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The Seattle International Film Festival announced today the official lineup for the 2013 Women in Cinema festival. The Women in Cinema, produced by SIFF, and sponsored by OSKA in addition to LUNAFEST, will run January 23-27, 2013.
“After a ten-year hiatus, we are excited to revive SIFF’s popular festival devoted to women directors. There is an abundance of extraordinary films directed by women this year and we look forward to showcasing a lively selection of the best new films from around the world,” said SIFF Artistic Director, Carl Spence. The 2013 Women in Cinema festival will showcase 10 feature films and a program of shorts from women filmmakers all around the globe.
Women in Cinema 2013 will open with Margarethe von Trotta’s biopic, HANNAH ARENDT (Germany, 2012) about the philosopher famous for her controversial reporting on the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann and her shocking conclusion of “the banality of evil,” to describe the ordinariness of the Holocaust’s perpetrators. Actress Barbara Sukowa gives what is “
The festival will close with GINGER & ROSA (United Kingdom, 2012), the story of two best friends (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert) growing up in Great Britain during the sixties. The girls discover that with the newfound freedom of the sexual revolution comes a heavy price in this salutary tale. Turning her lens on her own generation, ORLANDO writer-director Sally Potter looks back on the roots of feminism with admiration for the idealism of her young heroine, and also with a keen eye for the naïveté of that age and that time. The film also stars Oliver Platt, Timothy Spall, Jodhi May, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks and Annette Bening.
“With women directors working in every cinematic genre, SIFF celebrates a broad range of films with women at the helm at the Women in Cinema festival,” said SIFF Director of Programming, Beth Barrett. Women in Cinema will also include presentations of following celebrated films: THE DANDELIONS (dir. Carine Tardieu, France), 2012 Locarno Film Festival Audience Award-winner LORE (dir. Cate Shortland, Australia/Germany/UK), MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (dir. Deepa Mehta, Canada/UK), SATELLITE BOY ((dir. Catriona McKenzie, Australia), 2012 Fantastic Fest Award-winner VANISHING WAVES (dir. Kristina Buozyte, Lithuania/France/Belgium), and THE WORLD BEFORE HER (dir. Nisha Pahuja, Canada).
Additional Women in Cinema programs will include a selection of female-helmed short films and the festival forum, Beyond the Director.
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2015 Women in Cinema, Seattle International Film Festival ‘s annual showcase of extraordinary women filmmakers, will take place September 17 to 24, celebrating films from around the world in all genres. The eight-day event will feature 14 exciting features and documentaries, all screening at the SIFF Cinema Uptown on Lower Queen Anne. Five of the directors featured will join us to discuss their films at post-screening Q&As.
The Opening Night film, the charming and incisive It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, stars Seattle favorite Jamie Chung (Golden Space Needle Award – Best Actress, Eden). Director Emily Ting will be in attendance.
The following night welcomes legendary director Penelope Spheeris, who will present her groundbreaking cult hit The Decline of Western Civilization, Part 1 – and then introduce her box-office smash Wayne’s World. Party on.
This year’s lineup also includes Holly Morris’s The Babushkas of Chernobyl (pictured above) (produced by local Seattle writing organization, Hedgebrook); Finding Gastón, a Culinary Cinema selection about the leading farm-to-table chef in Peru; Catherine Hardwick’s latest Miss You Already starring Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore; documentarian Vanessa Hope’s insightful All Eyes and Ears; and maverick filmmaker Ondi Timoner’s Brand: A Second Coming. In addition to attending the screening of her film, Timoner will conduct a documentary filmmaking masterclass.
“Women directors still make up less than 10% of the highest grossing mainstream films each year,” notes SIFF’s Artistic Director, Carl Spence. “That’s partly why we love bringing the work of incredible female filmmakers to our audience.” Adds Beth Barrett, SIFF’s Director of Programming, “And the bonus is that these are simply amazing films. Women in Cinema is our chance to show that there’s every reason to further embrace these exceptional voices.”