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ALTERNATE CINEMA

This year’s Alternate Cinema program takes forms that seem familiar, 2045 Carnival Folklore like “documentary” or “musical,” and spins them into something Alternate Worlds Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 entirely new. Anyone looking for a sample need look no further than the Dreams Rewired Alternate Worlds Shorts program, with its surreal stories and the formal natural history experiments that are sure to blow your mind. After that, we encourage The Royal Road you to explore the feature-length picks.

natural history (the lowercase intentional) uses a complex theory based on the digits of Pi to give a look at the life of inanimate objects in Vienna’s Museum of Natural History. The Royal Road combines nostalgia, California’s urban landscapes, the pursuit of an impossible lesbian relationship, and the Mexican-American War into one autobiographical poem. Dreams Rewired combines clips from nearly 200 films and newsreels with a Tilda Swinton commentary on our eternal love/hate relationship with a hyper-mediated world. Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 is an exclusive archival look at the fire and fury of WWI through previously unseen 35mm nitrate footage from the Great War, featuring music by Aleksandra Vrebalov performed by the Kronos Quartet. And 2045 Carnival Folklore is a black and white fever dream of a science fiction story that resembles a noise rock combination of Brave New World and Alphaville.

BLACK BOX 2.0 | MAY 6 - JUNE 7, 2015 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

Black Box is an international art, film, May 5: Opening Night, and technology festival that presents Art Museum Olympic Sculpture contemporary artists who expand the Park language of cinema. A multi-platform May 6 - June 7, 2015: Citywide program of significant scope, Black Box exhibitions in arts venues and is focused on experimental film, video, shipping containers and new media art. Challenging our ideas about what art is and what art can be, May 10: SAM Screening I the festival transmits energetic ideas May 30: Special Performance across industries. It takes place during the May 31: SAM Screening II Seattle International Film Festival and is June 6: Closing Night organized independently by Aktionsart.

Black Box 2.0 is free and open to Black Box 2.0 is curated by Julia Fryett (Founder, Aktionsart) and Anne the public, but tickets are required. Couillaud (Independent Curator), exhibiting over 50 emerging and established Please visit www.blackboxfestival.org artists from around the world. It is organized thematically throughout diverse to view the full program and RSVP. community locations, including movie theaters, living rooms, art galleries, Partners: Seattle Art Museum, museums, public spaces, commercial properties, and shipping containers. Seattle International Film Festival, An online channel premieres new work to audiences in Seattle and beyond. Cornish College of Arts, Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of ​

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FILM PROGRAMS AMBIENTE: NEW SPANISH FILMS

To make the perfect Valencian paella, you need more than vegetable Alyam, Alyam and meats. An exceptional paella is built with short grain rice, sweet The Apu Trilogy: Song of the Little Road The Apu Trilogy: The Unvanquished pimenton, and saffron—just a few of the flourished that careful cooks The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu include. In progress, the dish is observed using all the senses, as the rice Black Girl begins to caramelize, crackle, and smell sweetly toasted. Caught While actors and directors are fundamental in a movie’s construction, they’re The Cave of the Silken Web supported by cinematographers to achieve the most pleasing look; by Cave of the Spider Women composers to enhance the visual moods; and by editors to bring it all together. Color of the Pomegranates Are you now hungry for established as well as emerging Spanish films? Then The Dark Mirror SIFF is the place. Satisfying Spanish filmmaking makes up one of SIFF’s favorite The Old Dark House showcases each year. Que Viva Mexico Rebel Without a Cause The Red Shoes Saved From the Flames— A Trip to the Moon and Other Trips Sherlock Holmes The Son of the Sheik Trudell

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ARCHIVAL FILMS

Time travel may still just be a dream in the scientific world, but in Alyam, Alyam cinema it is practically inevitable, as every film captures several distinct The Apu Trilogy: Song of the Little Road The Apu Trilogy: The Unvanquished moments in time: the period of the story, the era of the film’s creation, The Apu Trilogy: The World of Apu and the instance of discovery and even rediscovery by the filmgoer. Black Girl Released only two weeks after his death, Rudolph Valentino gives the performance Caught of his career in the silent 1926 adventure film Son of the Sheik, a National Film The Cave of The Silken Web Registry preservation selection. In another unfortunate instance of a film being Cave of the Spider Women released after its star’s death, 1955’s Rebel Without a Cause finds James Dean Color of the Pomegranates and his iconic red motorcycle jacket in a classic teen angst narrative guaranteed The Dark Mirror to tear you apart. In honor of our screening of Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes, we’re The Old Dark House showing 1916’s Sherlock Holmes, starring William Gillette in one of the earliest film Que Viva Mexico appearances of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective. Another archival feature linked Rebel Without a Cause to a SIFF 2015 film is Sergei Eisenstein’s Que Viva Mexico, the landmark Rus- sian director’s unfinished 1932 film and focus of Peter Greenaway’s raunchy and The Red Shoes over-the-top biopic Eisenstein in Guanajuato. From overseas, our offerings include Saved From the Flames— Senegalese author/director Ousmane Sembène’s feature debut Black Girl (1966), A Trip to the Moon and Other Trips Sergey Parajanov’s Armenian avant-garde masterpiece Color of the Pomegranates Sherlock Holmes (1969), and Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, considered by many to be three of the The Son of the Sheik greatest works in cinema history. And for our short film program, archivist and Trudell documentarian Serge Bromberg presents Saved from the Flames, a series of previously lost and unknown films restored from deteriorating nitrate reels.

