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1995-2008 Scott Larson
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My Journal of the 1999 Seattle International Film
Festival...
Seattle, Washington USA, May 13 through June 6
Total number of festival programs seen during the film festival:
57
Total number of coffee/espresso beverages consumed:
48
My personal festival top ten list
Summary of short films
Jumping the gun (festival films seen prior to the
festival)
The Castle
Dong (The Hole)
Sitcom
Titanic Town
Friday 14 May
Nos Que Aqui Estamos, Por Vos Esperamos
(Here We Are, Waiting for You)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Entre las Piernas (Between Your
Legs)
Saturday 15 May
Diably, Diably (Devils, Devils)
World premiere screening of Pirates of
Silicon Valley
Sweety Barrett (The Tale of Sweety Barrett)
Sunday 16 May
Get Bruce
Los Amantes del Circulo Polar (The Lovers
of the Arctic Circle)
Side Streets
Monday 17 May
Second U.S. premiere screening of Breakfast of Champions
Sporlaust (No Trace)
Tuesday 18 May
The Passion of Ayn Rand
The Third Man
My Son the Fanatic
Wednesday 19 May
Praise
Lautrec
Kleine Teun (Little Tony)
Thursday 20 May
Hasards ou Coincidence (Chance or
Coincidence)
Getting to Know You
Speedway Junky
Friday 21 May
Bent Familia
Dead Letter Office
Miguel/Michelle
Saturday 22 May
Welcome to Sarajevo
Let’s Get Lost
U.S. premiere screening of I Diakritiki
goitia twn arsenikwn (Mating Game)
Sunday 23 May
Fin Aout, Debut Septembre (Late August,
Early September)
Rien ne va plus (The Swindle)
Monday 24 May
Feiseung Datyin (Expect the
Unexpected)
The Interview
Le Violon Rouge (The Red Violin)
Tuesday 25 May
Last Night
V toj strane... (In That Land)
Head On
Wednesday 26 May
Conte d’Automne (Autumn Tale)
Sista Kontraktet (The Last
Contract)
Thursday 27 May
Raghs-e-Khak (Dance of Dust)
An Evening with John Sayles, featuring the U.S. premiere screening of Limbo – Golden Space Needle Award for Best
Director
Friday 28 May
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of
Hollywood
Get Real
The Adventures of Sebastian
Cole
Saturday 29 May
Amerikan Passport
North American pre-premiere screening of An Ideal Husband – Golden Space Needle
Award for Best Actor to Rupert Everett
Bure Baruta (Powder Keg) (Cabaret
Balkan)
Sunday 30 May
Train de Vie (Train of Life)
Thursday 3 June
Conquest
Second U.S. premiere screening of Traicao (Betrayal)
Night Train
Friday 4 June
Second world premiere screening of Love
Happens
No Se Lo Digas a Nadie (Don’t Tell
Anyone)
Second world premiere screening of Freak
Talks About Sex
Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) – Golden
Space Needle Award for Best Film
Saturday 5 June
U.S. premiere screening of At Sachem
Farm
Sneak preview of Siam Sunset
Sunday 6 June
Second U.S. premiere screening of Senso
Unico (One Way)
Second world premiere screening of Say
You’ll Be Mine
Closing Night Gala: Austin Powers: The
Spy Who Shagged Me
Better late than never (post-festival viewings of festival
films)
Adorenarin doraibu (Adrenaline
Drive)
Bedrooms and Hallways
Links to official film
festival sites
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