In Theaters
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.”
Don't Play With Fire
Hong Kong | 1980 | 96 min. | Tsui Hark
Now Playing - Sep 30, 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.
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
USA | 2026 | 122 min. | Josef Kubota Wladyka
Now Playing
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
Now Playing
In 2006, "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history.
Resident Evil
USA | 2026 | 95 min. | Zach Cregger
Now Playing - Sep 30, 2026
From the mind of visionary filmmaker Zach Cregger (Weapons, Barbarian) comes a thrilling — and terrifying — reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise.
Practical Magic 2
USA | 2026 | 110 min. | Susanne Bier
Now Playing - Oct 1, 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.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
USA | 2026 | 113 min. | Jane Schoenbrun
Now Playing - Oct 1, 2026
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.
Free Member Screening: Your Attention Please
USA | 2026 | 96 min. | Sara Robin
October 1, 2026
SIFF Members only. As the real-world consequences of social media come into focus, a resilient coalition of parents, Gen Z reformers and whistleblowers are swinging back. Can we rebuild the tools of our time to serve humanity, or will we remain captive to the scroll?
Nature is a Language (16mm & 35mm)
97 min.
October 1, 2026
Presented by Mount Analogue・Art + Cinema, Nature is a Language is a program of eleven artists' films, made between 1994 -2026, exploring the possibilities of the cinematic form to represent place through time. All works will be presented on 35mm and 16mm.
Digger
USA | 2026 | 128 min. | Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Opens October 2, 2026
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his original film Digger, starring Tom Cruise in the title role.
Filipiñana
Singapore | 2025 | 100 min. | Rafael Manuel
Opens October 2, 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.
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
The History of Concrete
USA | 2026 | 101 min. | John Wilson
Opens October 2, 2026
After attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.
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.
From Beyond
USA | 1986 | 85 min. | Stuart Gordon
October 3, 2026
40th anniversary of Stuart Gordon's crazy, gory, and gooey sci-fi body horror classic, starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Honeymoon - Seattle Ukrainian Film Festival
Ukraine | 2024 | 84 min. | Zhanna Ozirna
October 3, 2026
Ukrainian filmmaker Zhanna Ozirna’s chamber drama about a newly married couple trapped in their apartment as Russian forces close in on the Kyiv region at the start of the 2022 invasion.
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.
Society
USA | 1989 | 100 min. | Brian Yuzna
October 3, 2026
In remembrance of special effects and makeup artist legend Screaming Mad George, a screening of one of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Songs of Slow Burning Earth - Discussion with Curators - Seattle Ukrainian Film Festival
Ukraine | 2024 | 95 min. | Olha Zhurba
October 3, 2026
A portrait of a country learning to live inside a war, assembled from sirens, intercepted calls, train platforms and roadside conversations. Zhurba moves across Ukraine over three years, building less a narrative than a soundscape of ordinary life continuing under fire.
EGG
Japan | 2005 | 73 min. | Yukihiko Tsutsumi
October 4, 2026
A bored office worker sees a giant egg when she closes her eyes, and when it hatches, each blink unleashes escalating real-world horrors. Yukihiko Tsutsumi's EGG is a searing cocktail of creature features, body horror, psychological thrillers, and vaporwave aesthetics. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
ParkPunks Family-Friendly Film Series: The Secret of Kells
Ireland | 2009 | 75 min. | Tomm Moore
October 4, 2026
ParkPunks is screening The Secret of Kells as the third and final film of our ParkPunks Family-Friendly Film Series.
Session 9 (with Climax Golden Twins!)
USA | 2001 | 100 min. | Brad Anderson
October 4, 2026
25th anniversary screening of one of the more haunting movies of the 21st century. With the composers of the film's score, local experimental music legends Climax Golden Twins, scheduled to join for a live intro and Q&A! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
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.
An Aria on Gazes
Japan | 1992 | 65 min. | Hisayasu Satô
October 6, 2026
One of legendary filmmaker Hisayasu Satô’s most celebrated and visually stunning works, newly restored! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Videodrome (Director's Cut)
Canada | 1983 | 89 min. | David Cronenberg
October 6, 2026
Annual William Kennedy Memorial Screening of the David Cronenberg classic! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
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.
Lady
United Kingdom | 2025 | 95 min. | Samuel Abrahams
Opens October 9, 2026
In this absurdly hilarious mockumentary, a young filmmaker agrees to film the behind-the-scenes vanity project of the obnoxiously entitled Lady Isabella, only for something unseen and quite strange to happen.
