SIFF Award Winners from the 2000s

Black Dynamite

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2009
• Director Scott Sanders
• Cast Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson, Kevin Chapman, Richard Edson, Bokeem Woodbine
• Genre Action, Comedy
• Available on VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, Amazon, FandangoNOW, iTunes

He's super bad. He's outta sight. He's... Black Dynamite!

Cherry Blossoms
(Kirschblüten - Hanami)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Germany • 2008
• Director Doris Dörrie
• Cast Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl, Maximilian Brückner, Aya Irizuki, Birgit Minichmayr
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Kanopy, Hoopla, Amazon

You never know what you have until its gone.

Outsourced

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2007
• Director John Jeffcoat
• Cast Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Arjun Mathur, Larry Pine, Asif Basra
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Available on VUDU, IndieFlix, FandangoNOW, iTunes, YouTube, Amazon, Google Play

Todd just lost his job. Now he has to find his life.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
(OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France • 2006
• Director Michel Hazanavicius
• Cast Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Aure Atika, Philippe Lefebvre, Constantin Alexandrov, Saïd Amadis
• Genre Crime, Action, Adventure, Comedy
• Available on Amazon, iTunes, VUDU, Kanopy, Google Play, YouTube, Popcornflix, Hoopla

The Pride of French Intelligence.

Whale Rider

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• New Zealand, Germany • 2003
• Director Niki Caro
• Cast Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu
• Genre Drama, Family
• Available on Hoopla, IMDb TV, FandangoNOW, iTunes, Tubi, Amazon, VUDU, Sundance Now, The Roku Channel

A contemporary story of family, rejection and triumph.

Facing Windows
(La finestra di fronte)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy, Turkey, Portugal • 2003
• Director Ferzan Özpetek
• Cast Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Serra Yılmaz, Maria Grazia Bon
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on FandangoNOW, DIRECTV, iTunes, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, Amazon

Desire knows no bounds.

Finder's Fee

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Canada, USA • 2001
• Director Jeff Probst
• Cast Ryan Reynolds, Erik Palladino, Dash Mihok, Carly Pope, James Earl Jones, Frances Bay
• Genre Drama, Thriller
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, iTunes, Amazon, Tubi

The numbers don't lie, but the players just might.

Me, My Friend and I
(Elling)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Norway • 2001
• Director Petter Næss
• Cast Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle, Per Christensen, Hilde Olausson
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house.

The Hurt Locker

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2008
• Director Kathryn Bigelow
• Cast David Morse, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
• Genre Drama, Thriller, War
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, Amazon, Redbox, DIRECTV, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax, FandangoNOW, VUDU, iTunes, AMC

You'll know when you're in it.

Captain Abu Raed

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Jordan • 2007
• Director Amin Matalqa
• Cast Nadim Sawalha, Rana Sultan, Hussein Al-Sous, Odai Qedese, Ghandi Saber
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon, VUDU, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube

Everyone has a dream.

Sex and Death 101

• ✭
• USA • 2007
• Director Daniel Waters
• Cast Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Julie Bowen, Leslie Bibb, Skyler James Sandak, Natassia Malthe
• Genre Comedy, Romance, Drama
• Available on Redbox, Tubi, VUDU, Amazon, iTunes, Hoopla

One Man. One List. 101 Women. Some Fantasies Are Too True to Be Good.

Wristcutters: A Love Story

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA, United Kingdom • 2006
• Director Goran Dukic
• Cast Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Leslie Bibb, Will Arnett, Tom Waits
• Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
• Available on Netflix, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, DIRECTV, Tribeca Shortlist

Life is a trip, but the afterlife is one hell of a ride.

Mysterious Skin

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA, Netherlands • 2004
• Director Gregg Araki
• Cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, David Lee Smith
• Genre Drama
• Available on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Hulu, YouTube, Google Play

Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.

Whale Rider

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• New Zealand, Germany • 2003
• Director Niki Caro
• Cast Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu
• Genre Drama, Family
• Available on Hoopla, IMDb TV, FandangoNOW, iTunes, Tubi, Amazon, VUDU, Sundance Now, The Roku Channel

A contemporary story of family, rejection and triumph.

The Best of Youth
(La meglio gioventú)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Italy • 2003
• Director Marco Tullio Giordana
• Cast Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni, Maya Sansa
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Hoopla

Spanning four decades, from the chaotic 1960s to 2003, director Marco Tullio Giordana's passionate epic 'La Meglio Gioventu' follows two Italian brothers through some of the most tumultuous events of recent Italian history.

Sex and Lucía
(Lucía y el sexo)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Spain, France • 2001
• Director Julio Medem
• Cast Paz Vega, Tristán Ulloa, Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire, Elena Anaya, Silvia Llanos
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, FandangoNOW, Mubi, VUDU, Google Play, Kanopy, Tubi

Great sex or true intimacy?

