Upcoming Q&As and Special Guests - Fall 2025

Monday, August 25, 2025

Upcoming Q&As and Special Guests Fall 2025

Throughout the year, we’re pleased to offer chances to hear directly from filmmakers, performances and panel discussions, and more unique experiences around movies.

Secure your tickets now for these events featuring filmmakers and other special guests over the next couple of months.

The Baltimorons

The Baltimorons: Filmmaker Q&A - September 17

WED SEP 17 · 6:30 PM · UPTOWN

Director/writer Jay Duplass scheduled to attend September 17.

After cracking a tooth on Christmas Eve, newly sober Cliff embarks on an unexpected May/December adventure through Baltimore with Didi, his emergency dentist.

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I will revenge this world with Love - S. Paradjanov

I will revenge this world with Love - S. Paradjanov: Filmmaker Q&A - September 20

SAT SEP 20 · 5:30 PM · FILM CENTER

Director Zara Jian scheduled to attend.

Dedicated to the centenary of the most free, world-famous director and artist in captivity, Zara Jian’s search for truth and inspiration leads her to Sergei Parajanov.

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Little Forest

Little Forest: Filmmaker Q&A - October 3

FRI OCT 3 · 7:00 PM · UPTOWN

Introduction and Q&A with Director Yim Soon-rye moderated by Ungsan Kim, University of Washington Center for Korea Studies.

Yim Soon-rye’s gentlest film transplants Little Forest, Daisuke Igarashi’s manga about slow living and natural cooking, to the Korean countryside.

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25 Cats From Qatar

25 Cats From Qatar: Filmmaker Q&A - October 18

SAT OCT 18 · 4:00 PM · UPTOWN

Director Mye Hoang scheduled to attend.

A SIFF DocFest screening. An American flight attendant embarks on a bold, four-day mission to rescue abandoned cats from the streets of Doha for adoption in the USA in this compelling, heartwarming new film from director Mye Hoang (Cat Daddies, SIFF 2022).

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Speak

Speak.: Filmmaker Q&A - October 19, 2025

SUN OCT 19 · 12:00 PM · DOWNTOWN

Director Jennifer Tiexiera, co-director Guy Mossman, producer Pamela Griner, and special guests scheduled to attend.

Five bold young voices go on a high-stakes journey to conquer the Super Bowl of public speaking, offering a masterclass in courage, conviction, and the kind of hope that refuses to be silenced. A SIFF DocFest Spotlight Screening, presented with the Schultz Family Foundation in partnership with the National Speech and Debate Association.

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The Secret of Me

The Secret of Me: Filmmaker Q&A - October 22

WED OCT 22 · 7:00 PM · UPTOWN

Subject Jim Ambrose scheduled to attend.

A SIFF DocFest screening. A shocking medical discovery turns a college student’s life upside-down in this gripping film from the team behind Three Identical Strangers.

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Democracy Noir

Democracy Noir: Filmmaker Q&A - September 12

FRI SEP 12 · 4:00 PM & 7:00 PM · FILM CENTER

Director Connie Field scheduled to attend both screenings September 12.

Democracy Noir follows three courageous women as they fight to expose both the step-by-step destruction of democracy and corruption within Viktor Orbán’s Hungary—a white nationalist regime, envied by promoters of a new brand of authoritarianism throughout the world.

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Splitsville

Splitsville: Filmmaker Q&A - August 29

FRI AUG 29 · 7:00 PM · UPTOWN

Director/actor Michael Angelo Covino and co-writer/actor Kyle Marvin scheduled to attend August 29.

When his wife asks for a divorce, a man runs to his friends for support, only to learn that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage. An absurd “romantic” comedy from the filmmaking team behind 2019’s award-winning The Climb.

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Date: August 25, 2025
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