Seattle International Film Festival 2007 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 2007

Relive the 33rd 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 2007 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 24–June 17, 2007
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Cinerama, Chac Showroom, Egyptian Theatre, Harvard Exit Theater, Lincoln Square Cinemas, Neptune Theater, Neumo’s, Northwest Film Forum, Pacific Place Cinemas, SIFF Cinema at Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall, Triple Door

Opening Night: Son of Rambow at McCaw Hall
Closing Night: Molière at Cinerama
Tribute: Anthony Hopkins
Emerging Masters: Eytan Fox, Olivier Dahan, Abderrahmane Sissoko, Rafi Pitts


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Tribute guest, director, Anthony Hopkins, walks the streets of Seattle during the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival

Tribute guest, director, Anthony Hopkins, walks the streets of Seattle during the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival

Tribute guest, director, Anthony Hopkins, walks the streets of Seattle during the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival

Tribute guest, director, Anthony Hopkins, walks the streets of Seattle during the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival

Guests pose on the red carpet at McCaw Hall for Opening Night festivities, including a screening of the film, Son of Rambow

Guests pose on the red carpet at McCaw Hall for Opening Night festivities, including a screening of the film, Son of Rambow

Guests pose on the red carpet at McCaw Hall for Opening Night festivities, including a screening of the film, Son of Rambow

Guests pose on the red carpet at McCaw Hall for Opening Night festivities, including a screening of the film, Son of Rambow

Director, Julien Temple, sits with musician/critic, Sean Nelson, for the program, A Conversation with Julien Temple, which was followed by a screening of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Director, Julien Temple, sits with musician/critic, Sean Nelson, for the program, A Conversation with Julien Temple, which was followed by a screening of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Director, Julien Temple, sits with musician/critic, Sean Nelson, for the program, A Conversation with Julien Temple, which was followed by a screening of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Director, Julien Temple, sits with musician/critic, Sean Nelson, for the program, A Conversation with Julien Temple, which was followed by a screening of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Dustin Kaspar, Maryna Ajaja, Andy Spletzer, current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Dustin Kaspar, Maryna Ajaja, Andy Spletzer, current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Dustin Kaspar, Maryna Ajaja, Andy Spletzer, current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

SIFF staff, including long-time programmers, Dustin Kaspar, Maryna Ajaja, Andy Spletzer, current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, Artistic Director, Carl Spence, and Managing Director, Deborah Person

Actor, Steve Buschemi, featured in 4 festival films, including Interview, which he directed, stops to sign autographs for fans

Actor, Steve Buschemi, featured in 4 festival films, including Interview, which he directed, stops to sign autographs for fans

Actor, Steve Buschemi, featured in 4 festival films, including Interview, which he directed, stops to sign autographs for fans

Actor, Steve Buschemi, featured in 4 festival films, including Interview, which he directed, stops to sign autographs for fans

Attendees of the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival line up outside the Egyptian Theatre

Attendees of the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival line up outside the Egyptian Theatre

Attendees of the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival line up outside the Egyptian Theatre

Attendees of the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival line up outside the Egyptian Theatre

Moliere
Moliere
Son Of Rambow
Son Of Rambow
Outsourced
Outsourced
Eagle Vs Shark
Eagle Vs Shark
La Vie En Rose
La Vie En Rose
Blood On The Flat Track
Blood On The Flat Track

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Outsourced (dir. John Jeffcoat, USA)

Best Director
Daniel Waters (Sex & Death 101, USA)

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard (La vie en Rose)

Best Actor
Daniel Brühl (Salvador)

Best Short
Pierre (dir. Dan Brown, USA)

Best Documentary
For the Bible Tells Me So (dir. Daniel Karslake, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Sons (dir. Eric Richter Strand, Norway)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Shotgun Stories (dir. Jeff Nichols, USA)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Out of Time (dir. Harald Friedl, Austria)

List of Feature-Length Films

12:08 East of Bucharest - dir. Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006, Romania

