Seattle International Film Festival

at KPC June 3-13

Now in its 36th year, the Seattle International Film Festival is the largest and most highly-attended film festival in the United States. Hailed by Variety as one of the world's "50 unmissable film festivals," SIFF showcases more than 400 films from more than 60 countries to an audience of 150,000 film lovers each year.

SIFF is delighted to include Kirkland in its expanding community again this year. We have an outstanding selection of films for this year's Festival, and we're thrilled to screen 31 of them at the Kirkland Performance Center June 3-13. Celebrate with SIFF at Kirkland Opening Night, featuring The Over the Hill Band, a charming comic drama in the tradition of Calendar Girls and Young@Heart about a classy woman who rediscovers life and love when it seems too late. Tickets to the film and pre-reception are $25 (SIFF Members $23). Film-only tickets are available for $13 (SIFF Members $11).

For full Festival lineup, please visit www.siff.net.

FILMS SHOWING AT KIRKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTER

The Over the Hill Band  June 3, 8:00pm
A charming comic drama about a classy woman who rediscovers life and love through music when it’s almost too late. (d: Geoffrey Enthoven c: Marilou Mermans, Lea Couzin, Lut Tomsin, Lucas van den Eynden, Jan van Looveren, Belgium 2009, 95 min)     

Beyond Ipanema   June 4, 5:00pm
From bossa nova to baile funk, from Carmen Miranda to Astrud Gilberto, this stylish exploration showcases Brazil’s top export: music.  (d: Guto Barra Featuring:, David Byrne, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Devendra Banhart, Brazil/USA 2009, 90 min)  

Ondine  June 4, 7:00pm
An embittered fisherman nets a mysterious, half-dead girl who his daughter is convinced is a mythical creature in this hopeful and captivating mix of small-town comedy and fantasy.  (d: Neil Jordan c: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Stephen Rea, Alison Barry, Ireland/USA 2009, 111 min)             

K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces  June 4, 9:30pm
Framed by the masked master thief K-20, circus acrobat Hekichi Endo undertakes a swashbuckling quest to clear his name.  (d: Shimako Sato c: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Toru Nakamura, Japan 2009, 137 min)          

Carlitos and the Chance of a Lifetime  June 5, 1:00pm
Carlitos’ talents for playing soccer and getting into trouble serve him well as he dodges his nasty orphanage director’s watchful eye in order to pursue his soccer-star dreams. All ages, in Spanish with English subtitles.  (d: Jesús Del Cerro c: Irene Visedo, Jose Maria Pou, Guillermo Campra, Gustavo Salmerón, Spain 2009, 107 min)   

Plug & Pray  June 5, 3:30pm
A probing and critical look into the minds and labs of Artificial Intelligence experts, questioning scientific faith in technology. North American Premiere (d: Jens Schanze, Featuring: Joseph Weizenbaum, Raymond Kurzweil, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Giorgio Metta, Joel Moses, Neil Gershenfeld, Joe Wuensche, Minoru Asada, Germany 2009, 90 min)   

Hipsters   June 5, 5:45pm
An exemplary Communist is seduced out of his ideology by Western culture and music in this ultra-stylish MGM-inspired Technicolor musical.  (d: Valery Todorovsky c: Oksana Akinshina, Anton Shagin, Evgenia Brik, Maksim Matveev, Russia 2009, 125 min)           

Bran Nue Dae   June 5, 9:30pm
In a simultaneously wacky and thought-provoking musical, a young aboriginal and his oddball companions travel the road to self-discover through the spectacular landscape of Western Australia.   (d: Rachel Perkins c: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Missy Higgins, Geoffrey Rush, Australia 2009, 88 min)       

Princess Lillifee   June 6, 1:00pm
Full of fun songs and vibrant animation, Princess Lillifee must learn to think positively and convince the townspeople they can all live together in happiness. All ages, in English.  (d: Alan Simpson, Ansgar Niebuhr, Zhijian Xu, Germany 2009, 70 min)     

Khargosh   June 6, 3:00pm
A small-town boy in a remote Indian village accidentally enters into the strange and confusing adult adventure of love.  (d: Paresh Kamdar c: Arhan Wilson, Gauri, Sumit Sharma, Garima Shrivastav, Chittaranjan Giri, India 2009, 94 min)      

Bride Flight   June 6, 5:15pm
An epic and romantic love story surrounding three women who emigrated to New Zealand and whose lives were intertwined in ways they did not imagine before meeting again 50 years later.  (d: Ben Sombogaart c: Rutger Hauer, Karina Smulders, Elise Schaap, Anna Drijver, Waldemar Torenstra, Netherlands 2009, 130 min)           

Skateland   June 6, 8:00pm
It’s 1983 in small-town Texas and 19-year-old Ritchie, a manager at the local roller rink, is stuck in the past -- until dramatic events close to home bring him face to face with the future.  (d: Anthony Burns c: Shiloh Fernandez, A.J. Buckley, Ashley Greene, Brett Cullen, Ellen Hollman, USA 2010, 98 min)       

Reykjavik-Rotterdam   June 7, 7:00pm
The principals of Jar City (SIFF 2008) reunite in this tight thriller about an ex-con lured into one last job smuggling booze.  (d: Oskar Jonasson c: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Iceland 2009, 83 min)     

The Wedding Cake   June 7, 9:30pm
In this highly entertaining and riotous romp, a young couple gets more than they bargain for when family secrets derail their traditional wedding in the country. North American Premiere (d: Denys Granier-Deferre c: Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jérémie Renier, Clémence Poésy, France 2010, 93 min)            

