2008 Seattle International Film Festival

[DavidSeven]

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SIFF 2008 (http://www.siff.net/festival/film/results.aspx?FID=64[/i)

ARGENTINA
Cafe de Los Maestros, directed by Miguel Kohan 2008
Encarnación, directed by AnahÃ* Berneri 2007
XXY, directed by Lucia Puenzo 2007

AUSTRALIA
The Children of Huang Shi, directed by Roger Spottiswoode 2008
The Home Song Stories, directed by Tony Ayres 2007
Newcastle, directed by Dan Castle 2008
Son of a Lion, directed by Benjamin Gilmour 2007
Unfinished Sky, directed by Peter Duncan 2007

AUSTRIA
About Water, directed by Udo Maurer 2007
Loos Ornamental, directed by Heinz Emigholz 2008
Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker? directed by Barbara Caspar 2008

BANGLEDESH
On the Wings of Dreams, directed by Golam Rabbany Biplob 2007

BELGIUM
Ben X, directed by Nic Balthazar 2007

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
It’s Hard to Be Nice, directed by Srdjan Vuletiç 2007

BRAZIL
Elite Squad, directed by José Padilha 2007
Still Orangutans, directed by Gustavo Spolidoro 2007

CANADA
The 3 Little Pigs, directed by Patrick Huard 2007
Breakfast With Scot, directed by Laurie Lynd 2007
Continental a Film Without Guns, directed by Stéphane Lafleur 2007
Everything is Fine, directed by Yves-Christian Fournier 2008
The Five Senses, directed by Jeremy Podeswa 1999
Fugitive Pieces, directed by Jeremy Podeswa 2007
Mr. Big, directed by Tiffany Burns 2007
Saving Luna, directed by Suzanne Chisholm Michael Parfit 2007
Up the Yangtze, directed by Yung Chang 2007
Young People Fucking, directed by Martin Gero 2007

CHILE
Mirageman, directed by Ernesto DÃ*az Espinoza 2007

CHINA
Blind Mountain, directed by Li Yang 2007
The Red Awn, directed by Cai Shangjun 2007
Still Life, directed by Jia Zhangke 2007

COLOMBIA
PVC-1, directed by Spiros Stathoulopoulos 2007

CZECH REPUBLIC
Empties, directed by Jan Sverák 2007
Movie or An Introduction To The Philosophy Of Auteur Film Making, directed by Ivo Trajkov 2007
Teddy Bear, directed by Jan Hrebejk 2007

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Juju Factory, directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda 2007

DENMARK
Erik Nietzsche The Early Years, directed by Jacob Thuesen 2007
Fighter, directed by Natasha Arthy 2007
Go With Peace Jamil, directed by Omar Shargawi 2008
The Island of Lost Souls, directed by Nikolaj Arcel 2007

ESTONIA
Magnus, directed by Kadri Kõusaar 2007

FINLAND
A Man’s Job, directed by Aleksi Salmenperä 2007
Shadow of the Holy Book, directed by Arto Halonen 2007

FRANCE
Ain’t Scared, directed by Audrey Estrougo 2007
Before I Forget, directed by Jacques Nolot 2007
Captain Ahab, directed by Philippe Ramos 2007
Chrysalis, directed by Julian Leclerq 2007
Combalimon, directed by Raphaël Mathié 2007
Female Agents, directed by Jean-Paul Salomé 2008
Games of Love & Chance, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche 2003
A Girl Cut in Two, directed by Claude Chabrol 2007
Heartbeat Detector, directed by Nicolas Klotz 2007
Hidden Face, directed by Bernard Campan 2007
John Waters Presents.....Cecil B. DeMented, directed by John Waters 2000
La France, directed by Serge Bozon 2007
Lady Jane, directed by Robert Guédiguian 2007
The Last Mistress, directed by Catherine Breillat 2007
Michou d’Auber, directed by Thomas Gilou 2007
Perfect Match..., directed by Anne-Marie Étienne 2007
Princess of the Sun, directed by Philippe Leclerc 2007
A Secret, directed by Claude Miller 2007
The Secret of the Grain, directed by Abdellatif Kechiche 2007
Shall We Kiss?, directed by Emmanuel Mouret 2007
Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane that Crashed on the Mountains, directed by Gonzalo Arijon 2007
This Way Up, directed by Georgi Lazarevski 2007

GERMANY
Alone in Four Walls, directed by Alexandra Westmeier 2007
Cherry Blossoms - Hanami, directed by Doris Dörrie 2008
Dust, directed by Hartmut Bitomsky 2007
The Edge of Heaven, directed by Fatih Akin 2007
Head-On, directed by Fatih Akin 2004
Leroy, directed by Armin Völckers 2007
Love and Other Crimes, directed by Stefan Arsenijevic 2007
Otto; or Up With Dead People, directed by Bruce LaBruce 2008
The Wave, directed by Dennis Gansel 2008