2 Days in Paris - dir. Julie Delpy, 2006, France/Germany

4 Elements - dir. Jiska Rickels, 2006, Netherlands

7 Years - dir. Jean-Pascal Hattu, 2006, Fance

Aachi & Ssipak - dir. Joe Bum-jin, 2006, South Korea

The Aerial - dir. Estaban Sapir, 2007, Argentina

After This Our Exile - dir. Patrick Tam, 2006, Hong Kong

Agua - dir. Verónica Chen, 2006, Argentina/France

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - dir. Arthur Lubin, 1944, USA

Alien Autopsy - dir. Johnny Campbell, 2006, United Kingdom/Germany

Alive - dir. Alexander Veledinskiy, 2007, Russia

Almost Adult - dir. Yousaf Ali Khan, 2006, United Kingdom/Germany

American Shopper - dir. Tamas Bojtor, Sybil Dessau, 2007, USA

Angel-A - dir. Luc Besson, 2006, France 

Angels in the Dust - dir. Louise Hogarth, 2007, USA/South Africa

Antônia - dir. Tata Amaral, 2006, Brazil

Arctic Tale - dir. Sarah Robertson, Adam Ravetch, 2007, USA

Armin - dir. Ognjen Svilicic, 2006, Croatia/Germany/Bosnia

The Art of Crying - dir. Peter Schonau Fog, 2006, Denmark

Bad Faith - dir. Roschdy Zem, 2006, France/Belgium

Bajo Juarez, the City Devouring Its Daughters - dir. Alejandra Sanchez, Jose Antonio Cordero, 2007, Mexico

Ballets Russes - dir. Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, 2005, USA

Bamako - dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006, Mali/France/Mauritania

Bánk Bán - dir. Csaba Káel, 2002, Hungary

The Banquet - dir. Feng Xiaogang, 2006, Hong Kong, China

A Battle of Wits - dir. Jacob Cheung , 2006, Hong Kong/China/South Korea/Japan

Beauty in Trouble - dir. Jan Hrebejk, 2006, Czech Republic

Before We Fall In Love Again - dir. James Lee, 2006, Malaysia/Hong Kong 

Berlin: Symphony of a City - dir. Walther Ruttman, 1927, Germany

The Bet Collector - dir. Jeffrey Jeturian, 2006, Philippines

The Big Combo - dir. Joseph H. Lewis, 1955, USA

Big Rig - dir. Doug Pray, 2007, USA

Black Irish - dir. Brad Gann, 2006, USA

Black Sheep - dir. Jonathan King, 2006, New Zealand

Black White + Gray - dir. James Crump, 2007, USA

Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls - dir. Lainy Bagwell, Lacey Leavitt, 2007, USA

Born and Bred - dir. Pablo Trapero. 2006, Argentina/Italy/UK

The Boss of It All - dir. Lars von Trier, 2006, Denmark

The Bothersome Man - dir. Jens Lien, 2006, Norway

Broken English - dir. Zoe Cassavetes, 2007, USA

The Bubble - dir. Eytan Fox, 2006, Israel

Captain Blood - dir. Michael Curtiz, 1935, USA

Cashback - dir. Sean Ellis, 2006, United Kingdom

The Champagne Spy - dir. Nadav Schirman, 2007, Israel/Germany

Children - dir. Ragnar Bragason, 2006, Iceland

Children of the War - dir. Alexandre Fuchs, 2007, USA/United Kingdom

Christmas Tree Upside Down - dir. Ivan Cherkelov, Vassil Jivkov, 2006, Bulgaria/Germany

The Cloud - dir. Gregor Schnitzler, 2006, Germany

Cold Prey - dir. Roar Uthaug, 2006, Norway

Confession of Pain - dir. Andrew Lau, Alan Mak, 2007, Hong Kong

Congorama - dir. Philippe Falardeau, 2006, Canada/Belgium/France

A Cottage on Dartmoor - dir. Anthony Asquith, 1929, United Kingdom/Sweden

Crazy Love - dir. Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens, 2007, USA

