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In 2026, the Seattle International Film Festival will be celebrating 52 years of the best international and independent films from around the globe! Running in-person May 7-17, 2026, filmmakers are invited to submit now through December 18, 2025. Submit at siff.info/callforentriestw.
Tickets for AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in 3D are now on sale!
Return to Pandora in this third entry in James Cameron's series when it opens Thursday, December 18, at SIFF Cinema Downtown: siff.info/avatarfireash-bs.
Return to Pandora in this third entry in James Cameron's series when it opens Thursday, December 18, at SIFF Cinema Downtown: siff.info/avatarfireash-bs.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tickets for AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH in 3D are now on sale!
Return to Pandora in this third entry in James Cameron's series when it opens Thursday, December 18, at SIFF Cinema Downtown: siff.info/avatarfireash-bs.
Return to Pandora in this third entry in James Cameron's series when it opens Thursday, December 18, at SIFF Cinema Downtown: siff.info/avatarfireash-bs.
WTO/99 is an archival doc that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact.
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
WTO/99 is an archival doc that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact.
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
In this modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway and does his best to help her find a way home.
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In this modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway and does his best to help her find a way home.
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
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Next Saturday is going to be extra lupine at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center: Our Best PNW Film series continues with a screening of 📽️ WOLF LAND, with director Sarah Hoffman in attendance for a Q&A.
🐺 Tickets still available at SIFF: www.siff.net/programs-and...
🐺 Tickets still available at SIFF: www.siff.net/programs-and...
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Next Saturday is going to be extra lupine at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center: Our Best PNW Film series continues with a screening of 📽️ WOLF LAND, with director Sarah Hoffman in attendance for a Q&A.
🐺 Tickets still available at SIFF: www.siff.net/programs-and...
🐺 Tickets still available at SIFF: www.siff.net/programs-and...
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Screenings of @seattlecritics.bsky.social' PNW nominees continue! Shorts w/filmmakers at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social Nov 19 and features w/filmmakers at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center Nov 21-23: Twinless, Wolf Land, To Kill a Wolf, WTO/99, Not One Drop of Blood. We launched with Train Dreams Oct 29.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Screenings of @seattlecritics.bsky.social' PNW nominees continue! Shorts w/filmmakers at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social Nov 19 and features w/filmmakers at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center Nov 21-23: Twinless, Wolf Land, To Kill a Wolf, WTO/99, Not One Drop of Blood. We launched with Train Dreams Oct 29.
Voting for SIFF Movie Club’s January interplanetary film closes November 20!
One of these six flicks will be playing on the Uptown’s silver screen Wednesday, January 7. Vote now: forms.gle/dycRQb483ozwSbgr5.
One of these six flicks will be playing on the Uptown’s silver screen Wednesday, January 7. Vote now: forms.gle/dycRQb483ozwSbgr5.
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Voting for SIFF Movie Club’s January interplanetary film closes November 20!
One of these six flicks will be playing on the Uptown’s silver screen Wednesday, January 7. Vote now: forms.gle/dycRQb483ozwSbgr5.
One of these six flicks will be playing on the Uptown’s silver screen Wednesday, January 7. Vote now: forms.gle/dycRQb483ozwSbgr5.
🥔 This week: Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve lead an incomparable cast in Joachim Trier’s new film, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, now playing at UPT. The new 4K restoration of YI YI is playing at UPT too! Ira Sachs’ PETER HUJAR’S DAY is at the FC ‘til 11/20.
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🥔 This week: Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve lead an incomparable cast in Joachim Trier’s new film, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, now playing at UPT. The new 4K restoration of YI YI is playing at UPT too! Ira Sachs’ PETER HUJAR’S DAY is at the FC ‘til 11/20.
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinema on Sun 11/16 and Tue 11/18:
⭐ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinema on Sun 11/16 and Tue 11/18:
⭐ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
Something wicked this way comes…AGAIN.
It's almost time to dress in your greens and pinks for the epic conclusion of WICKED: FOR GOOD!
Opening in a week at SIFF Cinema Downtown, secure your favorite seat by finding tickets at siff.info/wickedforgood-bs.
It's almost time to dress in your greens and pinks for the epic conclusion of WICKED: FOR GOOD!
Opening in a week at SIFF Cinema Downtown, secure your favorite seat by finding tickets at siff.info/wickedforgood-bs.
