In Theaters

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.

We Ride Why

USA | 2025 | 70 min. | Greg Roth

February 21, 2026

Special event in partnership with Cascade Bicycle club, with post-film Q&A and offsite meet-up afterwards.

World of Wong Kar Wai: 2046

Hong Kong | 2004 | 129 min. | Wong Kar-Wai

Now Playing - Mar 4, 2026

The final film in Wong Kar-Wai's informal love trilogy. 4K restoration.

World of Wong Kar Wai: Chungking Express

Hong Kong | 1994 | 102 min. | Wong Kar Wai

Now Playing - Mar 3, 2026

Chungking Express is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Presented in 4K.

World of Wong Kar Wai: Happy Together

Hong Kong | 1997 | 96 min. | Wong Kar Wai

Now Playing - Mar 2, 2026

One of the most searing romances of the 1990s, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire. Presented in 4K.

2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts

Feb 20 - 26

Natchez

USA | 2025 | 86 min. | Suzannah Herbert

Now Playing - Feb 22, 2026

A sharp look at the American South's unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.

World of Wong Kar Wai: In the Mood for Love + In the Mood for Love 2001

Hong Kong | 2000 | 107 min. | Wong Kar Wai

Now Playing - Mar 2, 2026

With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong Kar Wai’s redoubtable career. Presented in 4K. Includes In the Mood for Love 2001, a rarely-screened 9-minute short film by Wong Kar Wai.

World of Wong Kar Wai: The Hand

Hong Kong | 2004 | 56 min. | Wong Kar Wai

Now Playing - Mar 1, 2026

Like In the Mood for Love, The Hand is set in the hazy Hong Kong of the 1960s, but its characters couldn’t be more different from the earlier film’s restrained, haunted lovers. Presented in its extended cut.

Wuthering Heights

United Kingdom | 136 min. | Emerald Fennell

Now Playing

Writer-director Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë‘s gothic romance novel, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

Magellan

Portugal | 2025 | 163 min. | Lav Diaz

Now Playing - Feb 26, 2026

Every astonishing visual composition carries historical and political weight in the monumental new film from singular Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz, who mounts an absorbing story of colonial conquest and obsession, starring Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan.

The Moment

USA | 2026 | 103 min. | Aidan Zamiri

Now Playing - Feb 26, 2026

A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.

The Chronology of Water

2025 | 127 min. | Kristen Stewart

Now Playing - Feb 22, 2026

Kristen Stewart's feature-length directorial debut, shot in glorious 16mm. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.

No Other Choice

South Korea | 2025 | 139 min. | Park Chan-wook

Now Playing - Feb 26, 2026

In his diabolical new thriller, Park Chan-wook crafts a dark fable about the cutthroat nature of contemporary work culture, starring Lee Byung Hun as a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off. Nominated for three Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

Sliding Scale Community Screening: The Wiz

USA | 1978 | 134 min. | Sidney Lumet

February 22, 2026

When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) tries to save her dog from a storm, she's miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz. This dazzling soul spectacular from legendary director Sidney Lumet reframes a beloved tale through the Black American experience, creating a powerful celebration of self-determination. New 4K restoration.

World of Wong Kar Wai: As Tears Go By

Hong Kong | 1988 | 102 min. | Wong Kar Wai

Opens February 22, 2026

Wong Kar Wai’s scintillating debut feature is a kinetic, hyper-cool crime thriller graced with flashes of the impressionistic, daydream visual style for which he would become renowned. Presented in 4K.

World of Wong Kar Wai: Fallen Angels

Hong Kong | 1995 | 99 min. | Wong Kar-Wai

Opens February 22, 2026

Lost souls reach out for human connection amidst the glimmering night world of Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai’s hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Presented in 4K.

Skin of Youth

Vietnam | 2025 | 121 min. | Ash Mayfair

February 23, 2026

1990s Saigon. Two young lovers become entangled in the criminal underworld and must do battle with dark forces that threaten their relationship and test the limits of their humanity. Co-presented by SIFF and the UW Department of Asian Language and Literature. Post-film Q&A with Director Ash Mayfair, moderated by Ungsan Kim.

World of Wong Kar Wai: Days of Being Wild

Hong Kong | 1990 | 94 min. | Wong Kar Wai

Opens February 23, 2026

Wong Kar Wai’s breakthrough sophomore feature represents the first full flowering of his swooning signature style. Presented in 4K.

The Pacific Northwestern: McCabe & Mrs. Miller (35mm)

USA | 1971 | 120 min. | Robert Altman

Opens February 24, 2026

A feckless gambler and cockney madame become successful business partners in the burgeoning town of Presbyterian Church, WA, but trouble arrives in the form of a monopolizing corporation in Robert Altman’s quintessential dream western. Presented on 35mm courtesy of the Chicago Film Society.

