Pass and Voucher Exclusions
SIFF Cinema vouchers (including Member, Volunteer, and other complimentary screening vouchers) are valid for most regular priced shows.
The information on this page reflects the films and classes for which SIFF Cinema vouchers are NOT valid. Please see the specific film page for restrictions or updates. Seattle International Film Festival vouchers are not valid for SIFF Cinema programming. Vouchers may be exchanged in person at the SIFF Cinema box office for admission.
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Screenings and classes NOT accepting vouchers:
Confronting Whiteness in Hollywood: The Frontier
120 minutes
February 20, 2020
Explore what the depictions of westward expansion on film tells us about violence, gender, and the white imagination in the United States.
Cinema Dissection: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Vivian Hua
total event = 360 mins
March 7, 2020
Michel Gondry's surprisingly balanced Romantic-SciFi-Comedy-Drama affords a wonderful opportunity to uncover its cinematic secrets with NWFF's Vivian Hua as our fearless leader.
Cinema Dissection: The New World with Jeff Crouse
total event = 360 mins
April 18, 2020
The lush visual and aural landscape of Malick's investigation into the first interaction of European Settlers and Indigenous Americans is a perfect opportunity to find deeper understanding in the methods of his collage-like structure.
What The Femme: I Will Survive - Virtual Class
120 minutes
November 10, 2020
How does female victimization onscreen impact representations of strong, independent women characters? Join pop culture analyst Dr. Allison Palumbo to discuss the woman-as-survivor identity and her role in film since the 1980s.
Cinema DNA: Children of Vertigo - Virtual Class
120
May 4, 2021
Expand and enrich your appreciation of the power that Hitchcock and Vertigo brought to the cinema through the examination of several great films that owe enormous debt to Vertigo and honor its continuing place in film culture.
Dark Dreams: The Original Film Noir Series
USA | 106 min. | Multiple
September 27 - November 30, 2023
Enjoy Seattle's, and the world's, longest-running film noir celebration.
Quality Ski Time Film Tour presented by Salomon
USA | 120 min.
October 5, 2023
Get stoked for ski season with an all-new lineup of the greatest ski films of the year, copious gear giveaways, and poster signings with your favorite pro skiers.
18th Tasveer Film Festival
Various
October 12 - 22, 2023
Tasveer Film Festival showcases the best of South Asian films and provide a platform to amplify under-represented South Asian voices.
Seattle Queer Film Festival 2023: All Of Us Strangers
United Kingdom | 2023 | 105 min. | Andrew Haigh
October 12, 2023
Seattle Queer Film Festival opening night film: All Of Us Strangers.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: It Came from the Water
Poland | 2022 | 120 min. | Xawery Żuławski
October 13, 2023
A group of Warsaw high school graduates, sick and tired of lockdowns and online schooling, decide to head to the seaside for a party to remember.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Swarm
Poland | 2023 | 110 min. | Bartek Bala
October 13, 2023
For ten years a family has been living on an island, isolated from reality. This apparent harmony turns into a trap. Against her partner's wish, the mother decides to return to the world she has left behind.
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
USA | Sam Wrench
October 13 - November 5, 2023
The cultural phenomenon continues on the big screen! Immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime concert film experience with a breathtaking, cinematic view of the history-making tour. All ages welcome!
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Backwards
Poland | 2022 | 112 min. | Jarosław Barzan
October 14, 2023
The story of the mother of an autistic boy, whose fight against bureaucracy and human heartlessness led to significant changes in the Polish education system. Inspired by real events.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Dangerous Gentlemen
Poland | 2022 | 107 min. | Maciej Kawalski
October 14, 2023
Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski, Witkacy, Joseph Conrad and Bronislaw Malinowski, four leading figures among the Zakopane bohemians, wake up after an all-night drunken party. Their hangover headaches are killing them, none of them remembers anything, and finding the corpse of a male stranger on the floor doesn't help.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Elephant
Poland | 2022 | 94 min. | Kamil Krawczycki
October 14, 2023
Bartek runs a small horse farm in the mountains in Poland. He had to become head of the family when his father left and his mother fell apart. One day their neighbour dies and his son Dawid comes back to the village for funeral. Bartek becomes fascinated by Dawid and his carefreeness. First love will force him to decide if he’s ready to choose his freedom above family obligations.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Tough Luck
Poland | 2023 | 86 min. | Mateusz Głowacki
October 14, 2023
During the wake after the funeral of their beloved grandfather, the family finds out that the numbers that grandfather played all his life have just been drawn in the lottery.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Dad
Poland | 2022 | 110 min. | Anna Maliszewska
October 15, 2023
A lonely dad, facing the sudden death of a Ukrainian babysitter, takes his daughter and her friend on a journey by the truck. Will trucker and two scamp girls handle the transport of frozen fish, body smuggling and life without a home?