HAITI
Eat, For This is My Body, directed by Michelange Quay 2007

HONG KONG
The Drummer, directed by Kenneth Bi 2007
Mad Detective, directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai 2007
Sparrow, directed by Johnnie To 2007
Triangle, directed by Tsui Hark, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam 2007
The Young Master, directed by Jackie Chan 1980

HUNGARY
Milky Way, directed by Benedek Fliegauf 2007
Opium - Diary of a Madwoman, directed by János Szász 2007
ICELAND
Jar City, directed by Baltasar Kormákur 2007

INDIA
Before the Rains, directed by Santosh Sivan 2007
Four Women, directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan 2007
Lakshmi and Me, directed by Nishtha Jain 2007

IRAN
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame, directed by Hana Makhmalbaf 2007
The Song of Sparrows, directed by Majid Majidi 2008

IRELAND
32A, directed by Marian Quinn 2007
Garage, directed by Lenny Abrahamson 2007

ISRAEL
Stalags - Holocaust and Pornography in Israel, directed by Ari Libsker 2007
Strangers, directed by Erez Tadmor, Guy Nattiv 2007

ITALY
Apollo 54, directed by Giordano Giulivi 2007
Days and Clouds, directed by Silvio Soldini 2007
The Girl by the Lake, directed by Andrea Molaioli 2007
The Mother of Tears, directed by Dario Argento 2007
One Hundred Nails, directed by Ermanno Olmi 2007
Saturn in Opposition, directed by Ferzan Ozpetek 2007
SonetÃ*ula, directed by Salvatore Mereu 2008
The Unknown Woman, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore 2007
We Want Roses Too, directed by Alina Marazzi 2007

JAPAN
Girl Sparks, directed by Ishii Yuya 2007
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, directed by Mamoru Hosoda 2007
Love and Honor, directed by Yôji Yamada 2007
The Saga of Anatahan, directed by Josef von Sternberg 1953
Sukiyaki Western Django, directed by Takeshi Miike 2007
Vexille, directed by Fumihiko Sori 2007

JORDAN
Captain Abu Raed, directed by Amin Matalqa 2007

KAZAKHSTAN
Mongol, directed by Sergei Bodrov 2007

LEBANON
A Lost Man, directed by Danielle Arbid 2007
Under the Bombs, directed by Philippe Aractingi 2007

MEXICO
Bad Habits, directed by Simón Bross 2007
Cochochi, directed by Israel Cárdenas Laura Amelia Guzmán 2007

NETHERLANDS
Faces, directed by Gmax 2007
Summer Heat, directed by Monique van der Ven 2008
TBS (Nothing to Lose), directed by Pieter Kuijpers 2008

NORWAY
The Art of Negative Thinking, directed by BÃ¥rd Breien 2007

PAKISTAN
Ramchand Pakistani, directed by Mehreen Jabbar 2007

PHILIPPINES
Foster Child, directed by Brillante Mendoza 2007
Slingshot, directed by Brillante Mendoza 2007

POLAND
All Will Be Well, directed by Tomasz Wiszniewski 2007
Katyn, directed by Andrzej Wajda 2007
Time to Die, directed by Dorota K dzierzawska 2007

PORTUGAL
Christopher Columbus the Enigma, directed by Manuel De Oliveira 2007

ROMANIA
California Dreamin’ (Endless), directed by Cristian Nemescu 2007

RUSSIA
Alexandra, directed by Alexander Sokurov 2007
Mermaid, directed by Anna Melikyan 2007
Vice, directed by Valery Todorovsky 2007

SCOTLAND
Seachd: The Crimson Snowdrop, directed by Simon Miller 2007

SERBIA
Huddersfield, directed by Ivan Zivkovic 2007

SINGAPORE
Salawati, directed by Marc X. Grigoroff 2008

SOUTH KOREA
Epitaph, directed by Jung Brothers 2007
Fantastic Parasuicides, directed by Seong-ho Kim Soo-yeong Park Chang-ho Jo 2007

SOVIET UNION
Alexander Nevsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein Dmitri Vasilyev 1938

SPAIN
Boystown, directed by Juan Flahn 2007
Máncora, directed by Ricardo de Montreuil 2007
Nocturna, directed by AdriÃ* GarcÃ*a VÃ*ctor Maldonado 2007
Timecrimes, directed by Nacho Vigalondo 2007

SWEDEN
King of Ping Pong, directed by Jens Jonsson 2007
Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson 2008
You the Living, directed by Roy Andersson 2007

SWITZERLAND
Late Bloomers, directed by Bettina Oberli 2007

TAIWAN
Blood Brothers, directed by Alexi Tan 2007
Island Etude, directed by Chen Huai-en 2007