Crossing the Line - dir. Daniel Gordon, 2006, United Kingdom

Cthulhu - dir. Daniel Gildark, 2007, USA

The Damned Don’t Cry - dir. Vincent Sherman, 1950, USA

Dans Paris - dir. Christophe Honoré, 2006, France

DarkBlueAlmostBlack - dir. Daniel Sanchez Arévalo, 2006, Spain

Dasepo Naughty Girls - dir. EJ-yong, 2006, South Korea

Day Watch - dir. Timur Bekmambetov, 2007, Russia

Death at a Funeral - dir. Frank Oz, 2007, United Kingdom/USA

Delirious - dir. Tom DiCillo, 2006, USA

The Devil Came on Horseback - dir. Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, 2007, USA

Doghead - dir. Santi Amodeo, 2006, Spain

Dol - dir. Hiner Saleem, 2007, Autonomous Region of Kurdistan/France/Germany

Doubletime - dir. Stephanie Johnes, 2007, USA

Drama/Mex - dir. Gerardo Naranjo, 2006, Mexico

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox - dir. Sara Lamm, 2006, USA

Dry Season - dir. Mahamat Saleh Haroun, 2006, Chad/Belgium/France/Austria

Eagle vs. Shark - dir. Taika Waititi, 2007, New Zealand

El Benny - dir. Jorge Luis Sanchez, 2006, Cuba/United Kingdom/Spain

The Elephant and the Sea - dir. Woo Ming Jin, 2007, Malaysia

Emma’s Bliss - dir. Sven Taddicken, 2006, Germany

Eternal Summer - dir. Leste Chen, Patrick Mao Huang, 2006, Taiwan

Euphoria - dir. Ivan Vyrypaev, 2006, Russia

Evening - dir. Lajos Koltai, 2007, US

Everything's Cool - dir. Judith Helfand, Daniel B. Gold, 2006, USA

Exiled - dir. Johnny To, 2006, Hong Kong

Expired - dir. Cecilia Miniucchi, 2007, USA

Fair Play - dir. Lionel Bailliu, 2006, France

Falkenberg Farewell - dir. Jesper Ganslandt, 2006, Sweden/Denmark

Falling - dir. Barbara Albert, 2006, Austria

The Ferryman - dir. Chris Graham, 2007, New Zealand

The Fever of ‘57 - dir. David Hoffman, 2007, USA

Fido - dir. Andrew Currie, 2006, Canada

Fish Dreams - dir. Kirill Mikhanovsky, 2006, Brazil/Russia/USA

For the Bible Tells Me So - dir. Daniel Karslake, 2007, USA

Four Minutes - dir. Chris Kraus, 2006, Germany

Four Sheets To The Wind - dir. Sterlin Harjo, 2007, USA

Free Floating - dir. Boris Khlebnikov, 2006, Russia

French For Beginners - dir. Christian Ditter, 2006, Germany/France

Fresh Air - dir. Agnes Kocsis, Andrea Roberti, 2006, Hungary

A Friend of Mine - dir. Sebastian Schipper, 2006, Germany

Frozen City - dir. Aku Louhimies, 2006, Finland

Gagarin’s Grandson - dir. Andrey Panin, 2007, Russia

Gandhi My Father - dir. Feroz Khan, 2007, India

Getting Home - dir. Zhang Yang, 2006, China/Hong Kong

Ghosts - dir. Nick Broomfield, 2006, United Kingdom

Ghosts of Cité Soleil - dir. Asger Leth, 2006, Denmark/USA

Girls Rock! - dir. Arne Johnson, Shane King, 2006, USA

Glue - dir. Alexis Dos Santos, 2006, Argentina/UK

The Golden Door - dir. Emanuele Crialese, 2006, Italy/France

Goya’s Ghosts - dir. Milos Forman, 2007, Spain

Grandhotel - dir. David Ondricek, 2006, Czech Republic

Grave Decisions - dir. Marcus H. Rosenmüller, 2006, Germany

Great World of Sound - dir. Craig Zobel, 2007, USA

Grimm Love - dir. Martin Weisz, 2006, Germany/USA

The Guardian’s Son - dir. Dimitris Koutsiabassakos, 2006, Greece

Gunga Din - dir. George Stevens, 1939, USA

Gypsy Caravan - dir. Jasmine Dellal , 2006, USA/Romania/India/Spain/Macedonia

Her Best Move - dir. Norm Hunter, 2007, USA

Hounds - dir. Ann-Kristin Reyels, 2007, Germany

How is Your Fish Today? - dir. Xiaoulu Guo, 2006, China/United Kingdom

How To Cook Your Life - dir. Doris Dörrie, 2006, Germany

Hula Girls - dir. Lee Sang-il, 2006, Japan

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone - dir. Tsai Ming-liang, 2006, Taiwan/France/Austria

