Adobe Youth Voices
SIFF is proud to showcase the mentorship of Adobe Youth Voices programs, empowering youth in 32 countries around the world to communicate their ideas and take a leadership role in the communities using media.
Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival
February 4, Cinerama Theatre
EMP in partnership with SIFF presents the seventh annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival on February 4, 2012 at the Seattle Cinerama Theater. The festival brings together industry professionals in filmmaking and the genres of science fiction and fantasy to encourage and support new, creative additions to science fiction and fantasy cinema arts.
(1) Month of Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The FutureWave Committee celebrates the consistent quality of one of the younger generation’s best actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. From comedy to drama, this exciting thespian continues to instill his characters with a depth and commitment that is unparalleled among his peers. One-night-only screenings of (500) Days of Summer (February 4), 10 Things I Hate About You (February 11), Hesher (February 18), Brick (February 25).
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
January 23 & 29, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
San Francisco Opera Cinema
One of the world’s most beloved and dramatic operas, this tale of colliding hearts in 20th century Japan stars internationally acclaimed soprano Patricia Racette as a geisha forced to make the ultimate sacrifice.
An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt – It’s Such a Beautiful Day
February 2, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Psychotronic Cinema Animator Don Hertzfeldt joins us in person with the exclusive Seattle premiere of his newest film, It's Such a Beautiful Day, the final chapter in a trilogy about a mysterious man named Bill. Don will also be screening all of his classic animated shorts.
Margaret
Opens February 3, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Kenneth Longeran's (You Can Count On Me) sophomore film is densely-layered tale of teenage angst, starring Anna Paquin as a NYC high school student who feels certain she played a role in a traffic accident that claimed a woman’s life.
Norwegian Wood
Opens January 27, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Adapted from the best selling novel by Haruki Murakami, director Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya) follows a young Japanese couple who find their tentative relationship blighted by the tragedy of their best friend’s death.
King of Devil's Island
Opens January 27, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
This dramatic prison revolt film tells the true story of a boy's correctional facility controlled by a demanding warden (Stellan Skarsgård), and a new inmate who leads the boys to a violent uprising that will bring them head to head with no less than the Norwegian Army.
Miss Minoes
Opens February 3, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
This utterly charming and colorful fairy tale was a favorite at SIFF in 2002, but has been unseen in US—until now! Miss Minoes is a cat transformed into a beguiling young woman who befriends a cub reporter and helps him land scoops thanks to the neighborhood felines and their rooftop newswire of pussycat gossip.
Coriolanus
Opens February 3, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Ralph Fiennes makes his directorial debut with this modern-day update of Shakespeare's tragic play about a revered and feared Roman General who is banished from Rome, only to ally himself with his sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
February 20 & 26, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
San Francisco Opera Cinema
Mozart's Don Giovanni is often lauded as the greatest opera ever composed. All the comedy, seduction, love, and tragedy crackle to life in this fast-paced production with extraordinary Polish baritone, and Seattle Opera favorite, Mariusz Kwiecien in the title role.
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
March 3 & 4, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
A new play by Nicholas Wright, directed by National Theatre Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner, featuring Antony Sher. It is a fascinating and funny tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age.
Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns
March 19 & 25, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
San Francisco Opera Cinema
The fascinating Biblical comes to life in this epic production that features one of the most thrilling Bacchanalian dance spectacles ever conceived for the stage, and tenor Clifton Forbis bringing down the temple (and the house).
La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
April 30 & May 6, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
San Francisco Opera Cinema
This rarely performed Puccini gem about love between a woman from high society and a younger man of moderate means features two world renowned singers at their finest: Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Russian tenor Misha Didyk.
Wages of Fear
February 17–23, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
New 35mm print! Master of suspense Henri-Georges Clouzot takes us on a white-knuckle ride with four desperate men on a suicide mission driving trucks loaded with nitroglycerin over a treacherous mountain route.
Week End
February 3–9, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
New 35mm print! Jean-Luc Godard's scathing late-'60s satire is a surreally funny and anarchic expression of social oblivion that follows a bourgeois couple as they travel across the French countryside while consumerist society crashes and burns around them.
Crazy Horse
Opens February 10, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Celebrated documentary director Frederick Wiseman explores the legendary Parisian cabaret club Crazy Horse, taking viewers behind the scenes for the creation of a sexy new stage production that is the pinnacle of "nude chic."
Man on a Mission
Opens February 10, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
Computer role-playing game pioneer Richard Garriott dreamed of following in his astronaut father’s footsteps. He turned to private space travel to make his dream come true, training in Russia to become a member of the International Space Station.
Pina (in 3D)
Opens February 17 at the Cinerama, Coming soon to SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Presented by SIFF Cinema and the Cinerama, the latest film from Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club) is a tribute to the celebrated choreographer Pina Bausch filmed in breathtaking 3D.
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
March 26 & April 1, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale.
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2011 Seattle International Film Festival
May 19–June 12 — It's A Wrap!
The 2011 Seattle International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, June 12. Many thanks to all the filmmakers, speakers, volunteers, venues and sponsors who made the Festival such a success. Click here to see the 2011 Jury and Audience award winners.
National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer
April 16 & 22, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
A comedy by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. A young lady poses as a servant girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits and hilarious plot turns ensue.
SIFF Film Center Fundraiser
Watch this special fundraiser that helped raise money and awareness for the Film School and the new SIFF Film Center, featuring a conversation with Seattle's own Tom Skerritt!
Sponsor Report SIFF 2011
Watch this special thank you to our sponsors for supporting 2011 SIFF and see examples of their impact and presence at the Festival.
WAIT FOR ME
As part of the Complete Amateur Filmmaking Workshop on June 5, 2011 at the SIFF Film Center, participants created a short film. We're happy to present their completed project here.
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
WEEKEND, with director Andrew Haigh
WEEKEND, with director Andrew Haigh
PROJECT NIM, with Bob Ingersoll
PROJECT NIM, with Bob Ingersoll
Hurricane Kalatozov
Hurricane Kalatozov
CIRCUMSTANCE, Part 2
CIRCUMSTANCE, Part 2
CIRCUMSTANCE, Part 1
CIRCUMSTANCE, Part 1
BEING ELMO with director Constance Marks
Constance Marks and James Miller of BEING ELMO
Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation + a Look at Cars 2
Chatting with the excited audience at Pacific Place!
WISH YOU WERE HERE
As part of the Complete Amateur Filmmaking Workshop on June 5, 2011 at the SIFF Film Center, participants created a short film. We're happy to present their completed project here.
WATER WORKS
As part of the Complete Amateur Filmmaking Workshop on June 5, 2011 at the SIFF Film Center, participants created a short film. We're happy to present their completed project here.
THE BENCH
As part of the Complete Amateur Filmmaking Workshop on June 5, 2011 at the SIFF Film Center, participants created a short film. We're happy to present their completed project here.
LOST and FOUND
As part of the Complete Amateur Filmmaking Workshop on June 5, 2011 at the SIFF Film Center, participants created a short film. We're happy to present their completed project here.
SHORTSFEST Weekend Party!
SHORTSFEST Weekend Party!