NAZA
United Kingdom | 2026 | 80 min. | Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Opens October 9, 2026
Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the co-directors of the 2024 Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, NAZA reveals the systems behind Israel’s bombing of Gaza and its mass killing of Palestinian civilians. Winner of Special Jury Prize at the 2026 Venice Film Festival.
The Scout
USA | 2025 | 89 min. | Paula González-Nasser
Opens October 9, 2026
A location scout is tasked with finding the perfect interiors for a television pilot. Over the course of a single day, she drives around New York City, interacting with strangers, taking photos of their cozy apartments and eclectic shops, while attempting to satisfy the demands of her erratic employers.
Salome's Last Dance
United Kingdom | 1988 | 89 min. | Ken Russell
October 10, 2026
On Guy Fawkes Night, Oscar Wilde goes to a luxury brothel where the owner has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his banned play "Salome." Presented by Seattle Opera and SIFF.
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.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: A Generation
Poland | 1954 | 87 min. | Andrezj Wajda
October 10, 2026
Andrzej Wajda’s feature directorial debut, a portrait of a teenager who witnesses his friend slayed by the Nazis and subsequently joins a left-wing resistance cell.
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.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: Kanał
Poland | 1957 | 96 min. | Andrezj Wajda
October 11, 2026
A harrowing portrait of Polish Home Army fighters forced to flee the Nazis via Warsaw’s hellish, labyrinthian sewage system. One of Wajda’s finest achievements.
Joybubbles
USA | 2026 | Rachael J. Morrison
October 12, 2026
A boy discovers he can control the global telephone system by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and yearning for connection, his early obsession with the telephone sparks a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and technology.
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.
Frida, naturaleza viva
Mexico | 1983 | 108 min. | Paul Leduc
October 13, 2026
Paul Leduc’s most critically acclaimed film, Frida, naturaleza viva (Frida Still Life), is a highly expressionist and lyrical work on the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Presented by Seattle Opera, Seattle Latino Film Festival, and SIFF.
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.”
Scarecrowber: Deep Red
Italy | 1975 | 127 min. | Dario Argento
October 14, 2026
A jazz musician and a plucky reporter uncover a legacy of dementia and murder in the greatest giallo of them all, featuring one of cinema’s best-ever scores.
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.
KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS
United Kingdom | 1971 | 114 mins. | Ken Russell
Opens October 16, 2026
An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption –and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.
Whalefall
USA | 2026 | 106 min. | Brian Duffield
Opens October 16, 2026
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive sperm whale.
You Can See Everything
USA | 2026 | 175 min. | Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim
Opens October 16, 2026
In this astounding new high-wire act of self-reflexivity from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, created in secret, convicted Silicon Valley fraudster Elizabeth Holmes becomes an entirely different kind of camera subject.
Black Zombie
Canada | 2026 | 90 min. | Maya Annik Bedward
October 17, 2026
From the flickering screens of Hollywood horror to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, Black Zombie unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual resistance. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
I Walked with a Zombie
USA | 1943 | 69 min. | Jacques Tourneur
October 17, 2026
Producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur elevated the horror film to new heights of poetic abstraction with this entrancing journey into the realm between life and death. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: Ashes and Diamonds
Poland | 1958 | 100 min. | Andrezj Wajda
October 17, 2026
A milestone of Polish cinema, Andrzej Wajda’s piercing drama stars iconic Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski as a tragic hero in Poland in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Capturing Bigfoot
USA | 2026 | 103 min. | Marq Evans
October 18, 2026
A reel of 16mm film locked away for 50 years turns the Bigfoot debate on its head. Post-film Q&A with director Marq Evans.
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.
Television Terror Triple Feature Pizza Party 2
USA | 300 min.
October 18, 2026
A trio of chilling tales straight from 1960s, 70s, and 80s network TV, when original horror movies haunted home television screens on a regular basis; featuring creepy phone calls, stalkers, highway horror, and mysterious items of the occult. Plus pizza! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: Everything for Sale
Poland | 1969 | 99 min. | Andrezj Wajda
October 18, 2026
When the lead protagonist of a film disappears during production, the director decides to continue shooting. A deeply personal homage that mirrors the tragic death of iconic actor Zbigniew Cybulski, the “Polish James Dean.”
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.
A Chinese Ghost Story
Hong Kong | 1987 | 96 min. | Ching Siu-tung
October 20, 2026
The beloved cult classic fantasy, recently restored in 4K! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
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.
