Film Awards

2016 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerCaptain FantasticMatt RossIn the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.Amazon2016 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film NomineesA Man Called OveHannes HolmAmazonBattledream ChronicleAlain BidardAmazonHunt for the WilderpeopleTaika WaititiAmazonSouthside with YouRichard TanneAmazonThe Olive TreeIcíar BollaínAmazonTrumanCesc GayAmazon

2015 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerThe Dark HorseJames Napier RobertsonA brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.Amazon2015 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film NomineesGrowing Up SmithFrank LotitoAmazonInside OutPete DocterAmazonMe and Earl and the Dying GirlAlfonso Gomez-RejonAmazonShaun the Sheep MovieMark BurtonAmazon

2014 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerBoyhoodRichard LinklaterThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.Amazon2014 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film NomineesBig in JapanJohn JeffcoatAmazonHow to Train Your Dragon 2Dean DeBloisAmazonLife Feels GoodMaciej PieprzycaAmazonThe Fault in Our StarsJosh BooneAmazon

2013 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerFanie Fourie's LobolaHenk PretoriusThe story of the complications that ensue when an Afrikaans man and Zulu girl fall in love, especially when the traditional custom of "lobola", or dowry, makes things even more difficult for them.Amazon2013 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film NomineesCirclesSrdan GolubovicAmazonDecoding Annie ParkerSteven BernsteinAmazonHorses of GodNabil AyouchAmazonMonsters UniversityDan ScanlonAmazonPopulaireRégis RoinsardAmazonShort Term 12Destin Daniel CrettonAmazonStill MineMichael McGowanAmazonThe Forgotten KingdomAndrew MudgeAmazonThe RocketKim MordauntAmazonUnfinished SongPaul Andrew WilliamsAmazon

2012 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerAny Day NowTravis FineIn the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.Amazon2012 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film NomineesEdenMegan GriffithsAmazon

2011 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerFace to FaceLeanne HanleyFace to Face is adapted from David Williamson's play of the same name which is in turn based on the transcripts from real conflict resolution sessions. The story is about a young scaffold ...Amazon2011 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film NomineesThe WhistleblowerLarysa KondrackiAmazon

2009 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerBlack DynamiteScott SandersBlack Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.Amazon

2008 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerCherry BlossomsDoris DörrieAfter Rudi's wife Trudi suddenly dies, he travels to Japan to fulfill her dream of being a Butoh dancer.Amazon

2007 Seattle International Film Festival - Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film WinnerOutsourcedJohn JeffcoatAfter his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement.Amazon