Seattle International Film Festival 2016 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 2016

Relive the 42nd 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 2016 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 19–June 12, 2016
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Ark Lodge, Benroya Hall, Pacific Place Cinemas, Kirkland Performance Center, Lincoln Square Cinemas, Majestic Bay, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Neptune Theatre, Pacific Science Center Laser Dome, Renton Ikea Performing Arts Center, Shoreline CC, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Film Center

Opening Night: Café Society at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Closing Night: The Dressmaker at SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Tribute: Viggo Mortensen, Molly Shannon


FESTIVAL CATALOG


TRAILER

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Stars of the 2016 film, Chicken People, grace the red carpet at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival

Stars of the 2016 film, Chicken People, grace the red carpet at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival

Stars of the 2016 film, Chicken People, grace the red carpet at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival

Stars of the 2016 film, Chicken People, grace the red carpet at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival

SIFF's current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, interviews director, Florian Cossen, following the screening of his film, Coconut Hero

SIFF's current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, interviews director, Florian Cossen, following the screening of his film, Coconut Hero

SIFF's current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, interviews director, Florian Cossen, following the screening of his film, Coconut Hero

SIFF's current Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, interviews director, Florian Cossen, following the screening of his film, Coconut Hero

Guests of the Gay-La celebration, which included a screening of the film, Being 17

Guests of the Gay-La celebration, which included a screening of the film, Being 17

Guests of the Gay-La celebration, which included a screening of the film, Being 17

Guests of the Gay-La celebration, which included a screening of the film, Being 17

SIFFers pose outside SIFF Cinema Uptown before the screening of shorts package, Growing Up Gay

SIFFers pose outside SIFF Cinema Uptown before the screening of shorts package, Growing Up Gay

SIFFers pose outside SIFF Cinema Uptown before the screening of shorts package, Growing Up Gay

SIFFers pose outside SIFF Cinema Uptown before the screening of shorts package, Growing Up Gay

Tribute guest and actor, Viggo Mortensen, poses with his award on the red carpet of Egyptian before a screening of his film, Captain Fantastic

Tribute guest and actor, Viggo Mortensen, poses with his award on the red carpet of Egyptian before a screening of his film, Captain Fantastic

Tribute guest and actor, Viggo Mortensen, poses with his award on the red carpet of Egyptian before a screening of his film, Captain Fantastic

Tribute guest and actor, Viggo Mortensen, poses with his award on the red carpet of Egyptian before a screening of his film, Captain Fantastic

The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker
Gleason
Gleason
The Lure
The Lure
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove
Little Men
Little Men
Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic
Corn Island
Corn Island

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Captain Fantastic (dir. Matt Ross, USA)

Best Director
Javier Ruiz Caldera (Spy Time, Spain)

Best Actress
Vicky Hernandez (Between Sea and Land)

Best Actor
Rolf Lassgard (A Man Called Ove)

Best Short
Alive & Kicking: The Soccer Grannies of South Africa (dir. Lara-Ann de Wet, USA/South Africa)

Best Documentary
Gleason (dir. Clay Tweel, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

Official Competition Grand Jury Prize
Girl Asleep (dir. Rosemary Myers, Australia)

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Sand Storm (dir. Elite Zexer, Israel)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Middle Man (dir. Ned Crowley, USA)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Death By a Thousand Cuts (dir. Juan Mejia Botero, Jake Kheel, Dominican Republic/Haiti/USA)

Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize
You'll Never Be Alone (dir. Alex Anwandter, Chile)

List of Feature-Length Films

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin - dir. Yves Montmayeur, 2015, France 

11:55 - dir. Ari Issler, Ben Snyder, 2016, USA 

13 Minutes - dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2016, Germany 

3000 Nights - dir. Mai Masri, 2015, Palestine/France/Switzerland

The Academy of Muses - dir. José Luis Guerín, 2015, Spain 

Action Comandante - dir. Nadine Angel Cloete, 2016, South Africa/Lesotho

Aisha - dir. Chande Omar, 2015, Tanzania 

All the Birds Have Flown South - dir. Joshua H. Miller, Miles B. Miller, 2016, USA 