Scarecrowber: Ringu
Japan | 1998 | 96 min. | Hideo Nakata
October 21, 2026
The tale of a killer VHS tape in this groundbreaking Japanese shocker will claw its way out of the screen and into your brain.
Glen Canyon Institute's What the River Knows
USA | 2025 | 34 min. (105 min. full event) | Will Buckley and Diego Riley
October 22, 2026
Presented by Glen Canyon Institute this Good Intentions Paving Co. documentary explores the reemergence of Glen Canyon from the receding waters of Lake Powell reservoir.
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.
Wicker
USA | 2026 | 105 min. | Alex Huston Fischer, Eleanor Wilson
Opens October 23, 2026
An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband, but when her wicker creation proves unexpectedly extraordinary, his presence ignites jealousy and upheaval that threatens their quiet village.
Final Girl Screening, Q&A, and Social
USA | 2026 | 135 min. | Matilda Scheftel
October 24, 2026
Join us for the Las Pantuflas’ showing of 'Final Girl', the second short film directed by Esperanza Scheftel and Jaisudy Arias. The night’s screening will be followed by a Q&A and Social Hour.
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.
The Most Dangerous Game plus spooky shorts, all on 16mm
USA | 1932 | 95 min. | Ernest B. Schoedsack
October 27, 2026
The Sprocket Society and Grand Illusion Cinema present the legendary pre-Code thriller, The Most Dangerous Game, along with spooky shorts - all on 16mm film!
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.
Scarecrowber: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
USA | 1978 | 115 min. | Philip Kaufman
October 28, 2026
San Francisco Health Inspector Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland) investigates unsettling changes in the people around him, uncovering a terrifying truth spreading throughout the city in Philip Kaufman’s gripping sci-fi chiller.
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!
Fatherland
Poland | 2026 | 82 min. | Pawel Pawlikowski
Opens October 30, 2026
Oscar-nominated director Paweł Pawlikowski (COLD WAR) won Best Director at Cannes for his most potent film yet, following novelist Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika Mann (Sandra Hüller) on a road trip across Germany in the aftermath of World War II.
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.
Reel Rock 20
USA | 2026 | 120 min.
October 30, 2026
Reel Rock goes big in its 20th year! Celebrating two decades since its founding, the world’s greatest climbing film festival returns to theaters this fall with a blood-pumping lineup of four world premiere films
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: The Wedding
Poland | 1972 | 103 min. | Andrezj Wajda
October 31, 2026
Employing hypnotic music and dizzying cinematography, Wajda adapts a landmark play where ghosts transform revelry into an eerie, tragic death dance of national discord.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: The Birch Wood
Poland | 1970 | 99 min. | Andrezj Wajda
November 1, 2026
In the early 1930s, a tubercular young man returns from Switzerland to live on his introverted older brother’s secluded farm in this painterly mediation on life and death.
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.
Christmas Pop-Up
USA | 2026 | film: 93 minutes / event: 3 hours | Molly Muse
November 5, 2026
This is a public screening of the Seattle based feature film, Christmas Pop-Up
La bola negra
USA | 2026 | 159 min. | Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi
Opens November 6, 2026
La bola negra, also known as The Black Ball, inspired by an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca, will be a queer vindication about three men in three different moments of Spanish history: 1932, 1937, and 2017.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: The Promised Land
Poland | 1974 | 163 | Andrezj Wajda
November 7, 2026
This sweeping, anti-capitalist epic set in 19th century Łódź follows three friends who open a textile factory during the ruthlessly competitive Industrial Revolution. Wajda’s first Academy Award-nominated drama remains one of his most celebrated films.
The Films of Andrzej Wajda: Man of Marble
Poland | 1976 | 161 min. | Andrezj Wajda
November 8, 2026
Student filmmaker Agnieszka sets out to discover the truth about a discredited labor hero, a man remembered in Stalinist Poland only through statues made of him languishing in cellars.
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.
Girl Winter Film Tour
149 min.
November 12, 2026
Join us for a night of women-centric short ski films! Doors open at 6:00 PM; films begin at 7:00 PM.From big mountain skiing and storytelling to humor and human experiences, our short ski documentaries bring something different to the table–the kind of mix that leaves you fully satisfied by the end of the night.
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 min. | 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.
Hen
Germany | 2025 | 96 min. | György Pálfi
Opens November 27, 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: 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.
Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall (35mm)
USA | 2026 | 72 min. | Paul Thomas Anderson
Opens December 15, 2026
Cameron Winter, in December 2025, after a months-long sold-out tour with his band Geese, returned to New York to play a single show at Carnegie Hall. This is the movie. Presented in 35mm.
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.