[June 14, 2004] — Another SIFF has come and gone, and now we are left wondering what to do with ourselves! It will take a few days to recover and remember how to interact with non-celluloid characters again, and to re-learn how to eat food that is not simply available for purchase in a two block radius. We scurry to pop vitamins now, getting some sun (finally!) to avoid PFS (post-festival sickness). We'll suffer a bit, but I think we'll be fine.

This year's SIFF set attendance records, jumping 20% over the previous year. Some may argue that it was because Seattle had a string of crappy Spring weekends that all happened to land during the fest. Or some may have been lured by the programming and special forums by guests like director Patrice Leconte, cinematographer Christopher Doyle, actor Stephen Fry, and screenwriters Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne.

Let's just say that, as always, we had a great time and can't wait until next year. OK, after 25 days of movie-going, maybe we can wait a little bit... but you know what I mean!

[See the list of 2004 Golden Space Needle and Fool Serious award winners.]

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Last updated June 29th.

6ixtynin9 (Thailand) (7/8)    Asshak - Tales from the Sahara (Ässhäk - Geschichten aus der Sahara) (Germany/Netherlands/Switzerland) (5/8) The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (Japan) (7/8) Born into Brothels (India) (6/8) Bright Leaves (USA) (7/8) Bright Young Things (UK) (7/8)    Buddy (Norway) (5/8) Captive (Argentina) (7/8) Control Room (USA) (6/8)    The Corporation (Canada) (4/8) Danny Deckchair (Australia) (6/8)    Darkness Bride (China/Hong Kong) (3/8)    Doppelganger (Dopperugenga) (Japan) (5/8) Facing Windows (La finestra di fronte) (Italy) (7/8)    Fear and Trembling (Belgium/Japan) (5/8) The Five Obstructions (De fem benspænd) (Denmark) (7/8)    The Forest (Le Silence de la Forêt) (Cameroon) (3/8) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Japan) (6/8) The Goddess (Shennu) (China) (7/8)    The Green Butchers (Denmark) (5/8)    Harry and Max (USA) (3/8)    Haute Tension (France) (5/8) Heir to an Execution (USA) (7/8) Hero (Ying xiong) (Hong Kong/China) (8/8) In Your Hands (Forbrydelser) (Denmark) (6/8) Incident at Loch Ness (USA) (7/8) Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong) (6/8)    Infernal Affairs 3 (Hong Kong) (3/8)    Jester Till (Germany/Belgium) (3/8)    The Kite (Le cerf-volant) (Lebanon/France) (3/8) Last Life in the Universe (Thailand) (6/8)    A Letter to True (USA) (3/8) Monster Road (USA) (7/8) The Mother (UK) (6/8)

Natural City (South Korea) (4/8)    The Notebook (USA) (2/8) Open Water (USA) (6/8) Paternal Instinct (USA) (6/8)    Perfect Strangers (New Zealand) (2/8) Primer (USA) (8/8) The Python (Pitons) (Latvia) (6/8)    The Raspberry Reich (Germany) (3/8)    Red Lights (France) (5/8)    Running on Karma (Daai chek liu) (Hong Kong/China) (4/8) The Saddest Music in the World (Canada) (8/8) Saved! (USA) (6/8)    Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (UK) (4/8)    Secret Festival #1 (4/8) Secret Festival #2 (6/8) Secret Festival #3 (6/8) Seducing Doctor Lewis (Canada) (7/8)    Sky Blue (South Korea) (4/8)    The Snow Walker (Canada) (5/8)    Somnabulance (Somnambuul) (Estonia/Finland) (3/8) The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia/Germany) (6/8)    A Tale of Two Sisters (South Korea) (5/8)    Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space (Japan) (4/8)    The Tesseract (Thailand) (4/8)    A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Mexico) (1/8) Torremolinos 73 (Spain/Denmark) (6/8)    Touch of Pink (Canada/UK) (4/8) Turn Left Turn Right (Heung joh chow heung yau chow) (Hong Kong) (6/8) Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) (Japan) (6/8)    Twin Sisters (De Tweeling) (Netherlands/Luxembourg) (5/8)    Twist (Canada) (2/8)    Undead (Australia) (3/8)

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