Here are some lists of SIFF favorite films, as chosen by our very own Fools.
Wayne Zorro: the revolution will not be televised, edi, marion bridge, dummy, and minimal stories
Bonnie Bouman: Animatrix Together Secret Things Chinese Odyssey 2002 Secret Lives of Dentists American Splendor Sayew The Sea The Eye Winged Migration Surplus
And for those who might be curious, here are the 2003 Golden Space Needle Awards:
Best Film: Whale Rider (New Zealand / Germany) directed by Niki Caro Runners-up 1st Place: Together, directed by Chen Kaige (China / South Korea) 2nd Place: Chaos, directed by Coline Serreau (France) 3rd Place: The Cuckoo, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia) 4th Place: The Wild Dogs, directed by Thom Fitzgerald (Canada)
Best Director: Niki Caro for Whale Rider (New Zealand / Germany) Runners-up 1st Place: Lee Chang-dong, Oasis (South Korea) 2nd Place: Chen Kaige, Together (China / South Korea) 3rd Place: Agnieszka Holland, Julie Walking Home (Canada / Germany / Poland) 4th Place: Brock Morse, Westender (USA)
Best Actor: Seol Kyung-gu for Oasis (South Korea) Runners-up 1st Place: Adrien Brody, Dummy (USA) 2nd Place: Troy Garity, Milwaukee, Minnesota (USA) and Soldier's Girl (USA) 3rd Place: Vlastimil Brodsky, Autumn Spring (Czech Republic) 4th Place: Martin Compton, Sweet Sixteen (USA)
Best Actress: Moon So-ri for Oasis (South Korea) Runners-up 1st Place: Kiesha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider (New Zealand / Germany) 2nd Place: Olympia Dukakis, The Event (Canada) 3rd Place: Molly Parker, Marion Bridge (Canada) 4th Place: Miranda Otto, Julie Walking Home (Canada / Germany / Poland)
Best Documentary: TIE A Great Wonder (USA) directed by Kim Shelton
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Ireland / Venezuela) directed by Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'briain Runners-up 1st Place: Broadway The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There, directed by Rick McKay (USA) 2nd Place: Capturing the Friedmans, directed by Andrew Jarecki (USA) 3rd Place: My Architect, directed by Nathaniel Kahn (USA) 4th Place: Winged Migration, directed by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud and Michel Debats (France / Germany / Spain)
Best Short Film: Misdemeanor (USA) directed by Jonathan LeMonde Runners-up 1st Place: A Tall Tale, directed Jeffrey Blatt (Canada) 2nd Place: Roof Sex, directed by Sarah Phelps (USA) 3rd Place: Straight, No Chaser, directed by Barry Alexander Brown (USA) 4th Place: Listening, directed by Kenneth Branagh (Great Britain)
The Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award - For Persistence of Vision
Winner: Aisling Walsh Song for a Raggy Boy (Ireland / Great Britain / Spain / Denmark)
Also presented were the 29th Annual Seattle International Film Festival's juried awards: The New American Cinema Award, The New Director's Showcase Award, The Asian Tradewinds Award and the inaugural First Person Singular Documentary Award.
New American Cinema Award:
Winner: Milwaukee, Minnesota (USA) directed by Allan Mindel
Honorable Mentions: Naked Proof (USA) directed by Jamie Hook and
Crude (USA / Turkey) directed by Paxton Winters
Jury Statement: One the work of a hometown filmmaker, Jamie Hook, whose feature Naked Proof was a work of most promising energy and originality. In a slightly different vein, we'd like to acknowledge Paxton Winters whose film Crude was an intrepid and risky portrayal of Americans abroad.
And finally we want to award a film that presented a quintessentially American vision while portraying a particular American landscape that is not often seen in Hollywood films. A movie that combines an absorbing crime thriller plot with devastating emotional content. We are proud to present this year's New American Cinema award to Allan Mindel's Milwaukee, Minnesota.
Jurors: Eugene Hernandez, Editor-in-Chief / Co-Founder, IndieWire Glenn Kenny, Senior Editor / Chief Film Critic, Premiere Magazine Will Machin, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions / Distribution Buena Onda Films
New Director's Showcase Award
Winner: Black Ice (GOLOLED) (Russia) directed by Mikhail Brashinsky
Jury Statement: A striking directorial debut that abandons traditional narrative structure in favor of provocative aesthetics and inventive storytelling.
Jurors: Gunnar Almer, The Swedish Film Institute Wouter Barendrecht, Fortissimo Film Sales Carl Spence, Director of Programming, San Francisco International Film Festival
Asian Tradewinds Award:
Winner: PTU (Hong Kong) directed by Johnny To
Jury Statement: In recognition of an ever-more accomplished filmmaker who has brought a very personal stamp to the policier.
Honorable mention: Sayew (Thailand) directed by Kongdej Jaturanrasanee and Kiat Songsananta
Jury Statement: To acknowledge a feature debut that spotlights a previously suppressed subject through the medium of comedy in a manner that will enable it to transcend international boundaries.
Jurors: Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, Miramax Films Shelia Benson, Film Critic Cheng-Sim Lim, Co-Head of Public Programming, UCLA Film and Television Archives
First Person Singular Documentary Award
Winners: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Ireland / Venzuela) directed by Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain
The Weather Underground (USA) directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel
Jury Statement: Two beautifully accomplished films that give important voice to stories that demanded to be told.
Jurors Rick Stevenson, Writer / Director / Producer Tom Skerritt Actor / Director Stewart Stern, Screenwriter