SIFF Events

Festival Forum: First Person Singular

Sun., May 25, 11:30 a.m., Broadway Perf. Hall

Directors including Frank Pierson (A Soldier's Girl) discuss the challenges of documentary filmmaking.

Script Reading

Mon., May 26, 11:30 a.m., Broadway Perf. Hall

Director Robinson Devor (The Woman Chaser, SIFF '00) conducts a read-through of his co-written Police Beat, slated to be filmed in Seattle.

Fly Films

Mon., May 26, 1:45 p.m., Egyptian

Ten local filmmakers were randomly assigned Seattle-related subjects for their five-minute docs. See the results.

An Evening with Ray Harryhausen

Fri., May 30, 6:30 p.m., Egyptian

The stop-motion animation pioneer shows and discusses Jason and the Argonauts (see p. 12) and his new short, The Tortoise and the Hare.

Festival Forum: The Female Paradigm

Sun., June 1, 11:30 a.m., Broadway Perf. Hall

Three female filmmakers talk about their gender as it relates to the film business.

An Evening With Jeff Goldblum

Sun., June 8, 6:30 p.m., Egyptian

From Igby Goes Down (the SIFF '02 opener) and many other films, the lanky actor gabs, charms, and shows clips from his long career.

An Evening With Julia Sweeney

Tues., June 10, 7:30 p.m., Starbucks, 1600 E. Olive Way

Local critic Kathleen Murphy talks with Yakima's own Sweeney (Saturday Night Live, God Said "Ha!").

Festival Forum: Music Masterclass

Thurs., June 12, 1 p.m., Broadway Perf. Hall

Record-industry exec Ian Hierons talks with composer Mychael Danna (Antwone Fisher, The Ice Storm)

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