June 19, 2006

SIFF. Awards.

Seattle International Film Festival Another Sunday gone by, another festival wrapped. The Seattle International Film Festival has announced its awards. Once again, see the list after the jump, but for now a quick pointer to Cinematical's Kim Voynar: "If you've ever gone through a really crappy time in your life - one of those times when the thunderclouds never seem to stop hovering directly above your head, and it seems no matter how hard you try, you're floundering desperately just to keep your head above water, Urban Scarecrow might just speak to you."

Update: Anne Thompson offer comments on a few of the winners.

Look for a wrap-up from Sean Axmaker soon; and onto the winners...

Jury Awards

FutureWave Awards

Audience Awards



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Posted by dwhudson at June 19, 2006 7:58 AM

Comments

GREAT to see Grain In Ear win another award; it was one of the most pleasant surprises of my life seeing how well-paced and beautiful and unpredictable that film was, despite its superficial sense of immobility. Better than Jia Zhang-ke's first three films...and I enjoyed it a lot more than "Chungking Express" or "Three Times".

(I know that China, Hong Kong and Taiwan are very different places, but those films are my frame of reference for this film)

Posted by: Cryptic Ned at June 19, 2006 2:27 PM

I'm proud to say that I was on a three-person Fipresci jury in Lisbon that gave Grain in the Ear the critic's prize. (Ned, if you're interested, you can read my review on www.fipresci.org)

Posted by: ronald bergan at June 25, 2006 7:36 AM