Open Caption Screenings
SIFF is excited to bring more open caption screenings to better welcome deaf and hard of hearing audiences, as well as anyone who benefits from viewing captions. We present as many films as possible with open captions on every Tuesday and Sunday.
WHAT ARE OPEN CAPTIONS?
Open captioning is when the dialogue and sounds of a film are written as text that is overlaid on the film image for anyone in the audience to see. It is considered passive assistance, a service that is there to use or ignore.
We understand that open captions can be distracting for those who are not accustomed to using them, but in the spirit of making SIFF accessible for all cinephiles we appreciate your consideration for those who need open captions.
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES
All SIFF Cinema venues and Seattle International Film Festival external venues will remain equipped with Assistive Listening devices on days when open captioning is not offered. Check-in with the Cinema or Festival Venue Manager to locate the devices at your venue.
All SIFF Cinema venues and Seattle International Film Festival external venues are equipped with Closed Captioning and Descriptive Listening devices, but services may vary per film. Call 206-464-5830 or email info@siff.net for more information.
Bugonia
United Kingdom | 2025 | 120 min. | Yorgos Lanthimos
Now Playing - Nov 18, 2025
Two conspiracy-obsessed men kidnap the CEO of a major company when they become convinced that she's an alien who wants to destroy Earth.
Wicked: For Good
USA | 2025 | Jon M. Chu
Opens November 20, 2025
Now demonized as the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba lives in exile in the Ozian forest, while Glinda resides at the palace in Emerald City, reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, she'll need to reunite with Glinda to transform herself, and all of Oz, for good.
Eternity
USA | 2025 | 112 min. | David Freyne
Opens November 26, 2025
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan must choose between the man she spent her life with and her first love.
Hamnet
United Kingdom | 2025 | 125 min. | Chloé Zhao
Opens November 26, 2025
A lush and tender drama about William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his family, as seen through the eyes of his thoughtful wife Agnes (a luminous Jessie Buckley). From Academy Award–winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland).
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
2025 | 120 min. | Dominic Cooke
Opens January 17, 2026
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton ("The Crown") joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter ("Bridgerton") for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.
National Theatre Live: Life of Pi
2025 | 150 min. | Max Webster
Opens February 21, 2026
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step
2025 | 100 min. | Finn den Hertog
Opens March 14, 2026
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden ("Slow Horses," Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, "The Responder") in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