Scorsese: Mean Streets

USA | 1973 | 112 min. | Martin Scorsese

February 25, 2026

Feel a dazzling rush of cinematic vitality and dark humor as a young man (Harvey Keitel), split between the rough world around him and his spiritual nature, tries to keep his loose cannon friend (Robert De Niro) and his girlfriend (Amy Robinson) safe from street toughs and Mob bosses. Inspired by Scorsese’s Little Italy background.

Sea Slug Animation Festival

Opens February 27, 2026

Your Pacific Northwest hub for independent animation returns with even more shorts and features in the FURIOUS Edition!

Suburban Fury

USA | 2024 | 118 min. | Robinson Devor

Opens February 27, 2026

A probing biography of Sara Jane Moore, the FBI informant and single mother who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford.

The Pacific Northwestern: Dead Man

USA | 1995 | 121 min. | Jim Jarmusch

March 1, 2026

Circumstances transform a mild mannered accountant into a notorious gunslinger in Jim Jarmusch’s quintessential psychedelic western, an odyssey from the arid desert of the Southwest to the rugged coast of the Pacific Northwest.

SIFF Movie Club: SLC Punk

USA | 1998 | 97 min. | James Merendino

March 2, 2026

In this lively comedy, a blue-haired punker and his best pal find their anarchist ideals at odds with life in their starched hometown: Salt Lake City.

Scorsese - Taxi Driver: 50th Anniversary

USA | 1976 | 114 min. | Martin Scorsese

March 4, 2026

He’s (Robert De Niro) an alienated, lonely man in an urban snake pit, who sees himself as “an avenging angel” capable of heroic action, like saving a teen prostitute (Jodie Foster) from her sleazy pimp (Harvey Keitel). People with “bad ideas” in the city of night. 50th anniversary screening.

Sirāt

Spain | 2025 | 115 min. | Óliver Laxe

Opens March 5, 2026

A winner of this year’s Cannes Competition Jury Prize, Sirât is at once a visceral and metaphysical excursion, in which a man desperately searches for his missing daughter amid a roving raver…

The Bride!

USA | 2026 | 126 min. | Maggie Gyllenhaal

Opens March 5, 2026

In 1930s Chicago, groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious brings a murdered young woman back to life to be a companion for Frankenstein's monster. What happens next is beyond what either of them could ever have imagined.

A Poet

Colombia | 2025 | 120 min. | Simon Mesa Soto

Opens March 6, 2026

An aging, obscure writer mentors a talented teen, hoping to give her what he never had. But their bond — rooted in good intentions — spirals into a web of poor decisions and the weight of unmet ambitions.

Days and Nights in the Forest

India | 1970 | 116 min. | Satyajit Ray

Opens March 6, 2026

In this newly restored cult favorite by Indian legend Satyajit Ray, four young male urbanites decamp to the countryside for some rest and relaxation, only to have their pride and prejudices challenged by three women.

Tender Mercies

USA | 1983 | 92 min. | Bruce Beresford

March 7, 2026

In remembrance of Robert Duvall, his Academy Award-winning performance. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema

The Apostle

USA | 1997 | 134 min. | Robert Duvall

March 8, 2026

In remembrance of Robert Duvall, a screening of his underseen masterpiece. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.

Scorsese: Raging Bull

USA | 1980 | 129 min. | Martin Scorsese

March 11, 2026

A skilled boxer’s (Robert De Niro) anger serves him well in the ring, but it threatens his relations with his brother (Joe Pesci), his new wife (Cathy Moriarty) and the Mafia, which wants to control his career. Fight sequences as poetic ecstasy.

The Ugly Stepsister (35mm)

Norway | 2025 | 109 min. | Emilie Blichfeldt

Opens March 11, 2026

One of the very best horror movies of 2025 and a wicked (and well-deserved) Academy Award nominee for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at this year's Oscars. Presented in glorious 35mm by Grand Illusion Cinema!

Werckmeister Harmonies

Hungary | 2000 | 145 min. | Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky

Opens March 13, 2026

One of the major achievements of twenty-first-century cinema thus far, Béla Tarr’s mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. New 4k restoration.

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

2025 | 100 min. | Finn den Hertog

Opens March 14, 2026

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden ("Slow Horses," Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, "The Responder") in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

Redux Redux

USA | 2026 | 109 min. | Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus

March 17, 2026

Irene Kelly (Michaela McManus) travels through parallel universes, repeatedly killing her daughter's murderer. As she becomes consumed by vengeance, her humanity hangs in the balance. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.

Scorsese: The King of Comedy

USA | 1982 | 109 min. | Martin Scorsese

March 18, 2026

Mediocre comedian (Robert De Niro) dreams of being on the Comedy King’s (Jerry Lewis) TV show. Maybe his chances would improve if he and his friend (Sandra Bernhard) kidnapped his idol. Delightfully cringey.

Project Hail Mary

USA | 2026 | 156 min. | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Opens March 19, 2026

Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out.