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
USA | 2011 | 113 min. | Joseph Dorman
October 15, 2023
American biographical documentary film about Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, who is best known for his stories about Tevye the Dairyman, the basis for the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Woman on the Roof
Poland | 2022 | 97 min. | Anna Jadowska
October 15, 2023
Mira, a 60 year-old woman, appears to have a normal life. One morning she starts her day like any other, wakes up early, puts her family's clothes out to dry, purchases food for her fish and commits a bank robbery with a kitchen knife. She discovers her need for money is surpassed only by her need for love.
Author Event: An Evening with Molly Baz, More is More
90 min.
October 19, 2023
Book Larder is thrilled to present New York Times-bestselling author Molly Baz to celebrate her newest cookbook, More is More!
A Once and Future Peace Film Screening & Launching of the Peacemaking Institute
90 min. | Eric Metzgar
October 19, 2023
Please join us to launch the Peacemaking Institute with this film screening.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Filip
Poland | 2022 | 125 min. | Michał Kwieciński
October 20, 2023
Filip, an attractive twenty-something man, juggles working as a waiter in a luxury hotel with trying to enjoy life in a time when enjoyment is hard to find. But pleasure can also be derived from vengeance, especially when every day brings uncertainty in terms of survival. This very current study of identity and wartime trauma dressed in period garb poses unsettling questions about the limits of human resilience and the price of salvation.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: If I Were You
Poland | 2023 | 110 min. | Antonio Galdamez-Munoz
October 20, 2023
Normal married couple with one adorable child find fighting about everything the norm until one day they wake up in the other's body.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Baptism
Poland | 2022 | 88 min. | Jakub Skoczeń
October 21, 2023
Marianna wants the family to live in harmony. The christening of her youngest grandson is a chance for reconciliation between her relatives. Plans are thwarted by General Jaruzelski. It is December 13, 1981. On this solemn day for the whole family, martial law is introduced.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Songs About Love
Poland | 2021 | 90 min. | Tomasz Habowski
October 21, 2023
Contemporary Warsaw. A young musician meets an aspiring vocalist from a small town. Can two different sounds harmonize?
Seattle Polish Film Festival: True Life of Angels
Poland | 2022 | 77 min. | Artur W. Baron
October 21, 2023
Adam, a famous actor, a man with typical troubles of the middle-aged male and difficulties in finding the meaning of life, gets a stroke and loses contact with the world. Doctors make a catastrophic diagnosis.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Until the Last Drop
Poland | 2023 | 69 min. | Ewa Ewart
October 21, 2023
The latest documentary by the famous director and producer Ewa Ewart, created in co-production with TVN24.
Love Will Make it Alright
USA | 2023 | 60 min. | Andrew J Montana & Shawn McConaghy
October 22, 2023
A Farewell to Andrew Jay Event Performance and Film Premiere
Seattle Polish Film Festival: The Breach
Poland | 2023 | 95 min. | Bartosz Konopka
October 22, 2023
Maciek's wife's accident turns his life upside down. Soon the tragedy turns into a mystery full of secrets.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: The Hidden Web
Poland | 2022 | 106 min. | Piotr Adamski
October 22, 2023
Young journalist Julita Wójcicka is investigating the mysterious death of a television celebrity. She believes that what the services classify as an unfortunate accident was in fact a precisely planned crime.
Seattle Polish Film Festival: Young Eagles Grodno ‘39
Poland | 2022 | 104 min. | Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
October 22, 2023
Young Eagles is a dramatic depiction of war against the Soviets as seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy, Leon.
Classified Cinema presents: SECRET MOVIE
84 min.
October 24, 2023
Immaculately curated films kept top secret until they hit the screen. Always fun, never pretentious.
10th Annual Seattle 48 Hour Horror Film project
October 30 - 31, 2023
60 spooky and terrifying films all made during the weekend of October 13, 2023.
Collide-O-Scope Halloween
USA | 2023 | 120 min.
October 31, 2023
Collide-O-Scope’s annual Halloween celebration returns with their one-of-a-kind found-footage phantasmagoria of hilariously hair-raising film freakouts and outrageous oddball video!
SOMM: Cup of Salvation
Armenia | 2023 | 90 min. | Jason Wise
November 3, 2023
The next chapter in the acclaimed SOMM films, the Cup of Salvation dives into what wine truly means to human history and the land we inhabit.
European Film Festival: The Secret of Little Rose
Poland | 2023 | 106 min. | Jan Kidawa-Blonski
November 4, 2023
European Film Festival - Frontline: Poland Movie Series presents The Secret of Little Rose.
Romanian Film Festival Seattle: Boss
Romania | 2022 | 126 min. | Bogdan Mirică
November 4, 2023
Bogdan, an ambulance driver in Bucharest, takes part in an armed robbery gone wrong, leading his life to spiral out of control.
Romanian Film Festival Seattle: Playback
Romania | 2023 | 77 min. | Iulia Rugină
November 4, 2023
Playback follows Sorin Lupașcu, a famous DJ during Romania's communist years, as the film subtly reveals the country's transformations to a democracy.
Kishi Bashi Presents His Song Film: Omoiyari
120 min.
