SIFF. Lineup.

The marathon is just over a week away. The Seattle International Film Festival, running May 25 through June 18 and billing itself as "the largest and most highly attended festival in the United States," has unveiled the highlights of its lineup.

World Premiere Features - all descriptions from SIFF:

Little Fugitive, directed by Joanna Lipper (USA)

A nearly absent father and an overworked mother leave two young brothers to their own devices for 24 hours. When a vicious practical joke goes awry, seven-year-old Joey flees to Coney Island in this skillfully updated version of the landmark 1953 film.

Mom's Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mother's Custody Movement, directed by Jody Laine, Shan Ottey, Shad Reinstein (USA).

An important document of GLBT history, Mom's Apple Pie looks at Seattle-based Lesbian Mothers Defense Fund, founded in the early 1970s as a resource for mothers whose children were being legally removed from their care based solely on the fact that they were lesbians. Narrated by Kate Clinton.

The Standard, directed by Jordan Albertsen (USA).

Taking place in the time just before high school graduation, Dylan Anderson isn't sure what his future holds. Shot on Whidbey Island, this dreamily realized reflection on Gus Van Sant's Elephant is an intimate peek at friendship, young love and loss.

This is Gary McFarland, directed by Kristian St Clair (USA).

Seattle director Kristian St Clair explores the life and times of self-taught jazz musician, composer and arranger Gary McFarland, who, before his mysterious death in 1971, collaborated with such notables as Gerry Mulligan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Gabor Szabo and Cal Tjader.

Urban Scarecrow, directed by Andrew McAllister (USA).

The second feature from Seattle filmmaker Andrew McAllister (Shag Carpet Sunset) tells the bittersweet story of a quiet and detached teenager who, in the six years since his mother's death, has been living with his father in a small motel amid the landscape of abandoned buildings and old signs of Highway 99.

North American Premiere Features

1:1, directed by Annette K Olesen> (Denmark).

4 Barefooted Women, directed by Santiago Loza (Argentina).

A Side, B Side, Seaside, directed by Wing-Chiu Chan (Hong Kong).

Beyond Hatred, directed by Olivier Meyrou (France).

The Birthday, directed by Diane Kurys (France).

Container, directed by Lukas Moodysson (Sweden).

Four Stars, directed by Christian Vincent (France).

Frostbite, directed by Anders Banke (Sweden).

Gambler, directed by Phie Ambo (Denmark).

Garpastum, directed by Alexey Guerman Jr (Russia).

Gradually, directed by Maziar Miri (Iran).

Gravehopping, directed by Jan Cvitkovic (Slovenia).

The Great Match, directed by Gerardo Olivares (Spain).

Happy As One, directed by Vanessa Jopp (Germany).

Host & Guest, directed by Shin Dong-il (South Korea).

Isabella, directed by Pang Ho-Cheung (Hong Kong).

The Line of Beauty, directed by Saul Dibb (United Kingdom).

Liviu's Dream, directed by Corneliu Porumboiu (Romania).

Los Aires Difíciles, directed by Gerardo Herrera (Spain).

Love Sick, directed by Tudor Giurgiu (Romania).

Molly's Way, directed by Emily Atef (Germany).

The Nightly Song of the Travellers, directed by Chapour Haghighat (Iran).

Requiem, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany).

Round Two, directed by Daniel Cebrián (Spain).

Shinobi, directed by Ten Shimoyama (Japan).

Slumming, directed by Michael Glawogger (Austria).

Starfish Hotel, directed by John Williams (Japan).

Tertium non datur, directed by Lucian Pintilie (Romania).

Tough Enough, directed by Detlev Buck (Germany).

A Trip to Kharabakh, directed by Levan Tutberidze (Georgia).

What Are You Going to Do When You Get Out of Here?, directed by Saso Podgorsek (Slovenia).

US Premieres

49 Up, directed by Michael Apted (United Kingdom).

Ahlaam, directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq).

Au Bonheur des dames, directed by Julien Duvivier (France).

Early in the Morning, directed by Gahité Fofana (Guinea).

Every Other Week, directed by Måns Herngren, Hannes Holm, Felix Herngren, Hans Ingemansson (Sweden).

The Fish Fall in Love, directed by Ali Raffi (Iran).

The Horizon of Events, directed by Daniele Vicari (Italy).

Isolation, directed by Billy O'Brien (United Kingdom).

Itinéraires, directed by Christophe Otzenberger (France).

...More Than 1000 Words, directed by Solo Avital (Germany).

Pierrepoint, directed by Adrian Shergold (United Kingdom).

Pusher III: I'm the Angel of Death, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Denmark).

Seven Swords, directed by Tsui Hark (Hong Kong).

Ski Jumping Pairs - Road to Torino 2006, directed by Mashima Riichiro and Kobayashi Masaki (Japan).

Suicidals, directed by Juan Villegas (Argentina).

A Summer Day, directed by Franck Guérin (France).

We Shall Overcome, directed by Niels Arden Oplev (Denmark).

Posted by dwhudson at May 14, 2006 7:16 AM