Director, Michael Showalter, actor and writer, Kumail Nanjiani, and actor and writer, Emily V. Gordon, pose on the red carpet on Opening Night, which featured their film, The Big Sick
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Relive the 43rd 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 2017 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 18–June 11, 2017
Number of Days: 25
Venues: Ark Lodge Cinemas, Baltic Room, Cinerama, Dar Rainier Chapter House, Kirkland Performance Center, Lincoln Square, Majestic Bay Theatres, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, MOHAI, The Neptune, AMC Pacific Place 11, Pan Pacific Hotel, The Paramount, Seattle Art Museum, Shoreline Community College Theater, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Film Center, The Triple Door
Opening Night: The Big Sick at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
Closing Night: The Young Karl Marx at Cinerama
Tribute: Anjelica Huston
Photos
Director, Michael Showalter, actor and writer, Kumail Nanjiani, and actor and writer, Emily V. Gordon, pose on the red carpet on Opening Night, which featured their film, The Big Sick
Actor, Brett Gelman, and director, Janicza Bravo, hold hands on the red carpet at the Egyptian for the screening of their film, Lemon
Director, Hirokazu Kore-eda, at SIFF Cinema Uptown for the screening of his film, After the Storm
Keith Simanton from IMBD leads a Q&A with actor and writer, Kumail Nanjiani, actor and writer, Emily V. Gordon, and director, Michael Showalter after a screening of their film, The Big Sick
Those classic SIFF letters light up the curtain at SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Best Film
At the End of the Tunnel (dir. Rodrigo Grande, Spain)
Best Director
Rodrigo Grande (At the End of the Tunnel, Spain)
Best Actress
Lene Cecilia Sparrok (Sami Blood)
Best Actor
David Johns (I, Daniel Blake)
Best Short
Defend the Sacred (dir. Kyle Bell, USA)
Best Documentary
Dolores (dir. Peter Bratt, USA)
Official Competition Grand Jury Prize
Sami Blood (dir., Amanda Kernell, Sweden/Norway/Denmark)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Boundaries (dir. Chloé Robichaud, Canada (Québec))
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Lane 1974 (dir. SJ Chiro, USA)
Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Becoming Who I Was (dir. Chang-Yong Moon, Jin Jeon, South Korea)
Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize
The Winter (dir. Emiliano Torres, Argentina/France)
150 Milligrams - dir. Emmanuelle Bercot, 2016, France
500 Years - dir. Pamela Yates, 2017, USA
7 Minutes - dir. Michele Placido, 2016, Italy/France/Switzerland
8 Borders, 8 Days - dir. Amanda Bailly, 2017, Lebanon/USA
Afterimage - dir. Andrzej Wajda, 2016, Poland
After the Storm - dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2016, Japan
Albüm - dir. Mehmet Can Mertoğlu, 2016, Turkey/France/Romania
American Folk - dir. David Heinz, 2017, USA
Angry Inuk - dir. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, 2016, Canada
Animal Crackers - dir. Victor Heerman, 1930, USA
Anishoara - dir. Ana Felicia Scutelnicu, 2016, Germany/Moldova
At the End of the Tunnel - dir. Rodrigo Grande, 2016, Spain/Argentina
Backpack Full of Cash - dir. Sarah Mondale, 2016, USA
Bad Black - dir. Nabwana I.G.G., 2016, Uganda
Bad Day for the Cut - dir. Chris Baugh, 2017, Ireland
Bad Influence - dir. Claudia Huaiquimilla, 2016, Chile
Band Aid - dir. Zoe Lister-Jones, 2017, USA
The Bar - dir. Álex de la Iglesia, 2017, Spain
Beach Rats - dir. Eliza Hittman, 2017, USA
Beatriz at Dinner - dir. Miguel Arteta, 2017, USA
The Beautiful Kokonor Lake - dir. Shen Xing-Hao, 2017, China
Becoming Who I Was - dir. Moon Chang-yong, Jeon Jin, 2017, South Korea
Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall - dir. Katherine Fairfax Wright, 2017, USA
Better Watch Out - dir. Chris Peckover, 2017, Australia/USA
The Big Sick - dir. Michael Showalter, 2017, USA
Bill Frisell, A Portrait - dir. Emma Franz, 2017, Australia
Black Code - dir. Nicholas de Pencier, 2016, Canada
The Bloom of Yesterday - dir. Chris Kraus, 2016, Germany/Austria
Borders - dir. Apolline Traoré, 2017, Burkina Faso
Boundaries - dir. Chloé Robichaud, 2016, Canada (Québec)
Brainstorm - dir. Douglas Trumbull, 1983, USA
Brigsby Bear - dir. Dave McCary, 2017, USA
Bye Bye Germany - dir. Sam Garbarski, 2017, Germany/Luxemburg/Belgium
By the Time It Gets Dark - dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016, Thailand
Cabaret - dir. Bob Fosse, 1972, USA
The Cage Fighter - dir. Jeff Unay, 2017, USA
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - dir. David Soren, 2017, USA
Chameleon - dir. Jorge Riquelme Serrano, 2016, Chile
Chasing Coral - dir. Jeff Orlowski, 2017, USA
Chavela - dir. Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi, 2017, USA
Chronicles of Hari - dir. Ananya Kasaravalli, 2016, India
City of Ghosts - dir. Matthew Heineman, 2017, USA
Close Relations - dir. Vitaly Mansky, 2016, Germany/Latvia/Estonia/Ukraine
Columbus - dir. Kogonada, 2017, USA
Come, Together - dir. Shin Dong-il, 2016, South Korea
Cook Up a Storm - dir. Raymond Yip Wai Man, 2017, Hong Kong/China
Crazywise - dir. Phil Borges, Kevin Tomlinson, 2017, USA
Crown Heights - dir. Matt Ruskin, 2017, USA
Dara Ju - dir. Anthony Onah, 2017, USA/Nigeria
A Date for Mad Mary - dir. Darren Thornton, 2016, Ireland
Dawson City: Frozen Time - dir. Bill Morrison, 2016, USA
Dean - dir. Demetri Martin, 2016, USA
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - dir. David France, 2017, USA
Death in Sarajevo - dir. Danis Tanovic, 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina/France
Devil’s Freedom - dir. Everardo González, 2017, Mexico
Diamond Island - dir. Davy Chou, 2016, France/Cambodia/Germany
Dina - dir. Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini, 2017, USA
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey - dir. Dave O'Leske, 2017, USA
Divine Divas - dir. Leandra Leal, 2016, Brazil
Dolores - dir. Peter Bratt, 2017, USA
The Door - dir. Liang Dong, 2017, China
A Dragon Arrives! - dir. Mani Haghighi, 2016, Iran
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars - dir. John S. Robertson, 1920, USA
The Dumb Girl of Portici - dir. Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, 1916, USA
Ears - dir. Alessandro Aronadio, 2016, Italy
Emma' (Mother) - dir. Riri Riza, 2016, Indonesia
Endless Poetry - dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky, 2016, France/Chile
Entanglement - dir. Jason James, 2017, Canada
Escape Room - dir. Will Wernick, 2017, USA
Ethel & Ernest - dir. Roger Mainwood, 2016, Luxembourg/United Kingdom
The Fabulous Allan Carr - dir. Jeffrey Schwarz, 2017, USA
The Farthest - dir. Emer Reynolds, 2017, Ireland
Feather - dir. Roan Johnson, 2016, Italy
The Feels - dir. Jenée LaMarque, 2017, USA
Fermented - dir. Jonathan Cianfrani, 2017, USA
Finding KUKAN - dir. Robin Lung, 2016, USA
The Fixer - dir. Adrian Sitaru, 2016, Romania/France
Food Evolution - dir. Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 2016, USA
Footnotes - dir. Kostia Testut, Paul Calori, 2016, France
The Force - dir. Peter Nicks, 2017, USA
Forever Pure - dir. Maya Zinshtein, 2016, Israel/UK/Ireland/Norway
Free and Easy - dir. Geng Jun, 2016, China
Gholam - dir. Mitra Tabrizian, 2017, United Kingdom
Ghost Hunting - dir. Raed Andoni, 2016, Palestine/France/Switzerland
A Ghost Story - dir. David Lowery, 2017, USA
