Annual weeklong film festival bringing you the best documentaries from around the world
Keep your finger on the pulse of the best new documentaries from around the world at the fourth annual SIFF DocFest. You’ll find stories about everything from globetrotting explorers to environmental exposés, from legendary celebrities to dramatic escapes and more. Join us at SIFF Cinema Uptown for this weeklong celebration of the documentary form.
More About the Festival
The SIFF audience has long demonstrated a love for great docs, and we pride ourselves on bringing you the best. Attendees of our Seattle International Film Festival flock to documentaries and consistently rate them among the highest for audience awards. You clearly love documentaries—so, we created this festival just for you!
Several of the docs we’ve screened during DocFest have been nominated for Academy Awards (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Flee), and we’re pleased to have hosted several premieres over the years (The Sanctity of Space, Copa ‘71). At DocFest, you can hear directly from the filmmakers, experience performances, participate in panel discussions, and connect with other documentary lovers at screenings and events.
