Final SIFF Web Notes
by Sean Axmaker. Posted Friday, 6/04/99.
Scheduled guests for the final weekend (please remember that last minute changes are not uncommon, due to guest availability, flights, and conflicts)
* = world premiere
** = American premiere
Friday, June 4
*Freak Talks About Sex: director/writer Paul Todisco, co-writer Michael Galvin and actor Max Casella
*Love Happens: director/write Tony Cookson
*The Basement and the Kitchen: director/star David Fickas and stars Luiggi Debiasse, Mark Kelly, Ric Barbera, Scott Pitts, Terence Winter.
*To Walk With Lions: director Carl Schultz and star Richard Harris
*The Mao Game: director/star Joshua Miller and star Piper Laurie
*This Space Between Us: director Mathew Leutwyler, writer Peter Rudy, and stars Erik Palladino and Poppy Montgomery
Run Lola Run: director Tom Tykwer and star Franka Potente
Saturday, June 5
*Dead Dogs: director Clay Eide and stars Joe Reynolds and Margot Demeter
*To Walk With Lions: director Carl Schultz and star Richard Harris
*The Mao Game: director/star Joshua Miller and star Piper Laurie
*The Basket: director Rich Cowan
*After the Rain: director Ross Kettle
**At Sachem Farm: director John Huddles and stars Minnie Driver and Amila Heinle
*Hand of Fate: director Scott Morgan
Deadly Maria: director Tom Tykwer and at Fly Filmmaking with be the three directors presenting their work: Adrienne Shelly, Julia Sweeney, and Paul Todisco
Sunday, June 6
*Sweet Thing: director Mark David
*This Space Between Us: director Mathew Leutwyler, writer Peter Rudy, and stars Erik Palladino and Poppy Montgomery
*After the Rain: director Ross Kettle
**At Sachem Farm: director John Huddles and stars Minnie Driver and Amila Heinle
Run Lola Run: director Tom Tykwer and star Franka Potente
The Sneak Preview Saturday night is a secret no longer. The scheduled film is an Australian comedy starring Linus Roache called Siam Sunset, straight out of Cannes. The film plays at the Egyptian Theater on Saturday, June 5, at 9:15. The final weekend also welcomes the Filmmakers Forum, a series of seminars and presentations which come at film from the other direction: how do you get it made?
The following is a brief list of events and schedule guests through the weekend. All take place at the Broadway Performance Hall, unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, June 3:
Truth with an Attitude (10-11:30am)
Documentary filmmaking as seen by panelists Katya Bankowsky (Shadow Boxers), Freida Lee Mock (Return with Honor), Scott Morgan (Hand of Fate), Emiko Omori (Rabbit in the Moon), and Parris Patton (Creature), moderated by Diane Hendrix of Clear Blue Sky Productions.
First Rehearsal (12-1:30pm)
Director Michael Hoffman (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Restoration) uses a workshop setting to explore working with actors.
Screenwriters Salon Presents... (4:30-6pm)
Winners of the Second Annual Washington State Film Office Screenplay Competition George Wing, Steven Christy, and Vaughn Entwistle are presented with their awards.
Friday, June 4
Get Ready to Rumble (10-11:30am)
Panelists Gary Gibson (KCTS), Glen Kennel (Cinesite), Bob Lancaster (Alpha Cine Laboratory), Don Miskowich (Sony Pictures Entertainment High Definition Center), and Mark David (director of Sweet Thing) discuss the pros and cons of digital video and film, and the strengths and weaknesses of the many options offered by each format.
From the Basement Up (12-2pm)
Making your film on digital video, with advice, observations and experiences from panelists Andrew Baum (Apple Computer), John Jeffcoat (director, Bingo! The Documentary), Hakim Kamel (Ignition Digital), Dorothea Knapp (Adobe Systems), and Robert Miller (filmmaker), moderated by Jonathan Wells of Res Magazine.
Flashing 101: The Future of Exhibition & Distribution (2:30-4pm)
Panelists Susan Glatzer (October Films), Jeff Graves (Cinerama Theatre), Mark Hall (RealNetworks), Tim Harader (Microsoft), Bob Mayson (Eastman Kodak), Chris Reese (Sightsound.com), and Mika Salmi (Atom Films), led by moderator Jonathan Wells (Res Magazine), discuss the possibilities and realities of new forms of distribution: movies over the Internet, streaming technology, digital theaters and more.
Pre-Movie Soundtrack: Film Spotting (4:30-6pm)
Using the SIFF World Premiere films After the Rain and Dead Dogs as practical examples, a panel of directors, composers, editors, and sound designers discuss the marriage of sound and image. Panelists Clay Eddie (Dead Dogs), Ross Kettle (After the Rain), Alan Koshiyama (Dead Dogs), Martin Lopez (Dead Dogs) , Hummie Mann (After the Rain), Jim Ruxin (After the Rain) are moderated by Nancy Knutsen of ASCAP.
Saturday, June 5
State of the Art: Critical Mass & Independent Film (10-11:30am)
Producers, directors and journalists discuss the relationship between the press and American Independent Cinema. Panelists include Panelists: Michael Corrente (Say You'll Be Mind), Angela Daddabbo (Freak Talks About Sex), Jimmy Daddabbo (Freak Talks About Sex), Ken Eisner (Variety), John Horn (Premiere Magazine), and Joshua Miller (The Mao Game).
The Lion King (12-2pm)
Steven Farber from Movieline Magazine interviews actor Richard Harris in a celebration of his career.
Fly Filmmaking: World Premiere (4:30-6pm)
Directors Adrienne Shelly (Sudden Manhattan), Julia Sweeney (God Said "Ha!" ) and Paul Todisco (Freak Talks About Sex premiere their new original productions in SIFFs unique program, where three directors create a film from scratch in six days with 800 feet (22 minutes) of film stock and a cast and crew of locals. Jay Roach, director of Austin Powers & Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me moderates.
