Yesterday, I was at the press launch for the fortieth Seattle International Film Festival, and more details will be forthcoming closer to the date of the festival.
For the time being, I found the trailers, clips, or, oddly, interviews with Whoopi Goldberg (or in the case of opening night movie JIMI: All is By My Side, my review) to the films in the ever-popular Face the Music Series, and embedded them below. Included are movies about Nick Cave, Fela Kuti, the British Shoegaze movement, and more. I’m particularly excited to see Megan Griffiths’ newest Lucky Them. Of course, be sure to consult the SIFF guide for tickets and showtimes and such.
3 Mile Limit, dir: Craig Newland:
20,000 Days on Earth, dir: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard:
Alive Inside, dir: Michael Rossato-Bennett:
Beautiful Noise, dir: Eric Green:
Begin Again, dir: John Carney:
Big in Japan, dir: John Jeffcoat:
Electro Chaabi, dir: Hind Meddeb:
Finding Fela, dir: Alex Gibney:
Frank, dir: Leonard Abrahamson:
God Help the Girl, dir: Stuart Murdoch:
JIMI: All is By My Side, dir: John Ridley:
Keep On Keepin’ On, dir: Alan Hicks:
Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women in Jazz, dir: Kay D. Ray:
Living is Easy With Eyes Closed, dir: David Trueba:
Lucky Them, dir: Megan Griffiths:
Razing the Bar: A Documentary About the Funhouse, dir: Ryan Worsley:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, dir: Jim Sharman:
Shake the Dust, dir: Adam Sjöberg:
Song of the New Earth, dir: Ward Serrill:
Strictly Sacred: The Story of Girl Trouble, dir: Isaac Olsen:
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, dir: Mike Myers:
Touch of the Light (Ni guang fei xiang), dir: Rong-ji Chang:
We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst!), dir: Lukas Moodysson:
I was hoping that they’d get God Help The Girl for the festival — saw it at SXSW and was thoroughly charmed! Wonder if Stuart Murdoch will make it to Seattle, too?