The Girl Without Hands - dir. Sébastien Laudenbach, 2016, France
Give Me Future - dir. Austin Peters, 2017, USA/Cuba
Glory - dir. Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva, 2016, Bulgaria/Greece
God of War - dir. Gordon Chan, 2017, China
God's Own Country - dir. Francis Lee, 2017, United Kingdom
Godspeed - dir. Chung Mung-Hong, 2016, Taiwan
Going to Brazil - dir. Patrick Mille, 2016, France
Goldstone - dir. Ivan Sen, 2016, Australia
Gook - dir. Justin Chon, 2017, USA
The Grifters - dir. Stephen Frears, 1990, USA
The Grown-Ups - dir. Maite Alberdi, 2016, Chile/The Netherlands
Handsome Devil - dir. John Butler, 2016, Ireland
Have a Nice Day - dir. Liu Jian, 2017, China /Hong Kong
Heal the Living - dir. Katell Quillévéré, 2016, France/Belgium
Heartstone - dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, 2016, Iceland/Denmark
Hedi - dir. Mohamed Ben Attia, 2016, Tunisia/Belgium/France
Hello Destroyer - dir. Kevan Funk, 2016, Canada
The Hero - dir. Brett Haley, 2017, USA
The Hippopotamus - dir. John Jencks, 2016, United Kingdom
I, Daniel Blake - dir. Ken Loach, 2016, United Kingdom/France/Belgium
I Dream In Another Language - dir. Ernesto Contreras, 2017, Mexico
Infinity Baby - dir. Bob Byington, 2017, USA
Ingrid Goes West - dir. Matt Spicer, 2017, USA
The Inland Road - dir. Jackie Van Beek, 2017, New Zealand
In Syria - dir. Philippe Van Leeuw, 2017, Belgium/France/Lebanon
In the Radiant City - dir. Rachel Lambert, 2016, USA
Inversion - dir. Behnam Behzadi, 2016, Iran
Investigating Paradise - dir. Merzak Allouache, 2017, France/Algeria
It’s Only the End of the World - dir. Xavier Dolan, 2016, Canada (Québec)/France
Ivan - dir. Alyona Davydova, 2017, Russia
Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess: Four Enchanting Tales - dir. Michel Ocelot, 2017, France
I Was a Dreamer - dir. Michele Vannucci, 2016, Italy
The Journey - dir. Nick Hamm, 2016, United Kingdom
Jungle Trap - dir. James Bryan, 2016, USA
Kakehashi: A Portrait of Chef Nobuo Fukuda - dir. Andrew Gooi , 2017, Japan/USA
Kalushi - dir. Mandla Dube, 2016, South Africa
Kati Kati - dir. Mbithi Masya, 2016, Kenya/Germany
Kills on Wheels - dir. Attila Till, 2016, Hungary
King's Choice - dir. Erik Poppe, 2016, Norway
Knife in the Clear Water - dir. Wang Xuebo, 2016, China
Lady Macbeth - dir. William Oldroyd, 2016, United Kingdom
Lake Bodom - dir. Taneli Mustonen, 2016, Finland
The Landing - dir. Mark Dodson, David Dodson, 2016, USA
Landline - dir. Gillian Robespierre, 2017, USA
Lane 1974 - dir. SJ Chiro, 2017, USA
The Last Animals - dir. Kate Brooks, 2017, USA/United Kingdom
The Last Family - dir. Jan P. Matuszyński, 2016, Poland
Lemon - dir. Janicza Bravo, 2017, USA
A Life in Waves - dir. Brett Whitcomb, 2016, USA
The Little Hours - dir. Jeff Baena, 2017, USA/Italy
Lives with Flavor - dir. Pablo Gasca Gollas, 2017, Mexico
Love and Duty - dir. Bu Wancang, 1931, China
The Man - dir. Charlotte Sieling, 2017, Denmark
Manifesto - dir. Julian Rosefeldt, 2017, Germany/Australia
Ma' Rosa - dir. Brillante Mendoza, 2016, Philippines
The Marseille Trilogy: Marius - dir. Alexander Korda, 1931, France
The Marseille Trilogy: Fanny - dir. Marc Allégret, 1932, France
The Marseille Trilogy: César - dir. Marcel Pagnol, 1936, France
Maurice - dir. James Ivory, 1987, United Kingdom
May God Save Us - dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2016, Spain
Meatball Machine Kodoku - dir. Yoshihiro Nishimura, 2017, Japan
Mellow Mud - dir. Renārs Vimba, 2016, Latvia
Menashe - dir. Joshua Z Weinstein, 2017, USA/Israel
The Midwife - dir. Martin Provost, 2017, France
Moka - dir. Frédéric Mermoud, 2016, France/Switzerland
Mr. Long - dir. Sabu, 2017, Japan/Hong Kong/China/Taiwan/Germany