Tow

USA | 2025 | 105 min. | Stephanie Laing

Opens March 20, 2026

Rose Byrne delivers an unstoppable performance as real-life unhoused hero, Seattle-ite Amanda Ogle, whose fight to regain custody of her live-in automobile becomes an unforgettable rallying cry for the little guy.

Post Alley Film Festival

2025 | 448 min.

March 21, 2026

A day of woman-centric & eccentric short films from around the block & around the world. Creative, diverse film stories by women for everyone.

The Cutoff Presented by Aravaipa Running

USA | 2026 | 60 min. | Dylan Harris

Opens March 21, 2026

Doors open at 12:00 pm - time to visit our merch table and grab a beverage. Show starts at 1:00 pm, we will have two short films until 1:30pm. Feature film from 1:30-2:30pm Quick Q&A 2:30pm - 2:50pm. Event ends 3:00 pm

Community Screening: Bringing up Baby

USA | 1938 | 102 min. | Howard Hawks

March 22, 2026

Screwball sparks fly when Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn let loose in one of the fastest and funniest films ever made—a high-wire act of invention that took American screen comedy to new heights of absurdity.

Scorsese: GoodFellas (4K Restoration)

USA | 1990 | 146 min. | Martin Scorsese

March 25, 2026

Three mobsters (Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci) play by Mob rules, enjoying money, prestige, wine women and song “like a rollicking road movie.” But they misstep, triggering a delirious climactic fall from grace. One of the greatest of all films.

NFFTY 2026

Opens March 26, 2026

Scorsese: The Age of Innocence

USA | 1993 | 139 min. | Martin Scorsese

April 1, 2026

In this adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, 1870s New York society shapes and controls lives. A lawyer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is set to marry a wealthy socialite (Winona Ryder), when he falls in love with an outsider (Michelle Pfeiffer). Secret love expressed with flowers, and a glove erotically removed. Scorsese the romantic.

SIFF Movie Club: Cléo from 5 to 7

France | 1962 | 90 min. | Agnès Varda

April 6, 2026

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy.

Scorsese - Casino: 30th Anniversary

USA | 1995 | 179 min. | Martin Scorsese

April 8, 2026

Juicy, over the top, deliciously gaudy 1970s excess, as Robert De Niro tries to keep his casino free of Mob interference, while his enforcer (Joe Pesci), his wife (Sharon Stone), and her ex (James Woods) pursue their often conflicting agendas. With Don Rickles, Frankie Avalon, and Scorsese’s mother Catherine. 30th anniversary screening.

Scorsese: The Wolf of Wall Street

USA | 2013 | 165 min. | Martin Scorsese

April 15, 2026

In Leonardo DiCaprio’s pet project he’s a Wall Street player who, with his partner (Jonah Hill), scams millions from vulnerable investors. It’s a euphoric ride through the most depraved aspects of our human nature. With the late, great, much-loved Rob Reiner.

Scorsese: Silence

USA | 2016 | 161 min. | Martin Scorsese

April 22, 2026

Scorsese chose to show this spiritual thriller, in which 17th-century priests (Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver) seek their missing mentor (Liam Neeson) in Japan, where Christianity is outlawed, but a visionary voice still speaks. A meditation on Christian and Buddhist thought, an illumination of physical and metaphysical faith. Scorsese as landscape painter.

Steal This Story, Please!

USA | 2025 | 101 min. | Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Opens April 24, 2026

This riveting portrait of "Democracy Now!"'s Amy Goodman spotlights journalism's power—and peril—amid rising corporate control and political attacks on the press.

Mountains on Stage - Summer Edition 2026

France | 2025 | 190 min.

April 29, 2026

Mountains on Stage brings the mountains to the city.An inspiring selection of the best mountain sports documentaries, celebrating adventure, passion and the beauty of high-altitude life.

Scorsese: The Irishman

USA | 2019 | 209 min. | Martin Scorsese

April 29, 2026

A stunning epic panorama of mid-century America, seen through the youth-to-old age viewpoint of Mob hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), right hand man to top Teamster Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Mafia bosses (Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel), Kennedy, Nixon, Watergate, are evoked, but the intimate drama center’s on Sheeran's family, and the consequences of the way he's spent his time.

SIFF Movie Club: Sansho the Bailiff

Japan | 1954 | 126 min. | Kenji Mizoguchi

May 4, 2026

One of cinema's greatest masterpieces, Japanese master Kenji Mizoguchi's empathetic examination of human resilience in the face of evil takes place in medieval Japan, where the family of an exiled nobleman are left to fend for themselves and become wrenched apart by vicious slave traders.

SIFF Movie Club: Velvet Goldmine

United Kingdom | 1998 | 118 min. | Todd Haynes

June 1, 2026

It’s been 10 years since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade faked his own death and vanished from the spotlight. Now, it’s the job of investigative reporter Arthur Stuart to locate this living legend and uncover the truth behind his disappearance.

SIFF Movie Club: Fried Green Tomatoes

USA | 1991 | 130 min. | Jon Avnett

July 6, 2026

Towanda! Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.