Alone - dir. Park Hong-min, 2015, South Korea 

AMAMA: When a Tree Falls - dir. Asier Altuna, 2015, Spain 

Americana - dir. Zachary Shedd, 2016, USA 

Angry Indian Goddesses - dir. Pan Nalin, 2015, India 

Another Evil - dir. Carson D. Mell, 2016, USA 

Antonia - dir. Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, 2015, Italy/Greece

Ants on a Shrimp - dir. Maurice Dekkers, 2016, Netherlands 

The Architect - dir. Jonathan Parker, 2016, USA 

Arianna - dir. Carlo Lavagna, 2015, Italy 

As I Open My Eyes - dir. Leyla Bouzid, 2015, Tunisia/France/Belgium/United Arab Emirates

As You Are - dir. Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, 2016, USA 

Atlantic Heart - dir. Robbie McCallum, 2016, Cape Verde/United Kingdom

Author: The JT LeRoy Story - dir. Jeff Feuerzeig, 2016, USA

Awaiting - dir. Daniela Fejerman, 2015, Spain/Lithuania

The Bacchus Lady - dir. E J-yong, 2016, South Korea 

BANG! The Bert Berns Story - dir. Brett Berns, Bob Sarles, 2016, USA 

Battledream Chronicle - dir. Alain Bidard, 2015, Martinique 

Battle of Sevastopol - dir. Sergey Mokritskiy, 2015, Ukraine/Russia

Before the Streets - dir. Chloé Leriche, 2016, Canada (Québec) 

Being 17 - dir. André Téchiné, 2016, France

Belle and Sebastian, the Adventure Continues - dir. Christian Duguay, 2015, France 

Between Sea and Land - dir. Carlos del Castillo, 2016, Colombia 

Beware the Slenderman - dir. Irene Taylor Brodsky, 2016, USA 

Beyond My Grandfather Allende - dir. Marcia Tambutti Allende, 2015, Chile/Mexico

The Big Road - dir. Sun Yu, 1935, China 

Big Sonia - dir. Leah Warshawski, Todd Soliday, 2016, USA 

The Bitter Stems - dir. Fernando Ayala, 1956, Argentina 

The Blackcoat’s Daughter - dir. Osgood Perkins, 2015, USA/Canada

The Black Hen - dir. Min Bahadur Bham, 2015, Nepal/Germany/France

B-Movie Bingo presents Rambu: The Intruder - dir. Jopi Burnama, 1986, Indonesia 

Body - dir. Małgorzata Szumowska, 2015, Poland 

The Bodyguard - dir. Sammo Hung, 2016, Hong Kong/China

The Brand New Testament - dir. Jaco Van Dormael, 2015, Belgium/France/Luxembourg

The Bride - dir. Paula Ortiz, 2015, Spain/Turkey/Germany

A Bride for Rip Van Winkle - dir. Shunji Iwai, 2016, Japan

Bugs - dir. Andreas Johnsen, 2016, Denmark 

Burn Burn Burn - dir. Chanya Button, 2015, United Kingdom 

Café Society - dir. Woody Allen, 2016, USA

Cameraperson - dir. Kirsten Johnson, 2016, USA 

Captain Fantastic - dir. Matt Ross, 2016, USA 

Carnage Park - dir. Mickey Keating, 2016, USA 

Ceviche’s DNA - dir. Orlando Arriagada, 2015, Canada/Peru

Checks and Balances - dir. Malek Bensmaïl, 2015, Algeria/France

Chevalier - dir. Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2015, Greece 

Chicken People - dir. Nicole Lucas Haimes, 2016, USA 

Chimes at Midnight - dir. Orson Welles, 1966, Spain 

Chucks - dir. Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl, 2015, Austria 

Claire in Motion - dir. Lisa Robinson, Annie J. Howell, 2016, USA 

Closet Monster - dir. Stephen Dunn, 2015, Canada

Coconut Hero - dir. Florian Cossen, 2015, Germany/Canada

Come What May - dir. Christian Carion, 2015, France 

Complete Unknown - dir. Joshua Marston, 2016, USA 

The Complexity of Happiness - dir. Gianni Zanasi, 2015, Italy 

Concerto - A Beethoven Journey - dir. Phil Grabsky, 2015, United Kingdom 

Contemporary Color - dir. Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross, 2016, USA 