O

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2001
• Director Tim Blake Nelson
• Cast Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan, Julia Stiles, Martin Sheen, Rain Phoenix
• Genre Drama, Romance, Thriller
• Available on VUDU, iTunes, Hoopla, Amazon, YouTube, Google Play

Nothing comes between two people's love, like one person's jealously.

Moon

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2009
• Director Duncan Jones
• Cast Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw, Adrienne Shaw, Kaya Scodelario
• Genre Science Fiction, Drama
• Available on Fandor, Amazon, VUDU, Showtime Anytime, YouTube, FandangoNOW, Google Play, AMC, Redbox, iTunes, FuboTV, DIRECTV

The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself.

Bottle Shock

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2008
• Director Randall Miller
• Cast Alan Rickman, Chris Pine, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, Dennis Farina
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on VUDU, Kanopy, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, Hoopla, FandangoNOW

Based on a true story of love, victory, and fermentation.

Half Nelson

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2006
• Director Ryan Fleck
• Cast Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Jeff Lima, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Tina Holmes
• Genre Drama
• Available on HBO GO, Amazon

Secrets don't let go.

Mysterious Skin

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA, Netherlands • 2004
• Director Gregg Araki
• Cast Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, David Lee Smith
• Genre Drama
• Available on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, Hulu, YouTube, Google Play

Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.

Take My Eyes
(Te doy mis ojos)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Spain • 2003
• Director Icíar Bollaín
• Cast Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Peña, Rosa Maria Sardà, Kiti Mánver, Elisabet Gelabert
• Genre Romance, Drama
• Available on Tubi, Amazon

Where it reads 'home', there is hell. Where it reads 'love', there is pain.

Oasis
(오아시스)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Korea • 2002
• Director Lee Chang-dong
• Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Ahn Nae-sang, Ryoo Seung-wan, Son Byung Ho, Chu Kwi-jung
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Fandor, FlixFling, Kanopy, Tubi

Have you really loved someone?

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2001
• Director John Cameron Mitchell
• Cast John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor
• Genre Comedy, Music, Drama
• Available on Amazon, HBO GO, Redbox, FandangoNOW, VUDU, YouTube, DIRECTV, iTunes, Google Play

A transgender rock diva immigrates to the US and embarks on a musical journey of life and love.

Urbania

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2000
• Director Jon Shear
• Cast Dan Futterman, Matt Keeslar, Samuel Ball, Lothaire Bluteau, Alan Cumming, Josh Hamilton
• Genre Romance, Drama
• Available on Netflix, Amazon

A young man who recently lost his longtime partner to a violent incident, relives the traumatic event as he wanders through the city and encounters interesting figures along the way.

Séraphine

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, Belgium • 2008
• Director Martin Provost
• Cast Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich, Nico Rogner
• Genre History, Drama
• Available on Google Play, VUDU, Hoopla, iTunes, Amazon, Kanopy, YouTube, Realeyz

Drudgery and mental illness were not enough to repress her eye for the colors of life.

Jolene

• ✭ ✭
• USA • 2008
• Director Dan Ireland
• Cast Jessica Chastain, Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney, Zeb Newman, Chazz Palminteri
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, iTunes

A life between the exit signs.

La Vie en Rose
(La Môme)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic • 2007
• Director Olivier Dahan
• Cast Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gérard Depardieu
• Genre Music, Drama
• Available on YouTube, Amazon, FandangoNOW, VUDU, Google Play

The extraordinary story of Edith Piaf.

Yes

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom, USA • 2005
• Director Sally Potter
• Cast Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Leonidas, Sheila Hancock
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Pluto TV, VUDU, The Roku Channel, Amazon

She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship.

The Iceberg
(L'iceberg)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Belgium • 2005
• Director Bruno Romy
• Cast Lucy Tulugarjuk, Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Philippe Martz, Thérèse Fichet
• Genre Comedy
• Available on Fandor, Kanopy, Amazon

Sometimes one just has to leave home and find the perfect iceberg to chill out on.

Maria Full of Grace
(María, llena eres de gracia)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Colombia, Ecuador, USA • 2004
• Director Joshua Marston
• Cast Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Yenny Paola Vega, John Álex Toro, Virgina Ariza, Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez
• Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime
• Available on Microsoft Movies & TV, Amazon, HBO GO, VUDU, Google Play, YouTube, DIRECTV, FandangoNOW, HBO Max, iTunes

How far will she go before she's gone too far?

Oasis
(오아시스)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Korea • 2002
• Director Lee Chang-dong
• Cast Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Ahn Nae-sang, Ryoo Seung-wan, Son Byung Ho, Chu Kwi-jung
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Fandor, FlixFling, Kanopy, Tubi

Have you really loved someone?

Ghost World

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA, United Kingdom, Germany • 2001
• Director Terry Zwigoff
• Cast Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on Netflix, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, Showtime Anytime, FandangoNOW, DIRECTV

Two quirky teenaged best girls decide to play a prank on a middle aged record collector which leads to a rift in their friendship.

