The Seattle International Film Festival completed its 37th year with an awards ceremony at the Space Needle this morning, where it announced the Competition and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards. Top winners included “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee's "Gandu," from India, which won the Grand Jury Prize for B...
Read More »In the first few minutes of Taylor Guterson's "Old Goats," writer-director Taylor Guterson's debut feature has the appearance of a documentary, mainly because the matching of the scenario and the tone are so unfamiliar in narrative cinema. With an upbeat soundtrack to set the mood, Guterson shows an...
Read More »The Seattle International Film Festival's Fly Filmmaking Challenge sounds like a well-meaning recipe for disaster: The festival selects a handful of local filmmakers and give them the tools to churn out short films in three days.
Read More »The 37th Seattle International Film Festival has announced its lineup of galas, tribute events and special presentations. The festival will open with a gala and screening of Justin Chadwick's "The First Grader," feature a centerpiece gala and viewing of Philippe Le Guay's "Service Entrance," and clo...
Read More »The 36th Seattle International Film Festival - the largest film festival in the United States - concluded Sunday with record-breaking box office numbers (a near 20% increase from last year), and the announcement of the Jury and Audience Award Winners.
Read More »One of the high points of my brief tasting of the Seattle International Film Festival this year (May 20 - June 13) was the tribute to the articulate Edward Norton. After scenes from "Primal Fear," "The Incredible Hulk," and "Fight Club" were screened, the moved sta...
Read More »The 36th edition of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) promises to lay claim to holding the title as the largest and most highly attended event of its kind in the US. Running from May 20 through June 13, SIFF will present 256 features (both documentary and narrative) and 150 short films ...
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