Seattle Film Festival – 2005 Awards

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31st Seattle International Film Festival Awards

The 31st Seattle International Film Festival was held between May 19-June 12, 2005.

The 31st Seattle International Film Festival Awards were announced on June 12, 2005.

 

JURY AWARDS

Grand Jury Prize, Best New Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Chetyre / 4 (Russia)

Special Jury Prize, Best New Director: Brad McGann, In My Father’s Den (New Zealand)

Grand Jury Prize, Best New American Film: Swimmers, directed by Doug Sadler

Special Jury Prize, Best New American Film: Ellie Parker, directed by Scott Coffey

Grand Jury Prize, Best Documentary: Based on a True Story, directed by Walter Stokman (Netherlands)

Special Jury Prize, Best Documentary: Trudell, directed by Heather Rae (US)

Grand Jury Prize, Best Live Action Short: Everything In This Country Must, directed by Gary McKendry (UK)

Grand Jury Prize, Best Animated Short: The Raftman’s Razor, directed by Keith Bearden (US)

Special Jury Prizes for Best Short: Can’t Stop Breathing, directed by Amy Neil (Scotland); Phantom Limb, directed by Jay Rosenblatt (US); La Vie d’un Chien, directed by John Harden (US)

 

GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARDS

Voces inocentes aka Innocent Voices (2004), directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Carlos Padilla, Ofelia Medina

Best Film: Voces inocentes / Innocent Voices (Mexico), directed by Luis Mandoki and written and produced by Oscar Torres

Runners-up: Hauru no ugoku shiro / Howl’s Moving Castle (Japan) directed by Hayao Miyazaki; Så som i himmelen / As It Is in Heaven (Sweden) directed by Kay Pollak; Banlieue 13 (France) directed by Pierre Morel; Yesterday (South Africa) directed by Darrell James Roodt

Best Documentary: Murderball (USA) directed by Henry-Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro

Runners-up: La Marche de l’empereur / March of the Penguins (France) directed by Luc Jacquet; After Innocence (USA) directed by Jessica Sanders; Mad Hot Ballroom (USA) directed by Marilyn Agrelo, Fishermen’s Terminal (USA) directed by B.J. Bullert

Best Director: Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin (USA)

Runners-up: Sally Potter for Yes (USA); Susanne Bier for Brødre / Brothers (Denmark); (three-way tie) Wong Kar-wai for 2046 (Hong Kong), Kim Ki-duk for Bin-jip / 3-Iron (South Korea), and Alice Wu for Saving Face (USA); and Drew Emery for Inlaws & Outlaws (USA)

Best Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin (USA)

Runners-up: Peter Sarsgaard for The Dying Gaul (USA); Mathieu Amalric for Rois et reine / King and Queens (France); Romain Duris for De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté / The Beat That My Heart Skipped (France); Parviz Parastui for The Lizard (Iran)

Best Actress: Joan Allen, Yes (USA)

Runners-up: Maggie Cheung for Clean (France); Glenn Close for Heights (USA); Shirley Henderson for Frozen (United Kingdom); Amy Adams for Junebug (USA)

Best Short: The Raftman’s Razor (USA) directed by Keith Bearden

Runners-up: While the Widow is Away (USA) directed by Adam Reid; La Vie d’un Chien (USA) directed by John Harden; Cashback (United Kingdom) directed by Sean Ellis; The Mantis Parable (USA) directed by Joshua Staub

 

SPECIAL AWARDS

Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award: After Innocence, directed by Jessica Sanders

Inaugural Seattle Filmmakers Award: Cinematographer Sean Kirby, for The Gits and Police Beat

 

The Golden Space Needle Awards are voted by the festival’s audience members.

Jury for Best New Director: David Poland (moviecitynews.com), Fred Tsui (Media Asia) and Bill Murray (Northwest Screenwriter’s Guild)

Jury for Best New American Film: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (Director/Producer, Iceland), Michael Weber (Sales Agent, Bavaria Film International), and Sean Nelson (Seattle-based writer and musician)

Jury for Best Documentary: Ida Martins (Media Luna Entertainment, Germany), Mark Olsen (Los Angeles Times/Sight and Sound/Film Comment), Angela Pressburger (Programming Consultant, Vancouver International Film Festival)

Jury for Short Films: Michael Seiwerath (Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum), Keith Simanton (Managing Director, iMDb.com), Shannon Gee (Writer/Producer)

 

Seattle International Film Festival Site

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