Tsar   June 8, 6:30pm
An epic costume drama chronicling the conflict between church and state when Filipp, the metropolitan of Moscow dares to stand up to Ivan the Terrible’s fanatical tyranny.  (d: Pavel Lungin c: Piotr Mamonov, Oleg Yankovsky, Ramilia Iskander, Russia 2009, 123 min)     

Cargo   June 8, 9:15pm
While on their journey to a paradisiacal planet aboard a rusty space-freighter, the crew uncovers mysterious evidence of more than just a possible stowaway.  (d: Ivan Engler c: Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold, Michael Finger, Regula Grauwiller, Yangzom Brauen, Switzerland 2009, 107 min)         

Disco and Atomic War   June 9, 7:00pm
Soviet signal-jammers and Communist ideologues fight a losing battle against Western pop culture’s airwaves drifting over the Iron Curtain and into Estonia.  (d: Jaak Kilmi, Estonia/Finland 2009, 80 min)             

Protektor   June 9, 9:00pm
Radio journalist Emil protects his film star wife against anti-Semitism in a stylish drama set in Prague during the Nazi occupation.   (d: Marek Najbrt c: Jana Plodková, Marek Daniel, Klára Melí ková, Tomá  M chá ek, Richard Stanke, Czech Republic 2009, 98 min)          

An Ordinary Execution   June 10, 6:30pm
The life of a young doctor with healing powers is irreparably changed after she is called upon to care for Stalin in this tension filled reinvention of history.   (d: Marc Dugain c: André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer, Denis Podalydes, Tom Novembre, France 2010, 105 min)             

I Miss You   June 10, 9:15 PM
The younger brother of a charismatic revolutionary who disappears in a military coup grapples with fears of inadequacy and self-doubt. US Premiere (d: Fabián Hofman c: Fermin Volcoff, Martin Slipak, Luis Ziembrowski, Susana Pampin, Alvaro Gtuerrero, Mexico/Argentina/Uruguay 2010, 100 min)     

Father and Guns   June 11, 4:30pm
Undercover father-and-son cop team infiltrate an adventure group-therapy camp with hilarious results in this runaway hit.  (d: Émile Gaudreault c: Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde, Rémy Girard, Caroline Dhavernas, Robin Aubert, Canada (Québec) 2010, 107 min)        

Every Day   June 11, 7:00pm
Misunderstood by his wife, confused by his children, and abused by his grumpy father-in-law, Ned is at a crossroads—and one path leads straight to a sexy coworker. A wry family drama with a terrific cast.  (d: Richard Levine c: Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino, USA 2010, 93 min)       

Turn It Loose   June 11, 9:30pm
Six b-boys fight for the chance to be called “the best” in this kinetic, intense, global, and soulful dance film. North American Premiere (d: Alastair Siddons, United Kingdom/France 2009, 90 min)       

Eleanor’s Secret   June 12, 1:00pm
Caught in a race against time, 7-year-old Nat is the only one who can save storybook characters like Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan from fading into oblivion.  (d: Dominique Monfery, France 2009, 76 min)     

Ginny Ruffner: A Not So Still Life   June 12, 3:00pm
An inspiring testament to the tenacity and brilliance of Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner’s revolutionary artistic achievements, as well as her miraculous and determined recovery from a near-fatal car accident. World Premiere (d: Karen Stanton, USA 2010, 90 min)      

Au Revoir Taipei   June 12, 6:00pm
A lovesick teen, a retiring gangster, a broken-hearted cop, wannabe thugs, and a bookshop clerk irreparably cross paths one night, changing their fates in this irreverent romantic comedy-caper.  (d: Arvin Chen c: Jack Yao, Amber Kuo, Joseph Chang, Lawrence Ko, Frankie Gao, Taiwan/USA/Germany 2010, 85 min)            

For the Good of Others   June 12, 8:30pm
Modern medicine and old-fashioned superstition collide when a doctor discovers he holds the power to heal in his hands; however, will he save the lives of the few he loves, or the many?  North American Premiere (d: Óskar Santos c: Eduardo Noriega, Belén Rueda, Angie Cepeda, Cristina Plazas, Clara Lago, Spain 2010, 102 min)           

From Time To Time   June 13, 1:00pm
Young Tolly takes full advantage of his ability to see his ancestors’ ghosts as he uncovers an antique secret that threatens to upset the balance of history. Ages 5+ for ghostly presences and some intense sequences. In English.  (d: Julian Fellowes c: Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Alex Etel, United Kingdom 2009, 92 min)            

Angel at Sea   June 13, 3:30pm
A father’s secret shatters the idyllic life and innocent outlook of a young Belgian boy living in Morocco.  (d: Frédéric  Dumont c: Olivier Gourmet, Anne Consigny, Martin Nissen, Pierre Luc Brillant, Louis Portal, Belgium/Canada 2009, 86 min)     

White Wedding   June 13, 6:00pm
Take a sweet South African road trip through the hills and valleys of love, friendship, and post-apartheid culture clashes.  (d: Jann Turner c: Kenneth Nkosi, Rapulana Seiphemo, Zandile Msutwana, Jodie Whittaker, South Africa 2009, 93 min)      

Born to Suffer   June 13, 8:30pm

A gentle, bittersweet comedy of a 72-year-old woman who, to everyone’s surprise, marries her faithful housekeeper in order to keep her family at bay.  North American Premiere (d: Miguel Albaladejo c: Adriana Ozores, Petra Martinez, Alfonsa Rosso, Malena Alterio, Spain 2010, 112 min)