Seattle International Film Festival 2022 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 2022

Relive the 48th 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 2022 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: April 14–24, 2022
Number of Days: 11
Venues: Ark Lodge Cinemas, Majestic Bay Theatres, AMC Pacific Place 11, Paramount Theatre, Shoreline Community College Theater, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Film Center, SIFF Channel (virtual)

Opening Night: Navalny at The Paramount Theatre
Closing Night: Call Jane at SIFF Cinema Egyptian


FESTIVAL CATALOG


TRAILER

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

SIFF Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, takes part in the photo booth at the Closing Night Party at MOHAI

SIFF Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, takes part in the photo booth at the Closing Night Party at MOHAI

SIFF Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, takes part in the photo booth at the Closing Night Party at MOHAI

SIFF Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, takes part in the photo booth at the Closing Night Party at MOHAI

Director, Brooke Pepion Swaney, subjects, Kendra Mylnechuk and Lhaq'temish, the Lummi People, pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Daughter of a Lost Bird

Director, Brooke Pepion Swaney, subjects, Kendra Mylnechuk and Lhaq'temish, the Lummi People, pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Daughter of a Lost Bird

Director, Brooke Pepion Swaney, subjects, Kendra Mylnechuk and Lhaq'temish, the Lummi People, pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Daughter of a Lost Bird

Director, Brooke Pepion Swaney, subjects, Kendra Mylnechuk and Lhaq'temish, the Lummi People, pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Daughter of a Lost Bird

The Paramount marquee announcing Opening Night of the 48th Seattle International Film Festival with the film, Navalny

The Paramount marquee announcing Opening Night of the 48th Seattle International Film Festival with the film, Navalny

The Paramount marquee announcing Opening Night of the 48th Seattle International Film Festival with the film, Navalny

The Paramount marquee announcing Opening Night of the 48th Seattle International Film Festival with the film, Navalny

Opening Night attendees, including SIFF staffer, Andrew Montana pose for the camera at the post-film party

Opening Night attendees, including SIFF staffer, Andrew Montana pose for the camera at the post-film party

Opening Night attendees, including SIFF staffer, Andrew Montana pose for the camera at the post-film party

Opening Night attendees, including SIFF staffer, Andrew Montana pose for the camera at the post-film party

Director, Jeff Baena, and actress, Alison Brie, strike an (unpredictable) pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Spin Me Round

Director, Jeff Baena, and actress, Alison Brie, strike an (unpredictable) pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Spin Me Round

Director, Jeff Baena, and actress, Alison Brie, strike an (unpredictable) pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Spin Me Round

Director, Jeff Baena, and actress, Alison Brie, strike an (unpredictable) pose on the red carpet before the screening of their film, Spin Me Round

Cast and crew from the film, Are We Lost, celebrate the 48th Seattle International Film Festival under the SIFF Cinema Egyptian marquee

Cast and crew from the film, Are We Lost, celebrate the 48th Seattle International Film Festival under the SIFF Cinema Egyptian marquee

Cast and crew from the film, Are We Lost, celebrate the 48th Seattle International Film Festival under the SIFF Cinema Egyptian marquee

Cast and crew from the film, Are We Lost, celebrate the 48th Seattle International Film Festival under the SIFF Cinema Egyptian marquee

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Awards

Golden Space Needle Awards

Best Film
Know Your Place (dir. Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA)

Best Documentary
The Territory (dir. Alex Pritz, Brazil/Denmark/USA)

Best Director
Horacio Gomez Alcalà (Finlandia, Spain/Mexico)

Best Performance
Dale Dickey (A Love Song)

Best Short
Long Line of Ladies (dir. Reyka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome, USA)

Juried Competition Awards

Official Competition Grand Jury Prize
Klondike (dir. Maryna Er Gorbac, Ukraine/Turkey)

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Lonely Voices (dir. Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi, Italy)

Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision - presented by Women in Film Seattle
Sweetheart Deal (dir. Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller USA)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Know Your Place (dir. Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Radiograph of a Family (dir. Firouzeh Khosrovani, Iran/Norway/Switzerland)

Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize
Sublime (dir. Mariano Biasin, Argentina)

Juried Awards - Shorts

FutureWave Shorts Wavemaker Award
She (dir. Eva Li)

Short Film Live Action Grand Jury Prize
Rachels Don't Run (dir. Joanny Causse)

Short Film Live Action Special Jury Prize
El Carrito (dir. Zahida Pirani)