The Piano Teacher
(La Pianiste)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Austria, France, Germany • 2001
• Director Michael Haneke
• Cast Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Anna Sigalevitch
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, Criterion

Perversion --- at its absolute best.

The Cove

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2009
• Director Louie Psihoyos
• Cast Joe Chisholm, Mandy-Rae Cruikshank, Charles Hambleton, Simon Hutchins, Kirk Krack, Isabel Lucas
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Amazon, DIRECTV

In the shallow water lies a deep secret.

The Wrecking Crew

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2008
• Director Denny Tedesco
• Cast Lou Adler, Herb Alpert, Hal Blaine, Glen Campbell
• Genre Music, Documentary
• Available on The Roku Channel, Tubi, FandangoNOW, YouTube, Google Play, VUDU, Amazon, FlixFling, Hulu, iTunes, Magnolia Selects, Hoopla

There was one band behind them all...

For the Bible Tells Me So

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2007
• Director Daniel Karslake
• Cast Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel
• Genre Documentary
• Available on iTunes, Kanopy

God is easy. Families aren't.

The Trials Of Darryl Hunt

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2007
• Director Anne Sundberg
• Cast
• Genre Documentary
• Available on iTunes, Tubi

If the shoe doesn't fit then break the foot and put the shoe on.

Murderball

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2005
• Director Dana Adam Shapiro
• Cast Joe Bishop, Keith Cavill, Andy Cohn, Scott Hogsett, Christopher Igoe, Mark Zupan
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Amazon

Dream. Believe. Achieve.

Born Into Brothels

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2004
• Director Ross Kauffman
• Cast Zana Briski, Avijit, Geeta Masi, Kochi, Mamuni
• Genre Documentary
• Available on FandangoNOW, iTunes, VUDU, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube

A documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes living in the red light district of Songachi in Kolkata, India who are taught photography skills.

Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House

• USA • 2002
• Director Deborah Dickson
• Cast
• Genre
• Available on Kanopy, Google Play, YouTube, VUDU, DIRECTV

They're Jewish. They're grandmothers. They're lesbians. And they started it all.

4

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Russia, Netherlands • 2004
• Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky
• Cast Yuri Laguta, Konstantin Murzenko, Sergey Shnurov, Marina Vovchenko, Shavkat Abdusalamov, Anatoli Adoskin
• Genre Drama
• Available on Amazon

Two men and a woman happen to meet in a bar. We learn from their conversations both the intriguing and banal details of their lives. But is anyone really telling the truth?

Together
(Tillsammans)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Sweden, Denmark, Italy • 2000
• Director Lukas Moodysson
• Cast Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustaf Hammarsten, Anja Lundqvist
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on Amazon

Elisabeth leaves her abusive husband to join her brother’s leftist commune in Stockholm.

Shotgun Stories

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2007
• Director Jeff Nichols
• Cast Michael Shannon, Glenda Pannell, Lynnsee Provence, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs, Natalie Canerday
• Genre Drama, Thriller
• Available on Google Play, YouTube, iTunes

Two families. One feud. No going back.

Incident at Loch Ness

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2004
• Director Zak Penn
• Cast Werner Herzog, Kitana Baker, Gabriel Beistain, Russell Williams II, David A. Davidson, Michael Karnow
• Genre Adventure, Comedy, Horror
• Available on Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, EPIX, Sling TV, DIRECTV

A documentary filmmaking team follows Werner Herzog on his quest to explore the Myth of the Loch Ness Monster in this mokumentary.

Cavedweller

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Canada, USA • 2004
• Director Lisa Cholodenko
• Cast Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Aidan Quinn, Sherilyn Fenn, Jill Scott, Regan Arnold
• Genre Drama
• Available on VUDU, Hoopla, Tubi, DIRECTV

She confronts her past so that her family can have a future.

Jackpot

• ✭ ✭
• USA • 2001
• Director Michael Polish
• Cast Jon Gries, Daryl Hannah, Garrett Morris, Adam Baldwin, Anthony Edwards, Mark Polish
• Genre
• Available on Netflix, Amazon

Derek

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• United Kingdom • 2008
• Director Isaac Julien
• Cast Tilda Swinton, Derek Jarman
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Kanopy

Dive into the seminal works of one of Britain's late and great filmmakers.

Aus der Zeit

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Austria • 2006
• Director Harald Friedl
• Cast
• Genre Documentary
• Available on iTunes, YouTube

Four traditional businesses try to hold their ground against the competition of big corporations in Vienna, Austria.

The Weather Underground

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• USA • 2002
• Director Bill Siegel & Sam Green
• Cast Lili Taylor, Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, David Gilbert
• Genre Documentary
• Available on Amazon, Hoopla, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, SnagFilms, VUDU

The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.