I Have Never Forgotten You–The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal - dir. Richard Trank, 2006, USA

Interview - dir. Steve Buscemi, 2006, USA/Netherlands

In the Shadow of the Moon - dir. David Sington, 2007, UK

Introducing the Dwights - dir. Cherie Nowlan, 2007, Australia

Invisibles - dir. Wim Wenders, Isabel Coixet, Mariano Barroso, Javier Corcuera, Fernando León de Aranoa, 2007, Spain

I Really Hate My Job - dir. Oliver Parker, 2007, United Kingdom

Iska’s Journey - dir. Csaba Bollók, 2007, Hungary

The Island - dir. Pavel Lounguine, 2006, Russia

It Doesn’t Hurt - dir. Alexey Balabanov, 2006, Russia

It’s Winter - dir. Rafi Pitts, 2006, Iran

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - dir. Julien Temple, 2007, United Kingdom/Ireland

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen - dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, 2006, Canada

Journey Home: A Story from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 - dir. Réka Pigniczky, 2007, Hungary/USA

Khadak - dir. Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, 2006, Belgium/Germany/Netherlands

King of Kong - dir. Seth Gordon, 2007, USA

Knocked Up - dir. Judd Apatow, 2007, USA

Kurt Cobain About a Son - dir. AJ Schnack, 2006, USA

Kyle - dir. John Bradburn, 2006, United Kingdom

La León - dir. Santiago Otheguy, 2006, Argentina/France

La vie en rose - dir. Olivier Dahan, 2006, France/Czech Republic/UK

La vie promise - dir. Olivier Dahan, 2003, France

Lady Chatterley - dir. Pascale Ferran, 2006, France/UK

Lake of Fire - dir. Tony Kaye, 2006, USA

The Last Winter - dir. Larry Fessenden, 2006, USA /Iceland

A Life Among Whales - dir. Bill Haney, 2005, USA

The Life and Times of Yva Las Vegass - dir. Wiley Underdown, 2007, USA

Life in Loops (A Megacities RMX) - dir. Tino Novotny, 2006, Austria

The Life of Reilly - dir. Barry Poltermann, Frank Anderson, 2006, USA

Life on the Edge - dir. Ventura Pons, 2007, Spain

Like Minds - dir. Gregory J. Read, 2006, Australia/UK

Little Book of Revenge - dir. Jean-François Pouliot, 2007, Canada

Love Conquers All - dir. Tan Chui Mui, 2006, Malaysia

Love & Dance - dir. Eitan Anner, 2006, Israel

Love For Sale: Suely in the Sky - dir. Karim Ainouz. 2006, Brazil/Germany/France

Lovely By Surprise - dir. Kirt Gunn, 2007, USA

Lovesickness - dir. Carlitos Ruíz Ruíz, Mariem Pérez, 2007, Puerto Rico

Made In China - dir. John Helde, 2007, USA

Madrigal - dir. Fernando Pérez, 2007, Cuba/Spain

Man in the Chair - dir. Michael Schroeder, 2006, USA

The Man of My Life - dir. Zabour Breitman, 2006, France/Italy

Manufactured Landscapes - dir. Jennifer Baichwal, 2006, Canada

Max Havelaar - dir. Fons Rademakers, 1976, Netherlands

The Memory Thief - dir. Gil Kofman, 2007, USA

Miss Gulag - dir. Maria Yatskova, 2007, USA

The Missing Star - dir. Gianni Amelio, 2006, Italy

Molière - dir. Laurent Tirard, 2007, France

Monkey Warfare - dir. Reginald Harkema, 2006, Canada

Monster Camp - dir. Cullen Hoback, 2007, USA

Murch - dir. Edie Ichioka, David Ichioka, 2006, USA

Mushishi - dir. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 2006, Japan

My Best Friend - dir. Patrice Leconte, 2006, France

My Friend & His Wife - dir. Shin Dong-il, 2006, South Korea

Nanking - dir. Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, 2007, USA

Never Again as Before - dir. Giacomo Campiotti, 2006, Italy

Never on a Sunday - dir. Daniel Gruener, 2006, Mexico

Nina’s Journey - dir. Lena Einhorn, 2006, Sweden

Noise - dir. Matthew Saville, 2007, Australia

Nömadak Tx - dir. Raúl de la Fuente, Pablo Iraburu, Harkaitz Martínez de San Vicente, Igor Otxoa, 2006, Spain