Short Film Live Action Special Jury Prize
Tank Fairy (dir. Erich Rettstadt)

Short Film Documentary Grand Jury Prize
Long Line of Ladies (dir. Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome)

Short Film Animation Grand Jury Prize
Love, Dad (dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen)

Short Film Animation Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Directing
Wet (dir. Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montppert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune, Elvira Taussac)

List of Feature-Length Films

107 Mothers - dir. Peter Kerekes, 2021, Slovakia/Czech Republic/Ukraine

2551.01 - dir. Norbert Pfaffenbichler, 2021, Austria

2nd Chance - dir. Ramin Bahrani, 2022, USA

7 Lakes, 7 Lives - dir. Víctor Escribano, 2021, Spain

Ahed’s Knee - dir. Nadav Lapid, 2021, Israel/France/Germany

Ali & Ava - dir. Clio Barnard, 2021, United Kingdom

Alien on Stage - dir. Danielle Kummer, Lucy Harvey, 2021, United Kingdom

Anita - dir. Longman Leung, 2021, Hong Kong

Are We Lost - dir. Jenny Gage, Tom Betterton, 2022, USA

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe - dir. Simon Callow, 1991, USA/Canada

Barbarian Invasion - dir. Tan Chui Mui, 2021, Malaysia/Hong Kong/Philippines

Bernstein’s Wall - dir. Douglas Tirola, 2021, USA

Between Two Dawns - dir. Selman Nacar, 2021, Turkey/France/Romania/Spain

Between Two Worlds - dir. Emmanuel Carrère, 2021, France

Blind Ambition - dir. Warwick Ross, Robert Coe, 2021, Australia

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic - dir. Teemu Nikki, 2021, Finland/Italy

Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts - dir. Dru Holley, 2022, USA

Call Jane - dir. Phyllis Nagy, 2022, USA

Cat Daddies - dir. Mye Hoang, 2021, USA

Celts - dir. Milica Tomović, 2021, Serbia

Cha Cha Real Smooth - dir. Cooper Raiff, 2022, USA

Charlotte - dir. Eric Warin, Tahir Rana, 2021, United Kingdom/France/Canada

Children of the Mist - dir. Hà Lệ Diễm, 2021, Vietnam

Coffin Homes - dir. Fruit Chan, 2021, Hong Kong

Cop Secret - dir. Hannes Thór Halldórsson, 2021, Iceland

Costa Brava, Lebanon - dir. Mounia Akl, 2021, Lebanon/France/Spain/Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Qatar

Dark Red Forest - dir. Jin Huaqing, 2021, China

Daughter of a Lost Bird - dir. Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet/Salish), 2021, USA

Day By Day - dir. Felix Herngren, 2022, Sweden/Croatia

Doula - dir. Cheryl Nichols, 2022, USA

Drunken Birds - dir. Ivan Grbovic, 2021, Canada (Québec)

Dual - dir. Riley Stearns, 2022, USA

The Duke - dir. Roger Michell, 2020, United Kingdom

An Elephant on a Spider Web - dir. Rolando Diáz, 2022, Spain

Everybody Hates Johan - dir. Hallvar Witzø, 2022, Norway

Everything Went Fine - dir. François Ozon, 2021, France

Evolution - dir. Kornél Mundruczó, 2021, Hungary/Germany

Execution in Autumn - dir. Hsing Lee, 1972, Taiwan

Feathers - dir. Omar El Zohairy, 2021, Egypt/France/Netherlands/Greece

Finlandia - dir. Horacio Alcalà, 2021, Spain/Mexico

Fire of Love - dir. Sara Dosa, 2022, USA/Canada

The First 54 Years, an Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation - dir. Avi Mograbi, 2021, Israel