November 5, 2023
Join us for a screening of the documentary film, 'Omoiyari', followed by a conversation and live set by Kishi Bashi performing the album in its entirety.
Romanian Film Festival Seattle: Between Revolutions
Romania | 2023 | 68 min. | Vlad Petri
November 5, 2023
Two friends separated by political revolutions find connection through letters, defying distance and turmoil.
Romanian Film Festival Seattle: Taxi Drivers
Romania | 2023 | 100 min. | Bogdan Theodor Olteanu
November 5, 2023
Bucharest’s nightlife is seen through the eyes of two taxi drivers, Liviu and Lică, who run into a series of unexpected and hilarious events.
SEATTLE PREMIERE - WE START WITH THE THINGS WE FIND
USA | 2023 | 81 min. | Thomas Piper
November 7, 2023
Look at things differently. Join filmmaker and LOT-EK architects for a screening and Q&A.
48 Hour Horror Film Project Awards
USA | 150 min.
November 8, 2023
Awards screening and ceremony for the best Seattle 48 Hour Horror Film Project films in 2023
European Film Festival: The Green Border
Poland | 2023 | 147 min. | Agnieszka Holland
November 11, 2023
European Film Festival - Frontline: Poland Movie Series presents The Green Border. The Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, the film depicts a migration crisis that erupted in late 2021 at Europe's gateway; a forested border between Poland and Belarus.
UniFilm Festival: In Your Light Do We See Light + A Perfect Love
17 min. and 28 min.
November 16, 2023
The short film, In Your Light Do We See Light, tells a beloved story about how to find herself. The short film, A Perfect Love, tells a true lovely family story about adoption.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: A Day, 365 Hours
Turkey | 2023 | 79 min. | Eylem Kaftan
November 17, 2023
One of the boldest documentaries of 2023, this film focuses the legal battle of two women who have been victims of abuse and violence.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Şeytan (aka Turkish Exorcist)
Turkey | 1974 | 101 min. | Metin Erksan
November 17, 2023
A scene-by-scene remake of the Exorcist from the vaults of Turkish cult cinema.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Who is Mihri
Turkey | 2022 | 89 min. | Berna Gencalp
November 17, 2023
Documentary about Mihri, one of the first female portrait painters, whose journey is traced from the late Ottoman Empire era Istanbul to Rome, Paris and New York.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Black Night (Gala Film and Party)
Turkey | 2022 | 114 min. | Özcan Alper
November 18, 2023
Gala Film and Party.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Iguana Tokyo
Turkey | 2023 | 74 min. | Kaan Müjdeci
November 18, 2023
A small family living in Tokyo experiences a dramatic change in their lives when they begin playing a virtual reality game.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Shorts program
Turkey | 2023 | 180 min.
November 18, 2023
A collection of short narrative films from Türkiye, including STFF Jury award winners.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: About Dry Grasses
Turkey | 2023 | 197 min. | Nuri Bilge Ceylan
November 19, 2023
Winner of Best Actress and nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Docs program
Turkey | 2023 | 120 min.
November 19, 2023
A collection of short documentaries from Türkiye.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Smile
Turkey | 2023 | 91 min. | Sezgin Cengiz, Şiyar Gedik
November 19, 2023
A dark comedy where Mustafa's life takes a dark turn when he visits his father at the hospital.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: Suddenly
Turkey | 2022 | 115 min. | Melisa Önel
November 19, 2023
A woman who loses her smell embarks on a journey to find her true self.
Seattle Turkish Film Festival: The Man Who Saves the World (aka Turkish Star Wars)
Turkey | 1982 | 91 min. | Çetin İnanç
November 19, 2023
A crowd-pleaser cult classic from the vaults of Turkish cult cinema.
Found Footage Festival Vol. 10
USA | 2023 | 85 min.
November 30, 2023
Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show) have over 11,000 VHS tapes in their collection and will take viewers on a guided tour through their latest and greatest finds.
Mountains on Stage - Winter Edition 2023
France | 180 min.
December 5, 2023
Mountains on Stage aims to bring the mountains to the city and share the beauty of mountain sports with a selection of the best documentaries on mountain activities.
National Theatre Live: Romeo & Juliet
2023 | 100 min. | Simon Godwin
Opens January 27, 2024
This bold new film brings to life the remarkable backstage spaces of the National Theatre in which desire, dreams and destiny collide to make Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy sing in an entirely new way.
National Theatre Live: Skylight
United Kingdom | 2014 | 135 min. | Stephen Daldry
Opens February 3, 2024
The original 2014 London production of the Tony Award winning play returns, starring Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan, directed by Stephen Daldry.
National Theatre Live: Fleabag
United Kingdom | 2019 | 84 min. | Vicky Jones
Opens February 13, 2024
The hilarious, award-winning play that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, was filmed live on stage in London’s West End in 2019.
National Theatre Live: Vanya
110 min. | Sam Yates
Opens March 2, 2024
Andrew Scott ("Fleabag") brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ ("The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time") radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.