My Happy Family - dir. Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross, 2017, Georgia/Germany/France
My Journey Through French Cinema - dir. Bertrand Tavernier, 2016, France
Napping Princess - dir. Kenji Kamiyama, 2017, Japan
The Net - dir. Kim Ki-duk, 2016, South Korea
New Chefs on the Block - dir. Dustin Harrison-Atlas, 2016, USA
Newton - dir. Amit Masurkar, 2017, India
The Nile Hilton Incident - dir. Tarik Saleh, 2017, Sweden/Denmark/Germany
Nocturama - dir. Bertrand Bonello, 2016, France/Belgium/Germany
No Dress Code Required - dir. Cristina Herrera Borquez, 2016, Mexico
Nowhere to Hide - dir. Zaradasht Ahmed, 2016, Norway/Sweden
The Oath - dir. Baltasar Kormákur, 2016, Iceland
The Odyssey - dir. Jérôme Salle, 2016, France/Belgium
On the Road - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2016, United Kingdom
Original Bliss - dir. Sven Taddicken, 2016, Germany
The Ornithologist - dir. João Pedro Rodrigues, 2016, Portugal/France/Brazil
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One - dir. Shane Abbess, 2016, Australia
Paradise - dir. Andrei Konchalovsky, 2016, Russia/Germany
The Paris Opera - dir. Jean-Stéphane Bron, 2016, France/Switzerland
Paris Prestige - dir. Hamé Bourokba, Ekoué Labitey, 2016, France
Patti Cake$ - dir. Geremy Jasper, 2017, USA
Pavlensky - Man and Might - dir. Irene Langemann, 2016, Germany
Pendular - dir. Julia Murat, 2017, Brazil/Argentina/France
Person to Person - dir. Dustin Guy Defa, 2017, USA
Pow Wow - dir. Robinson Devor, 2016, USA
Prom King, 2010 - dir. Christopher Schaap, 2017, USA
Puget Soundtrack presents Prom Queen
Pyromaniac - dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg, 2016, Norway
Quest - dir. Jonathan Olshefski, 2017, USA
Quit Staring at My Plate - dir. Hana Jušić, 2016, Croatia/Denmark
The Reagan Show - dir. Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengill, 2017, USA
Revolting Rhymes - dir. Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer, 2016, United Kingdom
Roberto Bolle - The Art of Dance - dir. Francesca Pedroni, 2016, Italy
Rocketmen - dir. Webster Crowell, 2017, USA
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World - dir. Catherine Bainbridge, 2017, Canada
Sami Blood - dir. Amanda Kernell, 2016, Sweden/Norway/Denmark
Santa & Andres - dir. Carlos Lechuga, 2016, Cuba/Colombia/France
Say You Will - dir. Nick Naveda, 2017, USA
Searchers - dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq, 2016, Canada
She’s the Boss - dir. Ham Tran, 2017, Vietnam
Small Town Killers - dir. Ole Borndal, 2017, Denmark
The Smuggler and Her Charges - dir. Michaël Prazan, 2016, France
Solitaire - dir. Sophie Boutros, 2016, Lebanon/Jordan/Egypt
The Song of Cotton - dir. Yuancheng Zhu, 2016, China
Soul on a String - dir. Zhang Yang, 2016, China
Step - dir. Amanda Lipitz, 2017, USA
Struggle for Life - dir. Antonin Peretjatko, 2016, Belgium/France
Suffering of Ninko - dir. Norihiro Niwatsukino, 2016, Japan
Susanne Bartsch: On Top - dir. Anthony Caronna, Alexander Smith, 2017, USA
Swallows and Amazons - dir. Philippa Lowthorpe, 2016, United Kingdom
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton - dir. Rory Kennedy, 2017, USA/Bermuda
Taste of Cherry - dir. Abbas Kiarostami, 1997, Iran/France
Tea Pets - dir. Gary Wang, 2017, China
Terror 5 - dir. Frederico Rotstein, Sebastian Rotstein, 2016, Argentina
This Is Our Land - dir. Lucas Belvaux, 2016, France/Belgium
Those Redheads From Seattle in 3D - dir. Lewis Foster, 1953, USA
Those Shocking Shaking Days - dir. Selma Doborac, 2016, Austria/Bosina and Herzegovina
Those Who Remain - dir. Eliane Raheb, 2016, Lebanon/UAE
Time Trap - dir. Ben Foster, Mark Dennis, 2017, USA
Tom of Finland - dir. Dome Karukoski, 2017, Finland
