Additional celebrities at SIFF this year included Academy Award - winning director Morgan Neville
with his documentary The Music of Strangers: Yo - Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; award - winning writer and director James Schamus of Indignation; award - winning cinematographer Kirsten Johnson with her directorial debut Cameraperson; acclaimed actor Clea DuVall with her directorial debut The Intervention; directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller, producer Kathryn Tucker, and actor Paul Sparks of All the Birds Have Flown South; actor Craig Robinson in Morris From America; director Jonathan Parker, producers Catherine di Napoli and Deborah Parker, and actor Eric McCormack with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland, as well as director Conor Horgan; director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man; director James Redford with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
with his documentary The Music of Strangers: Yo - Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; award - winning writer and director James Schamus of Indignation; award - winning cinematographer Kirsten Johnson
with her directorial debut Cameraperson; acclaimed actor Clea DuVall with her directorial debut The Intervention; directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller, producer Kathryn Tucker, and actor Paul Sparks of All the Birds Have Flown South; actor Craig Robinson in Morris From America; director Jonathan Parker, producers Catherine di Napoli and Deborah Parker, and actor Eric McCormack with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland, as well as director Conor Horgan; director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man; director James Redford with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
with her directorial debut Cameraperson; acclaimed actor Clea DuVall
with her directorial debut The Intervention; directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller, producer Kathryn Tucker, and actor Paul Sparks of All the Birds Have Flown South; actor Craig Robinson in Morris From America; director Jonathan Parker, producers Catherine di Napoli and Deborah Parker, and actor Eric McCormack with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland, as well as director Conor Horgan; director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man; director James Redford with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
with her directorial debut The Intervention; directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller, producer Kathryn Tucker, and actor Paul Sparks of All the Birds Have Flown South; actor Craig Robinson in Morris From America; director Jonathan Parker, producers Catherine di Napoli and Deborah Parker, and actor Eric McCormack
with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland, as well as director Conor Horgan; director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man; director James Redford with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and
marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland, as well as director Conor Horgan; director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of
Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man; director James Redford
with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button
with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside
With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shri
With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shrimps.