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Something wicked this way comes…AGAIN.
It's almost time to dress in your greens and pinks for the epic conclusion of WICKED: FOR GOOD!
Opening in a week at SIFF Cinema Downtown, secure your favorite seat by finding tickets at siff.info/wickedforgood-bs.
It's almost time to dress in your greens and pinks for the epic conclusion of WICKED: FOR GOOD!
Opening in a week at SIFF Cinema Downtown, secure your favorite seat by finding tickets at siff.info/wickedforgood-bs.
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You can see it @siffnews.bsky.social as part of the @seattlecritics.bsky.social PNW award screening series on November 23 and then @nwfilmforum.bsky.social starting December 5. It's a must-see however you can 📽️
SIFF tickets: www.siff.net/programs-and...
NWFF tickets: nwfilmforum.org/films/wto-99/
SIFF tickets: www.siff.net/programs-and...
NWFF tickets: nwfilmforum.org/films/wto-99/
PNW Awards: WTO/99
An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the W...
www.siff.net
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You can see it @siffnews.bsky.social as part of the @seattlecritics.bsky.social PNW award screening series on November 23 and then @nwfilmforum.bsky.social starting December 5. It's a must-see however you can 📽️
SIFF tickets: www.siff.net/programs-and...
NWFF tickets: nwfilmforum.org/films/wto-99/
SIFF tickets: www.siff.net/programs-and...
NWFF tickets: nwfilmforum.org/films/wto-99/
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Next week: we're thrilled to announce that James Sweeney will be joining us for a virtual Q&A along with our screening of 🌲Best PNW Film Nominee TWINLESS.
Friday November 21st at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center. Tickets still available!
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
Friday November 21st at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center. Tickets still available!
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Next week: we're thrilled to announce that James Sweeney will be joining us for a virtual Q&A along with our screening of 🌲Best PNW Film Nominee TWINLESS.
Friday November 21st at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center. Tickets still available!
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
Friday November 21st at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center. Tickets still available!
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
In WOLF LAND, a “wolf-protecting cowboy” and a cattle rancher try to find common ground between their conflicting interests. Screens for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Sarah Hoffman and various crew scheduled to attend.
Plays 11/22 at the Film Center: siff.info/wolfland-bs.
Plays 11/22 at the Film Center: siff.info/wolfland-bs.
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In WOLF LAND, a “wolf-protecting cowboy” and a cattle rancher try to find common ground between their conflicting interests. Screens for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Sarah Hoffman and various crew scheduled to attend.
Plays 11/22 at the Film Center: siff.info/wolfland-bs.
Plays 11/22 at the Film Center: siff.info/wolfland-bs.
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Ira Sachs’ PETER HUJAR’S DAY is really special. Ben Whishaw & Rebecca Hall are outstanding, but it's the way small moments build to something monumental that cut deep. Catch it @siffnews.bsky.social & @thegrandcinema.bsky.social starting Fri to see Alex Ashe’s great cinematography on the big screen📽️
PETER HUJAR’S DAY: Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall are each outstanding as they bring life to Ira Sachs’ quietly devastating drama. Had to sit with this one, but I now consider it to be one of the most significant of the festival 📽️
My #Sundance2025 review: www.thewrap.com/peter-hujars...
My #Sundance2025 review: www.thewrap.com/peter-hujars...
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ira Sachs’ PETER HUJAR’S DAY is really special. Ben Whishaw & Rebecca Hall are outstanding, but it's the way small moments build to something monumental that cut deep. Catch it @siffnews.bsky.social & @thegrandcinema.bsky.social starting Fri to see Alex Ashe’s great cinematography on the big screen📽️
📰 New on the blog 📰
INHERENT VICE (2014) film notes by John Trafton for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions.
INHERENT VICE (2014) film notes by John Trafton for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions.
Film Notes: Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice (2014) film notes by John Trafton for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions. The series runs through November 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📰 New on the blog 📰
INHERENT VICE (2014) film notes by John Trafton for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions.
INHERENT VICE (2014) film notes by John Trafton for the L.A. Noir: Shadows in Paradise series, presented by Greg Olson Productions.
