Opening Night of the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre with the film, The Illusionist
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Relive the 32nd 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 2006 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 25–June 18, 2006
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Broadway Performance Hall, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theatre, Lincoln Square Bellevue, Moore Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Neumos, Northwest Film Forum, Pacific Place Cinemas, Paramount Theatre
Opening Night: The Illusionist at Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: The Science of Sleep at Neptune Theatre
Emerging Masters: Adam Curtis, Nicolas Winding Refn, Andrucha Waddington, Wang Xiaoshuai
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Opening Night of the 32nd Seattle International Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre with the film, The Illusionist
SIFF audiences at the Egyptian Theatre await the Fly Filmmaking Challenge program
SIFF guests, including Ryan Fleck, director of festival film, Half Nelson, answer questions outside of the Egyptian Theatre
SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Maryna Ajaja and Andy Spletzer, long-time devo-queen, Nancy Kennedy, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person
Best Film
OSS 117: Nest of Spies (dir. Michel Hazanavicius, France)
Best Director
Goran Dukic (Wristcutters, A Love Story, USA)
Best Actress
Fiona Gordon (The Iceberg)
Best Actor
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Best Short
Full Disclosure (dir. Douglas Horn, USA)
Best Documentary
The Trials of Darryl Hunt (dir. Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg, USA)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Host & Guest (dir. Shin Dong-il, South Korea)
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Live Free or Die (dir. Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, USA)
Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Gitmo: The News Rules of War (dir. Erik Gandini, Tarik Sale, Sweden/Denmark)
1:1 - dir. Annette K. Olesen, 2005, Denmark/Great Britain
3 Needles - dir. Thom Fitzgerald, 2005, Canada
4 Barefooted Women - dir. Santiago Loza, 2005, Argentina
7 Virgins - dir. Alberto Rodríguez, 2005, Spain
13 Tzameti - dir. Géla Babluani, 2005, France/Georgia
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep - dir. Ben Hopkins, 2006, United Kingdom/Turkey
20 Centimeters - dir. Ramón Salazar, 2005, Spain
49 Up - dir. Michael Apted, 2006, United Kingdom
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - dir. Roy Rowland, 1953, USA
A Side, B Side, Seaside - dir. Wing-chiu Chan, 2005, Hong Kong/China
Adam’s Apples - dir. Anders Thomas Jensen, 2005, Denmark
Ahlaam - dir. Mohamed Al-Daradji, 2006, Iraq/UK/Netherlands
Los Aires Difíciles - dir. Gerardo Herrero, 2005, Spain
a/k/a Tommy Chong - dir. Josh Gilbert, 2005, USA
Al Franken: God Spoke - dir. Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, 2006, USA
Allegro - dir. Christoffer Boe, 2005, Denmark
American Blackout - dir. Ian Inaba, 2006, USA
Americanese - dir. Eric Byler , 2006, USA
Anne of the Thousand Days - dir. Charles Jarrott, 1969, United Kingdom
Another Gay Movie - dir. Todd Stephens, 2006, USA
Apart from That - dir. Jennifer Shainin, Randy Walker, 2005, USA
Arctic Son - dir. Andrew Walton, 2006, USA
Au Bonheur des dames - dir. Julien Duvivier, 1929, France
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes - dir. Avi Mograbi, 2005, Israel/France
Awakening From the Dead - dir. Milos Radivojevic, 2005, Serbia/Montenegro
Backstage - dir. Emmanuelle Bercot, 2005, France
Beowulf & Grendel - dir. Sturla Gunnarsson, 2005, Canada/Iceland/United Kingdom
The Betrayal - dir. Philippe Faucon, 2005, France/Belgium
Be With Me - dir. Eric Khoo, 2005, Singapore
Beyond Hatred - dir. Olivier Meyrou, 2006, France
Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas - dir. Scott Lew, 2006, USA
The Big Bad Swim - dir. Ishai Setton, 2006, USA
The Birthday - dir. Diane Kurys, 2005, France
A Bittersweet Life - dir. Kim Jee-woon, 2005, South Korea
Black Gold - dir. Marc Francis, Nick Francis , 2006, United Kingdom
Black Orpheus - dir. Marcel Camus, 1959, Brazil/France/Italy
Blessed by Fire - dir. Tristán Bauer, 2005, Argentina
Blood Rain - dir. Kim Dae-seung, Lee Won-jae, 2005, South Korea
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros - dir. Aureus Solito, 2005, Philippines
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters - dir. Bill Couturié , 2006, USA
Boy Culture - dir. Q. Allan Brocka, 2006, USA
Broken Sky - dir. Julián Hernandez, 2006, Mexico
Brothers of the Head - dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe, 2005, United Kingdom
Burnt Out - dir. Fabienne Godet, 2005, France
C.R.A.Z.Y. - dir. Jean-Marc Vallée, 2005, Canada
The Call of Cthulhu - dir. Andrew Leman, 2005, USA
Carmen in Khayelitsha - dir. Mark Dornford-May, 2005, South Africa
Case of the Grinning Cat - dir. Chris Marker, 2004, France
The Cave of the Yellow Dog - dir. Byambasuren Davaa, 2005, Mongolia/Germany
The Century of the Self - dir. Adam Curtis, 2002, United Kingdom
The Chances of the World Changing - dir. Eric Daniel Metzgar, 2005, USA
Chinaman - dir. Henrik Ruben Genz, 2005, Denmark/China
Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon - dir. Peter Richardson, 2005, USA
Close to Home - dir. Dalia Hager, Vidi Bilu, 2006, Israel
Combat - dir. Patrick Carpentier, 2006, Belgium
A Comedy of Power - dir. Claude Chabrol, 2006, France/Germany
Container - dir. Lukas Moodysson, 2006, Sweden
Conversations with Other Women - dir. Hans Canosa, 2005, USA
Crime Novel - dir. Michele Placido, 2005, Italy
Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul - dir. Fatih Akin, 2005, Germany
Dam Street - dir. Li Yu, 2005, China
Dark Horse - dir. Dagur Kári, 2005, Denmark/Iceland
A Darkness Swallowed - dir. Betzy Bromberg, 2006, USA
The Days - dir. Wang Xiaoshuai, 1993, China/Hong Kong
Dear Pyongyang - dir. Yonghi Yang, 2005, Japan
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - dir. Cristi Puiu, 2005, Romania
Delwende - dir. S. Pierre Yaméogo, 2005, Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland
Destricted - dir. Marina Abramovic, Matthew Barney, Marco Brambilla, Larry Clark, Gaspar Noé, Richard Prince, Sam Taylor-Wood, 2006, United Kingdom/USA
Disappearances - dir. Jay Craven, 2006, USA
Distant Journey - dir. Alfréd Radok, 1949, Czech Republic
The District! - dir. Áron Gauder, 2004, Hungary
Dreaming of Space - dir. Alexey Uchitel, 2005, Russia
Dreamland - dir. Jason Matzner, 2006, USA
Early in the Morning - dir. Gahité Fofana, 2006, Guinea/France
Elsa & Fred - dir. Marcos Carnevale , 2005, Spain/Argentina
Eve and the Fire Horse - dir. Julia Kwan, 2005, Canada
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out - dir. Stewart Copeland, 2006, USA
Every Other Week - dir. Måns Herngren, Hannes Holm, Felix Herngren, Hans Ingemansson, 2006, Sweden
Evil Aliens - dir. Jake West, 2005, United Kingdom
Expiration Date - dir. Rick Stevenson, 2006 , USA
Factotum - dir. Bent Hamer, 2005, USA/Norway
Familia - dir. Louise Archambault, 2005, Canada
The First People on the Moon - dir. Alexsei Fedorchenko, 2004, Russia
The Fish Fall in Love - dir. Ali Raffi, 2005, Iran
Five Days in September - dir. Barbara Willis Sweete, 2005, Canada
The Five Venoms - dir. Chang Cheh , 1978, Hong Kong
The Flowers of St. Francis - dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1950, Italy
The Forsaken Land - dir. Vimukthi Jayasundara, 2005, Sri Lanka/France
Four Stars - dir. Christian Vincent, 2006, France
Frostbite - dir. Anders Banke , 2006, Sweden
Gambler - dir. Phie Ambo, 2006, Denmark
Garpastum - dir. Alexey Guerman Jr., 2005, Russia
George Michael - A Different Story - dir. Southan Morris, 2005, United Kingdom
The Giant Buddhas - dir. Christian Frei, 2005, Switzerland
Gitmo: The New Rules of War - dir. Erik Gandini, Tarik Saleh, 2005, Sweden/Denmark
The Gold Rush - dir. Charles Chaplin, 1925, USA
Go West - dir. Ahmed Imamovic, 2005, Bosnia-Herzegovina/Croatia
Gradually - dir. Maziar Miri, 2006, Iran
Grain in Ear - dir. Zhang Lu, 2005, China/South Korea
Gravehopping - dir. Jan Cvitkovic, 2005, Slovenia
The Great Match - dir. Gerardo Olivares, 2006, Spain/Germany
Greyfriars Bobby - dir. John Henderson, 2005, United Kingdom
The Groomsmen - dir. Edward Burns, 2006, USA
Gypo - dir. Jan Dunn, 2005, United Kingdom
Half Nelson - dir. Ryan Fleck, 2006, USA
Happy As One - dir. Vanessa Jopp, 2006, Germany
Heading South - dir. Laurent Cantet, 2005, France/Canada
The Heart of the Game - dir. Ward Serrill, 2005, USA
Hell - dir. Danis Tanovic, 2005, France/Italy/Belgium/Japan
Hello, Dolly! - dir. Gene Kelly, 1969, USA
The Hidden Blade - dir. Yoji Yamada, 2005, Japan
The Horizon of Events - dir. Daniele Vicari, 2005, Italy
Host & Guest - dir. Shin Dong-il, 2005, South Korea
House of Sand - dir. Andrucha Waddington, 2005, Brazil
How Little We Know of Our Neighbours - dir. Rebecca Baron, 2005, United Kingdom
Huldufólk 102 - dir. Nisha Inalsingh, 2005, USA/Iceland
I Am - dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska, 2005, Poland
Iberia - dir. Carlos Saura, 2005, Spain/France
The Iceberg - dir. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy, 2005, Belgium
I for India - dir. Sandhya Suri, 2005, United Kingdom/Germany/Italy
The Illusionist - dir. Neil Burger, 2006, USA
In Bed (2005) - dir. Matías Bize, 2005, Chile/Germany
Initial D - dir. Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, 2005, Hong Kong
Into Great Silence - dir. Philip Gröning, 2005, Germany/Switzerland
Isabella - dir. Pang Ho-Cheung, 2005, Hong Kong
Isolation - dir. Billy O’Brien, 2005, United Kingdom/Ireland
Itinéraires - dir. Christophe Otzenberger, 2005, France
Jack Smith & The Destruction of Atlantis - dir. Mary Jordan, 2006, USA
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - dir. Stanley Nelson, 2006, USA
Joni’s Promise - dir. Joko Anwar, 2005, Indonesia
Kamataki - dir. Claude Gagnon, 2005, Canada
King Leopold’s Ghost - dir. Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees, 2005, USA
The King - dir. James Marsh, 2005, USA
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts - dir. Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup, 2005, France
Kissed by Winter - dir. Sara Johnsen, 2005, Norway/Sweden
Lassie - dir. Charles Sturridge, 2006, Ireland/United Kingdom/USA
The Last Communist - dir. Amir Muhammad, 2006, Malaysia
Leonard Cohen I’m Your Man - dir. Lian Lunson, 2005, USA
Life With My Father - dir. Sébastien Rose, 2005, Canada
Linda Linda Linda - dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005, Japan
The Line of Beauty - dir. Saul Dibb, 2006, United Kingdom
A Lion in the House - dir. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, 2006, USA
Little Fugitive - dir. Joanna Lipper, 2006, USA
Little Red Flowers - dir. Zhang Yuan, 2005, China
A Little Trip to Heaven - dir. Baltasar Kormákur, 2005, Iceland/USA
Liubi - dir. Layia Yiourgou, 2005, Greece
Live Free or Die - dir. Andy Robin, Gregg Kavet, 2006, USA
Liviu’s Dream - dir. Corneliu Porumboiu, 2005, Romania/France
Lonely Are The Brave - dir. David Miller, 1962, USA
Los Aires Difíciles - dir. Gerardo Herrera, 2005, Spain
loudQUIETloud: A Film About The Pixies - dir. Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin, 2006, USA
Love Sick - dir. Tudor Giurgiu, 2006, Romania
Lower City - dir. Sergio Machado, 2005, Brazil
Low Profile - dir. Christoph Hochhäusler, 2005, Germany
