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Upcoming films and events at SIFF Cinema
Bad Reputation
USA | 2018 | 95 minutes | Kevin Kerslake
September 26, 2018
A new documentary about Joan Jett, the Godmother of Punk
NT Live: King Lear
United Kingdom | 2018 | 220 minutes | Jonathan Munby
Opens September 27, 2018
From London’s West End, see Ian McKellen’s ‘extraordinarily moving portrayal’ of King Lear
Blaze
USA | 2018 | 127 minutes | Ethan Hawke
Opens September 28, 2018
Ethan Hawke directs this unorthodox dramatization of the remarkable life of burly singer-songwriter Blaze Foley
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.
Sri Lanka | 2018 | 94 minutes | Stephen Loveridge
Opens October 5, 2018
The genesis, artistry, and politics of subversive hip-hop star M.I.A. are unraveled in a kinetic collage of her own footage
The Apparition
France | 2018 | 144 minutes | Xavier Giannoli
Opens October 5, 2018
A journalist is sent by the Vatican to investigate a young girl claiming to be visited by the Virgin Mary
On Happiness Road - Seattle Taiwanese American Film Festival Encore
Taiwan | 2018 | 110 minutes | Hsin-Yin Sung
October 6, 2018
A groundbreaking animation presents the chronicle of a young woman’s coming of age through the sweeping swirl of social change in Taiwan.
Headhunt Revisited - Seattle Premiere!
USA | 2017 | 82 minutes | Michele Westmorland
October 10, 2018
Join us for the hometown premiere of this new documentary about the pioneering artist Caroline Mytinger!
Soufra
USA | 2017 | 68 minutes | Thomas Morgan
October 11, 2018
An inspiring story of a group of refugee women near Beirut who begin a catering company against all odds.
Bisbee '17
USA | 2018 | 119 minutes | Robert Greene
Opens October 12, 2018
An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago
Inventing Tomorrow
USA | 2018 | 87 minutes | Laura Nix
Opens October 12, 2018
Brilliant teenage minds come together to devise solutions to climate change in this life-affirming science documentary
The Guilty
Denmark | 2018 | 85 minutes | Gustav Moller
Opens October 19, 2018
An emergency dispatcher receives a panicked distress call from a woman, leading him on a frantic rescue mission
NT Live: Frankenstein
United Kingdom | 2011 | 140 minutes | Danny Boyle
October 22, 2018
Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the dramatic stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic monster tale.
Seattle Radio Theatre's War of the Worlds
October 25, 2018
Town Hall, Seattle Radio Theatre and KIRO Radio are teaming up to present a live 80th anniversary radio broadcast of the classic 1938 panic-inducing production of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds."
Toxic-Free Future Presents "The Devil We Know"
USA | 2018 | 85 minutes | Stephanie Soechtig
October 25, 2018
A group of citizens in West Virginia take on a powerful corporation after they discover it has knowingly been dumping a toxic chemical - now found in the blood of 99.7% of Americans - into the drinking water supply. Panel discussion to follow film.
NT Live: Frankenstein (Reverse Cast)
United Kingdom | 2011 | 130 minutes | Danny Boyle
October 29, 2018
Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the dramatic stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic monster tale. Reverse cast version.
Collide-O-Scope Halloween 2018
USA | 2018 | 135 minutes | Shane Wahlund, Michael Anderson
October 31, 2018
Collide-O-Scope's annual night to dis-member, an All Hallows themed mash-up of oddball video, movies, music, and PRIZES!
Good Manners
Brazil | 2017 | 135 minutes | Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas
Opens November 2, 2018
A caregiver discovers that her employer has a voracious appetite for meat and unsettling urges during full moons
Miss Christina
Romania | 2013 | 101 minutes | Alexandru Maftei
November 2, 2018
Miss Christina is the dramatization of a 1936 novella written by the famous Romanian author Mircea Eliade.