The Coop - dir. Ufuk Bayraktar, 2016, Turkey 

A Copy of My Mind - dir. Joko Anwar, 2015, Indonesia/South Korea

Creepy - dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2016, Japan 

The Curve - dir. Rifqi Assaf, 2015, Jordan/France/Egypt/United Arab Emirates

Dawn - dir. Laila Pakalnina, 2015, Latvia/Poland/Estonia

Dead Slow Ahead - dir. Mauro Herce, 2015, Spain/France

Death By a Thousand Cuts - dir. Juan Mejia Botero, Jake Kheel, 2016, Dominican Republic/Haiti/USA

Death by Design - dir. Sue Williams, 2016, China/Ireland

Deconstructing Dani García - dir. Iñigo Ruiz, Alfonso Cortés-Cavanillas, 2015, Spain 

Demon - dir. Marcin Wrona, 2015, Poland/Israel

Disorder - dir. Alice Winocour, 2015, France/Belgium

Don’t Think Twice - dir. Mike Birbiglia, 2016, USA 

Dragon Inn - dir. King Hu, 1967, Taiwan 

The Dressmaker - dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse, 2015, Australia

Eastern Promises - dir. David Cronenberg, 2007, Canada

Equals - dir. Drake Doremus, 2015, USA 

Eternal Summer - dir. Andreas Öhman, 2015, Sweden 

Evolution - dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2015, France/Spain/Belgium

Eye of the Storm - dir. Sékou Traoré, 2015, Burkina Faso/France

The Eyes of My Mother - dir. Nicolas Pesce, 2016, USA 

Family Film - dir. Olmo Omerzu, 2015, Czech Republic/Germany/Slovenia/France/Slovakia

The Final Master - dir. Xu Haofeng, 2015, China 

Finding Babel - dir. David Novack, 2015, USA/Ukraine/Russia/France

Finding Kim - dir. Aaron Bear, 2016, USA 

Finding October - dir. Nick Terry, 2016, USA 

First Girl I Loved - dir. Kerem Sanga, 2016, USA 

The Fits - dir. Anna Rose Holmer, 2015, USA 

Folk Hero & Funny Guy - dir. Jeff Grace, 2016, USA 

foreveryone.net - dir. Jessica Yu, 2016, USA/United Kingdom

Frank & Lola - dir. Matthew Ross, 2016, USA 

Free in Deed - dir. Jake Mahaffy, 2015, USA/New Zealand

The Free World - dir. Jason Lew, 2016, USA 

Being 17 - dir. André Téchiné, 2016, France

From Afar - dir. Lorenzo Vigas, 2015, Venezuela/Mexico

Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story - dir. Martin Spirit, 2016, USA 

The General - dir. Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, 1926, USA 

Girl Asleep - dir. Rosemary Myers, 2016, Australia

The Girl Who Saved My Life - dir. Hogir Hirori, 2016, Sweden 

Gleason - dir. Clay Tweel, 2016, USA 

Goat - dir. Andrew Neel, 2016, USA 

Gold Balls - dir. Kate Dandel, 2016, USA 

The Greasy Strangler - dir. Jim Hosking, 2016, USA 

Heaven Can Wait - dir. Ernst Lubitsch, 1943, USA 

The High Sun - dir. Dalibor Matanić, 2015, Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia

Holding the Man - dir. Neil Armfield, 2015, Australia 

Home Care - dir. Slávek Horák, 2015, Czech Republic/Slovakia

Honor Thy Father - dir. Erik Matti, 2015, Philippines 

Horizons - dir. Eileen Hofer, 2015, Switzerland/Cuba

How Most Things Work - dir. Fernando Salem, 2015, Argentina 

Hummus - dir. Oren Rosenfeld, 2016, Israel 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople - dir. Taika Waititi, 2016, New Zealand

