Seattle Times
Filmmakers Spike Lee and Francis Ford Coppola will be among the guests at the 35th annual Seattle International Film Festival, beginning May 21. Lee will receive the 2009 Golden Space Needle Award at a special tribute ceremony May 23 at the Egyptian Theatre. Coppola, the Academy Award-winning director of “The Godfather” and “The Godfather, Part II” will appear with his new drama “Tetro,” the story of an Italian immigrant family in Argentina. SIFF will run through June 14 at several local theaters, including new venues in Kirkland and West Seattle.

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