My 2013 SIFF Schedule

It's spring, and when the sun comes out in Seattle, it's time to go indoors--it's SIFF season! (That's the Seattle International Film Festival.) I had to choose out of 447 films this year--and it was a tough choice. I want to see as much as I can, but I know that my work schedule and my stamina will only allow so much. So here's the list of films for which I've purchased tickets. I'm so excited!

Saturday, May 18 11:00 AM Augustine: To quote the web site: "Set in Belle Epoque France, Augustine tells the true-life tale of a pioneering 19th century neurologist and the precocious teenage patient whose "hysteria" becomes the star attraction of his practice."

Saturday, May 18, 7 PM Our Nixon: Home footage and documentary by and about the perpetrators of the Watergate scandal

Monday, May 20, 7 PM Out of Print: Documentary: The rise of the digital revolution and the decline of print

Thursday, May 21, 6:30 PM Populaire: French romantic comedy about a man who takes a terrible secretary and makes her the typing champion of France.

Thursday, May 23, 7:00 PM ShortsFest Opening Night: Opening night of the short film festival

Sunday, May 26, 4PM Her Aim is True: Documentary about rock photographer and Seattlite Jini Dellaccio.

Sunday, May 26, 9 PM The Final Member: Documentary about the Icelandic Phallological Museum and its his quest to find a donor of the final member that will complete his collection: the human penis.

Monday, May 27 6:30 PM A Lady in Paris: Jeanne Moreau as an Estonian immigrant making her way in the City of Light.

Friday May 31, 9:00 PM Ludwig II: Sumptuous-looking German biopic of Bavaria's mad king

Saturday, June 1, 11:00 AM Wolf Children: Anime film about a woman raising two wolf children

Saturday, June 1 9:30 PM Jump: A thriller set in Northern Ireland that weaves together three stories that come together on New Year's Eve

Sunday, June 2, 12:30 PM The Little Tin Man: Sick of being cast only as an elf for Santa, a dwarf decides to take his acting career into his own hands when he auditions for Martin Scorsese's remake of The Wizard of Oz.

Sunday, June 2, 4:00 PM Twenty Feet from Stardom: Documentary about backup singers to the stars

Saturday, June 8 11:30 AM Fanie Fourie's Lobola: Cross-cultural romance set in South Africa about a man who must negotiate his bride's price.

(Haven't made my SIFF icon for this year yet. Must do that today....)