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Special Guests for SIFF 2022
April 5, 2022
A list of guests scheduled to attend the 48th Seattle International Film Festival.
Festival
Hide & Seek New Cinema with SIFF’s Hidden Festival Golden Tickets
April 4, 2022
Hide & Seek New Cinema with SIFF’s hidden Festival Golden Tickets.
Festival
Festival Greetings from Diana E. Knauf, SIFF Board President
March 31, 2022
Seattle International Film Festival 2022 greetings from Diana Knauf, SIFF Board President.
Festival, Programmer Picks
Meet the Programmers
March 30, 2022
Meet the 27 humans who programmed the 48th annual Seattle International Film Festival.
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Festival, News
Festival Sneak Peek
March 22, 2022
A sneak peek at 10 buzzworthy titles predicted to be this year’s fan favorites at the 48th Seattle International Film Festival. Full lineup announced on March 30.
Festival
Seattle International Film Festival Merch is Here!
March 15, 2022
Seattle International Film Festival 2022 Merch is Here!
Festival
SIFF 2022 Social Media Toolkit
March 11, 2022
Embrace the 48th Seattle International Film Festival by applying these #SeekNewCinema social media toolkit tenets.
Cinema
SIFFRAFF Selects: Neo-Noir
February 14, 2022
In celebration of our 14th annual Noir City film festival, SIFF cinema staff select their favorite Neo-Noir films that in some way complicate, add to, or explore the classic black-and-white Noir film genre of tough gumshoes, classy broads, and the futility of man's world.
Cinema
SIFFRAFF Selects: Movie Moms
February 4, 2022
To celebrate the release of Pedro Almodovar's Parallel Mothers, SIFF Cinema staff share their favorite maternal characters in film.
Events, News
LANGSTON Produces Another Blockbuster Crash Camp in the Central District
December 8, 2021
LANGSTON produces another blockbuster Crash camp in the Central District.
Cinema
SIFFRAFF Selects: Coming of Age
November 19, 2021
With the release of Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, SIFF Cinema staff share their favorite coming of age flicks.
Festival, Industry, News
4th World Filmmakers on Nia Tero’s Seedcast
November 8, 2021
The 4th World Media Lab 2021 fellows talk on Nia Tero's Seedcast about the state of Native filmmaking and how Indigenous-focused spaces make room for growth.
Cinema
Free Pizza with Cinema Italian Style Pass
October 19, 2021
Purchase a Cinema Italian Style pass by October 31, 2021 and receive a complimentary pizza from Tutta Bella.
Cinema
SIFFRAFF Selects: What's Up, DocFest?
September 16, 2021
The SIFF staff—also known as “SIFFRAFF”—are so delighted by our upcoming DocFest that we decided to create a list of our favorite documentaries.
Events, News
cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film & Drive-In Series
July 22, 2021
With Nia Tero, we are thrilled to present the first cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film & Drive-In Series! The series features Indigenous-made films from around the world and all events are free and open to the public.
Industry
Jury Duty: Beth Barrett at Milwaukee Film Festival
May 12, 2021
SIFF Artistic Director Beth Barrett enlightens us on what's involved in being a film festival jury member, and recommends some films from the Milwaukee Film Festival 2021 lineup.
Festival, Industry, SIFFcast
Build It and They Will Come: Virtual Film Community
May 10, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Forum with Gemma Gracewood (Letterboxd), Lilly Riber (MUBI), and Lela Meadow-Conner (Film Festival Alliance).
Festival, SIFFcast
Diving Into Nature Roundtable
April 29, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the directors of Son of Monarchs and Super Frenchie.
Festival, SIFFcast
cINeDIGENOUS: Roots and Ancestors Roundtable
April 22, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the directors of Fruits of Labor and Waikiki.
Festival, SIFFcast
Taiwan Films Roundtable
April 22, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the filmmakers from Final Exam, The Teacher, and Get the Hell Out.
Festival
SIFF 2021 Award Winners
April 18, 2021
A full list of the award-winning films from the 47th Seattle International Film Festival (April 8-18, 2021).
Festival, News
Selling Quickly
April 17, 2021
A list updated daily of films and events selling quickly at the 47th annual Seattle International Film Festival (April 8-18, 2021).
Festival, SIFFcast
World Building Through Production Design Roundtable
April 17, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the directors of Wyrm, Potato Dreams of America, Strawberry Mansion, The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet, and The Pink Cloud
Festival, SIFFcast
Ma Belle, My Beauty Q&A
April 17, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Q&A with Ma Belle, My Beauty director Marion Hill.
Festival, SIFFcast
Shifting Lenses Roundtable
April 16, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the directors of I’M FINE (Thanks for Asking) and Topside.
Festival
Meet Marlowe Dobbe: The Illustrator Behind the SIFF 2021 Artwork
April 15, 2021
Meet Marlowe Dobbe, the Portland-based artist who illustrated the 2021 Seattle International Film Festival artwork.
Festival, SIFFcast
Ibero-American Roundtable
April 15, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the directors from the Ibero-American Cinema program.
SIFF Suggests
LANGSTON Presents the Seattle Black Film Festival
April 14, 2021
The Seattle Black Film Festival is presenting a stellar line-up of 80+ films from across the diaspora.
Festival, SIFFcast
Documentaries as Document Roundtable
April 14, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with the directors of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street and Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation.
Festival, SIFFcast
What The Femme Roundtable
April 14, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with five directors with films in the WTF program.
Festival
At the Hair Salon with Deadly Cuts Director Rachel Carey
April 13, 2021
We asked director Rachel Carey for a list of her fave hair movies in celebration of her blackly comic feature debut Deadly Cuts, set in a working-class Dublin hair salon.
Festival, SIFFcast
Documentary Shorts Roundtable
April 13, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 Roundtable discussion with several documentary short filmmakers.
Festival, SIFFcast
SIFFcast: SIFF 2021 Summertime Q&A
April 12, 2021
Recording of a SIFF 2021 live Q&A with Summertime director Carlos López Estrada plus actors/writers/poets Tyris Winter and Mila Cuda.
Events, Festival
Tracy Rector and the Journey to cINeDIGENOUS
April 10, 2021
Honoring the past and present of Indigenous film education and curation at SIFF.
Festival
Festival Bingo
April 8, 2021
Have some bingo fun with these tips on how to get the best out of your 2021 Seattle International Film Festival.
Mayor’s Award For Outstanding Achievement In Film
April 8, 2021
The recipient 2021 Mayor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film is Vivian Hua (華婷婷): writer, filmmaker, organizer, and Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum.
Festival, SIFFcast
SIFFcast: Brazilian Cinema
April 8, 2021
SIFFcast sits down with filmmakers Iuli Gerbase (The Pink Cloud) and Cássio Pereira Dos Santo (Valentina) to talk about their feature debuts, both screening as part of SIFF's 2021 Ibero-American Cinema program.
Festival, SIFFcast
SIFFcast: Northwest Connections Filmmaker Roundtable
April 7, 2021
SIFFcast sits down with a few of the filmmakers from the 47th Seattle International Film Festival's Northwest Connections program to discuss casting locally, filming in Washington, and finishing their films in the midst of a pandemic.
Cinema, Festival
Shop SIFF
April 6, 2021
Shop SIFF and Seattle International Film Festival merchandise at the siffshop.net.
Festival, Video
The Cinematic Trinity: Filmmaker as Artist + Industry as Conduit + Audience™
April 2, 2021
New Works-in-Progress Forum curator Kathleen McInnis describes the moment that sparked the idea for the program.
Festival, Programmer Picks
Meet the Programmers
March 24, 2021
Meet the 27 humans who programmed the 47th annual Seattle International Film Festival.
Festival Greetings from Beth and Stan
March 24, 2021
Seattle International Film Festival 2021 greetings from Artistic Director Beth Barrett and Festival Programming Manager Stan Shields.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast: Noir City 2020
February 5, 2020
We welcome back "Czar of Noir" Eddie Muller, host of TCM's Noir Alley, to talk about Noir City (February 14-20, 2020 at SIFF Cinema Egyptian).
SIFFcast
SIFFcast: Best of 2019 Part 2
February 4, 2020
In part two of this special Best of 2019 series, we continuing recapping the past year in film and chat with director Kasi Lemmons about her hit Oscar-nominated film Harriet.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast: Best of 2019 Part 1
January 8, 2020
In this special two-part episode, we recap the past year in film with stunt coordinator Robert Nagle, who talks about creating racing sequences for the acclaimed Ford v Ferrari.
SIFFcast
Scared SIFF 2019 Episode 3 with Emmett Montgomery
October 25, 2019
On the third episode of Scared SIFF 2019, Clinton and Colleen discuss the most memorable portrayals of Satan in film and Clinton chats with comedian Emmett Montgomery about Ari Aster’s Midsommar.
Photo Gallery
Sip for SIFF 2019
October 24, 2019
Photos from SIFF's annual fundraising gala, Sip for SIFF.
SIFFcast
Scared SIFF 2019 Episode 2 with Chelsea Stardust
October 18, 2019
The ScaredSIFF crew interviews SATANIC PANIC director Chelsea Stardust and discuss folk horror films.
SIFFcast
Scared SIFF 2019 Episode 1
October 12, 2019
SIFF WTF programmers Clinton McClung and Colleen O'Holleran provide a primer on director Herschell Gordon Lewis and interview the filmmakers of Scream, Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street.
Photo Gallery
French Cinema Now 2019
September 26, 2019
Photos from SIFF's annual celebration of French-language film at SIFF Cinema Uptown.