I am Belfast - dir. Mark Cousins, 2015, United Kingdom 

Ice and the Sky - dir. Luc Jacquet, 2015, France 

The IF Project - dir. Kathlyn Horan, 2016, USA 

If There's a Hell Below - dir. Nathan Williams, 2016, USA 

Illegitimate - dir. Adrian Sitaru, 2016 , Romania/Poland/France

Immortal - dir. Hadi Mohaghegh, 2015, Iran

In a Valley of Violence - dir. Ti West, 2015, USA 

Indignation - dir. James Schamus, 2016, USA 

The Innocents - dir. Anne Fontaine, 2016, France/Poland

Insatiable: The Homaro Cantu Story - dir. Brett A. Schwartz, 2016, USA 

The Intervention - dir. Clea DuVall, 2016, USA 

The Island Funeral - dir. Pimpaka Towira, 2015, Thailand 

Kedi - dir. Ceyda Torun, 2016, Turkey/USA/Germany

Kilo Two Bravo - dir. Paul Katis, 2015, United Kingdom 

Kingdom of Clay Subjects - dir. Bijon, 2016, Bangladesh/USA

Lamb - dir. Yared Zeleke, 2015, Ethiopia/France/Germany/Norway/Qatar

The Land - dir. Steven Caple Jr., 2016, USA 

Last Cab to Darwin - dir. Jeremy Sims, 2015, Australia 

The Last King - dir. Nils Gaup, 2015, Norway 

Les Cowboys - dir. Thomas Bidegain, 2015, France/Belgium

Life, Animated - dir. Roger Ross Williams, 2016, USA 

Lily Lane - dir. Bence Fliegauf, 2016 , Hungary 

Little Men - dir. Ira Sachs, 2016, USA 

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World - dir. Werner Herzog, 2016, USA 

Long Way North - dir. Rémi Chayé, 2015, France/Denmark

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - dir. Peter Jackson, 2003, USA 

Love & Friendship - dir. Whit Stillman, 2016, Ireland/France/Netherlands

The Lovers and the Despot - dir. Robert Cannan, Ross Adam, 2016, United Kingdom 

The Love Witch - dir. Anna Biller, 2016, USA 

The Lure - dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska, 2015, Poland 

The Mads are Back: Glen or Glenda - dir. Ed Wood Jr., 1953, USA 

Ma Ma - dir. Julio Medem, 2015, Spain/France

A Man Called Ove - dir. Hannes Holm, 2015, Sweden/Norway

Marzia, My Friend - dir. Kirsi Mattila, 2015, Finland/Afghanistan

Maya Angelou and Still I Rise - dir. Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack, 2016, USA 

Mekko - dir. Sterlin Harjo, 2015, USA 

The Memory of Fish - dir. Jennifer Galvin, Sachi Cunningham, 2016, USA 

Microbe and Gasoline - dir. Michel Gondry, 2015, France

Middle Man - dir. Ned Crowley, 2016, USA 

Midsummer in Newtown - dir. Lloyd Kramer, 2016, USA 

Miles - dir. Nathan Adloff, 2016, USA

The Mobfathers - dir. Herman Yau, 2016, Hong Kong 

A Monster With a Thousand Heads - dir. Rodrigo Plá, 2015, Mexico 

Moon in the 12th House - dir. Dorit Hakim, 2016, Israel 

Morris From America - dir. Chad Hartigan, 2016, USA/Germany

Motherland - dir. Senem Tüzen, 2015, Turkey/Greece

Mountain - dir. Yaelle Kayam, 2015, Israel/Denmark

Mountains May Depart - dir. Jia Zhangke, 2015, China/Japan/France

Mr. Gaga - dir. Tomer Heymann, 2015, Israel/Sweden/Germany/Netherlands

Much Loved - dir. Nabil Ayouch, 2015, Morocco/France

Murmur of the Hearts - dir. Sylvia Chang, 2015, Hong Kong/Taiwan

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble - dir. Morgan Neville, 2015, USA 

My Blind Brother - dir. Sophie Goodhart, 2016, USA 

Nakom - dir. Kelly Daniela Norris, TW Pittman, 2016, Ghana/USA

Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale - dir. Ben Bowie, Geoff Luck, 2016, USA/Botswana

A New High - dir. Samuel Miron, Stephen Scott Scarpulla, 2015, USA

News From Planet Mars - dir. Dominik Moll, 2016, France/Belgium

The Night Stalker - dir. Megan Griffiths, 2016, USA

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You - dir. Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, 2016, USA 

Nueva Venecia - dir. Emiliano Mazza de Luca, 2016, Uruguay/Colombia/Mexico

NUTS! - dir. Penny Lane, 2016, USA

Oddball - dir. Stuart McDonald, 2015, Australia 

The Olive Tree - dir. Icíar Bollaín, 2016, Spain/Germany

One Kiss - dir. Ivan Cotroneo, 2016, Italy 

Other Girls - dir. Esa Illi, 2015, Finland 

Other People - dir. Chris Kelly, 2016, USA 

Our Kind of Traitor - dir. Susanna White, 2016, United Kingdom 

Our Little Sister - dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2015, Japan 