Flux Gourmet - dir. Peter Strickland, 2022, United Kingdom/USA/Hungary

Framing Agnes - dir. Chase Joynt, 2022, Canada

The Ghastly Brothers - dir. Michael Van Ostade, 2022, Belgium/Netherlands

Girl Picture - dir. Alli Haapasalo, 2022, Finland

The Good Boss - dir. Fernando León de Aranoa, 2021, Spain

Hannah Ha Ha - dir. Jordan Tetewsky, Joshua Pikovsky, 2022, USA

Hatching - dir. Hanna Bergholm, 2022, Finland/Sweden

The Hill Where the Lionesses Roar - dir. Luàna Bajrami, 2021, France/Kosovo

Hinterland - dir. Stefan Ruzowitsky, 2021, Germany/Austria/Luxembourg

Hit the Road - dir. Panah Panahi, 2021, Iran/USA

Hockeyland - dir. Tommy Haines, 2021, USA

The House of the Snails - dir. Macarena Astorga, 2021, Spain/Peru/Mexico

I AM DB COOPER - dir. T.J. Regan, 2022, USA

I’ll Show You Mine - dir. Megan Griffiths, 2022, USA

I’ll Stand By You - dir. Maximilien Dejoie, Virginija Vareikyté, 2021, Lithuania/Italy/Switzerland

I Love My Dad - dir. James Morosini, 2022, USA

Inexorable - dir. Fabrice du Welz, 2021, Belgium/France

In Front of Your Face - dir. Hong Sang-soo, 2021, South Korea

The Innocents - dir. Eskil Vogt, 2021, Norway

Inu-Oh - dir. Masaaki Yuasa, 2021, Japan

Invisible Demons - dir. Rahul Jain, 2021, India/Finland/Germany

It’s Just a Phase, Honey - dir. Florian Gallenberger, 2021, Germany

Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story - dir. Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern, 2021, USA

Juju Stories - dir. Abba T Makama, C J ‘Fiery’ Obasi, Michael Omonua, 2021, Nigeria/France

The Justice of Bunny King - dir. Gaysorn Thavat, 2021, New Zealand

Kaepernick & America - dir. Tommy Walker, Ross Hockrow, 2022, USA

The King of Laughter - dir. Mario Martone, 2021, Italy/Spain

Klondike - dir. Maryna Er Gorbach, 2022, Ukraine/Turkey

Know Your Place - dir. Zia Mohajerjasbi, 2022, USA

The Last Film Show - dir. Pan Nalin, 2021, India

The Last Shelter - dir. Ousmane Samassekou, 2021, France/Mali/South Africa/Solomon Islands

The Legend of Molly Johnson - dir. Leah Purcell (Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri), 2021, Australia

Life of Ivanna - dir. Renato Borrayo Serrano, 2021, Russia/Estonia/Finland/Norway

The Line - dir. Ursula Meier, 2022, Switzerland/France/Belgium

Linoleum - dir. Colin West, 2022, USA

Listen Before You Sing - dir. Yang Chih-lin, 2021, Taiwan

Lonely Voices - dir. Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi, 2022, Italy

Lonesome - dir. Craig Boreham, 2022, Australia

Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter - dir. Rebecca Halpern, 2021, USA

A Love Song - dir. Max Walker-Silverman, 2022, USA

Lullaby - dir. Alauda Ruiz De Azúa, 2022, Spain

Maika - dir. Ham Tran, 2022, Vietnam

Mama Bears - dir. Daresha Kyi, 2022, USA

The Man in the Basement - dir. Philippe Le Guay, 2021, France

The Man Who Paints Water Drops - dir. Oan Kim, Brigitte Bouillot, 2021, France/South Korea

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp, 2021, USA

Maya Nilo (Laura) - dir. Lovisa Sirén, 2022, Sweden/Finland/Belgium

Midday Black Midnight Blue - dir. Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott, 2022, USA

Miss Viborg - dir. Marianne Blicher, 2022, Denmark

The Mole - dir. Mads Brügger, 2021, Denmark/Norway

Moneyboys - dir. C.B. Yi, 2021, Austria/France/Belgium/Taiwan

Montana Story - dir. Scott McGehee, David Siegel, 2021, USA

My Childhood, My Country - 20 Years in Afghanistan - dir. Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi 2021, United Kingdom/Afghanistan

Navalny - dir. Daniel Roher, 2022, USA

Neptune Frost - dir. Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman, 2021, Rwanda/USA