Lunacy - dir. Jan Svankmajer, 2005, Czech Republic/Slovakia
Madeinusa - dir. Claudia Llosa, 2006, Peru/Spain
La Maison de Nina - dir. Richard Dembo, 2005, France
Malas Temporadas - dir. Manuel Martín Cuenca, 2005, Spain
Man Push Cart - dir. Ramin Bahrani, 2005, USA/Iran
Manslaughter - dir. Per Fly, 2005, Denmark
The Man Who Cheated Himself - dir. Felix E. Feist , 1950, USA
Maquilapolis - City Of Factories - dir. Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre, 2006, USA/Mexico
Maria Bethânia: Music is Perfume - dir. Georges Gachot, 2005, Switzerland
The Master - dir. Piotr Trzaskalski, 2005, Poland
Maxed Out - dir. James D. Scurlock, 2006, USA
The Method - dir. Marcelo Piñeyro, 2005, Spain/Argentina/Italy
Me, You, Them - dir. Andrucha Waddington, 2000, Brazil
Molly’s Way - dir. Emily Atef, 2006, Germany
Mom’s Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mother’s Custody Movement - dir. Jody Laine, Shan Ottey, Shad Reinstein, 2006, USA
Monster House - dir. Gil Kenan, 2006, USA
...More Than 1000 Words - dir. Solo Avital, 2006, Germany
Mother of Mine - dir. Klaus Härö, 2005, Finland/Sweden
My Country, My Country - dir. Laura Poitras, 2006, USA
My Nikifor - dir. Krzysztof Krauze, 2004, Poland
The Nightly Song of the Travellers - dir.,Chapour Haghighat, 2005, Iran/France
No. 2 - dir. Toa Fraser, 2006, New Zealand
Nordeste - dir. Juan Solanas, 2005, Argentina/Spain/Belgium
Not Here to be Loved - dir. Stéphane Brizé, 2005, France
Off Screen - dir. Pieter Kuijpers, 2005, Netherlands/Belgium
Old Joy - dir. Kelly Reichardt, 2006, USA
Once You’re Born You Can No Longer Hide - dir. Marco Tullio Giordana , 2005, Italy/France/United Kingdom
Only God Knows - dir. Carlos Bolado, 2005, Mexico/Brazil
OSS 117: Nest of Spies - dir. Michel Hazanavicius, 2006, France
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl - dir. Perry Ogden, 2005, Ireland
A Perfect Day - dir. Khalil Joreige, Joana Hadjithomas, 2005, Lebanon/France
Perhaps Love - dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan, 2005, Hong Kong /China
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes - dir. Quay Brothers, 2005, United Kingdom/Germany/France
Pierrepoint - dir. Adrian Shergold, 2005, United Kingdom
The Play - dir. Pelin Esmer, 2005, Turkey
The Porcelain Doll - dir. Péter Gárdos, 2005, Hungary
The Power of Nightmares; The Rise of the Politics of Fear - dir. Adam Curtis, 2005, United Kingdom
A Prairie Home Companion - dir. Robert Altman, 2006, USA
The Prince Contemplating His Soul - dir. Nacer Khemir, 2005, Tunisia/France/Germany/UK
Princesses - dir. Fernando León de Aranoa, 2005, Spain
Princess Raccoon - dir. Seijun Suzuki, 2005, Japan
The Proposition - dir. John Hillcoat, 2005, Australia/UK
The Puffy Chair - dir. Jay Duplass, 2005, USA
Pusher - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996, Denmark
Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2004, Denmark
Pusher III: I’m the Angel of Death - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2005, Denmark
Queens - dir. Manuel Gómez Pereira, 2005, Spain
Quinceañera - dir. Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer, 2006, USA
The Refugee All Stars - dir. Zach Niles, Banker White, 2005, Guinea/Sierra Leone/USA
Requiem - dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, 2006, Germany
The Road to Guantanamo - dir. Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross, 2006, United Kingdom
Rome, Open City - dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1945, Italy
Roots - dir. Pavel Lungin, 2005, Russia/France
Round Two - dir. Daniel Cebrián, 2005, Spain
Russian Dolls - dir. Cédric Klapisch, 2005, France
Ryna - dir. Ruxandra Zenide, 2005, Switzerland/Romania
Sacred Heart - dir. Ferzan Ozpetek, 2005, Italy
Sa-Kwa - dir. Kang Yi-kwan, 2005, South Korea
Sangre - dir. Amat Escalante, 2005, Mexico/France
