Northwest Connections
Seattleites see more films per capita than the residents of any other American city, and a growing number of these selections have their roots in the fertile Pacific Northwest film community. Each year, SIFF honors the many ways in which the Puget Sound region contributes to the world of cinema, whether it acts as an evocative location for outside filmmakers or as inspiration for local filmmakers ready to strut their stuff.
Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts
USA | 2022 | 61 min | Dru Holley
April 14 - 24, 2022
The story of the Black army regiments, formed after the Civil War, who played vital roles in the American settling of the West.
I AM DB COOPER
USA | 2022 | 100 min | T.J. Regan
April 14 - 24, 2022
Documentary footage blends with period reenactments to tell the tangled tale of the NW’s most infamous missing person.
Know Your Place
USA | 2022 | 118 min | Zia Mohajerjasbi
April 14 - 24, 2022
Gentrification’s impact on Seattle’s East African community is explored as two teenage boys navigate the city on an errand.
N.W. Confidential
2022 | 86 min | Various
April 14 - 24, 2022
SIFF has scoured the cinematic “case files” of the past year and are releasing to the public (without redaction) the most meaningful, engaging, and unique short films from our creative state.
Sweetheart Deal
USA | 2022 | 98 min | Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller
April 14 - 24, 2022
Four women encounter friendship and betrayal while working Seattle’s infamous Aurora Avenue.
I’ll Show You Mine
USA | 2022 | 102 min | Megan Griffiths
April 16 - 20, 2022
An author interviews her nephew, a pansexual model, over the course of an intense weekend.
Midday Black Midnight Blue
USA | 2022 | 88 min | Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott
April 21 - 22, 2022
Filmed on Whidbey Island, this dark tale follows a man still grieving long after the death of the woman he loved.