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SIFF 2019 Film Guide
A full list of every feature and short playing at the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival.
Film Guide
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Program African Pictures Alternate Cinema Archival Presentations Asian Crossroads Award Winners 2019 Centerpiece Gala China Stars Closing Night Gala Contemporary World Cinema Culinary Cinema Deutschlandjahr Documentary Competition Documentary Films Episodic Content Face the Music Fashion Film Fridays Festival Forums Films4Families FutureWave Ibero American Ibero American Competition Indigenous Kirkland Opening Night New American Cinema New American Cinema Competition New Directors Competition New Works in Progress Northwest Connections Official Competition Opening Night Gala Saturday Night Film & Party Short Film Packages ShortsFest Weekend Spotlight Screenings Tribute WTF
Genre Action / Adventure Africa African-American Alumni Animals Animation Arabic Language Archival Art/Design Asian Asian-American Biopic Black Comedy Buddy Picture Chinese Language Comedy Coming of Age Crime/Mystery Cult Dance Documentary Drama Eastern Europe Environmental Epic Erotic / Sex Experimental/Avant-Garde Family Friendly Fantasy Fashion Film Noir Film Related Food French Language Gangster German Language History Horror Indian Indigenous Peoples Italian Language Japanese Japanese Language Jewish Latin America Latinx LGBTQ Literature Martial Arts Middle East Music Native American Nature North Africa Period Piece Political Religion Road Movie Romance Russian Language Scandinavian Science Fiction Seattle Seniors Social Issues Spanish Language Sports Student Short Film Teen Friendly Theatre Thriller War Western Woman Director Women
Mood Creative Streak Love Make Me Laugh! Open My Eyes Provocateurs Show Me the World! Thrill Me! WTF
Director Abdalla, Ahmad Abella, Alejandra Marquez Ahn, Andrew al-Kateab, Waad Amarteifio, Nicole Antin, Juan Arahanga, Becs Arcand, Denys Asamoah, Ben Assarat, Aditya Assayas, Olivier Attanasio, Annabelle Au, Jevons Aumua, Amberley Jo Babani, Ruth Zachs Baichwal, Jennifer Baig, Minhal Barbero, Domenic Beiraghi, Soheil Berger, Edward Bertie, Bert & Bescond, Andrea Besri, Mohcine Blossier, Antoine Bogdanov, Georgi Bognar, Steven Bollain, Iciar Bolt, Adam Bondarchuk, Roman Bosch, Willem Boyle, Danny Brugger, Mads Brugués, Alejandro Bujalski, Andrew Burtynsky, Edward Bustamante, Jayro Buyukatalay, Mehmet Akif Byington, Bob Cabral, Natalia Capai, Eliza Carlton, Wendy Jo Celles, Genevieve Dulude-De Chadha, Gurinder Cheng-Kuo, Yen Chiu, Derek Chon, Justin Chukwu, Chinonye Chupov, Aleksey Colaizzo, Paul Downs Corbiau, Gerard Coskun, Mahmut Fazil Côté, Denis Cousins, Mark Creadon, Patrick Cruz, Yolanda Dahlsbakken, Henrik Martin Dante, Joe Davidian, Aäläm-Wärqe Davis, Nic DeBoer, Jocelyn Derham, Erin Ding, Ho Wi Dvortsevoy, Sergey Eaton, A.J. Echevarria, Arantxa Edenshaw, Gwaai Elizaga, Andrew Elliott, Stephan Engel, Janice Enser, Amy Ephron, Jamila Estrada, Oriol Fazili, Hassan Fernandez, Emilio Freshwater, Matasila Fuemana, Dianna Fuente, Raul de la Furniss, Antonella Sudasassi Gameau, Damon Ganatra, Nisha Garibaldi, Lucia Garland, Christy Garrel, Louis Garris, Mick Garver, Rob George, Miria Giovanetti, Guillaume Giovannesi, Claudio Giraud, Hélène Godano, Simone Gollás, Pablo Gasca Gonzalez, Maria Paz Gonzalez, Yann Goodman, Barak Green, Rashaad Ernesto Guttenbeil-Likiliki, ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Haaken, Jan Haig-Brown, Helen Hambridge, David Haney, Bill Haro, Klaus Harper, Tom Herzog, Werner Hodge, Brent Holmberg, Jon Holmes, Alex Hood, Gavin Howard, Ron Hult, Maximilian Infante, Arturo Jaquemet, Simon Jarmusch, Jim Jedicke, Philipp Jie, Liu Jude, Radu Julian, Rupert Kaartinen, Martti Kalatozov, Mikhail Karekezi, Joel Kasulke, Benjamin Kent, Jennifer Kim, Bora Kitamura, Ryûhei Knowlton, Linda Goldstein Kotevska, Tamara Kreutzer, Marie Kullstrom, Niklas L’Henoret, Yann Lahooti, Arash Laloux, Rene Lamata, Miguel Angel Landes, Alejandro Lang, Fritz Lavafi, Ramtin Lellouche, Gilles Lesmes, Carlos E. Liang, Ying Linares, Jose Luis Lopez Link, Caroline Livnev, Sergey Lorentzen, Luke Luchetti, Laura Luebbe, Dawn Lupino, Ida Lyford, Richard Mackerras, Josephine Madmony, Joseph Mafile’o, Vea Mansky, Vitaly Marqués-Marcet, Carlos Mayfair, Ash McCartney, Marina Alofagia McGinnis, Amber McHenry, Jack Merkulova, Natasha Meszaros, Karoly Ujj Métayer, Eric Metz, Don Meyrou, Olivier Millar, Don Miller, Barbara Mishiali, Tonia Missirkov, Boris Modigliani, David Moratto, Alexandre Morchhale, Praveen Mordini, Stefano Mosawi-Mani, Sahra Moura, Wagner Mozaffari, Jasmin Mudede, Charles Murphy, Josh “Bones” Murphy, Seamus Nelson, Stanley Nenow, Damian Nettelbeck, Sandra Nilson, Tyler Nyholm, Johannes O'Conor, Hugh Odell, Anna Omerzu, Olmo Ortega, Luis Osaki, Mauricio Otálora, Laura Palmer, Jeffrey Palo, Nicole Panahi, Jafar Parouchev, Deyan Pastreich, Milena Pencier, Nicholas de Perez, Ruben Rodriguez Petit, Louis-Julien Pfaffenbichler, Norbert Philippe, Alexandre O. Pintilie, Adina Poulton, Britt Qubeka, Jahmil X.T. Raebyne, Melinda Raimbault, Antoine Reichert, Julia Reid, Alison Rekhi, Ben Rosenfeld, Daniel Rots, Esther Rozema, Patricia Rozenkier, Yona Salim, Ulaa Sama, Hari Sarin, Ritu Sasanatieng, Wisit Saulter, Storm Sauvard, Bruno Savage, Dan Madison Scheinert, Daniel Schwartz, Michael Schwartzman, Nancy Schwehm, Oliver Service, Shannon Sewitsky, Anne Shawky, A.B. Shelton, Lynn Shields, David Silver, Joan Micklin Singer, André Sinha, Sonejuhi Siriphol, Chulayarnnon Sivakumaran, Suba Slade, David Smith, Chuck Solomon, Shelly Sonam, Tenzing Sorogoyen, Rodrigo Spears, Jerry Stearns, Riley Stefanov, Ljubomir Stephens, Martha Strickland, Peter Stuber, Thomas Szabo, Thomas Szilagyi, Zsofia Taraboulsy, Gab Tauamiti, Jeremiah Tcheng, Frederic Teicher, Jeremy Tervo, Miia Tezuka, Macoto Ting, Emily Titus, Mark Tolajian, Michael Toscano, Luigi Trišhkina-Vanhatalo, Liina Tsui, Heather Tyburski, Michael Vatansever, Ali Vidal-Naquet, Camille Wakkawakka), Wayne Blair (Batjala Mununjali Waldron, Jeffrey Wang, Lulu Wang, Nanfu Watanabe, Takashi Watts, Edward Weerasethakul, Apichatpong West, Tony Whippy, Nicole Wilder, Billy Williams, Roger Ross Yacov, Boaz Yehonaton Youmans, Phillip Young, Tia Zeig-Owens, Nick Zencirci, Cagla Zhang, Jialing Zhuk, Darya Zoabi, Sameh Zucca, Paolo
Country / Region Afghanistan Albania Argentina Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Benelux Brazil Bulgaria Canada Canada (Québec) Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Denmark Dominican Republic Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Latvia Luxembourg Macedonia Malaysia Mexico Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Romania Russia Russian Federation Scotland Singapore South Africa South Korea Soviet Union Spain Spain (Catalunya) Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay USA Vietnam
Venue AMC Pacific Place Ark Lodge Cinemas Kirkland Performance Center Lincoln Square Majestic Bay Marion Oliver McCaw Hall MOHAI Seattle Central Library Shoreline Community College SIFF Cinema Egyptian SIFF Cinema Egyptian SIFF Cinema Uptown SIFF Cinema Uptown SIFF Film Center SIFF Film Center