Nothing Compares - dir. Kathryn Ferguson, 2022, Ireland/United Kingdom

The Olive Trees of Justice - dir. James Blue, 1962, France

One Second - dir. Zhang Yimou, 2020, China

One Second Champion - dir. Chiu Sin-Hang, 2021, Hong Kong

Only In Theaters - dir. Raphael Sbarge, 2022, USA

Out of Sync - dir. Juanjo Giménez, 2021, Spain/Lithuania/France

Outta the Muck - dir. Bhawin Suchak, Ira Mckinley, 2022, USA

Parsley - dir. José María Cabral, 2022, Dominican Republic

The Passenger - dir. Raul Cerezo, Fernando González Gómez, 2021, Spain

The Path - dir. Tobias Wiemann, 2022, Germany

Petite Maman - dir. Céline Sciamma, 2021, France

The Pez Outlaw - dir. Amy Bandlien Storkel, Bryan Storkel, 2022, USA/Austria

Phantom of the Open - dir. Craig Roberts, 2021, United Kingdom

Phantom Project - dir. Roberto Doveris, 2022, Chile

Piggy - dir. Carlota Pereda, 2022, Spain

The Pursuit of Perfection - dir. Toshimichi Saito, 2021, Japan

Quake - dir. Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, 2021, Iceland

Quant - dir. Sadie Frost, 2021, United Kingdom

Radiograph of a Family - dir. Firouzeh Khosrovani, 2020, Iran/Norway/Switzerland

The Red Tree - dir. Joan Gómez Endara, 2021, Colombia/Panama/France

Resurrection - dir. Andrew Semans, 2022, USA

Riotsville, USA - dir. Sierra Pettengill, 2022, USA

River - dir. Jennifer Peedom, Joseph Nizeti, 2021, Australia

A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces - dir. Shengze Zhu, 2021, USA

Robust - dir. Constance Meyer, 2021, France

Run Woman Run - dir. Zoe Hopkins (Heiltsuk/Mohawk), 2021, Canada

The Sacred Spirit - dir. Chema García Ibarra, 2021, Spain

Sediments - dir. Adrián Silvestre, 2021, Spain

Skate Dreams - dir. Jessica Edwards, 2022, USA/Cambodia/Japan

Small Body - dir. Laura Samani, 2021, Italy/France/Slovenia

So Damn Easy Going - dir. Christoffer Sandler, 2022, Sweden

Softie - dir. Samuel Theis, 2021, France

Speak No Evil - dir. Christian Tafdrup, 2022, Denmark

Spin Me Round - dir. Jeff Baena, 2022, USA/Italy

The Staffroom - dir. Sonja Tarokić, 2021, Croatia

Straighten Up and Fly Right - dir. Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum, 2022, USA

Sublime - dir. Mariano Biasin, 2022, Argentina

Superheroes - dir. Paolo Genovese, 2021, Italy

Sweetheart Deal - dir. Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, 2022, USA

A Tale of Love and Desire - dir. Leyla Bouzid, 2021, Tunisia/France

Talking About the Weather - dir. Annika Pinske, 2022, Germany

The Territory - dir. Alex Pritz, 2022, Brazil/Denmark/USA

Tug of War - dir. Amil Shivji, 2021, Tanzania /South Africa/Germany/Qatar

Utama - dir. Alejandro Loayza Grisi, 2022, Bolivia/Uruguay/France

Vera Dreams of the Sea - dir. Kaltrina Krasniqi, 2021, Kosovo/North Macedonia/Albania

Voice of Silence - dir. Hong Eui-jeong, 2021, South Korea

Warm Blood - dir. Rick Charnoski, 2022, USA

Watcher - dir. Chloe Okuno, 2022, USA

Whether the Weather Is Fine - dir. Carlo Francisco Manatad, 2021, Philippines/France/Singapore/Indonesia/Germany/Qatar

White Whale - dir. Tatyana Fedorovskaya, 2021, Russia

Wildhood - dir. Bretten Hannam (Mi'kmaw), 2021, Canada

Wild Men - dir. Thomas Daneskov, 2021, Denmark

Women Do Cry - dir. Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova, 2021, Bulgaria/France

Young Plato - dir. Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath, 2021, Ireland/Belgium/France/UK

Zero Fucks Given - dir. Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre, 2021, Belgium/France

Special Programs & Events

Bigfoot Screenwriting Competition & Table Read

Festival Spotlights - included The Duke, Inu-Oh, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Nothing Compares, Spin Me Round, The Territory 

New Works-in-Progress: Session One - Motherland - dir. Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, Sweden/Ukraine/Belarus

New Works-in-Progress: Session Two - Broadcast (currently “Untitled”) - dir. Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck, 2022, Sweden

Secret Festival

Call Jane
Call Jane
Navalny
Navalny
Fire Of Love
Fire Of Love
Klondike
Klondike
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Sweetheart Deal
Sweetheart Deal
Hit The Road
Hit The Road
Know Your Place
Know Your Place