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ASIAN CROSSROADS

Exploring the rich diversity of Asia, SIFF has brought together a Angkor’s Children carefully curated collection of films for 2015. Representing a wide array Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories The Birth of Saké of styles and themes, the selection this year highlights 36 films from 15 The Blue Hour countries including China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bonifacio the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. From a The Chinese Mayor samurai drama (Snow on the Blades) to Pakistan’s first road trip thriller The Coffin in the Mountain (Dukhtar) to a comedic documentary about courtship (Meet the Dearest Patels) and everything in between, there’s something for everyone. Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll Take in the neon lights and sweltering slums of Saigon with Phan Dang Di’s Big Fa- Dukhtar ther, Small Father and Other Stories. From there, head west to Thailand for a haunt- Gentle ing ghost story with an LGBT twist (The Blue Hour) or an unconventional romantic The Golden Era comedy (The Teacher’s Diary). Head into the mountains for Nepal’s The Golden The Golden Hill Hill and Tibet’s The Sacred Arrow, or down to the Philippines for two biopics—one about a heralded nationalist (Bonifacio), the other glimpse into Manny Pacquaio’s Haemoo youth (Kid Kulafu). Over in China, witness a trio of tales revolving around a mysteri- A Hard Day ous death (The Coffin in the Mountain) and a documentary about the mayor of the How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) country’s most polluted city (The Chinese Mayor). Among our Hong Kong offerings, Kid Kulafu there’s The Golden Era, a bold, beautiful epic about author Xio Hang, and Dearest, Little Forest — Summer / Autumn a kidnapping drama that unravels some startling truths about the adoption industry Little Forest — Winter / Spring in China. In Japan, we have a mouthwatering quartet of hour-long culinary chamber The Look of Silence pieces (Little Forest) and the latest from Studio Ghibli (When Marnie Was There). Margarita, With a Straw Explore the best and brightest of new Asian cinema at SIFF. A Matter of Interpretation Meeting Dr. Sun Meet the Patels Mountain Spirits Overheard 3 Paradise in Service Partners in Crime Revivre The Sacred Arrow Snow on the Blades The Teacher’s Diary Temporary Family Under Construction When Marnie Was There Where I Am King

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CATALYST

Each year, the SIFF Catalyst program presents some of the most Chatty Catties unique narrative feature films produced by American filmmakers. Circle Fourth Man Out Pushing beyond the typical indie fare vetted by major festivals Front Cover occurring earlier in the year, SIFF Catalyst has a mandate to take Happy 40th curatorial risks and make adventurous programming choices. And this A Rising Tide year, the program’s fourth, may just be its most adventurous yet.

Not only are all six of this year’s Catalyst films world premieres, but four of them are also from directors making their feature film debuts, which means that you’ll have a front row seat for the next wave of U.S. film directors right here in Seattle. With a growing network of Catalyst alums with films playing on screens of all sizes across the country, our program is fast becoming a launchpad for U.S. indie film.

In addition to the six films—Chatty Catties, Circle, Happy 40th, Fourth Man Out, Front Cover, and A Rising Tide (produced by two filmmakers that met during SIFF Catalyst weekend three years ago!)—we also have a two full days of panels covering everything from production, distribution, workflow, and current trends in Indigenous Cinema. Plus, this year’s Catalyst Keynote State of the Indie Industry will be delivered by Independent Filmmaker Project’s Deputy Director and Head of Programming, Amy Dotson.

Up with indies! Up with SIFF Catalyst!

