In Theaters
ParkPunks Family-Friendly Film Series: Flow
Latvia | 2024 | 85 min. | Gints Zilbalodis
September 1, 2026
ParkPunks Family-Friendly Film Series returns for its second year! We’re kicking off with the independent, animated, adventure film FLOW.
American Doctor
USA | 2026 | 93 min. | Poh Si Teng
Now Playing - Sep 3, 2026
Three courageous doctors—a Jewish orthopedic surgeon from North Carolina, a Zoroastrian trauma surgeon from California, and a Palestinian American ER specialist from Illinois—volunteer their services in Gaza, risking their lives to save others.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
USA | 2026 | 113 min. | Jane Schoenbrun
Now Playing
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
Tony
USA | 2026 | 106 min. | Matt Johnson
Now Playing
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
The Odyssey
United Kingdom | 2026 | 172 min. | Christopher Nolan
Now Playing - Sep 8, 2026
A mythic action epic shot across the world bringing Homer’s foundational saga to screens, starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
In the Realm of the Senses (35mm)
Japan | 1976 | 102 min. | Nagisa Oshima
Opens September 2, 2026
50th anniversary screenings of Nagisa Oshima’s controversial classic, presented by Grand Illusion Cinema and SECS Fest.
The Marching Band
France | 2024 | 103 min. | Emmanuel Courcol
Opens September 4, 2026
A world-famous orchestra conductor discovers the brother he never knew he had — a school cafeteria worker who plays trombone in a local marching band. An equally hilarious and affecting crowdpleaser that premiered at Cannes and became a French box office sensation.
100 Years of the Uptown: Faust with The Invincible Czars
Germany | 1926 | 106 min. | FW Murnau
September 9, 2026
The Invincible Czars celebrate 100 years of the silent masterpiece Faust (1926, FW Murnau). Their brand new electrifying score marries new and old elements of classical music, bossa nova and even a touch of heavy metal to bring the movie to life for contemporary audiences and incorporates a mix of instruments like flute, violin and electric guitar.
Hope
South Korea | 2026 | 160 min. | Na Hong-jin
Opens September 9, 2026
A mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town. The residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before.
Found Footage Festival: Porcelain VHS Treasures
USA | 2026 | 90 min.
September 10, 2026
Live comedy with VHS tapes!
Practical Magic 2
USA | 2026 | 110 min. | Susanne Bier
Opens September 10, 2026
Starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Practical Magic 2 returns to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all in a must-see cinematic event of fun, magic and mayhem.
25th Hour (35mm)
USA | 2002 | 135 min. | Spike Lee
Opens September 11, 2026
Spike Lee's gripping adaptation of David Benioff's novel. One of the best American movies of the 21st century. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Late Fame
USA | 2025 | 96 min. | Kent Jones
Opens September 11, 2026
Willem Dafoe plays a post office employee whose early book of poetry is “rediscovered” by a group of aspiring artists who adopt him as an elder statesman, flattering him but also causing him to question their authenticity.
Strange and Found Live Video Show!
USA | 2026 | 80 min.
September 12, 2026
Chicago VHS all-stars Scott Miller (Strange Tapes Zine) and Joe Pickett (Found Footage Fest) bring you the strangest and finest bounty VHS has to offer! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
USA | 2025 | 108 min. | Tom Stern
September 13, 2026
A documentary feature about legendary psychedelic punk band, Butthole Surfers. Through exhaustive interviews, archival footage, surreal animation, puppetry reenactments, and more, this film unfolds in the anarchic spirit of the legendary band. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
The Pain And The Power (Advance Screening)
USA | 2026 | 120 min. | Cai Indermaur
September 13, 2026
Decades after a sixteen-year addiction to cocaine, alcohol, and crack nearly ended his life, Queer musician Logan Lynn retraces his memory, music, and the wreckage left behind.(This event includes a live Q&A with Logan Lynn after the screening)
SIFF Movie Club: Serial Mom
USA | 1994 | 93 min. | John Waters
September 14, 2026
Written and directed by John Waters, this 1994 dark satirical comedy stars Kathleen Turner as Beverly Sutphin, a picture-perfect suburban housewife and mother who secretly moonlights as a gleeful serial killer.
