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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), held annually in and Foreign Film s and, in recent years, a strong contingent of Documentaries . The 2006 festival ran May 25 – June 18 , 2006. SIFF 2006 included 300+ films and was the first SIFF to include a venue in neighboring Bellevue, Washington since an ill-fated early attempt. The 2007 festival will run May 24 to June 17.http://www.seattlefilm.org/festival/news/detail.aspx?NID=102&FID=32&year=2007 The festival began in 1976 at a then-independent cinema, the Moore Egyptian Theater (now back to its earlier name, the Moore Theater, and functioning as a concert venue). When founders Dan Ireland and Darryl Macdonald of the Moore Egyptian lost their lease, they founded the Egyptian theater in a former Masonic Temple on Seattle's Capitol Hill , which remains the prime festival venue to this day, although the festival now typically uses about half a dozen cinemas, the exact roster varying from year to year. During the 1980s, SIFF audiences developed a reputation for appreciating films that did not fit standard industry niches, such as Richard Rush 's multi-layered '' The Stunt Man '' (1980). SIFF was instrumental in the entry of Dutch films into the United States market, including the first major American success for director Paul Verhoeven . The festival includes a sidebar that is probably unique among major film festivals: a four-film "Secret Festival". Those who attend the Secret Festival do not know in advance what they will see, and they must sign an oath that they will not reveal afterwards what they have seen. In general, SIFF has a reputation as an "audience festival" rather than an "industry festival".Lynn Jacobson, Locals swarm huge Seattle fest . ''Variety'', Jun. 19, 2005 The festival often partially overlaps the Cannes Film Festival , which can reduce attendance by industry bigwigs; in 2007 there are two days of overlap, May 24 and 25. November 28 , 2006 , SIFF and Seattle mayor Greg Nickels announced that SIFF will soon have a home and a year-round screening facility in what has been the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall of McCaw Hall, the same building at Seattle Center that houses the Seattle Opera . The move-in date is scheduled for January, with screenings beginning shortly thereafter. The city will contribute $150,000 to the $350,000 project. This auditorium will also be the "flagship venue" for future SIFF festivals. The SIFF group also curates the Global Lens film series, the Screenwriters Salon, and Futurewave (K-12 programming and youth outreach), coordinates SIFF-A-Go-Go travel programs (organized tours to other film festivals), and co-curates the 1 Reel Film Feastival at Bumbershoot and the Sci-Fi Shorts Film Festival at the Science Fiction Museum And Hall Of Fame . Getting Involved As the largest film festival in North America, SIFF is active in the Seattle community and requires thousands of interns, hourly workers and volunteers that together, provide tens of thousands of human hours for overall, general management. Volunteers and other workers can register to get involved, join specific teams, meet coordinators, and pick up and cancel their work shifts online at the SIFF Shiftboard AWARDS Since 1985, the Seattle International Film Festival has awarded the Golden Space Needle award each year to the festival's most popular movie. Ballots are cast by audience members at the end of each movie. Previous winners of the Golden Space Needle include '' Whale Rider '' for 2003 , '' Trainspotting '' for 1996 and '' Kiss Of The Spider Woman '' for 1985 . Golden Space Needle (Best Film) and SIFF Awards for Best Short and Documentary SIFF Awards for Best Director, Actress and Actor PREMIERES Among the films that have received North American or world premieres at SIFF are
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