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51st Seattle International Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival 2025. Escape to the reel world May 15-25.

Escape to the Reel World at the 51st Seattle International Film Festival. Celebrate independent cinema as a destination with screenings in person May 15–25 at venues across Seattle, and extend your vacation with select encores streaming on the SIFF Channel May 26–June 1.

Use the SIFF Film Finder to view the full 2025 lineup and plan the cinematic trip of your dreams. Passes, ticket packs, and individual tickets are on sale now.

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Looking for the program? Find it on our Resources page, Programs & Competitions page, or download the PDF. You can also pick up a printed copy at any SIFF Cinema venue.

HIGHLIGHTS

Cloud Cloud A genre-bending potboiler about a parasitic internet reseller who runs afoul of revenge-seeking vigilantes.

Sound Visions Sound Visions These shorts explore our region’s creative spirit and talented filmmaking community.

Free Leonard Peltier Free Leonard Peltier As Indigenous American Leonard Peltier faces his final years, learn the real facts from those who fought for his clemency.

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir about an eight-year-old farmgirl who witnesses Rhodesia’s tumultuous political shift.

April April A Georgian obstetrician is thrust into the harsh, investigative spotlight when she loses a newborn while on duty.

Monk in Pieces Monk in Pieces Avant-garde multihyphenate genius Meredith Monk approaches her final project, the immersive “Indra’s Net.”

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Browse the SIFF Archives for interactive flipbooks of catalogs, photo and video assets, full lists of feature films that have played throughout our history, and other highlights at siff.net/archives.

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