No Regret - dir. Leesong Hee-il, 2006, South Korea

Northern Light - dir. David Lammers, 2006, Netherlands

Nu. - dir. Jan-Willem van Ewijk, 2006, Netherlands

Offscreen - dir. Christoffer Boe, 2006, Denmark

Offset - dir. Didi Danquart, 2006, Romania/Germany

Oh La La! - dir. Anne Fontaine, 2006, France

Once - dir. John Carney, 2007, Ireland

One¹¹ and 103 - dir. Henning Lohner, 1992, USA/Germany

One Day Like Rain - dir. Paul Todisco, 2007, USA

One of Our Own - dir. Abe Levy, 2007, USA

One to Another - dir. Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold, 2006, France

On The Road With Judas - dir. JJ Lask, 2007, USA

Opera Jawa - dir. Garin Nugroho, 2006, Indonesia/Austria

Orange Revolution - dir. Steve York, 2007, USA

Out at the Wedding - dir. Lee Friedlander, 2006, USA

Outing Riley - dir. Pete Jones, 2006, USA

Out of Time - dir. Harald Friedl, 2006, Austria

Outsourced - dir. John Jeffcoat, 2006, USA

The Paper Will be Blue - dir. Radu Muntean, 2006, Romania

Paprika - dir. Satoshi Kon, 2006, Japan

Paris je t’aime–A Collective Feature Film - dir. Tom Twykwer, Bruno Podalydes, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel and Ethan Coen, Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel Coexit, Nobuhiru Sawa, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuaron, Olivier Assayas, Oliver Schmitz, Richard LaGrevenese, Vincenzo Natali, Wes Craven, Frederic Auburtin and Gerard Depardieu, Alexander Payne, 2006, France/Liechtenstein/Switzerland

A Parting Shot - dir. Jeanne Waltz, 2007, France/Switzerland

The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema - dir. Sophie Fiennes, 2006, United Kingdom/Austria/Netherlands

The Planet - dir. Johan Söderberg, Michael Stenberg, Linus Torell, 2006, Sweden

Pleasant Moments - dir. Vera Chytilova, 2006, Czech Republic

The Point - dir. Joshua Dorsey, 2006, Canada

Poltergay - dir. Eric Lavaine, 2006, France

Prague - dir. Ole Christian Madsen, 2006, Denmark

The Price of Sugar - dir. Bill Haney, 2007, USA

Protagonist - dir. Jessica Yu, 2007, USA

Red Road - dir. Andrea Arnold, 2006, United Kingdom/Denmark

Red Without Blue - dir. Brooke Sebold, Todd Sills, Benita Sills, 2006, USA

Remains of the Day - dir. James Ivory, 1993, United Kingdom/USA

Reprise - dir. Joachim Trier, 2006, Norway

Rescue Dawn - dir. Werner Herzog, 2006, USA

Retribution - dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2006, Japan

Rocket Science - dir. Jeffrey Blitz, 2007, USA

Running on Empty - dir. Bülent Akinci, 2006, Germany

Sakuran - dir. Mika Ninagawa, 2006, Japan

Salty Air - dir. Alessandro Angelini, 2006, Italy

Salvador - dir. Manuel Huerga, 2006, Spain

Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard - dir. Clive Collier, 2006, United Kingdom

Scaramouche - dir. George Sidney, 1952, USA

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man - dir. Stephen Kijak, 2006, United Kingdom, USA

