - dir. Scott Saunders, 1997, USA
Hu-Du-Men - dir. Shu Kei, 1996, Hong Kong
Hysteria - dir. Réne Daalder, 1997, Canada/Great Britain
Idiot Box - dir. David Caesar, 1996, Australia
In Full Gallop - dir. Krzystzof Zanussi, 1996, Poland
Inside Out: Portraits of Children - dir. Joanna Lipper, 1996, USA
In the Company of Men - dir. Neil Labute, 1997, USA
Irma Vep - dir. Olivier Assayas, 1997, France
The Island on Bird Street - dir. Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, 1997, Denmark
It's in the Water - dir. Kelli Herd, 1996, USA
Joe's So Mean to Josephine - dir. Peter Wellington, 1996, Canada
The Journey - dir. Harish Saluja, 1997, USA
Kids Return - dir. Takeshi Kitano, 1996, Japan
L.627 - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1992, France
Labyrinth of Dreams - dir. Sogo Ishii, 1996, Japan
Libertarias - dir. Vicente Aranda , 1995, Spain/Belgium
Licensed to Kill - dir. Arthur Dong, 1997, USA
Life and Nothing But - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1990, France
Lifebreath - dir. P. J. Posner, 1997, USA
Like Grains of Sand - dir. Ryosuke Hashiguchi, 1996, Japan
Lilian's Story - dir. Jerzy Domaradzki, 1995, Australia
Lilies - dir. John Greyson, 1996, Canada
Little Angel - dir. Helke Misselwitz, 1996, Germany
The Long Way Home - dir. Mark Jonathan Harris, 1997, USA
Loved - dir. Erin Dignam, 1997, USA
Love God - dir. Frank Grow, 1997, USA
Lovelife - dir. Jon Harmon Feldman, 1997, USA
Love Serenade - dir. Shirley Barrett, 1996, Australia
Mandela - dir. Jo Mennell, Angus Gibson, 1996, South Africa
Marian - dir. Petr Vaclav, 1996, Czech Republic/France
The Matinee Idol - dir. Frank Capra, 1928, USA
Medea - dir. Lars von Trier, 1988, Denmark
Mendel - dir. Alexander Rosler, 1995, Norway/Denmark/Germany
Milk & Money - dir. Michael Bergman, 1996, USA
Moebius - dir. Students of Gustavo Mosquera, 1996, Argentina
Mondo - dir. Tony Gatlif, 1995, France
Mon Homme - dir. Bertrand Blier, 1996, France
Mrs. Brown - dir. John Madden, 1997, Great Britain
My America…or Honk if You Love Buddha - dir. Renee Tajima-Pena, 1997, USA
The Myth of Fingerprints - dir. Bart Freundlich, 1996, USA
Never Met Picasso - dir. Stephen Kijak, 1996, USA
Nitrate Base - dir. Marco Ferreri, 1996 , Italy/France
Nothing Sacred - dir. David Elliot, Mark Huppin, 1997, USA
Not Love, Just Frenzy - dir. Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem, David Menkes, 1996, Spain
Ocean Tribe - dir. Will Geiger, 1997, USA
One of Those Nights - dir. Lina Shanklin, 1997, USA
One Summer in La Goulette - dir. Ferid Boughedir, 1996, Tunisia/France
Ordet (The Word) - dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955, Denmark
The Other Side of Sunday - dir. Berit Nesheim, 1996, Norway
Out at Work - dir. Kelly Anderson, Tami Gold, 1996, USA
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End - dir. Monte Bramer, 1997, USA
Pedale Douce - dir. Gabriel Aghion, 1996, France
Piccadilly - dir. E.A. Dupont, 1929, Great Britain
The Pillow Book - dir. Peter Greenaway, 1996, Great Britain
Pizzicata - dir. Edoardo Winspeare, 1996, Italy/Germany
Ponette - dir. Jacques Doillon, 1996, France
Pousse Cafe - dir. Susan Winter, 1997, USA
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame - dir. Srdjan Dragojevic, 1996, Serbia
Pride Divide - dir. Paris Poirier, 1997, USA
La Promesse - dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 1996, Belgium/France/Luxembourg
A Queer Story - dir. Shu Kei, 1997, Hong Kong
The Quiet Room - dir. Rolf de Heer, 1996, Australia/Italy
Raroia, The Paradise Island - dir. Torgny Anderberg, 1997, Sweden
Riding the Rails - dir. Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell, 1996, USA
The River - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 1997, Taiwan
Rough Magic - dir. Clare Peploe, 1995, Great Britain
Round Midnight - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 1986, France/USA
Salut Cousin! - dir. Merzak Allouache, 1996, Algeria/France