The Trip to Spain - dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2017, United Kingdom
Trouble - dir. Theresa Rebeck, 2017, USA
The Truth About Love Is… - dir. Max Croci, 2017, Italy
The Turkish Way - dir. Luis Gonzalez, 2016, Spain
Two Irenes - dir. Fabio Meira, 2017, Brazil
The Unknown Girl - dir. Jean Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 2016, Belgium/France
Vampire Cleanup Department - dir. Yan Pak-Wing, Sin-Hang Chiu, 2017, Hong Kong
Wallflower - dir. Jagger Gravning, 2017, USA
The Wedding Party - dir. Kemi Adetiba, 2016, Nigeria
The Wedding Plan - dir. Rama Burshtein, 2016, Israel
Weirdos - dir. Bruce McDonald, 2016, Canada
What Lies Upstream - dir. Cullen Hoback, 2017, USA
White Sun - dir. Deepak Rauniyar, 2016, Nepal/USA/Qatar
Whose Streets? - dir. Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis, 2017, USA
Wind River - dir. Taylor Sheridan, 2017, USA
Winnie - dir. Pascale Lamche, 2017, France /Netherlands/South Africa
The Winter - dir. Emiliano Torres, 2016, Argentina/France
The Witches - dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1990, USA
Without Name - dir. Lorcan Finnegan, 2016, Ireland
Woodpeckers - dir. Jose Maria Cabral, 2017, Dominican Republic
The Work - dir. Jairus McLeary, Gethin Aldous, 2017, USA
Wùlu - dir. Daouda Coulibaly, 2016, France/Senegal/Mali
The Young Karl Marx - dir. Raoul Peck, 2017, France/Germany/Belgium
Yourself and Yours - dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2016, South Korea
Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island - dir. Oskar Santos, 2016, Spain
Zoology - dir. Ivan I. Tverdovsky, 2016, Russia/France/Germany
4th World–Indigenous Media Lab - Rumble & Re:Definition Event: Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, 4th World - Indigenous Media Lab, Indigenous Film Roundtable, Folklife Festival
African Pictures - included 9 feature films
Alternate Cinema - included 3 feature films and one shorts package
An Afternoon with Sam Elliott: The Hero
Archival Films - included 14 feature films
Asian Crossroads - included 29 feature films
Centerpiece Gala: Landline at SIFF Cinema Egyptian
China Stars - included 10 feature films and one shorts package
Culinary Cinema - included 8 feature films
Documentary Competition - included 9 feature films
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde With live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars
Emoción Pura: Cinema from Spain - included 5 feature films and one shorts package
Face the Music - included 9 feature films and 3 special events
Films4Families - included 8 feature films and one shorts package
FutureWave - included 8 feature films and one shorts package
Gay-La: Susanne Bartsch: On Top at SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Golden Space Needle Awards
Ibero-American Competition - included 8 feature films
Kirkland Opening Night: Footnotes at Kirkland Performance Center
Latin-American Cinema - included 18 feature films
New American Cinema Competition - included 8 feature films
New Directors Competition - included 10 feature films
Northwest Connections - included 9 feature films and 28 short films
Official Competition - included 8 feature films
Puget Soundtrack presents: Prom Queen
SIFF + True Productions Documentary Filmmakers Grant Program - included 8 Borders, 8 Days, Special Festival Forum Event: A Closer Look at Sweetheart Deal
Saturday Film and Party: The Trip to Spain, The Little Hours
Special Presentations: Cabaret: An Evening of Cabaret With Robbie Turner, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, Brainstorm, Love and Duty
The ‘80s Teen Movie High School Reunion
A Tribute to Anjelica Huston: Trouble
WTF!–Wild, Titillating, and Fantastic - included 12 feature films and 4 shorts packages