Nouvelles Femmes: Breathless
France | 1960 | 90 min. | Jean-Luc Godard
September 16, 2026
Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) stomps the accelerator, and is Parisian-cool and casual about the big things (love, living and dying). Speeding ahead like Bogart in those American Noir movies, with the American Patricia (Jean Seberg) sharing his crime spree. She (standing still) gives us a Mona Lisa gaze: all the mysteries.
Edie Arnold is a Loser
USA | 2026 | 73 min. | Megan Rico, Kade Atwood
September 17, 2026
Lace up your combat boots and whip out that black eyeliner for Edie Arnold is a Loser, an infectiously charming coming-of-age flick about a self-proclaimed loser starting a punk band at her Catholic high school.
Resident Evil
USA | 2026 | 95 min. | Zach Cregger
Opens September 18, 2026
From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise.
The Hole (35mm)
Taiwan | 1998 | 89 min. | Tsai Ming-liang
Opens September 18, 2026
A sci-fi film set in the dreary present, a romantic-comedy about two people that never meet, an Antonioni-esque look at urban squalor, and a jukebox musical. New 35mm print.
Center Stage
Hong Kong | 1991 | 154 min. | Stanley Kwan
September 19, 2026
International superstar Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan (Rouge). New 4K restoration.
Brailled It
USA | 2025 | 73 min. | David Grabias, Brendon Schulze, Salome Cummins, Isaiah Gauthier, Christopher Morgan
September 20, 2026
For the first time, blind and low-vision kids take control of the cameras and capture their own experiences at the annual Braille Challenge—a weekend of high-pressure competition and raw coming-of-age moments.
Community Screening: North By Northwest
USA | 1959 | 136 | Alfred Hitchcock
September 20, 2026
Cary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest thrillers. While leaving New York's Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) has the misfortune of standing just as the name "George Kaplan" is paged--starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him--and by police who suspect him of murder.
The Open Road: Gun Crazy (35mm)
USA | 1950 | 86 min. | Joseph H. Lewis
Opens September 21, 2026
A naive, gun obsessed man falls madly in love with a skilled carnival sharpshooter. Their ferocious amour fou leads to a dangerous cross country crime spree in this passionate film noir. Presented in 35mm.
Nouvelles Femmes: Jules and Jim (35mm)
France | 1961 | 105 min. | François Truffaut
September 23, 2026
Two Parisian literature-loving friends (Oscar Werner, Henri Serre) are dumbstruck when they encounter Catherine (Jeanne Moreau), a real-life embodiment of passionate, adventurous living. Respect and affection flow freely between the three, and soon a larking-about friendship branches into many configurations of love. Presented in 35mm.
PULP: What Do You Do for an Encore?
United Kingdom | 2026 | 106 min. | Garth Jennings
September 24, 2026
PULP: What Do You Do for an Encore? captures PULP during their 2025 tour, combining footage from their ingenious live show with four decades of never-before-seen archival material. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Filipiñana
Singapore | 2025 | 100 min. | Rafael Manuel
Opens September 25, 2026
At a picturesque upscale resort and golf club on the outskirts of Manila, 17-year-old tee-girl Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto) seeks out Dr. Palanca, the club's president, to return a misplaced golf club, but unexpectedly uncovers a series of dark truths about her workplace, elite members, and her own past.
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
USA | 2026 | 122 min. | Josef Kubota Wladyka
Opens September 25, 2026
Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo's ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor.
Primetime
USA | 2026 | 110 min. | Lance Oppenheim
Opens September 25, 2026
In 2006, "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.
The Open Road: Wanda
USA | 1970 | 103 min. | Barbara Loden
September 28, 2026
Dispiritedly going through a divorce proceeding, losing custody of her children, and eventually falling within the orbit of a bank robber, soft spoken Wanda finds herself adrift on a road to nowhere.
Don't Play With Fire
Hong Kong | 1980 | 96 min. | Tsui Hark
Opens September 29, 2026
Long difficult to find, Tsui Hark's DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE (aka DANGEROUS ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIRST KIND) is one of the most controversial and violent crime films from the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s. Now newly restored! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Nouvelles Femmes: Cléo from 5 to 7
France | 1962 | 90 min. | Agnès Varda
September 30, 2026
This afternoon beautiful pop singer Cleo (Corinne Marchand) will find out the results of her cancer biopsy, and this raw fact changes her life. She’s used to everyone looking adoringly at her, defining her as a princess. Today, as Varda says, “She changes to a black dress, like singer Edith Piaf, and goes out; now she looks at the world.”