A Saturday on Earth - dir. Diane Bertrand, 1996, France
Scratch the Surface - dir. Tara Fitzpatrick, 1997, USA
Secrets of the Heart - dir. Montxo Armendariz, 1997, Spain/France/Portugal
A Self-Made Hero - dir. Jacques Audiard, 1996, France
Shall We Dance? - dir. Masayuki Suo, 1997, Japan
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist - dir. Kirby Dick, 1997, USA
The Small Hours - dir. Derek Dunsay, 1997, USA
Somewhere in the City - dir. Ramin Niami, 1997, USA
Star Maps - dir. Miguel Arteta, 1996, USA
Steaming Milk - dir. Rodney Lee Rogers, 1997, USA
Still Breathing - dir. James F. Robinson, 1997, USA
Strawberry Fields - dir. Rea Tajiri, 1997, USA
Such is Life- dir. Colin Nutley, 1996, Sweden
Sunday - dir. Jonathan Nossiter, 1996, USA
Supermarket Woman - dir. Juzo Itami, 1997, Japan
The Super Wife - dir. Sonke Wortmann, 1996, Germany
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse - dir. Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson, 1996, USA
Temptress Moon - dir. Chen Kaige, 1996, China/Hong Kong
Three Friends - dir. Yim Soon-Rye, 1996, South Korea
Tieta - dir. Carlos Diegues, 1995, Brazil
Timothy Leary's Dead - dir. Paul Davids, 1997, USA
The Tit and the Moon - dir. Bigas Luna, 1995, Spain
To Have and To Hold - dir. John Hillcoat, 1996, Australia
Tonight Nobody Goes Home - dir. Sylvia Chang, 1996, Taiwan
Tramway to Malvarosa - dir. Jose Luis Garcia, 1996, Spain
Tumult - dir. Yemane I. Demissie, 1996, Ethiopia/USA
Twin Town - dir. Kevin Allen, 1996, Wales
Twisted - dir. Seth Michael Donsky, 1996, USA
Ulysses' Gaze - dir. Theo Angelopolos, 1995, Greece/France/Italy
The Unfish - dir. Robert Dornhelm, 1996, Austria
The Unknown - dir. Todd Browning, 1927, USA
The Van - dir. Stephen Frears, 1996, Great Britain
The Village Has No Walls - dir. Amol Palekar, 1995, India
Viva Erotica - dir. Derek Yee, Lo Chi Leung, 1996, Hong Kong
Warshots - dir. Heiner Stadler, 1996, Germany
The Watermelon Woman - dir. Cheryl Dunye, 1996, USA
Wednesday - dir. Victor Kossakovsky, 1997, Russia, Germany/Great Britain/Finland
When the Cat’s Away - dir. Cedric Klapisch, 1996, France
The Witman Boys - dir. Janos Szasz, 1996, Hungary
Wives III - dir. Anja Breien, 1996, Norway
Wonderland - dir. John O'Hagan, 1996, USA
Young and Dangerous III - dir. Andrew Lau Wai-keung, 1996, Hong Kong
Archival Presentations - included Ordet, The Matinee Idol, Piccadilly
Bedtime Stories: The Midnight Series - included Franchesca Page, Love God, Hysteria, Best of Erotic Tales II, Young and Dangerous III, Big Heat, Gonin II, Timothy Leary’s Dead
Bernard Tavernier Tribute - included Captain Conan, Coup de Torchon, Round Midnight, L.627, Life and Nothing But
Documentaries: Truth with an Attitude - included 19 feature films and 9 short films
Films 4 Families - included Eye of the Eagle, Flight of the Albatross, Inside Out: Portraits of Children, The Journey
Filmmakers Forum: Day 1: The Beginning - included When Harry Met Sal: Romantic Comedy in an Age When Anything Goes, “Once More With Feeling”, Classics Out of Context: A Screenplay Reading of Rebel Without a Cause
Filmmakers Forum: Day 2: The Middle - included Wow & Flutter, The Light Motif, Reality Bites, Completing Your Thought
Filmmakers Forum: Day 3: The End - included The Fine Print: A Special Screening and Panel Discussion of The Designated Mourner, Fly Filmmaking
Golden Space Needle Awards
New Directors Showcase - included 13 feature films
Poster Auction
Secret Festival
Shorts Programs - included How I Got Through Childhood and Other Horror Tales, North x Northwest, The Rules of Romance, Erotic Tales II, Part A, Erotic Tales II, Part B, Beyond Gravity, Malice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Special Archival Presentation The Unknown with live accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra
The Writers Guild of America-West and SIFF present the second annual Screenwriters Salon