My Journal of the 1996 Seattle International Film Festival…
Seattle, Washington USA, May 16 through June 9Total number of festival programs seen during the film festival: 88
My personal festival top ten list
Jumping the gun (April in Dublin, Ireland)
Trainspotting – Best Film and Best Director (Danny Boyle)
Friday, May 17
Anatomy of Desire / Jim Loves Jack: The James Egan Story
Paris Was a Woman
Le Hussard sur le Toit (The Horseman on the Roof)
Lie huo zhan che (Full Throttle)
Saturday, May 18
Pasolini: un Delitto Italiano (Who Killed Pasolini?)
Manneken Pis
Lust Och Fagring Stor (All Things Fair)
Angel Baby
The Reggae Movie
Sunday, May 19
Secret Festival
Plein Soleil (Purple Noon)
Live Bait
Drunks
Monday, May 20
Gonin
Dead Man
The Best of British Shorts
Tuesday, May 21
Sin Remitente (No Sender) (No Return Address)
Die Mediocren
Nothing to Lose
Wednesday, May 22
Losing Chase
Nar alla Vet (Sebastian)
Work
Thursday, May 23
Ein Fast Perfekter Seitensprung (An Almost Perfect Affair)
Jonas y la Bellena Rosada (Jonah and the Pink Whale)
Boca a Boca (Mouth to Mouth)
Friday, May 24
Shaonu Xiao-Yu (Siao Yu)
Záhrada (The Garden)
Small Faces
Back to Back
Saturday, May 25
Majiang (Mahjong)
Politically Incorrect Cartoondaze 1
Mecaniques Celestes (Celestial Clockwork)
Nervous Energy
Switchblade Sisters
Sunday, May 26
Secret Festival
Tokyo Nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter)
L’Amore Molesto
Synthetic Pleasures
Monday, May 27
Belly Talkers
Politically Incorrect Cartoondaze 2
Hong Meigui, Bai Meigui (Red Rose, White Rose)
Boys’ Night Out
Tuesday, May 28
Etz Hadomin Tafus (Under the Domim Tree)
Stadtgesprach (Talk of the Town)
Joint Adventure
Wednesday, May 29
Jenipapo (The Interview)
Guiltrip
The Innocent Sleep
Thursday, May 30
Le Jardin oublié: La vie et l’oeuvre d’Alice Guy-Blaché (The Lost Garden)
Late Bloomers
Notes from Underground
Friday, May 31
Aiqing Wansui (Vive l’Amour)
Shadow of the Pepper Tree
I Shot Andy Warhol – Best Actress (Lili Taylor)
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Saturday, June 1
My Friend Joe
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Welcome to the Dollhouse
La Pasion Turca (Turkish Passion)
Scorpion Spring
Sunday, June 2
Secret Festival
L’Anno Prossimo… Vado a Letto alle Dieci (Next Year… We’ll Go to Bed by Ten)
Walking and Talking
A Koldum Klaka (Cold Fever) – Best Actress (Lili Taylor)
Monday, June 3
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Tár úr steini (Tears of Stone)
The Young Poisoner’s Handbook
Tuesday, June 4
A Leap of Faith
The Boy from Mercury
Palookaville
Wednesday, June 5
The Leopard Son
Lamerica
Clara Hakdosha (Saint Clara)
Thursday, June 6
Zusje (Little Sister) – New Directors Jury Award (Robert Jan Westdijk)
Moll Flanders
Lone Star – Favorite film of 43 out of 78 full series pass holders
Friday, June 7
Girls Town – Best Actress (Lili Taylor)
The Big Squeeze
The War at Home
Gamera: Daikaiju Kuchu Kessen (Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe)
Saturday, June 8
The Whole Wide World – Best Actor (Vicent D’Onofrio); American Independent Jury Award (Dan Ireland)
Le Confessional (The Confessional)
Stealing Beauty
Hype! – Best Documentary
Sunday, June 9
Secret Festival
The Trigger Effect
Emma
Secret Festival
Better late than never (post-festival viewings of festival films)
Other Voices, Other Rooms
Phenomenon
Links to official film festival sites