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.
During the Seattle International Film Festival (May 15-25, 2025), we will have several open caption presentations throughout the run of the Festival. Here, you'll find a list of films that will have some screenings presented with open captions.
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.
The Phoenician Scheme
USA | 2025 | 101 min. | Wes Anderson
Now Playing
The story of a family and a family business. Benicio del Toro plays tycoon Anatole "Zsa-zsa" Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton is Sister Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera is Bjorn Lund, an entomologist.
Materialists
USA | 2025 | 109 min. | Celine Song
Now Playing
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
28 Years Later
United Kingdom | 2025 | Danny Boyle
Now Playing
Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new "auteur horror" story set in the world created by 28 Days Later.
Familiar Touch
USA | 2024 | 91 min. | Sarah Friedland
Now Playing - Jul 3, 2025
Ruth finds a new beginning when she is placed in an assisted living facility in this poignant, Venice Film Festival-winning drama.
Jurassic World Rebirth
USA | 2025 | 134 min. | Gareth Edwards
Now Playing - Jul 23, 2025
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
Sorry, Baby
USA | 2025 | 104 min. | Eva Victor
Opens July 10, 2025
Eva Victor (“Billions”) writes, directs, and stars in this nonlinear, seriocomic story about a melancholic English professor’s complicated path toward healing in the aftermath of an all-to-common tragedy. Winner of the Sundance 2025 Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
USA | 2024 | 98 min. | Shoshannah Stern
Opens July 11, 2025
Portrait of Marlee Matlin, the first Deaf actor to win an Oscar, and her fight for inclusion and representation in the entertainment world. All screenings will be presented with Open Captions.
Eddington
USA | 2025 | 148 min. | Ari Aster
Opens July 18, 2025
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
