Upcoming Q&As and Special Guests

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Throughout the year, we’re pleased to offer chances to hear directly from filmmakers, performances and panel discussions, and more unique experiences around movies.

Secure your tickets now for these events featuring filmmakers and other special guests over the next couple of months.

Know Your Place

FRI AUG 23 · 7:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

Q&A with Director Zia Mohajerjasbi moderated by Seattle International Film Festival Programmer Megan Leonard

Seattle’s issues with gentrification and its impact on our East African community are explored as two teenage boys navigate the city to deliver a crucial and time-sensitive package to a friend.

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Sugarcane

SAT AUG 24 · 7:15 PM · UPTOWN

Q&A with Director Julian Brave NoiseCat (Secwepemc Nation) moderated by Seattle International Film Festival Programmer Tracy Rector

A gutting, unshakeable Sundance winner on the horrors of residential schools, centering on the abuse suffered at the hands of the St. Joseph Mission in British Columbia and the decades of silence that followed.

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The Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club

SAT AUG 24 · 9:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

Intro and 30-minute drag show by Seattle drag artist Uh Oh

Double feature of What Really Happened to Baby Jane and All About Alice. Spearheaded by filmmaker Ray Harrison, the Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) took California’s 1960s underground gay scene by storm with drag spoofs of classic Hollywood films.

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Jimmy in Saigon

Q&A with Director Peter McDowell and Excutive Producer Dan Savage

Only five when his brother died as a civilian in Saigon at the age of 24, Director Peter McDowell seeks to get to know his late brother Jimmy and uncovers a hidden romance, new family ties, and secrets surrounding his drug use and sexuality.

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Rap World

Q&A with Director Conner O'Malley, Producer Harris Mayersohn, and cast member Eric Rahill moderated by Tommy Swenson from The Beacon Cinema

In the feature directorial debut of comedian Conner O’Malley and editor Danny Scharar, three young men (Jack Bensinger, Eric Rahill and Conner O’Malley) self-document their attempt to write and record a rap album in one night.

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S/He Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary

THU SEP 12 · 7:00 PM · EGYPTIAN
Q&A with Director David Charles Rodrigues

Director David Charles Rodrigues (Gay Chorus Deep South) documents the final year of Genesis P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality. The multi-disciplinary artist rose to notoriety as founder of COUM Transmissions collective and lead vocalist of industrial band Throbbing Gristle.

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Sweetheart Deal

FRI SEP 27 · 7:00 PM · FILM CENTER
SAT SEP 28 · 1:45 PM · FILM CENTER

Q&A with Director Elisa Levine, Editor Brittany Kaplan, and Producer Peggy Case

Driven by their addiction to heroin, four women encounter friendship and betrayal while working Seattle’s infamous Aurora Avenue in this intimate portrait of hope, heartbreak, and resilience on the fringes of Modern America.

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Lady Like

SAT SEP 28 · 8:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

VIP ticket includes meet and greet with Lady Camden

The fairy-tale life of RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty, Lady Camden, is brought to the screen in Luke Willis’ riveting and joyous documentary narrated by fellow Drag Race alum Nina West.

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A Matter of Life and Death

WED OCT 9 · 7:30 PM · EGYPTIAN

Thelma Schoonmaker scheduled to attend

Michael Powell’s favorite film makes reality fantastical, as a pilot (David Niven) bails out without a parachute, having fallen in love with radio operator Kim Hunter’s voice.

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Raging Bull

THU OCT 10 · 7:00 PM · UPTOWN

Thelma Schoonmaker scheduled to attend

The searing study of Italian American Jake LaMotta, 1949-51 middleweight boxing champion of the world, Raging Bull is a masterpiece for Scorsese, actor Robert De Niro and editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

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Date: August 22, 2024
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