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December 10, 2025
Promotional trailer for our new series The Pacific Northwestern, seven films screening at the SIFF Film Center this winter that feature sumptuous location photography in the diverse wilderness of Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, British Columbia, and Washington State.
Our 2024 Impact Report is a look back at an extraordinary year shaped by our supporters and a way for us to share how we your donations to work in our community. In 2024, we celebrated major milestones, including the 50th Seattle International Film Festival and our first full year at SIFF Cinema Downtown.
Promotional trailer for our new series The Pacific Northwestern, seven films screening at the SIFF Film Center this winter that feature sumptuous location photography in the diverse wilderness of Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, British Columbia, and Washington State.
Cinema
With the new month we welcome a new lineup of films, events, and more. See what's happening this December at SIFF Cinemas.
Cinema
Inherent Vice (2014) film notes by John Trafton for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
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Cinema
Drive (2011) film notes by Tova Gannana for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
Cinema
With the new month we welcome a new lineup of films, events, and more. See what's happening this November at SIFF Cinemas.
Festival, Industry
A Diné and Salvadorian Two Spirit writer, producer, photographer, and storyteller from L.A., Steph Viera writes about their experience as a 4th World Media Lab fellow. The program is a year-long fellowship for emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers, providing opportunities to develop filmmaking skills and networks through festival participation, hands-on training, masterclasses, workshopping projects in development, pitch activities, and meetings with funders and other industry decision-makers.
The Limey (1999) film notes by Tova Gannana for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
L.A. Confidential (1997) film notes by Tova Gannana for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
Heat (1995) film notes by Tova Gannana for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.