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May 7, 2012 @ 10:03 am (Updated: 8:36 am - 5/10/12 )
Tom Tangney's best bets for SIFF 2012
The Seattle International Film Festival kicks off ten days from now, but until the films start unspooling, we've got lots of time to check out the titles of all 273 feature films.
To get you in the mood, here's a SIFF QUIZ I've put together. Based on the title, can you guess what the movie is about? (Answers at the bottom.)
F*** MY WEDDING - Chile
1) Wedding plans are scrapped when the groom falls for
the maid of honor ... at the altar.
2)Wedding plans are scrapped when the bride realizes her
fiance is really more attracted to her brother.
3) Wedding plans are scrapped when the bride's cousin is
among the Chilean miners trapped 2300 feet underground.
4) Wedding plans are scrapped when an intern posts an
incriminating video of the groom on the Internet.
THE WOMAN IN THE SEPTIC TANK - Philippines
1) A mother of five leads a protest against the open
sewers in a Manila slum.
2) A young Filipino filmmaker makes a movie about the
extremes of poverty in order to get accepted into an
international film festival.
3) A woman on the run from police is forced to hide in a
septic tank for days, until the coast is clear.
4) After a woman squatter gets kicked out of an abandoned
house, she
opts for sleeping in a discarded septic tank
MY SUCKY TEEN ROMANCE - USA
1) A teenage girl falls for a boy who turns out to be a
vampire.
2) A teenage girl dreams of a life like the ones she reads
about in romance novels but she's continually let down by
the loser boys in her school.
3) A teenage boy takes up poetry, thanks to a crush on his
high school English teacher.
4) A teenage girl starts an anonymous gossip blog about
the kids in her high school in the hopes of luring the boy
of her dreams.
HUNKY DORY (United Kingdom)
1) Three lads at a boarding school turn the tables on a
grumpy headmaster.
2) A one-time bully returns to his primary school, this
time as a teacher
3) A drama teacher tries to make Shakespeare relevant by
adding rock songs to a production of "The Tempest."
4) A profile of KIRO Talk Show host Dori Monson ... in his
prime.
GAYBY (SIFF's GAY-LA event)
1) Two childhood friends have a falling out when, in
their teens, one of them confesses he's gay.
2) A Great Gatsby remake with a gay spin. Daisy is a man.
3) A sorority of lesbians challenges a fraternity of gay
men in a kind of Gay Olympics.
4) A woman convinces her gay best friend to impregnate
her.
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Answer key - F*** My Wedding (4), The Woman in the Septic Tank (2), My Sucky Teen Romance (1), Hunky Dory (3), Gayby (4).
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