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SIFF 2024 Trailer

Festival, Video

SIFF 2024 Trailer

April 17, 2024

The official trailer for the 50th Seattle International Film Festival, in theaters May 9–19 and streaming on the SIFF Channel May 20–27.

Festival

SIFF 2022 Social Media Toolkit

March 11, 2022

Embrace the 48th Seattle International Film Festival by applying these #SeekNewCinema social media toolkit tenets.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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