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.
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.
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.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
February 4 & 5, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
Films4Families Terry Gilliam's whimsical and fantastical story follows the improbable exploits of 18th-century adventurer Baron von Munchausen. Before the film, we'll have prizes for the best Muchausen-inspired costumes and impressions. Both kids and adults are eligible!
Harold and Maude
February 14, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
A love story that transcends the ages, Hal Ashby's outsider classic Harold and Maude shows the relationship between the faux-suicidal young man Harold (Bud Cort in an iconic role) and his unlikely kindred spirit, goofy octogenarian Maude (the unstoppable Ruth Gordon).
Looney Tunes Cartoon Festival
February 10–12, SIFF Cinema at the Uptown
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester & Tweety, Pepe LePew, The Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang join us for three days of classic cartoon shorts, including all-time favorites like "What's Opera, Doc?," "Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½ Century," and "One Froggy Evening".
(1) Month of Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Saturday Nights in February, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
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. Featuring: (500) Days of Summer (Feb 4), 10 Things I Hate About You (Feb 11), Hesher (Feb 18), Brick (Feb 25).
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.
Tommy
February 9, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
Face the Music In December the film world lost one of its greatest visionary mavericks, British director Ken Russell. We celebrate his legacy with this special presentation of his psychedelic take on The Who's rock opera Tommy in a stunning new Quadrophonic digital restoration.
Margaret
Now Playing, 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.
Miss Minoes
Now Playing, SIFF Cinema at the Film Center
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.
Week End
Now Playing, 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.
Pina (in 3D)
Opens February 10, Cinerama Theatre
Opens February 24, 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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
SIFF Membership
SIFF Members receive many benefits including $5 admission to all regular-priced shows at SIFF CINEMA, a popcorn punchcard, free invitations to exclusive screenings of new films before their theatrical release and discounts on tickets and passes to the Seattle International Film Festival. Renew now or become a SIFF Member.
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!
A brief tour inside the new SIFF Film Center! Opening Fall 2011!
A brief tour inside the new SIFF Film Center! Opening Fall 2011!
Introduction to ALAMAR from Director Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio
Director Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio introduces a SIFF Cinema School Screening of ALAMAR on December 2.
Sci-Fi on Blu-Ray
February 4-6, 2011. Coinciding with the sixth annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival (presented by SIFF and EMP|SFM at the Cinerama Theatre on January 29), SIFF Cinema is thrilled to screen these classic, sometimes campy, Sci-Fi films on Blu-Ray, offering a superior high definition audio and visual presentation on SIFF Cinema's state-of-the-art projection system.
Family Events at SIFF Cinema
This December, SIFF Cinema invites you to experience three classic family films with new interactive twists. THE WIZARD OF OZ returns to the big screen, with select shows of THE DARK SIDE OF OZ. Enter the world of WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY with our special Smell-O-Vision screenings. And Jim Henson's LABYRINTH is made even more fun with Quote Along subtitles and sock puppets.
The Wizard of Oz with special screenings of Pink Floyd meets Oz - The Dark side of Oz
December 3-5 at SIFF Cinema. Kick off the holiday season with this classic film, seen two completely different ways! For the young (at heart) and the traditionalist, we present THE WIZARD OF OZ, and for those a bit more adventurous, travel to the THE DARK SIDE OF OZ.
Labyrinth Quote Along
December 17-19 at SIFF Cinema. We're taking you into the LABYRINTH with quote-along subtitles for all of your favorite lines and sing-along lyrics for every single song. Plus, before the show, we'll have a sock-puppet station in lobby so that everyone can make their own little goblin frenemy.
AFTER trailer
Manuel, Ana, and Julio, friends since adolescence now in their mid-thirties, reunite for a boozy dinner that turns into a clubbing, dancing, drugging free-for-all. As their trip to the heart of the night unfolds, old attractions and resentments rise to the surface. With After, filmmaker Alberto Rodríguez (7 Virgins) achieves a realistic, contemporary and compelling portrait of three lonely people trying desperately to connect with someone.
THE ISLAND INSIDE trailer
Festival of New Spanish Cinema Opening Night Fiesta, Thursday, September 23 at SIFF Cinema. Three siblings on the run from themselves: Martin, Gracia, and Coral. The sudden death of their father forces them to leave the inner island which isolates them from their loved ones, from their dreams...and from being themselves.
THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS trailer
With live accompaniment by the world renowned Alloy Orchestra October 21-23; We are thrilled to be able to celebrate THE COMPLETE METROPOLIS as both a slient masterpiece and a testament to the value of film preservation. Digital print from Kino International.
A Matter of Size - trailer
An overweight, Israeli dishwasher is introduced to sumo wrestling by his Japanese co-workers and finds self-acceptance in a sport where his size is his greatest asset.
Double Take - trailer
Alfred Hitchcock stars with his doppelganger in a paranoid thriller set during the height of the Cold War. Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez skillfully weaves archival footage of Hitchcock into a plot loosely based on a Jorge Luis Borges story. The result is a playful thriller about the commercialization of fear.
Me Too - trailer
Daniel, a 34 year-old man with Down Syndrome, falls for a woman who has never been loved in a multi-award winning social comedy that questions traditional notions of what is considered physically normal.
Three Day With the Family - trailer
In Mar Coll’s evocative film, which won the Goya Award for Best New Director, Lea returns home to Catalonia to attend her grandfather’s funeral. A melancholic 21-year-old girl, she and her emotionally detached family are forced to deal with implicit problems, leading to Lea’s own self-realization.
The Condemned - trailer
Martín, a former revolutionary in Argentina, has been living in exile in Spain for more than 30 years. When he joins old comrades in search of the remains of a fallen friend, it isn’t long before long-dormant tensions surface, and with them, suspicions, accusations, and questions of loyalty.
Stigmata - trailer
A hulking giant of a man embarks on a quest for redemption after several mysterious wounds cause his hands to bleed inexplicably. A beautiful, haunting and lyrical film based on the graphic novel by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti.
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