Season Five - dir. Rafi Pitts, 1997, Iran/France

A Secret Genocide - dir. Alexandre Dereims, 2006, France

The Sentimental Bloke - dir. Raymond Longford, 1919, Australia

Several People, Little Time - dir. Andrzej Baranski, 2005, Poland

Severance - dir. Christopher Smith, 2006, United Kingdom/Germany

Sex and Death 101 - dir. Daniel Waters, 2007, USA

Sharkwater - dir. Rob Stewart, 2006, Canada

Shelter Me - dir. Marco Simon Puccioni, 2006, Italy/France

Shotgun Stories - dir. Jeff Nichols, 2007, USA

The Signal - dir. Dan Bush, David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, 2007, USA

The Silence - dir. Cate Shortland, 2006, Australia

The Singer - dir. Xavier Giannoli, 2006, France

Slipstream - dir. Anthony Hopkins, 2007, USA

Small Engine Repair - dir. Niall Heery, 2006 , Ireland/United Kingdom

Soldiers of Conscience - dir. Gary Weimberg, Catherine Ryan, 2007, USA

Son of Rambow - dir. Garth Jennings, 2007, United Kingdom

Sons - dir. Erik Richter Strand, 2006, Norway

Souls Without Borders: the True Story of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade - dir. Anthony L. Geist, Alfonso Domingo, 2006, USA, Spain

Sounds of Sand - dir. Marion Hänsel, 2006, Belgium/France

Spider Lilies - dir. Zero Chou, 2006, Taiwan/China

Steal a Pencil For Me - dir. Michele Ohayon, 2007, USA

Stealth - dir. Lionel Baier, 2006, Switzerland/France

Still Alive. A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski - dir. Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, 2006, Poland

Strange Culture - dir. Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2006, USA

Strike - dir. Volker Schlöndorff, 2006, Germany, Poland

Summer 04 - dir. Stefan Krohmer, 2006, Germany

Summer Rain - dir. Antonio Banderas, 2007, Spain/UK

A Sunday in Kigali - dir. Robert Favreau, 2006, Canada

Superbad - dir. Greg Mottola, 2007, USA

Surf’s Up - dir. Ash Brannon, Chris Buck, 2007, USA

Surveillance - dir. Paul Oremland, 2007, United Kingdom

Sway - dir. Miwa Nishikawa, 2006, Japan

Sweet Crude - dir. Sandy Cioffi, 2007, USA

Sweet Mud - dir. Dror Shaul, 2006, Israel/Germany/France/Japan

Syndromes and a Century - dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006, Thailand/France/Austria

Tavka–A Man’s Fear of God - dir. Ozer Kiziltan, 2006, Turkey/Germany

Team Everest: A Himalayan Journey - dir. Andrew Cockrum, 2007, USA

TEKKONKINKREET - dir. Michael Arias, Hiroaki Ando, 2006, Japan

Tell No One - dir. Guillaume Canet, 2006, France

The Ten - dir. David Wain, 2007, USA

Ten Canoes - dir. Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, 2006, Australia

Them - dir. David Moreau, Xavier Palud, 2006, France

This Is England - dir. Shane Meadows, 2006, United Kingdom

The Three Musketeers - dir. Janis Cimermanis, 2006, Denmark/Latvia/UK

To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die - dir. Djamshed Usmonov, 2006, Tajikistan/France/Germany/Switzerland/Russia

Tomorrow Morning - dir. Oleg Novkovik, 2006, Serbia/Montenegro

Trail of the Screaming Forehead - dir. Larry Blamire, 2007, USA

Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot - dir. Tod Harrison Williams, 2007, USA

Tugboat Annie - dir. Mervyn LeRoy, 1933, USA

U - dir. Grégoire Solotareff, Serge Elissalde, 2006, France

Vacation - dir. Thomas Arslan, 2007, Germany

Vanaja - dir. Rajnesh Domalpalli, 2006, India/USA

Vinicius - dir. Miguel Faria Jr., 2006, Brazil/Spain

The Violin - dir. Francisco Vargas Quevedo, 2006, Mexico

Vitus - dir. Fredi M. Murer, 2006, Switzerland

Waiter - dir. Alex van Warmerdam, 2006, Netherlands/Belgium

Waiting for Happiness - dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2002, France/Mauritania

A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory - dir. Esther B. Robinson, 2007, USA