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The Days to Come Spain (Catalunya) | 2019 | 95 minutes | Carlos Marqués-Marcet
The Dead Don't Die USA | 2019 | 104 minutes | Jim Jarmusch
The Death of Dick Long USA | 2019 | 110 minutes | Daniel Scheinert
The Dive Israel | 2018 | 91 minutes | Yona Rozenkier
The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia Cuba | 2018 | 92 minutes | Arturo Infante
The Fall of the American Empire Canada (Québec) | 2018 | 129 minutes | Denys Arcand
The Family Picture Show 2019 | 81 minutes
The Farewell | SIFF 2019 Closing Night Gala USA | 2018 | 98 minutes | Lulu Wang
The Footballest Spain | 2018 | 98 minutes | Miguel Angel Lamata
The Good Girls Mexico | 2018 | 93 minutes | Alejandra Marquez Abella
The Ground Beneath My Feet Austria | 2019 | 108 minutes | Marie Kreutzer
The Hitch-Hiker USA | 1953 | 71 minutes | Ida Lupino
The Innocent Switzerland | 2018 | 114 minutes | Simon Jaquemet
The Invisible Witness Italy | 2018 | 97 minutes | Stefano Mordini
The Legend of the Stardust Brothers Japan | 1985 | 100 minutes | Macoto Tezuka
The Long Haul: The Story of the Buckaroos USA | 2019 | 84 minutes | Amy Enser
The Man Who Bought the Moon Italy | 2018 | 103 minutes | Paolo Zucca
The Man Who Surprised Everyone Russia | 2018 | 105 minutes | Natasha Merkulova, Aleksey Chupov
The Mercy of the Jungle Belgium | 2018 | 91 minutes | Joel Karekezi
The Nightingale Australia | 2018 | 136 minutes | Jennifer Kent
The Peanut Butter Falcon USA | 2019 | 96 minutes | Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz
The Phantom of the Opera with live soundtrack by The Invincible Czars USA | 1925 | 93 minutes | Rupert Julian
The Realm Spain | 2018 | 121 minutes | Rodrigo Sorogoyen
The Sharks Uruguay | 2019 | 80 minutes | Lucia Garibaldi
The Sound of Silence USA | 2019 | 87 minutes | Michael Tyburski
The Sweet Requiem India | 2018 | 93 minutes | Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam
The Third Wife Vietnam | 2018 | 94 minutes | Ash Mayfair
The Wild USA | 2019 | 60 minutes | Mark Titus
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes Canada | 2018 | 83 minutes | Alison Reid
Them That Follow USA | 2019 | 98 minutes | Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage
Thin Skin Event USA | 2019 | 120 minutes | Charles Mudede
This Is America 2019 | 88 minutes
This Is Not Berlin Mexico | 2019 | 105 minutes | Hari Sama
Ties That Bind 2019 | 89 minutes
Timeless Beauty France | 2018 | 85 minutes | Deyan Parouchev
To the Stars USA | 2019 | 111 minutes | Martha Stephens
Top End Wedding Australia | 2019 | 103 minutes | Wayne Blair (Batjala Mununjali Wakkawakka)
Touch Me Not Romania | 2018 | 125 minutes | Adina Pintilie
Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts USA | 2019 | 91 minutes | Nick Zeig-Owens
Troop Zero USA | 2019 | 97 minutes | Bert & Bertie
Twin Flower Italy | 2018 | 96 minutes | Laura Luchetti
Urgent Switzerland | 2018 | 86 minutes | Mohcine Besri
Vai New Zealand | 2019 | 90 minutes | Nicole Whippy, ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki, Matasila Freshwater, Amberley Jo Aumua, Miria George, Marina Alofagia McCartney, Dianna Fuemana, Becs Arahanga
Van Goghs Russia | 2018 | 102 minutes | Sergey Livnev
Virgin & Extra: The Land of the Olive Oil Spain | 2018 | 90 minutes | Jose Luis Lopez Linares
Volcano Ukraine | 2018 | 106 minutes | Roman Bondarchuk
Watch List (Maria) Philippines | 2019 | 94 minutes | Ben Rekhi
We Are the Radical Monarchs USA | 2019 | 96 minutes | Linda Goldstein Knowlton
