SIFF 2005 (May 19 - June 12): Points of Interest

The Seattle International Film Festival runs for the next few weeks. I've never been, but from the collection of films showing it looks like a Festival of Festivals. There are a huge number of films showing there, most of which have been touring festivals for a while.

One day, I'll have to get to the Rainy City and have a spring feast on world cinema. Hey, Seattle's fest a lot cheaper and easier for the non-industry people (heck, probably for the industry people too) than a certain town in France. All said, it looks like a good chance to catch things which not will likely to show up on many North American Screens:

Let's Start with their Midnight Adrenaline Program:

Banlieu 13
Izo
Godzilla Final Wars
R-Point
Three...Extremes
and something from Germany amusingly titled Night of the Living Dorks

But there are many other points of interest:

Reedemer (Brazilian Black Comedy)
Dead Mans Shoes (Paddy Considine Tour de Force)
3-Iron (Genius Ki-Duk, playes even better on the big screen)
2046 (Sumptuous wkw, ditto above)
Howl's Moving Castle (North American Premiere?)
Ferpect Crime
Marebito (A Twitch favorite, check the archives)
Vital (Best film I saw in 2004)
Mysterious Skin (new Araki)
Lonesome Jim (Steve Buscemi directing, debuted at Sundance)
Layer Cake (soon playing at a Theatre Near You!)
Niceland (Fridrik Thór Fridriksson's modern icelandic fable)
A World Without Thieves
The World
Tony Takatani

Via the ever-useful Greencine Daily.