Romanian Film Festival "One Eye Laughing, One Eye Crying:Uncanny Worlds"
Opens November 2, 2018
In tune with the Halloween spirit, travel to Romania’s "Uncanny Worlds" through films that explore the unusual of everyday life.
One Step Behind the Seraphim
Romania | 2017 | 150 minutes | Daniel Sandu
November 3, 2018
The feature tells the story of a teenager who wants to be a priest and is admitted to a theological seminary.
The Miracle of Tekir
Romania | 2015 | 90 minutes | Ruxandra Zenide
November 3, 2018
Unmarried Mara has mysteriously fallen pregnant. This poses a problem for her fellow residents of the small fishing village on the Danube Delta, where religion mixes with superstition.
The Treasure
Romania | 2015 | 90 minutes | Corneliu Porumboiu
November 3, 2018
Costi leads a peaceful life. One evening, his neighbor Negoescu pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret.
Untamed Romania
Romania | 2017 | 90 minutes | Tom Barton-Humphreys
November 3, 2018
Untamed Romania explores "one of the most beautiful parts of Europe", from the mysterious Danube Delta to the unknown Carpathian forests.
D-Love
USA | 2018 | 96 minutes | Elena Beuca
November 4, 2018
A couple with longstanding marital issues lands at LAX after a getaway in Europe.
NT Live: Allelujah!
United Kingdom | 2018 | 170 minutes | Alan Bennett
Opens November 4, 2018
Alan Bennett’s sharp and hilarious new play filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre
Planet Petrila
Romania | 2017 | 80 minutes | Andrei Dăscălescu
November 4, 2018
Artist and ex-miner Ion Barbu is working on preserving the cultural heritage of Petrila’s coal mine.
The Wanderers, The Quest of the Demon Hunter
Romania | 2017 | 106 minutes | Dragoș Buliga
November 4, 2018
The film follows ghost and demon hunter Louis (Armand Assante) as he takes on a new case in modern day Romania.
There
USA | 2018 | 90 minutes | Bogdan
November 4, 2018
After 23 years as an immigrant in the US, Bogdan comes back to Bulgaria for the first time.
The Reluctant Radical
USA | 2018 | 77 minutes | Lindsey Grayzel
Opens November 6, 2018
The Reluctant Radicalfollows activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change.
Descent into the Maelstrom: The Untold Story of Radio Birdman
Australia | 2017 | 109 minutes | Jonathan Sequeira
November 9, 2018
One-night-only Seattle screening of the Radio Birdman documentary Descent into the Maelstrom, with director Q&A and DJ Bret Kibele to follow.
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
USA | 2017 | 95 minutes | James Crump
Opens November 16, 2018
An immersive portrait of Puerto Rican-born fashion icon Antonio Lopez, who upended the industry with his vibrant illustrations
Ponyo
Japan | 2008 | 101 minutes | Hayao Miyazaki
November 17, 2018
A five year-old boy develops a relationship with a goldfish princess.
Sadie
USA | 2018 | 96 minutes | Megan Griffiths
Opens November 18, 2018
Teen girl Sadie struggles to stay connected with her father serving overseas as her mother starts seeing somebody else.
NT Live: The Madness of George III
United Kingdom | 2018 | 210 minutes
Opens December 2, 2018
Broadcast for the first time ever from Nottingham Playhouse
The Favourite
Ireland | 2018 | 120 minutes | Yorgos Lanthimos
Opens December 7, 2018
Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead
RSC: Troilus & Cressida
2018 | 210 minutes | Gregory Doran
Opens December 16, 2018
For seven years the Greeks and Trojans have been at war following the Trojan prince Paris' abduction of Helen
NT Live: Antony & Cleopatra
United Kingdom | 2018 | 220 minutes | Simon Godwin
Opens January 6, 2019
Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play Shakespeare’s famous fated couple in his great tragedy of politics, passion and power
NT Live: I'm Not Running
United Kingdom | 2018 | 180 minutes | David Hare
Opens February 10, 2019
I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre