In the past, SIFF relegated its short-film packages to off nights at the uncomfortable Broadway Performance Hall. Now theyre center stage for three days (through Sun., June 1) at the comparatively lush SIFF Cinema. The weekend begins with The Look of Love, a block of titles about you-know-what. After that, Ive got some favorites: Bailey-Boushay House: A Living History, part of the Saturday Gay Lives program, documents the heroic men and women involved in creating the worlds first 24-hour AIDS hospice right here in Seattle. Send your donations now. The Ice Plant (in Sundays Once Upon a Time . . . group) is a charming Scottish romantic comedy that shows what happens when an icy ice-cube factory worker falls in love. (And the puns dont stop there.) Dont miss the entire Rare Gems From Pilot Animation Studios series on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. This retrospective from Russias preeminent animation house is full of visually stunning rarities that you may never see again. Selections include a music video for Moscow band Time Machine, a cute story about worms falling in love, and an abstract piece inspired by Dave Brubecks immortal Take Five. See www.siff.net for full schedule and details. SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer St. (McCaw Hall), 324-9996. $9$11. 4:30 p.m. FRANK PAIVA
May 30-June 3, 2008
