SIFF 2012: Galas, Tributes, Parties, And Other Happenings — Anniversary Post

One of the perks of working for SIFF, as opposed to volunteering, is that employees are usually allowed to attend the parties (though it depends on capacity). It only seems fitting, then, that my second repost from SIFF 2012 focuses on the parties and galas I attended that year. Removing the links that no longer …

The Film Festival Cometh… — Anniversary Post

SIFF 2012 was the first film festival I worked as staff, not as a volunteer. It also was the first festival after SIFF had acquired and opened the Uptown Theatre in Lower Queen Anne. And, it was the first festival where I went to a press screening. This was back before I had my website, …

A SIFFtacular Wrap-Up to SIFF 2012

With the Volunteer Appreciation Night having occurred two weeks ago, right after the soda machines stopped working (they're working now), the 2012 edition of the Seattle International Film Festival is at a close.  Last year, I saw 18 films and continued to write about the festival until the following year.  This year, I saw 20 …

SIFF 2012: Galas, Tributes, Parties, And Other Happenings

First, I should mention that I didn't go to every party, and even fewer Galas (movie+party).  I didn't go to the Opening Night Gala because no one told me I could, until after I had made plans.  Then, I didn't get invites to the first couple of parties because I wasn't on the staff-generated email list. …

Best of SIFF 2012: Week Three and Closing Weekend

Out of the six films I saw during the final week and weekend of SIFF, I gave out no 5s.  Therefore, this post will include only an honorable mention, which also happened to be the last film that I saw, complete with a Q&A. Honorable Mention: Nosilatiaj.Beauty (North American Premiere on Sunday, June 3) (d: …

The Best of SIFF 2012: Week Two

I didn't see nearly as many films this week as I did last week, and the films this week were not the juggernauts that Goodbye and How to Survive a Plague were.  Still, I found one surprisingly great film, and an honorable mention whose greatness came from its subject, if not always its execution. 170 …

The Best of SIFF 2012: Week One

Goodbye (d: Mohammad Rasoulof, c: Leila Zare, Hasssan Pourshirazi, Behname Tashakor, Iran 2011, 104 min) Last year, I didn't go to Pacific Place, mad as I was that the previous year, they had shown two movies (on two different screens) with bulbs that wouldn't have lit my closet.  This year, however, I decided to give them another chance …

The Film Festival Cometh…

Today I went to my first press screening (ever) for the Seattle International Film Festival.  This is where the press, people who shell out tons of money on movie passes, and movie staff, who don't shell out lots of money on movie passes (because, hey, we work at movie theaters) get to see films picked …