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CULINARY CINEMA

Popcorn is no longer king as the phenomenon of food culture has The Birth of Saké exploded into cinema. We’ve selected 11 extraordinary films that explore City of Gold Cooking Up a Tribute different aspects of taste and the senses for the cinematically inclined. For Grace Take a sip and inform yourself on the cultural history and careful creation of some King Georges of the world’s oldest libations in The Birth of Saké and Sherry & The Mystery of Little Forest - Summer / Autumn Palo Cortado. Fire up the grill and prepare to learn all the tricks of the trade when it Little Forest - Winter / Spring comes to one of the most mouthwatering carnivorous treats in Steak (R)evolution, Sergio Herman, F**KING PERFECT and watch a man take some dangerous and jaw-dropping risks in the name of Sherry & The Mystery of Palo Cortado health awareness in That Sugar Film. Steak (R)evolution Ever wonder what it’s like to travel across continents to try out different foods and That Sugar Film create your own multi-cultural dishes? Join the Roca brothers and their restaurant crew as they honor the importance of global food culture in Cooking Up a Tribute. Times food critic Jonathon Gold will help with that too—showing you the subtle beauty and massive deliciousness of taco trucks and small family-run diners representing L.A.’s vast melting pot of identities in City of Gold.

Documentaries aren’t the only types of film that illustrate the importance of food culture and get our stomachs growling, as shown in Junichi Mori’s savory quartet of films that follow a young woman who drops everything to cultivate a garden and live off the land, eating only what’s in season in Little Forest - Summer/Autumn and Little Forest – Winter/Spring.

Bon appetit!

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FACE THE MUSIC – LIVE EVENTS

The intersection of film and music illuminate each medium in their own way, whether through a shared sense of dramatic storytelling or via the less predictable pathways of history, home, and reinterpretation.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 8:30PM – NEUMOS

THE GLAMOUR & THE SQUALOR PARTY To celebrate the world premiere of The Glamour & the Squalor we have lined up an amazing show to immediately follow the film screening at Neumos with performances by special surprise guests.

About the Film The Glamour & The Squalor provides an apt title for this unflinching profile of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Marco Collins, who became a radio star in the 1990s and battled drug addiction in the 2000s (the film’s title comes from a show he did on ’s 91X). Collins served as the inaugural music director at Seattle’s commercial alternative station, 107.7 The End, and helped to break world-renowned acts like Nirvana and Beck. In the film, he travels back to Southern California, where his lack of interest in sports attracted bullying from classmates and disappointment from his father, a narrow-minded policeman, but where he found punk rock, which led him to radio. In 1991, he found his way to the Seattle radio station KNDD just as was starting to rise to the surface. Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), and numerous others credit him for getting the word out about their bands. He was also gay at a time when the music scene wasn’t quite as accepting. After leaving The End, Marco plunged into a less glamorous world of odd jobs, stints in rehab, and profound losses. In this stirring portrait, he emerges bloodied but not unbowed.

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Established in 1990 by Martin Scorsese, The Film Foundation is dedicated to protecting and preserving motion picture history, and has helped to restore over 620 films in the last 25 years. SIFF is proud to partner with The Film Foundation to celebrate their 25th Anniversary with 12 restoration titles, eight screened during the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival, and four in partnership with STG and their Trader Joe’s Silent Movie Mondays at the Paramount in June. Alyam, Alyam, d: Ahmed El Maanouni (Morocco 1978) Black Girl, d: Ousmane Sembène (Senegal 1966) Caught, d: Max Ophüls (USA 1949) Color of the Pomegranates, d: Sergey Parajanov (Armenia 1969) The Dark Mirror, d: Robert Siodmak (USA 1946) The Old Dark House, d: James Whale (USA 1932) Rebel Without a Cause, d: Nicholas Ray (USA 1955) The Red Shoes, d: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (United Kingdom 1948)

STG Presents Trader Joe’s Silent Movie Mondays The Mark of Zorro, d: Fred Niblo (USA 1920) My Best Girl, d: Sam Taylor (USA 1927) The Unholy Three, d: Tod Browning (USA 1925) Snow White, d: J. Searle Dawley (USA 1916)

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LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA

Feature films and art-house films from Latin America will again play to Behavior packed movie houses at SIFF. It helps that Latin American filmmaking Blue Blood The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime continues to be vibrant, at least if this year’s offerings from Brazil, Ciudad Delirio Mexico, and Argentina are any indication. However, new voices from The Fire countries such as Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Costa Rica will play The Games Maker alongside the Latin American film establishment, widening the region’s Gente de Bien voice with new themes and styles, providing more stories and new Güeros inventive ways to communicate the rich Latin American cultures. In the Grayscale Murder in Pacot The New Man NN The Second Mother Tea Time Venice

