In Theaters
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.
There is Another Way
2025 | 67 min. | Stephen Apkon
Now Playing - Jun 4, 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.
40th Anniversary: Ran (4K Restoration)
France | 1985 | 162 min. | Akira Kurosawa
Now Playing
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
Now Playing - Jun 5, 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
Now Playing - Jun 12, 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
Now Playing - Jun 6, 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. Producer Gabe Spierer scheduled to attend for a Q&A after the 7:00pm screening on May 30. Also, win a sweet Pavement record on vinyl from Hex Enduction via trivia, and the first 20 customers in the door will receive $5 gift cards to Royal Records!
Rashomon
Japan | 1950 | 88 minutes | Akira Kurosawa
Now Playing
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.
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 (4K Restoration)
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.
Shall We Dance (4K Restoration)
Japan | 1996 | 137 min. | Masayuki Suo
Opens June 6, 2025
Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all - a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life.
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.
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted
USA | 2024 | 98 min. | Isaac Gale, Ryan Olson
Opens June 8, 2025
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted is a wildly entertaining and fittingly unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swamp Dogg, one of the great cult figures of 20th-century American music whose singular voice and ideas have shaped the history not merely of soul music, but of country, hip-hop and a dozen other genres.
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.
The Life of Chuck
USA | 2024 | 110 min. | Mike Flanagan
Opens June 13, 2025
From the hearts and minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan comes The Life of Chuck, the extraordinary story of an ordinary man. This unforgettable, genre-bending tale celebrates the life of Charles 'Chuck' Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
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.
CLASSIFIED CINEMA
91 min.
June 17, 2025
Immaculately curated films kept top secret until they hit the screen. Still free, always fun, never pretentious.
Action! Action!
USA | 2025 | 103 min. | Adam Kilbourn
June 18, 2025
Presented by Black Raven Films. “Action! Action! – a rollercoaster heist comedy following a crew of lovable misfits - The ensuing chaos? Absolutely MAGNIFICENT.”
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”.
Familiar Touch
USA | 2024 | 91 min. | Sarah Friedland
Opens June 27, 2025
Ruth finds a new beginning when she is placed in an assisted living facility in this poignant, Venice Film Festival-winning drama.
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.
40 Acres
Canada | 2024 | 113 min. | R.T. Thorne
Opens July 2, 2025
A Black family in a starved, post-civil war near future must defend their farm from invading cannibals.
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.
Art for Everybody
USA | 2023 | 99 min. | Miranda Yousef
Opens July 3, 2025
Within successful artist Thomas Kinkade’s vault lied a series of darkly themed paintings that reveal a more complicated man.
Know Your Place
USA | 2022 | 118 min. | Zia Mohajerjasbi
Opens July 5, 2025
Gentrification’s impact on Seattle’s East African community is explored as two teenage boys navigate the city on an errand. 2022 Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award - Best Film. Director Zia Mohajerjasbi scheduled to attend for post-film Q&A.
Slamdance Unstoppable: On the Road
USA | Various
July 6, 2025
A showcase of films made by filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities. Programmed exclusively by disabled artists, Slamdance Unstoppable: On the Road aims to eliminate the prejudices and gate-keeping that have historically kept disabled filmmakers from being represented in the entertainment industry.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
USA | 2024 | 98 min. | Shoshannah Stern
Opens July 11, 2025
In 1987, at the age of just 21, Marlee Matlin shattered expectations as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award® for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God. Catapulted into the spotlight, she seized the moment to challenge an industry unprepared for her immense talent, emerging as a trailblazer not only as a performer but also as an author and activist.
Year of the Fox
USA | 2023 | 97 min. | Megan Griffiths
Opens July 11, 2025
A 17-year-old adoptee navigates her parents’ recent divorce and the unwanted advances of an older man. Director Megan Griffiths scheduled to attend for a post-film Q&A on July 11.
Eddington
USA | 2025 | 148 min. | Ari Aster
Opens July 18, 2025
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
Little Buddha
France | 1993 | 141 min. | Bernardo Bertolucci
Opens July 18, 2025
Drawing on Buddhist history to weave a metaphor about the tragedy of Tibetans in exile, Little Buddha is Bernardo Bertolucci's stunning follow-up to The Sheltering Sky.
To a Land Unknown
Greece | 2024 | 106 min. | Mahdi Fleifel
Opens July 18, 2025
Two Palestinian refugees stuck in Athens try to figure out how to stay alive in the meanwhile, all without losing their humanity.
Tangerine
USA | 2015 | 89 min. | Sean Baker
July 24, 2025
This refreshingly hilarious and raunchy comedy follows scrappy transgender prostitute besties Sin-Dee and Alexandra on a wild night in L.A. filled with sassy repartee ("Merry Christmas Eve, bitch"), adultering pimps, nightclub debuts, and capital "d" D-RAMA! Screening for Art House Theater Day.
Tomboy
France | 2011 | 84 min. | Céline Sciamma
July 24, 2025
Tomboy tells the story of ten-year-old Laure (played by the amazing Zoé Héran) who moves to the suburbs and decides to pass as a boy among the pack of neighborhood kids. Screening for Art House Theater Day.
Caught by the Tides
China | 2024 | 111 min. | Jia Zhang-ke
Opens July 25, 2025
The preeminent dramatist of China’s rapid 21st-century growth and social transformation, Jia Zhangke has taken his boldest approach to narrative yet with his marvelous Caught by the Tides.
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!
Together
Australia | 2024 | 102 min. | Michael Shanks
Opens July 31, 2025
Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.
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!
Boys Go to Jupiter
USA | 2024 | 90 min. | Julian Glander
Opens August 15, 2025
Set in the liminal period between Christmas and New Year’s, Boys Go to Jupiter follows the adventures of Billy 5000, a teenage gig worker with a rise-and-grind mindset whose quest to make $5,000 is derailed by the appearance of a gelatinous little dude from outer space.
Jaws
USA | 1975 | 124 min. | Steven Spielberg
Opens August 28, 2025
Originally released on June 20, 1975, Jaws, based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, became the first true summer blockbuster and a cultural tsunami. It shattered every record to become the highest-grossing film of the year, earning a nomination for Best Picture and winning three Academy Awards®, including one for John Williams’ iconic musical score. Almost five decades later, Jaws has become inexorable from global film culture, has inspired multiple generations of filmmakers and remains one of the most thrilling, terrifying and unforgettable films of all time.
Democracy Noir
USA | 2024 | 93 min. | Connie Field
Opens September 12, 2025
Democracy Noir follows three courageous women as they fight to expose both the step-by-step destruction of democracy and corruption within Viktor Orbán’s Hungary—a white nationalist regime, envied by promoters of a new brand of authoritarianism throughout the world.
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?