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SIFF Cinema

SIFF Cinema

SIFF Cinema at the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at McCaw Hall
321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center
(206) 633-7151


SIFF Group has long dreamed of having its own cinema, and that dream has now finally become a reality. Only a short time ago, the Seattle Center invited SIFF to become the third anchor tenant of the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. In partnership with the City of Seattle and the Seattle Center, and thanks to the generous donations of a core group of supporters, SIFF Group has transformed the Lecture Hall into SIFF Cinema.

SIFF Cinema has been designed to be a world-class state-of-the-art cinema with projection and sound systems that perfectly compliment the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall’s great sightlines, excellent acoustics and comfortable seats. With this new cinema, SIFF Group will now be able to offer excellent film programs year-round, including film series, archival presentations, and theatrical runs of films - in addition to being the flagship venue for the Seattle International Film Festival. For information about renting SIFF Cinema for your event, click here (pdf 1.4mb).

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SIFF Group thanks its donors and its members for their ongoing support, loyalty and devotion to our mission - To provide film-going experiences of exceptional merit and diversity that inform, educate and entertain.

Get to SIFF Cinema

SIFF Cinema is located in the Nelsholm Family Lecture Hall on the lower level of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. The main entrance is directly below the skybridge from the Mercer Garage at the Corner of 3rd Ave North and Mercer Street. In addition to the Mercer Garage, parking is available on the street (metered and zoned) or in adjacent pay parking lots and garages.

Bus: Several bus routes stop within walking distance of SIFF Cinema and Seattle Center. From downtown Seattle, take routes 2, 3 or 4 to Seattle Center. From Capitol Hill, take route 8 down Denny. Visit the Metro Transit Trip Planner (transit.metrokc.gov) to find other routes to McCaw Hall.

Monorail: for transit information from downtown on the Seattle Center Monorail, visit www.seattlemonorail.com.

Traffic Alerts: Keep posted with the latest information by calling the Seattle Center Traffic Hotline at 206-233-3989 or by visiting www.seattlecenter.com.