Line outside SIFF Cinema Egyptian for the sold-out short film program Sound Visions at the 50th Seattle International Film Festival (May 2024). Photo by Eric Luck.
SIFF acquired the historic Egyptian Theatre in the mid-2010s and reopened it as SIFF Cinema Egyptian on October 3, 2014.
Ethan Hawke poses in the Egyptian lobby during the 44th Seattle International Film Festival (2017), where Blaze had its Seattle premiere and he was awarded with the Award for Outsanding Achievement in Cinema.
A familiar Capitol Hill sight for decades, theater-goers mingle outside the Egyptian rain or shine. This photo was taken during the 14th Seattle International Film Festival (1988).
Stan Shields, SIFF Associate Director of Festival Programming, making an introduction at the Opening Night of Noir City 2023 on the Egyptian stage. Photo by Pavel Verbovski/PNTA.
A SIFF volunteer enjoys their post, welcoming movie-goers into the Egyptian at the 45th Seattle International Film Festival in 2019. Photo by Dana Waldron.
In July 2023, the Egyptian saw lots of Barbie pink, as hundreds of people came to experience Greta Gerwig’s Barbie as a colorful community. SIFF's opening weekend of the film at the Egyptian was the top-selling single-screen venue for Barbie in the Pacific Northwest. Photo by Dylan Lockard.
At the 45th Seattle International Film Festival (2019) actress Regina Hall (Girls Trip, One Battle After Another) was presented with the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema at the Egyptian. Before the presentation, she signed autographs for crowds outside the venue. Photo by Elizabeth Crook.
Seattle International Film Festival founders Darryl Macdonald and Dan Ireland pose outside the theater to celebrate the 9th Seattle International Film Festival (1984).
Reverend Patrinell Wright, founder of the internationally recognized Seattle institution Total Experience Gospel Choir, singing on stage at the screening of Patrinell: The Total Experience. at the 45th Seattle International Film Festival (2019). Photo by Ashlyn Gehrett.
SIFF Programmer Dustin Kaspar holds the mic for Oscar the Grouch (Caroll Spinney) for a vocal performance of “I Love Trash” after the screening of I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival (2014).
Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) in conversation with artist Melissa Messer about his love for Aki Kaurismäki’s film Drifting Clouds as part of SIFF’s Talking Pictures program on March 14, 2024. Photo by Robert Wade.
Concessions being sold at the Egyptian during the 49th Seattle International Film Festival (2019). Photo by Dylan Lockard.
Academy Award-winning director Daniel Scheinert answers audience questions after a screening of The Death of Dick Long at the 45th Seattle International Film festival (2019), in a Q&A moderated by SIFF Senior Programmer Megan Leonard. Photo by Morgan Popp.
The Seattle International Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024, bringing crowds of movie lovers to the Egyptian for the fifth decade running. Photo by Eric Luck.
The Egyptian lobby during the 43rd Seattle International Film Festival (2017). Photo by Ashlyn Gehrett.
The building’s exterior is lit up with the SIFF logo upon its reopening as SIFF Cinema Egyptian in October 2014.
On-stage Q&A with cast and crew following the debut of local filmmaker SJ Chiro’s first feature film, Lane 1974, during the 43rd Seattle International Film Festival (2017). Photo by Ashlyn Gehrett.
A SIFF programmer introduces a screening during the 49th Seattle International Film Festival (2023) inside the beautiful Egyptian theater. Photo by Dylan Lockard.
