Festival Events 2024
Secret Festival
May 10 - 17, 2026
Take a private trip to the cinema with SIFF’s Secret Festival. Secret Fest is a confidential cinematic excursion that requires each viewer to sign an NDA prior to attending. 11:00am screenings on both Sundays of the Festival, at SIFF Cinema Downtown.
SIFF & CFC Present A Nightmare on Elm Street with DJ NicFit
USA | 1984 | 91 min. | Wes Craven
May 12, 2026
A group of suburban teenagers learn to never sleep again when they discover they’re being targeted by a vicious serial killer who can slaughter you in your dreams. This time, Seattle’s own DJ NicFit will create a live soundtrack to accompany Wes Craven’s original, paradigm-shifting supernatural chiller.
4th World Media Lab
May 14 - 17, 2026
The 4th World Media Lab 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 rooted in cultural and community care.
Seattle International Film Festival: Closing Night Film
May 17, 2026
Join us at SIFF Cinema Downtown for the Closing Night film on Sunday, May 17.