THAILAND
Ploy, directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang 2007
Wonderful Town, directed by Aditya Assarat 2007

TUNISIA
Villa Jasmin, directed by Férid Boughedir 2008

TURKEY
Bliss, directed by Abdullah Oguz 2007

UNITED KINGDOM
Be Like Others, directed by Tanaz Eshaghian 2008
Boy A, directed by John Crowley 2007
Brick Lane, directed by Sarah Gavron 2007
Derek, directed by Isaac Julien 2008
Donkey Punch, directed by Olly Blackburn 2008
Fairytale of Kathmandu, directed by Neasa NÃ* Chianáin 2007
Hold Me Tight Let Me Go, directed by Kim Longinotto 2007
It Always Rains on Sunday, directed by Robert Hamer 1947
Man on Wire, directed by James Marsh 2007
Mister Foe, directed by David Mackenzie 2007
Romeo & Juliet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli 1968
The Disappeared, directed by Johnny Kevorkian 2008
Transsiberian, directed by Brad Anderson 2008
When Did You Last See Your Father?, directed by Anand Tucker 2007
Young Adam, directed by David MacKenzie 2003

URUGUAY
Pope’s Toilet, directed by Enrique Fernandez César Charlone 2007

[DavidSeven]

CONT.

UNITED STATES
The 27 Club, directed by Erica Dunton 2008
Accelerating America, directed by Timothy Hotchner 2007
Alice Upside Down, directed by Sandy Tung 2007
American Son, directed by Neil Abramson 2008
American Teen, directed by Nanette Burstein 2008
Anvil! The Story of Anvil, directed by Sacha Gervasi 2008
Ask Not, directed by Johnny Symons 2008
August, directed by Austin Chick 2008
Baghead, directed by Mark Duplass Jay Duplass 2008
Ballast, directed by Lance Hammer 2008
Battle in Seattle, directed by Stuart Townsend 2007
Becky Sharp, directed by Rouben Mamoulian 1935
Bigger Stronger Faster*, directed by Christopher Bell 2008
Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life, directed by Robert Levi 2007
The Bluetooth Virgin, directed by Russell Brown 2008
Bottle Shock, directed by Randall Miller 2008
Butterfly Dreaming, directed by Rufus Williams 2008
Call Me Troy, directed by Scott Bloom 2007
Camille, directed by Gregory Mackenzie 2008
Casting a Glance, directed by James Benning 2007
Choke, directed by Clark Gregg 2007
Chris & Don: A Love Story, directed by Guido Santi Tina Mascara 2007
Creative Nature, directed by John Andres 2008
The Dark Horse, directed by Cornelia Duryé Moore 2008
Dream Boy, directed by James Bolton 2008
Em, directed by Tony Barbieri 2008
Emmanuel Jal: War Child, directed by C. Karim Chrobog 2007
Encounters at the End of the World, directed by Werner Herzog 2007
The End, directed by Nicola Collins 2008
Faces (Cassavetes), directed by John Cassavetes 1968
The Fall, directed by Tarsem Singh 2007
Fields of Fuel, directed by Josh Tickell 2007
FLOW: For Love of Water, directed by Irena Salina 2008
Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt 2008
Garden Party, directed by Jason Freeland 2008
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Tennis Shoes, directed by Peter Rosen 2008
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, directed by Alex Gibney 2008
Good Food, directed by Melissa Young Mark Dworkin 2008
The Great Buck Howard, directed by Sean McGinly 2008
Great Speeches From A Dying World, directed by Linas Phillips 2007
The Greening of Southie, directed by Ian Cheney 2008
Hair: Let The Sun Shine In, directed by Pola Rapaport Wolfgang Held 2007
Half-Life, directed by Jennifer Phang 2008
Heavy Metal in Baghdad, directed by Eddy Moretti Suroosh Alvi 2007
Idiots and Angels, directed by Bill Plympton 2008
In Search of Kennedy, directed by Chuck Workman 2008
In the Land of the Headhunters, directed by Edward S. Curtis 1914
Jolene, directed by Dan Ireland 2008
Kiss the Bride, directed by C. Jay Cox 2007
Kung Fu Panda, directed by Mark Osborne John Stevenson 2008
Letting Go of God, directed by Julia Sweeney 2008
Momma’s Man, directed by Azazel Jacobs 2008
My Effortless Brilliance, directed by Lynn Shelton 2008
Mysteries of Pittsburgh, directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber 2007
Night Tide, directed by Curtis Harrington 1961
The Order of Myths, directed by Margaret Brown 2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life, directed by Steven Sebring 2008
Phoebe in Wonderland, directed by Daniel Barnz 2008
Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema, directed by Todd McCarthy 2007
Savage Grace, directed by Tom Kalin 2007
Sita Sings the Blues, directed by Nina Paley 2007
Sleep Dealer, directed by Alex Rivera 2008
Some Assembly Required, directed by Dori Berinstein 2007
Song Sung Blue, directed by Greg Kohs 2008
Sunrise, directed by F. W. Murnau 1927
Sweet Thing, directed by Joe Lia 2008
Terra, directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas 2007
Theater of War, directed by John Walter 2008
They Killed Sister Dorothy, directed by Daniel Junge 2008
Towelhead, directed by Alan Ball 2007
Trouble the Water, directed by Tia Lessin Carl Deal 2008
Tulia Texas, directed by Cassandra Herrman Kelly Whalen 2008
Visioneers, directed by Jared Drake 2008
The Wackness, directed by Jonathan Levine 2008
Walt & El Grupo, directed by Theodore Thomas 2007
A Wink and a Smile, directed by Deirdre Timmons 2008
The Wrecking Crew, directed by Denny Tedesco 2008

