By Kim Voynar Voynar@moviecitynews.com
SIFF 2011 Wraps with Golden Space Needle Awards Brunch and Closing Gala
The 37th Seattle International Film Festival‘s awards brunch was held this morning at the Space Needle. Today, just to be different, Seattle weather is warm and somewhat sunny (at least, relative to the loooooong, cold, damp, endlessly cloudy and dismal winter we’ve endured here), so the view from the Space Needle was pretty spectacular. The pic above is a shot of the Families4Films Youth Jury that my son Jaxon served on. He is the second juror from the right, the one all in black with black-dyed hair. Yup, my kid, for sure. The awards brunch always features a splendid buffet, and once again apple crepes and delish salmon served with a Braeburn apple salsa were highlights. Yum yum …
… Right, there were also awards given! You can read the press release for all those right over here.
Later tonight we have the closing film, Life in a Day, which I saw at Sundance but like well enough to sit through a second time. And then there’s the closing party, which I expect we’ll schlep over for, at least for a little while, to do a round of goodbye-til-next-times for some folks and what-day-are we-having-brunch-next-week for others.
It’s an unfortunate conundrum of film festivals that fest attendees want, want, WANT the parties, but then they’re usually crowded and loud and all that and not quite as fun as you think they’ll be when you hear the word “party.” But we will leave on our dressy attire and go mix and mingle and perhaps there will be a drink or two consumed and some meat on a stick eaten. Certainly, there will be many hugs and fond thoughts for another year of SIFF … and look for my SIFF wrap post tomorrow morning with lots of thoughts about this year’s fest.