Digger
USA | 2026 | 128 min. | Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Opens October 1, 2026
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise in the title role.
The Cuckoo Clock
USA | 2026 | 91 min. | Lisa Jay
October 2, 2026
The Seattle premiere of the locally shot horror film from acclaimed writer / director Lisa Jay
Unzipped
USA | 1995 | 73 min. | Douglas Keeve
Opens October 2, 2026
Designer Isaac Mizrahi proved a force of nature on the road to his legendary fall 1994 collection, a career-defining triumph that was documented with an effervescent intimacy by Douglas Keeve, Mizrahi’s then-partner. New 4K restoration.
NT Live: The Misanthrope
United Kingdom | 2026 | 150 min. | Indhu Rubasingham
Opens October 3, 2026
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
The Open Road: Kikujiro (35mm)
Japan | 1999 | 121 min. | Takeshi Kitano
Opens October 5, 2026
Seeking the mother he has never met, 9-year-old Masao forms an unlikely bond with the brash Kikujiro, a former yakuza who guides the child on a heart-warming and hilarious summer quest. Presented in 35mm.
Nouvelles Femmes: Contempt
France | 1963 | 102 min. | Jean-Luc Godard
October 7, 2026
A film producer (Jack Palance) and his director (pantheon director Fritz Lang) are filming Homer’s The Odyssey. The screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) and his stunning wife (Brigitte Bardot) are on the scene. Godard seeks to “film thought, the beauty of moments,” and a small emotional miscalculation (or happenstance) sows doubt in a Mediterranean paradise.
The Blue Rose: Part II
USA | 2026 | 60 min. | James Grixoni
October 10, 2026
Enter the town of Twin Peaks, where something very strange is going on. Something is coming out of the forest right outside of town and its up to you to uncover the mystery of the woods.
SIFF Book Club: Carrie (50th Anniversary)
USA | 1976 | 98 min. | Brian De Palma
October 11, 2026
Waifish Carrie White is a tortured high school misfit bullied by her classmates and sadistic, fundamentalist mother. But her fragile demeanor belies the vast telekinetic powers she secretly possesses. With its iconic prom scene climax, Carrie is still one of cinema’s all-time great horror shockers. 50th anniversary screening.
SIFF Movie Club: Ginger Snaps
Canada | 2000 | 108 min. | John Fawcett
October 12, 2026
Ginger Snaps is a 2000 Canadian supernatural horror film about two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, who must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
Watsky x Infinity Anniversary Screening Tour
USA | 2016 | 90 min. | Multiple
October 12, 2026
In 2016, Watsky, a genre-bending rapper and poet known for verbal gymnastics, capped his creatively ambitious record x Infinity with a visual album comprised of 18 interconnected music videos. To celebrate the project's tenth anniversary, Watsky performs the album in its entirely alongside a synchronized projection of the accompanying film.
Nouvelles Femmes: Le Bonheur (Happiness)
France | 1965 | 80 min. | Agnès Varda
October 14, 2026
In a French Impressionist landscape of sunny blossoms, a blissful husband and wife (Jean-Claude and Claire Drouot) picnic on the grass.Their happiness feels organically grown, part of the natural order. But when Jean-Claude meets a postal clerk (Marie-France Boyer), he realizes he has a capacity for “more flowers, more apples.”
The Open Road: The Hitcher (35mm)
USA | 1986 | 97 min. | Robert Harmon
October 15, 2026
On a dark and stormy night, fatigued driver Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) picks up a mysterious hitchhiker (Rutger Hauer), leading to a terrifying cat-and-mouse nightmare along the highways of the American southwest. Presented in 35mm.
Community Screening: Casablanca
USA | 1942 | 102 | Michael Curtiz
October 18, 2026
American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Boagart) runs a Moroccan nightclub during World War II and contends with his ex (Ingrid Bergman), who walks back into his life.
The Open Road: Wagon Master (35mm)
USA | 1950 | 86 min. | John Ford
Opens October 19, 2026
Two adventurous horse traders are hired to lead a Mormon wagon train through southeastern Utah, forming a community of outcasts as they travel along the dusty trail in John Ford’s lyrical road poem. Presented in 35mm.
Matchstick Productions Presents, "The Way Out" 2026 Ski Film
USA | 2026 | 60 min.