Our Loved Ones - dir. Anne Émond, 2015, Canada (Québec) 

Ovarian Psycos - dir. Kate Trumbull-LaValle, Joanna Sokolowski, 2016, USA 

The Paradise Suite - dir. Joost van Ginkel, 2015, Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria

Paralytic - dir. Joey Johnson, 2016, USA 

Paths of the Soul - dir. Zhang Yang, 2015, China 

The Patriarch - dir. Lee Tamahori, 2016, New Zealand

Paul à Québec - dir. François Bouvier, 2015, Canada (Québec) 

The People vs. Fritz Bauer - dir. Lars Kraume, 2015, Germany 

Phantom Boy - dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol, 2015, France/Belgium

The Pistol Shrimps - dir. Brent Hodge, 2016, Canada/USA

Presenting Princess Shaw - dir. Ido Haar, 2015, Israel 

The Pretty Ones - dir. Melisa Liebenthal, 2016, Argentina 

The Queen of Ireland - dir. Conor Horgan, 2015, Ireland 

Radio Dreams - dir. Babak Jalali, 2016, Iran/USA

Rainbow - dir. Nagesh Kukunoor, 2015, India 

Rainbow Time - dir. Linas Phillips, 2016, USA 

Rara - dir. Pepa San Martín, 2016, Chile/Argentina

Red Gringo - dir. Miguel Ángel Vidaurre, 2016, Chile 

Resilience - dir. James Redford, 2016, USA

The Revolution Won’t Be Televised - dir. Rama Thiaw, 2016, Senegal 

Rosita - dir. Frederikke Aspöck, 2015, Denmark 

Sam Choy's Poké to the Max - dir. Terrence Santos, 2016, USA 

Sand Storm - dir. Elite Zexer, 2016, Israel 

A Scandal in Paris - dir. Douglas Sirk, 1946, United Kingdom 

The Scent of Mandarin - dir. Gilles Legrand, 2015, France 

Searchdog - dir. Mary Healey Jamiel, 2016, USA 

Seasons - dir. Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, 2015, France/Germany

The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger - dir. Colin MacCabe, Tilda Swinton, Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz, 2016, United Kingdom 

SEED: The Untold Story - dir. Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel, 2016, USA 

Slash - dir. Clay Liford, 2016, USA 

Sleeping Giant - dir. Andrew Cividino, 2015, Canada 

A Song For You: The Austin City Limits Story - dir. Keith Maitland, 2016, USA

Sonita - dir. Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, 2015, Iran/Germany/Switzerland

The Sound of Trees - dir. François Péloquin, 2015, Canada (Québec) 

Southside with You - dir. Richard Tanne, 2016, USA 

Spa Night - dir. Andrew Ahn, 2015, USA 

Sparrows - dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson, 2015, Iceland/Denmark/Croatia

Spy Time - dir. Javier Ruiz Caldera, 2015, Spain 

Stranger - dir. Yermek Tursunov, 2015, Kazakhstan 

Summer of ’92 - dir. Kasper Barfoed, 2016, Denmark/United Kingdom

Summertime - dir. Catherine Corsini, 2015, France

Sunset Song - dir. Terence Davies, 2015, United Kingdom

Sustainable - dir. Matt Wechsler, 2016, USA 

Tag - dir. Sion Sono, 2015, Japan 

Tanna - dir. Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, 2015, Australia/Vanuatu

The Tenth Man - dir. Daniel Burman, 2016, Argentina 

Therapy for a Vampire - dir. David Ruehm, 2014, Austria 

They Call Me Jeeg Robot - dir. Gabriele Mainetti, 2015, Italy 

Thithi - dir. Raam Reddy, 2015, India/USA/Canada

Tickled - dir. David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, 2016, New Zealand 

Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell - dir. Martin Bell, 2016, USA 

