1999 Awards
210 holders of SIFF passes (full series, platinum, press and staff) rated every SIFF film they saw, averaging 59 films each. The films were rated on a scale of: Most Favorite (+4), Top of the Heap (+3), Honorable Mention (+2), Guilty Pleasure (+1), Neutral (0), Excusable Irritant (-1), Dishonorable Mention (-2), Bottom of the Heap (-3), or Least Favorite (-4).
The Most Favorite films (those rated Most Favorite by the highest percentage of those who saw it, and by at least 10 voters) are:
| Most Favorite | Rating |
| Run Lola Run | 44% |
| Battleship Potemkin | 39% |
| Return With Honor | 33% |
| The Third Man | 33% |
| Limbo | 32% |
| Lovers of the Arctic Circle | 28% |
| Earth | 27% |
| Beseiged | 26% |
| Some Like It Hot | 26% |
| The Red Violin | 24% |
The Most Liked films (those with the highest weighted average vote) are:
| Most Liked | Rating |
| Run Lola Run | 3.02 |
| Return With Honor | 2.86 |
| Some Like It Hot | 2.85 |
| Battleship Potemkin | 2.77 |
| Earth | 2.75 |
| The Third Man | 2.74 |
| Limbo | 2.70 |
| The Assault | 2.65 |
| The Interview | 2.63 |
| One False Move | 2.61 |
Finally, some links to SIFF's official Space Needle Awards:
http://www.seattlefilm.com/press/1999/6.6.99_awards.announced.html
http://www.seattle-pi.com/movies/siff07.shtml
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/siff_19990607.html