Films & Events
SIFF is the largest film festival in the US. This year we are proud to present 268 features and 124 shorts from 62 countries over 25 days, with 31 World Premieres, 45 North American Premieres, and 13 US Premieres.
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Films by Program
The Golden Space Needle Award winners were announced at a ceremony on Sunday June 14. More than 60,000 ballots were cast by SIFF audiences to determine the winner in six categories: Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Short Film.
Also presented were five...
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Alternate histories that push at the boundaries of reality. Experiments performed in the laboratories of cinema. Film as life and life as film. This is Alternate Cinema—a look into the vastness of cinematic possibility. These features and short films push the envelope of traditional film culture
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Classic big-screen films presented the way they were meant to be seen.
Each year, as SIFF festival-goers drink in the best new cinema the world has to offer, some of the most anticipated screenings involve movies that have been around for decades—and rightly so.
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See the world from your theater seat at SIFF’s largest program.
SIFF offers many tasty treats over the course of 25 days, but the Contemporary World Cinema section is truly the main course. These films represent the vast breadth of world cinema, from the latest offerings by cinematic
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The very first films ever made were essentially documentaries. Some of the first films coming from directors like August and Louis Lumière captured everyday life and gave audiences the first chance to see their lives permanently imprinted on film and shown to audiences far and wide.
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Celebrating a new golden age of nonfiction storytelling.
Looking back years from now, film historians may well consider the first decade of the 21st century as a golden age of documentary filmmaking. In the last few festivals, as low-cost, high-definition video equipment has democratized
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Every year, the Seattle International Film Festival selects a handful of up-and-coming directors whose unique and original styles stand out among the sea of new filmmakers as powerful voices in cinema.
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From inspiration to songwriting to performance, SIFF brings you the stories of music and musicians from around the world.
While cinema is an inherently visual medium, it can also be used to bring a new dimension to the aural world of music and performance. This series of films celebrates
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Join SIFF each Saturday and Sunday throughout the Festival for extraordinary matinee experiences in imaginative programming for children and the young at heart.
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SIFF FutureWave: Expanding Cinema Through Education offers youth and educators a direct link both to the Festival and to the local filmmaking community.
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Each Gala event promises to be entertaining and unforgettable, complete with the spotlighted films followed by exclusive parties at fabulous venues, with hors d'oeuvres, desserts, drinks, and entertainment from the Festival's fine food and libation sponsors. Many of the cast members from SIFF Gala
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This year's SIFF Gay-La will feature Patrick, Age 1.5 screening at the Egyptian, with an after-party at Neighbours nightclub to follow.
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You gotta get it into the heart … Yeah, but you gotta bring it down in a stabbing motion … You gotta get through the ribs, through the breastplate into the heart. Sound familiar? After a long day at SIFF watching period pieces, earnest war films, and touchy-feely character dramas, coffee just
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A selection of some of the world’s most promising filmmaking talent.
One of the sublime pleasures to be found at SIFF is to be among the first of any audience to discover and reward emerging directing talent from around the world. This year, SIFF programmers have made the difficult choice ...
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Our annual celebration of the Pacific Northwest as a breeding ground for new and exciting cinematic talent.
Anyone who’s waited in line at SIFF over the last 35 years knows that the Pacific Northwest is a haven for cinephiles, and now its filmmakers as well.
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Helping to heal the environment, one film at a time.
Cinema has the power to move us to tears, anger us, and make us laugh. But it can also educate us about the world’s problems and—more importantly—inspire us to do something about it.
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“Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.” —Thomas Carlyle
Psst! Hey buddy. Yeah, you. Can you keep a secret? I mean, can you really keep a secret? Even from your wife, husband, mother, significant other, or innocent, doe-eyed chi...
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This past fall, SIFF became a qualifying festival in the category of short films by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®. With our new qualifying festival status and the return engagement of ShortsFest Weekend, SIFF’s commitment to films in the short form is stronger than ever.
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This past fall, SIFF achieved a goal five years in the making when it became a qualifying festival in the short film category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. With our new qualifying status and the return engagement of ShortsFest weekend, SIFF’s commitment to films remains strong.
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SIFF is proud to highlight The Great Race, Tetro, and Every Little Step in our Special Presentations section.
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SIFF audiences know that their experience with a film doesn’t end when the screen fades to black. Talking Pictures offers an engaging, provocative, and entertaining post-screening forum for opinions, ideas, and understanding through lively debate. Join our Talking Pictures speakers—experts, cultural
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SIFF will present the Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing to Spike Lee in recognition of his extraordinary filmmaking career. This special tribute ceremony will include a montage of clips highlighting his
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