Tower - dir. Keith Maitland, 2016, USA 

Transpecos - dir. Greg Kwedar, 2016, USA

Trivisa - dir. Frank Hui, Jevons Au, Vicky Wong, 2016, Hong Kong/China

Truman - dir. Cesc Gay, 2015, Spain/Argentina

Tsukiji Wonderland - dir. Naotaro Endo, 2016, Japan 

Uncle Howard - dir. Aaron Brookner, 2016, USA/United Kingdom

Under the Shadow - dir. Babak Anvari, 2016, United Kingdom/Jordan

Under the Sun - dir. Vitaly Mansky, 2015, Russia/Latvia/Germany/Czech Republic/North Korea

Up For Love - dir. Laurent Tirard, 2016, France 

Vanity - dir. Lionel Baier, 2015, Switzerland/France

Vintage Tomorrows - dir. Byrd McDonald, 2015, USA/Canada/Czech Republic

The Violators - dir. Helen Walsh, 2015, United Kingdom 

The Violin Teacher - dir. Sérgio Machado, 2015, Brazil 

A Walk on the Moon - dir. Tony Goldwyn, 1999, USA 

Warehoused - dir. Jack Zagha, 2015, Mexico 

We Are X - dir. Stephen Kijak, 2016, USA/Japan/United Kingdom

The Weekend Sailor - dir. Bernardo Arsuaga, 2016, Mexico/Canada

Weiner - dir. Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, 2016, USA 

Welcome To Norway! - dir. Rune Denstad Langlo, 2016, Norway 

We the People 2.0 - dir. Leila Conners, 2016, USA 

Where Have All the Good Men Gone - dir. René Frelle Petersen, 2016, Denmark 

While the Women Are Sleeping - dir. Wayne Wang, 2016, Japan

Whistleblower - dir. Adolfo B. Alix Jr., 2016, Philippines 

Wiener-Dog - dir. Todd Solondz, 2016, USA

Women He’s Undressed - dir. Gillian Armstrong, 2015, Australia 

The Wounded Angel - dir. Emir Baigazin, 2016, Kazakhstan/France/Germany

You’ll Never Be Alone - dir. Alex Anwandter, 2016, Chile 

Zoom - dir. Pedro Morelli, 2015, Canada/Brazil

Zud - dir. Marta Minorowicz, 2016, Germany/Poland/Mongolia

Special Programs & Events

10th Annual 3-Minute Masterpieces

4th World Program–Indigenous Media Lab - included Virtual Reality Filmmakers’ Training, Folklife Festival - Flag Pavilion Gallery, SIFFX, Indigenous Film Party, and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Mekko, Before the Streets

African Pictures - included 11 feature films

Alternate Cinema - included 3 feature films and one shorts package

An Afternoon with Molly Shannon: Other People

Archival Films - included 7 feature films

Asian Crossroads - included 30 feature films

Catalyst - included 5 feature films

Centerpiece Gala: Gleason at SIFF Cinema Egyptian

China Stars - included 5 feature films

Culinary Cinema - included 9 feature films

Documentary Competition - included 12 feature films

Emoción Pura: Cinema from Spain - included 10 feature films and one shorts package

Face the Music - included 10 feature films

Festival Forums - included 14 seminars

Films4Families - included 7 feature films and one shorts package

FutureWave - included 11 feature films and one shorts package

Gay-La: Being 17

Golden Space Needle & Jury Awards

Ibero-American Competition - included 8 feature films

Kirkland Opening Night: Paul à Québec at Kirkland Performance Center

Latin-American Cinema - included 18 feature films

New American Cinema Competition - included 10 feature films

New Directors Competition - included 12 feature films

Northwest Connections - included 15 feature films and 2 shorts packages

Official Competition - included 12 feature films

Renton Opening Night: My Blind Brother at Ikea Performing Arts Center

SIFF + True Productions Documentary Filmmakers Grant Program - included Big Sonia, Gold Balls

SIFF–X - included Opening Night Screening at Pacific Science Center Laser Dome, Pluto in the Dome, Keynote Speaker: Nanny de la Peña, X Academy, X Gallery

Saturday Film and Party: Indignation, The Intervention, Frank & Lola

Short Films

Short Films - included 17 shorts packages

Special Presentations: The Final Master, The Night Stalker, Our Kind of Traitor, Truman, Sonic Evolution: This Is Indie!, Oh, You Pretty Things!: A David Bowie and Glam Rock dance party, The Prince Sing Along

A Tribute to Viggo Mortensen: Captain Fantastic

Wild, Titillating, Fantastic Late Nights! - included 9 feature films