A Scanner Darkly - dir. Richard Linklater, 2006, USA
The Scarlet Letter - dir. Victor Sjöström, 1926, USA
The Science of Sleep - dir. Michel Gondry, 2006, France
Screaming Masterpieces - dir. Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, 2005, Iceland
Sentenced Home - dir. David Grabias, Nicole Newnham, 2005, USA
Seven Swords - dir. Tsui Hark, 2005, Hong Kong/China
Shanghai Dreams - dir. Wang Xiaoshuai, 2005, China
Shaymol Chhaya - dir. Humayan Ahmed, 2005, Bangladesh
Shinobi - dir. Ten Shimoyama, 2005, Japan
Sketches of Frank Gehry - dir. Sydney Pollack, 2005, USA
Ski Jumping Pairs - Road to Torino 2006 - dir. Mashima Riichiro, Kobayashi Masaki, 2005, Japan
Slumming - dir. Michael Glawogger, 2006, Austria/Switzerland
Small Town Gay Bar - dir. Malcolm Ingram, 2006, USA
Smiling in a Warzone - dir. Simone Aaberg Kærns, Magnus Bejmar, 2005, Denmark/Austria/Sweden/German/Finland
Snow Cake - dir. Marc Evans, 2006, Canada/UK
A Soap - dir. Pernille Fischer Christiansen, 2005, Denmark/Sweden
So Close, So Far - dir. Reza Mir-Karimi, 2005, Iran
Someone Else’s Happiness - dir. Fien Troch, 2005, Belgium
Something Like Happiness - dir. Bohdan Sláma, 2005, Czech Republic
The Standard - dir. Jordan Albertsen, 2006, USA
Starfish Hotel - dir. John Williams, 2006, Japan
Strangers with Candy - dir. Paul Dinello, 2005, USA
Sud Express - dir. Chema de la Peña, Gabriel Velázquez, 2005, Spain
Suicidals - dir. Juan Villegas, 2005, Argentina
A Summer Day - dir. Franck Guérin, 2006, France
Terkel in Trouble - dir. Stefan Fjeldmark, Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thornbjørn Christoffersen, 2004, Denmark
Tertium non datur - dir. Lucian Pintilie, 2006, Romania/France
Texas - dir. Fausto Paravidino, 2005, Italy
Thieves and Liars - dir. Ricardo Mendez Matta, Poli Marichal, 2005, Puerto Rico
This Film is Not Yet Rated - dir. Kirby Dick, 2006, USA
This is Gary McFarland - dir. Kristian St. Clair, 2006, USA
Three Times - dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005, Taiwan
Time to Leave - dir. François Ozon, 2005, France
To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale - dir. Jörg Bundschuh , 2005, Germany
Tough Enough - dir. Detlev Buck, 2006, Germany
The Trials of Darryl Hunt - dir. Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg, 2005 , USA
A Trip to Kharabakh - dir. Levan Tutberidze, 2005, Georgia
TV Junkie - dir. Michael Cain, Matt Radecki, 2006, USA
Twelve and Holding - dir. Michael Cuesta, 2005, USA
Two Drifters - dir. João Pedro Rodrigues, 2005, Portugal
Urban Scarecrow - dir. Andrew McAllister, 2006, USA
Vishwa Thulasi - dir. Sumathy Ram, 2005, India
Wah-Wah - dir. Richard E. Grant, 2005, South Africa/France/UK
Walking to Werner - dir. Linas Phillips, 2006, USA
Way of the Puck - dir. Eric Anderson, 2006, USA
The Wayward Cloud - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 2005, Taiwan
We Go Way Back - dir. Lynn Shelton, 2006, USA
We Shall Overcome - dir. Niels Arden Oplev, 2005, Denmark
The West Wittering Affair - dir. David Scheinmann , 2005, United Kingdom
What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here? - dir. Saso Podgorsek, 2005, Slovenia/Hungary
What a Wonderful Place - dir. Eyal Halfon, 2005, Israel
What Remains - dir. Steven Cantor, 2005, USA
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him?) - dir. John Scheinfeld, 2006, USA
Who Killed the Electric Car? - dir. Chris Paine, 2006, USA
Whole New Thing - dir. Amnon Buchbinder, 2005, Canada
Wild Tigers I Have Known - dir. Cam Archer, 2006, USA
The Window - dir. Ted Tetzlaff, 1949, USA
The Wind - dir. Eduardo Mignogna, 2005, Argentina
Wordplay - dir. Patrick Creadon, 2006, USA
Workingman’s Death - dir. Michael Glawogger, 2005, Austria
The World According to Sesame Street - dir. Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Linda Hawkins Costigan, 2006, USA
Worldly Desires - dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006, South Korea
