SIFF 2017 Watched List
Films watched during the Seattle International Film Festival 2017.
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- DirectorMichael ShowalterStarsKumail NanjianiZoe KazanHolly HunterPakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.SIFF film #1: Opening night gala at McCaw Hall.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsSnezana VidovicIzudin BajrovicVedrana BozinovicThe major hotel Europe in Sarajevo will receive an important visit on the anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, attack that triggered World War. As the manager of the place waiting to Jacques, a special French guest, workers in the kitchen preparing a strike because they have spent months without pay and journalist records a television show on the roof.SIFF film #2: At AMC Pacific Place.
- DirectorMartin ProvostStarsCatherine DeneuveCatherine FrotOlivier GourmetClaire is a wonderfully gifted midwife, with a natural talent to deliver babies with the most gentle touch. One day she receives a strange phone call. Béatrice, the extravagant mistress of her deceased father, wants to see her again.SIFF film #3: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorJeffrey SchwarzStarsTom HanksJohn WayneJodie FosterAllan Carr built his bombastic reputation producing the hit movie GREASE and Broadway sensation LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, but it all came crashing down after he conceived the notorious 1989 Academy Awards.SIFF film #4: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorJanicza BravoStarsInger TudorBrett GelmanJudy GreerA man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.SIFF film #5: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorCatherine GundDaresha KyiStarsEugenia LeónJesusa RodríguezTania LibertadThe life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012.SIFF film #6: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsHiroshi AbeYôko MakiSatomi KobayashiAfter the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.SIFF film #7: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsHarris DickinsonMadeline WeinsteinKate HodgeA Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet.SIFF film #8: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsBlanca SuárezMario CasasCarmen MachiIn bustling downtown Madrid, a loud gunshot and two mysterious deaths trap a motley assortment of common urbanites in a decrepit central bar, while paranoia and suspicion force the terrified regulars to turn on each other.SIFF film #9: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsAdèle HaenelOlivier BonnaudJérémie RenierA doctor gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.SIFF film #10: At AMC Pacific Place.
- DirectorPeter NicksStarsCat BrooksJonathan CairoBen McBrideTHE FORCE goes inside an embattled urban police department struggling to rebuild trust in one of America's most violent yet promising cities.SIFF film #11: At AMC Pacific Place.
- DirectorDave McCaryStarsKyle MooneyJorge Lendeborg Jr.Matt WalshAfter being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.SIFF film #12: At AMC Pacific Place.
- DirectorChris BaughStarsNigel O'NeillSusan LynchJózef PawlowskiA middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when his mother is murdered.SIFF film #13: At SIFF Egyptian.
- DirectorAmanda LipitzStarsGari McIntyreAmanda LeonardBlessin GiraldoSTEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.SIFF film #14: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorRama BurshteinStarsNoa KolerAmos TamamOz ZehaviWhen her fiancé bows out on the eve of her wedding, Michal refuses to cancel the wedding arrangements. An Orthodox Jew, she insists that God will supply her a husband. As the clock ticks down.SIFF film #15: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorJulian RosefeldtStarsCate BlanchettErika BauerRuby BustamanteCate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.SIFF film #16: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorAntonio SantiniDan SicklesStarsDina BunoScott LevinFrank CostanzoAn eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.SIFF film #17: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsRhonda FlemingGene BarryAgnes MooreheadA woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.SIFF film #18: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorEmer ReynoldsStarsFrank DrakeCarolyn PorcoJohn CasaniIt is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space - the first human-made object ever to do so.SIFF film #19: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorMiguel ArtetaStarsSalma HayekJohn LithgowConnie BrittonA holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down.SIFF film #20: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorMerzak AllouacheStarsSalima AbadaMohamed Seghir BendaoudAmine KabbesThis documentary interweaves in-person interviews with a dramatized road trip as a pair of journalists travel throughout Algeria asking their fellow citizens about the meaning of paradise that promises men 72 virgins after death.SIFF film #21: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorMitra TabrizianStarsShahab HosseiniBehrouz BehnejadNasser MemarziaHaunted by his past and with an uncertain future, Gholam gets involved in the conflict of a total stranger and sees it through to the very end.SIFF film #22: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorSin-Hang ChiuPak-Wing YanStarsBabyjohn ChoiMin Chen LinSiu-Ho ChinTim Cheung joins the Vampire Cleanup Department which is a secret task force for dealing Chinese vampire Goeng Si. He is instructed by his uncle Chau and he saves a female Goeng Si, Summer from her evil lord Goeng Si who buried alive her.SIFF film #23: At SIFF Uptown.
- DirectorCatherine BainbridgeAlfonso MaioranaStarsGeorge ClintonRobbie RobertsonGary GiddinsA documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.SIFF film #24: At the Paramount.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsPekka StrangSeumas F. SargentChris MylandAward-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.SIFF film #25: At SIFF Egyptian.