October 20, 2026
Matchstick Productions returns with their 34th annual ski film, The Way Out, a raw tribute to the timeless culture and lifestyle of skiing.
Nouvelles Femmes: Band of Outsiders
France | 1964 | 95 min. | Jean-Luc Godard
October 21, 2026
Godard puts his appreciative-playful spin on Hollywood-style Noir. Two guys (Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey) team with a lovely, naive, doe-eyed language student (Anna Karina) to steal money that’s hidden in her rooming house. Karina conveys a woman coming into her exuberant selfhood. When the three line dance the Madison, she keeps going, bouncing and smiling.
Bernstein's Wall
USA | 2021 | 100 min. | Douglas Tirola
Opens October 23, 2026
Perfectly timed after Spielberg’s recent remake of WEST SIDE STORY, this portrait of its composer Leonard Bernstein, conqueror of both Broadway and the concert hall, captures his genius and his voracious, even self-destructive, appetite for music and for life.
Hen
Germany | 2025 | 96 min. | György Pálfi
Opens October 23, 2026
A runaway hen finds refuge in a crumbling Greek taverna and bears witness to a human-smuggling operation. Hen proves motherhood looks the same across species. If you think this is a goofy movie about a chicken, you couldn’t be more wrong.
The Open Road: The Passenger (35mm)
Italy | 1975 | 126 min. | Michelangelo Antonioni
Opens October 26, 2026
Having swapped passports and identities with a deceased acquaintance, disaffected journalist David Locke (Jack Nicholson) discovers that the life he traded in for has connections to secret proxy wars and the international arms trade.
Nouvelles Femmes: Stolen Kisses (35mm)
France | 1968 | 91 min. | François Truffaut
October 28, 2026
Truffaut's alter-ego Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) gains access to the hearts of Paris by becoming a detective. He’s emotionally up and down with his girlfriend Christine (Claude Jade) but the endearingly hapless fellow is instantly smitten by the elegant wife (Delphine Seyrig) of a client. Presented in 35mm.
CatVideoFest 2026
2025 | 70 min.
October 29, 2026
The world's #1 cat video festival is back with another compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Returning for National Cat Day!
Land of the Dead: it's for the gays
USA | 2026 | film: 16 min.; event: 120 min. | Hana Hahn
October 30, 2026
A dark, campy, horror comedy that explores gender identity, addiction, trauma, and Queerness. When a weekend getaway with their friends goes awry, Mel is forced to confront a literal demon from their past.
The Open Road: Two-Lane Blacktop (35mm)
USA | 1971 | 102 min. | Monte Hellmann
Opens November 2, 2026
The Driver and Mechanic (James Taylor and The Beach Boy’s Dennis Wilson), with a hitchhiker in tow (Laurie Bird), race Warren Oates and his GTO across the southern United States in Monte Hellman’s masterpiece, perhaps the greatest road film ever made. Presented in 35mm.
Nouvelles Femmes: A Man and a Woman (60th Anniversary)
France | 1966 | 102 min. | Claude Lelouch
November 4, 2026
60th Anniversary Screening. A man (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and a woman, (Anouk Aimee) who’ve painfully lost their loves, meet by chance. They’re very appealing to each other (and to us), but can current attraction overcome past memories? Aimee’s enigmatic face has answers. This film played for 82 straight weeks in Seattle.
SIFF Movie Club: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
France | 1972 | 102 min. | Luis Buñuel
November 9, 2026
4K restoration. A group of six friends - three men and three women decidedly of the French Upper Middle Class - have their dinner plans continually interrupted due to a series of bizarre events that can only be described as Buñuelian.
Nouvelles Femmes: Pierrot le Fou (35mm)
France | 1965 | 110 min. | Jean-Luc Godard
November 10, 2026
A husband (Jean-Paul Belmondo) flees his shallow Paris life with the babysitter (Anna Karina), to French Riviera escapades with gangsters, stolen loot, sunny hedonism, political commentary; a charming disorder, a reflection of director Godard's and Karina’s stormy marriage. It’s truly moving when he has her gaze into our/his camera’s eyes. Presented in 35mm.
The Open Road: Candy Mountain (35mm)
Switzerland | 1987 | 103 min. | Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer
November 12, 2026
A mediocre musician wanders the road in search of the world's greatest, and most reclusive, guitar maker in this cult rock ‘n’ roll odyssey. Co-directed by photographer Robert Frank and Two-Lane Blacktop screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer. Presented in 35mm.