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner - dir. Freida Lee Mock, 2006, USA
Wristcutters - A Love Story - dir. Goran Dukic, 2006, USA
You and Me - dir. Julie Lopes-Curval, 2006, France
You Are So Handsome - dir. Isabelle Mergault, 2006, France
Zozo - dir. Josef Fares, 2005, Sweden/UK/Denmark
Alternate Cinema - included 11 feature films and 2 shorts packages
Archival Films - included 11 feature films
A Conversation with Stewart Copeland
Cues and Connections: Making Music in Film - seminar guests included Sharon Boyle, Jen Czeisler, Dave Dederer, Ian Hierons, Jason Reitman
Danish Spotlight - included 14 feature films
Documentary Competition - included 12 feature films
Digital Storytelling and Media Literacy in the Classroom: A professional development training for teachers of grades 6-12
Distribution Systems and How They Will Change the Way We Do Business - both moderated by Mike Goodrich
Emerging Masters: Adam Curtis - included The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares; The Rise of the Politics of Fear
Emerging Masters: Andrucha Waddington - included House of Sand, Me, You, Them
Emerging Masters: Nicolas Winding Refn - included Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands, Pusher III: I’m the Angel of Death, Gambler
Emerging Masters: Wang Xiaoshuai - included The Days, Shanghai Dreams
Gay-La Extravaganza Boy Culture
Golden Space Needle Awards
The Great Debate: The Northwest Voice and the National Scene - seminar guests included Larry Estes, Donna James, Don Jensen, Jennifer Roth, Lynn Shelton, moderated by Jam Baker Face the Music - included 12 feature films and 6 events
Face the Music Rock Party at Neumos
Festival Forums - included On A Wire and a Prayer, Animation Master Class with Dreamworks - seminar guests included Cameron Hood, Kyle Jefferson, moderated by Brian McDonald
Fly Films Take Flight - included 3 short films and 1 documentary
FutureWave - included 17 short films
I Wake Up Screening: what to do after you’ve made that movie - seminar guests included John Anderson and Laura Kim, moderated by Anne Thompson
Encode Your Film for Internet Streaming: Presented by RealNetworks
Master Class with Composer Mark Mothersbaugh
Melodic Meshes with Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie
Midnight Adrenaline - included Sneak Midnight Movie, Another Gay Movie, Destricted, The District!, Evil Aliens, Frostbite, Isolation, Terkel in Trouble
New American Cinema - included 11 feature films
New Directors - included 11 feature films
Producer School Series - included Independent Film and Television: A Sound Investment, The Business of Filmmaking: What You Need to Know Before and After the Cameras Roll - seminar guest included Hal “Corky” Kessler
Screenwriters Salon: How to Tell A Great Story on Film - seminar guests included Tom Skerritt, John Jacobsen, Rick Stevenson, Stewart Stern, Warren Etheredge
Seattle Summit: The New Money in Content Creation and How to Access It and New
Secret Festival
Short Films - included 10 shorts packages
SIFF Classroom - included 3D for Film Made Easy with Maya, Digital Media Lab, Introduction to Final Cut Pro, Advanced Techniques in Final Cut Pro, Introduction to Logic Express, Introduction to Motion, DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro, GarageBand Workshop for Youth
Spawned in Seattle - included 8 feature films, 6 documentaries, 17 short films
Films4Families - included 7 feature films and 2 shorts packages
Special Presentations - included Half Nelson, Monster House
Talking Pictures - included Dale Chihuly presents Lonely Are the Brave, Tom Douglas presents Hello, Dolly!, Jane Eaglen presents Anne of the Thousands Days
Three-Minute Masterpieces
The Unknown with Portastatic
Weekend Galas - included A Prairie Home Companion, Factotum, Perhaps Love, Strangers with Candy