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2019 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Tel Aviv on Fire Sameh Zoabi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tel-aviv-on-fire-sameh-zoabi-image.jpg)
Tel Aviv on Fire
Sameh Zoabi
2018 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Eighth Grade Bo Burnham](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eighth-grade-bo-burnham-image.jpg)
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham
2017 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![At the End of the Tunnel Rodrigo Grande](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-rodrigo-grande-image.jpg)
At the End of the Tunnel
Rodrigo Grande
2016 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Captain Fantastic Matt Ross](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/captain-fantastic-matt-ross-image.jpg)
Captain Fantastic
Matt Ross
2015 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![The Dark Horse James Napier Robertson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-dark-horse-james-napier-robertson-image.jpg)
The Dark Horse
James Napier Robertson
2014 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Boyhood Richard Linklater](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boyhood-richard-linklater-image.jpg)
Boyhood
Richard Linklater
2013 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Fanie Fourie's Lobola Henk Pretorius](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fanie-fouries-lobola-henk-pretorius-image.jpg)
Fanie Fourie’s Lobola
Henk Pretorius
2012 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Any Day Now Travis Fine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/any-day-now-travis-fine-image.jpg)
Any Day Now
Travis Fine
2011 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Face to Face Leanne Hanley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/face-to-face-michael-rymer-image.jpg)
Face to Face
Leanne Hanley
2010 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![The Hedgehog Mona Achache](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hedgehog-mona-achache-image.jpg)
The Hedgehog
Mona Achache
2009 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Black Dynamite Scott Sanders](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/black-dynamite-scott-sanders-image.jpg)
Black Dynamite
Scott Sanders
2008 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Cherry Blossoms Doris Dörrie](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cherry-blossoms-doris-dorrie-image.jpg)
Cherry Blossoms
Doris Dörrie
2007 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Outsourced John Jeffcoat](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/outsourced-john-jeffcoat-image.jpg)
Outsourced
John Jeffcoat
2006 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Michel Hazanavicius](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oss-117-cairo-nest-of-spies-michel-hazanavicius-image.jpg)
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Michel Hazanavicius
2005 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Innocent Voices](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/innocent-voices-luis-mandoki-image.jpg)
Innocent Voices
2004 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Facing Windows](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/facing-windows-ferzan-ozpetek-image.jpg)
Facing Windows
2003 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Whale Rider](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/whale-rider-niki-caro-image.jpg)
Whale Rider
2002 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Elling](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elling-petter-næss-image.jpg)
Elling
2001 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Finder's Fee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/finders-fee-jeff-probst-image.jpg)
Finder’s Fee
2000 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Shower](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shower-yang-zhang-image.jpg)
Shower
1999 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Run Lola Run](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/run-lola-run-tom-tykwer-image.jpg)
Run Lola Run
1998 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![God Said, 'Ha!'](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/god-said-ha-julia-sweeney-image.jpg)
God Said, ‘Ha!’
1997 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Comrades, Almost a Love Story](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/comrades-almost-a-love-story-peter-ho-sun-chan-image.jpg)
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
1996 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Trainspotting](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/trainspotting-danny-boyle-image.jpg)
Trainspotting
1995 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![The Kingdom](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kingdom-image.jpg)
The Kingdom
1994 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-stephan-elliott-image.jpg)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1993 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![The Wedding Banquet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-wedding-banquet-image.jpg)
The Wedding Banquet
1992 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![IP5: The Island of Pachyderms](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ip5-the-island-of-pachyderms-jean-jacques-beineix-image.jpg)
IP5: The Island of Pachyderms
1991 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![My Father's Glory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-fathers-glory-yves-robert-image.jpg)
My Father’s Glory
1991 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![My Mother's Castle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-mothers-castle-yves-robert-image.jpg)
My Mother’s Castle
1990 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Pump Up the Volume](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pump-up-the-volume-image.jpg)
Pump Up the Volume
1989 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Apartment Zero Martin Donovan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/apartment-zero-martin-donovan-image.jpg)
Apartment Zero
Martin Donovan
1989 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Apartment Zero](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/apartment-zero-martin-donovan-image.jpg)
Apartment Zero
1988 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Bagdad Cafe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bagdad-cafe-percy-adlon-image.jpg)
Bagdad Cafe
1987 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![My Life as a Dog](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-life-as-a-dog-lasse-hallstrom-image.jpg)
My Life as a Dog
1986 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![The Assault](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-assault-fons-rademakers-image.jpg)
The Assault
1985 Seattle International Film Festival – Golden Space Needle Award – Best Film
![Kiss of the Spider Woman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-hector-babenco-image.jpg)