VENEZUELA
Postcards from Leningrad, directed by Mariana Rondón 2007

[Spinal]

DENMARK
Erik Nietzsche The Early Years, directed by Jacob Thuesen 2007

Written by Lars von Trier. Supposed to be somewhat autobiographical. Last time someone else directed his script though, the results were disastrous.



FINLAND
A Man’s Job, directed by Aleksi Salmenperä 2007

Saw it at the festival in Portland. Eh, it's OK. You can probably do better.


Head-On, directed by Fatih Akin 2004

I liked this one, but you may as well get it on DVD.



ROMANIA
California Dreamin’ (Endless), directed by Cristian Nemescu 2007

I would recommend this one. Definitely a cool film, though the version I saw could have used some more cuts.


Pope’s Toilet, directed by Enrique Fernandez César Charlone 2007
Ew.

[Raiders]

There are some I have heard of that sound interesting, though I suspect if I ever had the opportunity to do something like this, I would seek out films I have never heard of that I may rarely ever get the chance to see (many of these will likely never show up for distribution in the US) and go with those. Why see something you'll find here later on? Have an adventure. Explore obscure cinema and find a hidden treasure.

That's my recommendation.

[Boner M]

Huh, nearly identical to Sydney's lineup. Anyway, I've seen Head-On, The Edge of Heaven, Still Life and Young Adam. I didn't care much for The Edge of Heaven but I think you'd like it much more than I did since you're a fan of Babel, Head-On as Spinal mentioned, is on DVD, as is Young Adam but I didn't care for it, and I liked Still Life but don't know if you would.

[Lasse]

Erik Nietzsche The Early Years, directed by Jacob Thuesen 2007

Written and narrated by Lars von Trier, and the leading role as Lars von Trier/Erik Nietzche is played by Jonathan Spang, a brilliant upcoming comedian/stand upper/actor.

Supposed to be very good.


Fighter, directed by Natasha Arthy 2007

Supposed to have decent effects, but a terrible banal story.


The Island of Lost Souls, directed by Nikolaj Arcel 2007

A good supernatural adventure thriller for kids and people that are young at heart.

[Lasse]

Written by Lars von Trier. Supposed to be somewhat autobiographical. Last time someone else directed his script though, the results were disastrous.

Which is a shame, because I love Thomas Vinterberg's Festen and It's All About Love.

I must add that I haven't watched Dear Wendy, and after the bad word of mouth, I'm not in a particular hurry to do so. I will check out his latest film, A Man Comes Home, which I hear is a bit of return to form.

[Ezee E]

Nice festival. How much are tickets

[MacGuffin]

See La France and tell me how it is.

[Winston*]

I love Thomas Vinterberg's...It's All About Love.


Wait...really? I thought it was astonishingly bad.

[Lasse]

Wait...really? I thought it was astonishingly bad.

Yeah, but I haven't watched it since it was first released on dvd, so I should really check it out again. I remember it had strikingly beautiful images and some interesting storyline that I remember motly nothing about.

I should have said that I think I love it. Heh.

[balmakboor]

...many of these will likely never show up for distribution in the US...

That's so true. About 2/3 of the movies I saw at SIFF while living in Seattle were things I've never had a chance to see again. (About 3/4 of those for very good reason. But that's 1/2 the fun of it. Sifting through a lot of blech to find a few pearls.)

My favorite things about the festival were the Secret Festival, the movie poster auction, and dashing out of the Egyptian early when the film sucked beyond belief to grab a bite to eat on Broadway before heading back to the Egyptian (or Harvard Exit) for the next screening on my Fool Serious agenda. I'd see 40 to 50 movies in three weeks and barely remember some of them. But wow! Some of those will never be forgotten like Wings of Desire and The Vanishing. Not to mention a number of fantastic films that nobody seems to talk about any more like The Moderns, Bagdad Cafe, and Apartment Zero.