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Who is the boss, ewe or the words? Huh?BREWING And besides, what dew words, let alone speling, have to do with beerCOMPANY anyway. I mean, who ever herd of some namby pamby pale lexiphile curling up buy a warm fire with a good book and a cold beer. This hole bussiness has gone plenty far enouph, don't you think?... Like Adam and Eve, Issac and Ishmael, Mao and confuscious, Good and Evil, Day and Night, Hittites and Visigoths, John and Lorena, or Groucho and Moe, Ales and Lagers are as different as can be. Still we must love each for who they are, separately but equally, with liberty, and justice for all. Cheers!... Those among you who have visited a brewery already know. Those who have not can not imagine. It is said that it takes a lot of beer to make great wine. WhatPETALUMA, then does it take a lot of to make great beer? Answer: Human flesh, CALIF. and lots of it. Not in the beer, of course, but on the blisteringly hot sides of the whirlpool tank, or on the spinning shaft of a pump head. If you should see one of our club footed, three-fingered, cycloptic albino brewers on the street, you might be inclined to give them a quarter. But don't! These individuals are highly paid professionals. Masters of their craft, and committed to their trade with little or no regard for their own personal safety or physical appearance. Beer is a cruel master. Masters are cruel, and beer is no exception. Just don't picture their twisted forms as you enjoy their fine ales... Well, well, well. The head brewer stood opposite the massiveCHICAGO, brewing vessels that were his to command. His mind raced through the possibilities. ILL. What is the temperature of the malt in the grist case overhead? Was the hot liquor tank up to temp? Would the ambient temperature affect the final mash temperature? Should he compensate for the delta temp by running a little higher mash-in temperature? A single degree in either direction would have a life changing effect on both the brewer and the brewee. The beer could be too sweet if a degree high, or too mild and dry if a niggling degree too low. The character of the future beerwww.LAGUNITAS.com that this batch would be hung in the balance. The brewer drew a bead on the temp-probe, the mash tun waited, and the world held its FILM PROGRAMS

MIDNIGHT

ADRENALINE

WARNING: MIDNIGHT ADRENALINE IS HERE WITH NON-STOP GENRE CINEMA THAT WILL SHATTER YOUR SENSES UNTIL YOU HAVE NO SENSE AT ALL!

Open your ears to the riotous, demon-fighting, heavy metal mania of Deathgasm. Smell the musk of an awakening teenage werewolf about to loose her wild side in When Animals Dream. If you are hungry for a midnight snack, we’ve got the perfect junk food: the classic ’80s action cinema of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films. Quench your thirst for blood with Turbo Kid, a tasty tribute to classic post-apocalypse action films. Stare into the face of horror on trips into the forest where you will see vengeful mystical creatures (The Hallow) and sinister Cub Scouts (Cub). Or for terrors so real you can touch them, simply close your eyes and welcome the visions of The Nightmare. We’re even ready to turn on your sixth sense with The Astrologer, a film so weird and unpredictable that you can’t possibly guess what will happen next.

Midnight Adrenaline is more than just movies—it’s a total mind and body experience that will grab you by the collar and drag you into the wee hours only to leave you gasping with sensory overload!

The Astrologer Cub Deathgasm Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films The Hallow The Nightmare Turbo Kid When Animals Attack

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NORTHWEST CONNECTIONS

DISCOVERING A TREASURE TROVE OF CINEMA IN OUR 3 Minute Masterpieces OWN BACKYARD Beach Town Bodyslam: Revenge of the Banana Seattleites see more films per capita than the residents of any other American city, Faces of Yesler Terrace and a growing number of these selections have their roots in the fertile Pacific The Glamour & The Squalor Northwest film community. Each year, SIFF honors the many ways in which the The Hollow One Puget Sound region contributes to the world of cinema, whether it acts as an Northern Exposure evocative location for outside filmmakers or as inspiration for local filmmakers Paper Tigers ready to strut their stuff. Personal Gold: An Underdog Story Erik Hammen coaxes the sun out from behind those Seattle clouds in his rock ‘n’ Pilchuck, A Dance with Fire roll hangout movie Beach Town. Billy Zane stars in West of Redemption, a thriller The Primary Instinct set in Eastern Washington about a farmer and his wife who embark on a tense Uncertain interrogation session with a stranger they decide to take hostage. Valley of the Valley of the Sasquatch Sasquatch and The Hollow One are both bone-chilling debut features—one of West of Redemption which follows a father and son who come face to face with a tribe of very angry, and very hairy, monsters in the Pacific Northwest woods—and the other throwing you right into the dark and twisted riddle of one family’s evil past.

Feel like something a little more reality-based to open your eyes? The debut documentary Uncertain paints a beautiful and heartbreaking portrait of a town on the border of Texas and Louisiana state lines; a safe haven for folks who want to start a new life. Seattle DJ Marco Collins stars in The Glamour & The Squalor, a sobering peek at the effect of media fame and addiction on one of the ’90s number one radio stars. Podcast director and pop culture writer David Chen gives audiences a front row seat to actor and storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky’s one man show, and John Forsen gives a history lesson on the most important glass art centers in the world, Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA, in Pilchuck, A Dance with Fire.

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