Walk the Talk - dir. Matthew Allen, 2006, USA, Sweden

War/Dance - dir. Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine, 2007, USA

White Light/Black Rain - dir. Steven Okazaki, 2007, USA

White Palms - dir. Szabolcs Hadiju, 2006, Hungary/France

Woman on the Beach - dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2006, South Korea

The Yacoubian Building - dir. Marwan Hamed, 2006, Egypt

The Year of Living Dangerously - dir. Peter Weir, 1982, Australia

Yella - dir. Christian Petzold, 2007, Germany

Yossi & Jagger - dir. Eytan Fox, 2002, Israel

Special Programs & Events

Alternate Cinema - included 11 feature films and 2 shorts packages 

Archival Films - included 8 feature films

Casting Panel: Crash: A Case Study - seminar guests included Sarah Finn, Paul Haggis, Park Harris, Bobby Moresco

A Conversation with Julien Temple Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Documentary Competition - included 12 feature films 

Eastside Opening Night Outsourced at Lincoln Square 

Emerging Masters: Abderrahmane Sissko - included Bamako, Waiting for Happiness

Emerging Masters: Eytan Fox - included The Bubble, Yossi & Jagger

Emerging Masters: Rafi Pitts - included It’s Winter, Season Five 

Emerging Masters: Oliver Dahan - included La vie en rose, La vie promise

An Evening with Lisa Gerrard Sanctuary: Lisa Gerrard 

Face the Music - included 11 feature films 

Face the Music Live: Kinski Performs Berlin: Symphony of a City

Face the Music Rock Party

Festival Forums: Pre-visualization with Maya, Attainable HD

Films4Families - included 4 feature films and one shorts package 

Fly Filmmaking Challenge 

Fons Rademakers In Memoriam Max Havelaar

FutureWave - included 10 feature films, two shorts packages, one filmmaking workshop, one free forum, and 6 feature films curated for a youth audience

Gay-la Poltergay at Egyptian Theatre

German Spotlight - included 15 feature films 

Golden Space Needle Awards 

Lifetime Achievement Award Anthony Hopkins - included Slipstream, Remains of the Day

Midnight Adrenaline - included 9 feature films 

New American Cinema - included 10 feature films 

New Directors Showcase - included 12 feature films

Northwest Production Market: Forum 1 Reaching an Audience, Forum 2 Getting a Film to the Industry, Forum 3 Selling to the Financier, Forum 4 Selling to the Producer

Opticlash 2: The 2nd Annual VJ Battle in Seattle 

Opticlash VJ Seminar: Session 1: History, Session 2: Technology, Session 3: Business & Culture, Session 4: Legal Issues 

Pike Place Market Centennial Event Tugboat Annie

Planet Cinema - included 11 feature films and 6 short films 

Screenwriters Salon: An Afternoon with Robert Benton

Screenwriters Salon: Writing the Northwest Indie 

Seattle Symphony Presents Bridging the 48th Parallel Bánk Bán

Secret Festival

Shorts - included 12 shorts packages 

SIFF Classroom, Digital Media Lab: Introduction to Final Cut Pro, Advanced Techniques in Final Cut Pro, DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro, Encoding, Title Sequences, Introduction to Logic, Audio, GarageBand for Youth

SIFF Panel: The Evolution of Music in Film 

Spawned in Seattle - included 10 feature films 

Special Presentations In the Shadow of the Moon at Neptune Theatre, Soldiers of the Conscience at SIFF Cinema, Goya’s Ghosts at Neptune Theatre, Madrigal at Neptune Theatre

Talking Pictures: Art Wolfe Presents The Year of Living Dangerously, Peter Boal Presents Ballets Russes

Three-Minute Masterpieces 

Variety Panels: Digital Distribution: Fantasy or Reality - seminar guests included Scilla Andreen, Michael McMurray, Roy Price, Ted Sarandos, David Straws, The Impact of the Internet on Movie Coverage - seminar guests included John Anderson, David Ansen, Tim Appelo, Jonathan Marlow, John Powers, Kim Voynar

Weekend Galas A Battle of Wits at Neptune Theatre, Two Days in Paris at Egyptian Theatre, The Boss of it All at Egyptian Theatre, Evening at Neptune Theatre