Films/Programs
Short Film Packages
This year we are excited to present ShortsFest weekend, featuring 14 short film packages and over 150 short films, at SIFF Cinema May 29 - June 1. With films ranging from just over 30 minutes to just under 2 minutes, SIFF ShortsFest will deliver an astonishing array of spectacular storytelling and visual splendor, offering short and satisfying glimpses into unique characters and wonderful worlds unlike our own. Add our annual Fly Filmmaking Challenge, Alternate Cinema's The Past and the Present and Portraits in Cinema programs, the 3 Minute Masterpieces and the popular FutureWave short films (made by youth under age 19) and you have a huge range of work in the short form.
Sponsored By:
Babelgum, Baseline StudioSystems, Eastman Kodak, IrisInk, MarQueen Hotel & Inn at Queen Anne, The Mac Store
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93 min.
Shorts that made the hit parade … Auds like us we had it made … those were the days.
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89 min.
A lyrical look at the past experiences that shape our futures.
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2008, 92 min.
The many facets of youthful creativity are celebrated in this lively collection of the finest family shorts from around the world.
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USA, 2008, 90 min.
A great story, a clear vision, a talented cast and crew, very little time and even less money. That’s the essence of independent filmmaking. SIFF’s Fly Filmmaking Challenge was created to showcase the power and talent of our local independent filmmakers by condensing the filmmaking process into a
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93 min.
Relationships are never simple, whether they are between relatives, friends, or even animals.
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85 min.
These original short films are exciting, challenging, inspiring, and include the best of young people’s (artists under 19 years old) filmmaking from across the country.
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98 min.
Mates who just want to know what it feels like, teenage sports, sexuality, the history of Seattle’s Bailey-Boushay House—all of these and more make up our gay lives.
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93 min.
Love can occur in many forms—here are a few stories that highlight the facets of loving relationships in all their glorious complexity.
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85 min.
No matter how the story begins, it's a long and complicated road to happily-ever-after.
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101 min.
A look at place and space, past and present, personal and impersonal, literal and figurative, intentional and unintentional.
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82 min.
Aleksandr Tatarskiy co-founded Pilot Studios, the first private animation studio in new Russia. The great director, producer, and teacher developed Pilot into one of the world’s leading animation studios, winning many awards, and mentoring decades of animators.
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95 min.
It is our great pleasure to open our ShortsFest Weekend with this collection of superb films from around the world that exemplify the art of storytelling in all its variety. Narrative and documentary, comedy and drama, live action and animation—these films prove that short is truly sweet.
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95 min.
Between the bizarre and the beautiful is a world filled with dreams, desires, and delusions.
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USA, 2008, 90 min.
Funny, touching, mischievous and always surprising, these are the winning entries for the Seattle Times' 3 Minute Masterpiece digital movie contest, as chosen by the SIFF and The Seattle Times.
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96 min.
Six shorts explore the strange and powerful ways we are bound to each other and to the world.
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92 min.
These shorts show that there are certain consequences to truth, and an inherent truth in consequences.
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97 min.
There is no artistic medium better than film for expressing the dreamy, the fantastic, and the absurd. Give yourself over to the magic of light and shadow.
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95 min.
Join a band of cinematic outlaws as they revel in fear, loathing, and mayhem.
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