In Theaters
40th Anniversary: Ran (4K Restoration)
France | 1985 | 162 min. | Akira Kurosawa
Opens May 30, 2025
Akira Kurosawa’s Academy Award-winning adaptation of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, Ran considers the disastrous consequences of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji’s (Tatsuya Nakadai) decision to split his kingdom among his three sons.
April
Georgia | 2024 | 134 min. | Dea Kulumbegashvili
Opens May 30, 2025
A Georgian obstetrician is thrust into the harsh, investigative spotlight when she loses a newborn while on duty.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
France | 2024 | 94 min. | Laura Piani
Opens May 30, 2025
Agathe (Camille Rutherford) is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, while she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writers block.
Pavements
USA | 2024 | 128 min. | Alex Ross Perry
Opens May 30, 2025
Alex Ross Perry surveys the emblematic 1990s US indie rock band in typically idiosyncratic style: part-documentary, part-biopic, part-stage musical—but all Pavement. Pavement music video director Lance Bangs scheduled to attend for a post-film Q&A after the 7:00pm screening on May 30.
Rashomon
Japan | 1950 | 88 minutes | Akira Kurosawa
Opens May 30, 2025
A horrible crime is told and retold from multiple—and vastly divergent perspectives—in the classic film that brought Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa to the global stage.
There is Another Way
2025 | 67 min. | Stephen Apkon
Opens May 31, 2025
In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. There is Another Way tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible—for them, for us, and for all humanity. Director Stephen Apkon scheduled to attend for a post-film Q&A on May 31.
The Eternal Song: Film Premiere
USA | 2025 | 87 min. | Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo
June 2, 2025
Presented by Science and Nonduality. Across sacred lands, Indigenous voices reveal both the deep wounds of colonialization and the ancestral wisdom that guides us toward healing. Through their stories, we remember our kinship with Mother Earth.
Movie Club: Sorcerer
USA | 1977 | 121 min. | William Friedkin
June 4, 2025
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain. Introduced by SIFF Marketing Coordinator Quentin Lebeau.
Flying In: A Discussion of a Life in Film with Producer and Author Gretchen McGowan
USA | 60 min.
June 5, 2025
Rewind with us to the grit and glam of how independent movies were made in the '90s and '00s. Presented by Elliott Bay Book Company.
The Phoenician Scheme
USA | 2025 | 101 min. | Wes Anderson
Opens June 5, 2025
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.
High Art
USA | 1998 | 102 min. | Lisa Cholodenko
Opens June 6, 2025
At 24, Syd (Radha Mitchell) has landed what seems to be a dream job but she’s still stuck fetching coffee, until a chance meeting with her upstairs neighbor, Lucy Berlinerr (Ally Sheedy). Lucy, a once-celebrated photographer, lives an enthralling life with her drug-addicted German girlfriend, (Patricia Clarkson), that draws Syd in. Before she can catch her breath, Syd discovers dark truths of life on the edge, is forced to confont the price of her hunger for recognition and public esteem.
Imaginal Disc Part 2: Cracking the Chrysalis
USA | 2025 | 120 min. | Torin Frost & Lauren Santi
June 7, 2025
Presented by Geminarius Studios. Torin Frost & Lauren Santi present the sequel to their cinematic, hip hop musical saga filmed at stunning locations throughout the North American continent.
Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival
Opens June 7, 2025
The Museum of Pop Culture in partnership with SIFF presents the annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival.
GRRL HAUS CINEMA x SIFF Presents NeuroCinema: Shorts by Neurodiverse Artists or Exploring Neurodiversity
June 8, 2025
With films spanning experimental, documentary, and narrative styles, NeuroCinema explores themes of identity, memory, perception, and sensory processing, offering personal and nuanced perspectives on the lived experiences of neurodiverse individuals.
Force of Water: Seattle Premiere
110 min.
June 12, 2025
Documentary following two communities—one in Ecuador and one in Uganda—as they take on the monumental task of building their own piped water systems. Join for a film screening, Q&A, and reception. Presented by Green Empowerment, Public Interest Registry.
Materialists
USA | 2025 | 109 min. | Celine Song
Opens June 12, 2025
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
Love
Norway | 2024 | 119 min. | Dag Johan Haugerud
Opens June 13, 2025
Marianne, a pragmatic doctor, and Tor, a compassionate nurse, are both avoiding conventional relationships. One evening, after a blind date, Marianne encounters Tor on the ferry. Tor, who often spends his nights there seeking casual encounters with men, shares his experiences of spontaneous intimacy. Intrigued by his perspective, Marianne begins to explore whether casual intimacy could also be an option for her.
National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire
2014 | 203 min. | Benedict Andrews
Opens June 13, 2025
Gillian Anderson ("Sex Education"), Vanessa Kirby ("The Crown"), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
They Call Her Death (35mm)
USA | 2025 | 92 min. | Austin Snell
Opens June 14, 2025
On the wild frontier of the American prairie, Molly Pray is on a bloody crusade against the criminal forces that have wronged her. Filmed entirely on 16mm film using cameras from the 1960s, Kansas filmmaker Austin Snell's second feature captures the essence of low budget Euro-Westerns and Euro-Horror of the same era.
飲食男女 Eat Drink Man Woman (2K數字重製 Digital Restoration)
1994 | 127 min. | 李安 Ang LEE
June 16, 2025
1994 comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee. Part of Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy, this film deals with the transition from tradition to modernity. Presented by 旦夕书店 AMOMENT BOOKS.
28 Years Later
United Kingdom | 2025 | Danny Boyle
Opens June 19, 2025
Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new story set in the world created by 28 Days Later.
We Are Guardians
Brazil | 2023 | 85 min. | Edivan Guajajara (Arariboia), Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman
Opens June 20, 2025
In the Brazilian Amazon, the illegal cutting of centuries-old trees and mining of resources on protected land is a large-scale tragedy unfolding in real-time. Directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara and filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman, We Are Guardians captures the human struggle as it plays out across this canvas. Q&A with the directors following the June 20 screening.
Brokeback Mountain (20th Anniversary Re-Release)
USA | 2005 | 134 min. | Ang Lee
Opens June 22, 2025
“I wish I knew how to quit you.” Celebrate 20 years of Brokeback Mountain with SIFF. Ang Lee’s haunting, tender story of forbidden love between two cowboys brought to life by unforgettable performances from Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, was nothing short of revolutionary.
Pink Flamingos
USA | 1972 | 93 min. | John Waters
June 26, 2025
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as “The Filthiest Person Alive”.
We Ride Why
USA | 2025 | 70 min. | Greg Roth
Opens June 28, 2025
We Ride Why is a documentary film about the power of love, community, and hope in the face of cancer. The film follows the stories of several women who have been impacted by cancer, as well as the friends and family who support them. Through their stories, we learn about the collateral damage that cancer can bring, but also the hope that can be found in the relationships that are born out of trauma. Presented by Noir Rouge Productions.
Jurassic World Rebirth
USA | 2025 | 134 min. | Gareth Edwards
Opens July 2, 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.
BFDI & Inanimate Insanity 2025 Tour
90 min.
Opens July 26, 2025
BFDI & Inanimate Insanity are two hit YouTube animated series created by Jacknjellify and AnimationEpic!
CatVideoFest 2025
2025 | 70 min.
Opens August 8, 2025
The world's #1 cat video festival is back with screenings in theaters across the USA and around the world starting August 2025!
National Theatre Live: Inter Alia
120 min. | Justin Martin
Opens October 3, 2025
Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?