Community Screening: Auntie Mame
USA | 1958 | 145 | Morton DaCosta
November 15, 2026
Rosalind Russell dazzles in a tour-de-force performance as the larger-than-life Mame Dennis, who unexpectedly gains custody of her young nephew.
The Open Road: Wild Boys of the Road (35mm)
USA | 1933 | 67 min. | William Wellman
Opens November 16, 2026
During the height of the Great Depression, two teenagers decide to alleviate their parents’ financial burden by hitting the road and hopping freight trains in this hard edged, pre-Code classic. Presented in 35mm.
Nouvelles Femmes: My Night at Maud’s
France | 1969 | 105 min. | Éric Rohmer
November 17, 2026
Fate and chance entwine as a man (Jean-Louis Trintignant), convinced he’ll marry a woman he’s never met (Marie-Christine Barrault), is unexpectedly side-tracked to an evening with Maud (Françoise Fabienne), a desirable paragon of education, culture, challenging conversation, career stability, and bedroom eyes.
The Open Road: Route One/USA
France | 1989 | 254 | Robert Kramer
November 22, 2026
Traveling down the entirety of Route 1 from Maine to Florida, renegade filmmaker Robert Kramer and his friend Doc survey the state of ‘80s America in this monumental portrait of everyday Americans.
The Open Road: Taste of Cherry
Iran | 1997 | 99 min. | Abbas Kiarostami
Opens November 23, 2026
A middle aged man drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran, seeking someone who will bury him after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islamic law.
Beware! The Devil’s Wrath - Special Screening + Q&A
USA | 2026 | 92 min. | Craig Meinhart
November 24, 2026
The good people of Blackwood Falls believe in Faith, Family, and Community. But all will be tested when hell is unleashed.
The Open Road: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (35mm)
USA | 1996 | 81 min. | Mike Judge
December 3, 2026
Waking to discover their beloved television set has been stolen, dimwitted delinquents Beavis and Butt-Head leave their squalid dwellings to embark on a couch potato road trip in the hopes to finally score. Presented in 35mm.
SIFF Movie Club: Damnation
Hungary | 1988 | 116 min. | Béla Tarr
December 7, 2026
4K restoration. A mid-career masterwork by legendary Hungarian art house auteur Béla Tarr and the first of his internationally acclaimed trilogy of films written in collaboration with author László Krasznahorkai (including the legendary Sátántangó).
Mountains on Stage - Winter Edition 2026
France | 2026 | 195 min. (including 10 min intermission)
December 9, 2026
An international mountain film festival featuring inspiring documentaries about climbing, skiing, mountaineering, adventure, and the outdoors.
Community Screening: Singin’ In the Rain
USA | 1952 | 103 min. | Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
December 13, 2026
Hollywood’s troubled transition from silent to talking pictures at the end of the 1920s provided the inspiration for perhaps the greatest of movie musicals. In appreciation of our movie-loving community, tickets to this series are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets.
SIFF Movie Club: 20,000 Species of Bees
Spain | 2023 | 125 min. | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
January 11, 2027
A gender-questioning eight-year-old and their mother spend a summer in the country with their family’s widowed matriarch.
SIFF Movie Club: The Love Witch (35mm)
USA | 2016 | 120 min. | Anna Biller
February 8, 2027
A modern-day witch uses spells and magic to get men to fall in love with her, in a vivid tribute to ’60s Technicolor thrillers. Presented in 35mm.
SIFF Movie Club: Days of Heaven
USA | 1978 | 94 min. | Terrence Malick
March 8, 2027
4K restoration. A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
April 1-4, 2027
The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) was founded by three Seattle teenagers in 2007, and has grown into the world’s largest film festival for emerging directors. Each year the festival showcases the best short films by directors aged 24 and under from all around the world.
SIFF Movie Club: Mary and Max (35mm)
Australia | 2009 | 92 min. | Adam Elliot
April 5, 2027
A chubby 8-year-old Australian girl, and an obese, adult New Yorker with Asperger's are a pair of unlikely pen pals in this clay animation feature. Presented in 35mm.
SIFF Movie Club: Midnight (35mm)
USA | 1939 | 94 min. | Mitchell Leisen
May 3, 2027
Screwball comedy doesn’t get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic deception, gleaming with cunning wit and Continental élan. Presented in 35mm.