WHATS IN THE FUTURE FOR OUR OLD-SCHOOL FILM FEST?
” “Therein lies the problem for our beloved SIFF, which celebrated its 25th anniversary only last year and now stares uneasily into a new millennium. Film festivals have never been so popular, so pervasive, sowelldevalued by their sheer number. Today, SIFF cofounder and festival director Darryl Macdonald bemoans the spread of the film festival virus, which has infected every podunk town in America. Yet SIFF played its part in that growth, he notes, providing a studio-plus-art-film model that bigger fests have emulated then overshadowed. “The marketplace has changed, Macdonald observes, There’s more industry that attends those festivals than here . . . which can create a feeding frenzy.” For more information, please visit – Seattle Weekly 5/10/06 “AWARD-WINNING FILM IS PRODUCT OF ITS CREATOR AND OF SEATTLE” “She’s referring to her other baby: the film she wrote and directed called We Go Way Back, which will play during the Seattle International Film Festival, May 25-June 18 (see accompa
