My Top Ten List from the 1997 Seattle International Film Festival…

These are the films I personally liked best. I have excluded shorts, archival presentations, and the Secret Festival. This is my completely personal top ten list for movies that were screened at the Seattle International Film Festival. I have excluded shorts, archival presentations, and the Secret Festival. The list will be revised as I continue to finish write-ups of all of the 88 programs that I saw. And it will continue to be subject to revision as long as I get chances to see festival films that I missed.

1. Lepa Sela Lepo Gore (Pretty Village, Pretty Flame)
2. Moebius
3. Captain Conan
4. Irma Vep
5. Un Heros Tres Discret (A Self Made Hero)
6. Eye of God
7. The Disappearance of Finbar
8. Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer’s End
9. Tieta do Agreste (Tieta)
10. La Promesse