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Listen up Seattle film lovers: acclaimed Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi is coming to @siffnews.bsky.social next week for a post-film Q&A after a screening of his essential IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Thus, wrote about why you should absolutely go below 📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Listen up Seattle film lovers: acclaimed Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi is coming to @siffnews.bsky.social next week for a post-film Q&A after a screening of his essential IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. Thus, wrote about why you should absolutely go below 📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
We’re proud to announce the seven projects receiving the 2025 SIFF Grant for Courageous Documentary Filmmaking, thanks to generous funding from the Satterberg Foundation!
Meet the awardees and their projects at siff.info/docgranttw.
Meet the awardees and their projects at siff.info/docgranttw.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We’re proud to announce the seven projects receiving the 2025 SIFF Grant for Courageous Documentary Filmmaking, thanks to generous funding from the Satterberg Foundation!
Meet the awardees and their projects at siff.info/docgranttw.
Meet the awardees and their projects at siff.info/docgranttw.
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Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE, starring the great duo of Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård, is a film of gentle grace just as it is deep pain. There's one deceptively simple shot near the end that completely annihilated me. It opens Thursday @siffnews.bsky.social and you should go see it 📽️f
SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård are exceptional in Joachim Trier’s best film yet and the best of the fest thus far. A film that's itself about filmmaking, it's Trier's THE FABELMANS. It completely bowled me over 📽️
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/sentimental-...
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/sentimental-...
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Joachim Trier’s SENTIMENTAL VALUE, starring the great duo of Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård, is a film of gentle grace just as it is deep pain. There's one deceptively simple shot near the end that completely annihilated me. It opens Thursday @siffnews.bsky.social and you should go see it 📽️f
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Excellent night courtesy of @siffnews.bsky.social, revisiting QUIZ SHOW (1994) on the big screen introduced by none other than @kenjennings.bsky.social. Amazing how this Best Picture nominee, unavailable on Blu-ray, has been somewhat forgotten.
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Excellent night courtesy of @siffnews.bsky.social, revisiting QUIZ SHOW (1994) on the big screen introduced by none other than @kenjennings.bsky.social. Amazing how this Best Picture nominee, unavailable on Blu-ray, has been somewhat forgotten.
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After 3 sold out screenings, THE LAST CLASS returns to @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on 11/30.
It’s a nuanced, deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course & reflecting on a period of immense transformation.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-las...
It’s a nuanced, deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course & reflecting on a period of immense transformation.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-las...
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
After 3 sold out screenings, THE LAST CLASS returns to @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on 11/30.
It’s a nuanced, deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course & reflecting on a period of immense transformation.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-las...
It’s a nuanced, deeply personal portrait of master educator Robert Reich teaching his final course & reflecting on a period of immense transformation.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-las...
The Sliding Scale Community Screening of THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) is this Sunday, 11/16, at SIFF Cinema Downtown!
Tickets to this screening are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. ✨
Tickets to this screening are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. ✨
Sliding Scale Community Screening: The Truman Show
An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show. In appreciation of our movie-loving community, tickets to this series are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Sliding Scale Community Screening of THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998) is this Sunday, 11/16, at SIFF Cinema Downtown!
Tickets to this screening are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. ✨
Tickets to this screening are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. ✨
For SIFF Movie Club's December title, we're presenting a 70th anniversary screening of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. Part fairy tale, part Southern gothic horror story, Charles Laughton's film will be intro'd by SIFF Education Manager Megan Garbayo-López!
Plays Wednesday, Dec 3, at the Uptown.
Plays Wednesday, Dec 3, at the Uptown.
SIFF Movie Club: The Night of the Hunter (70th Anniversary)
Part fairy tale, part Southern gothic horror story, The Night of the Hunter tells the story of a psychopathic preacher who pursues two children who hold the key to hidden loot. 70th anniversary screening. Introduced by SIFF Education Manager Megan Garbayo-López.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For SIFF Movie Club's December title, we're presenting a 70th anniversary screening of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. Part fairy tale, part Southern gothic horror story, Charles Laughton's film will be intro'd by SIFF Education Manager Megan Garbayo-López!
Plays Wednesday, Dec 3, at the Uptown.
Plays Wednesday, Dec 3, at the Uptown.
Join us Thursday, November 20, at 6:45pm for a special screening of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, with director Jafar Panahi scheduled to attend in person for a post-film Q&A.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Join us Thursday, November 20, at 6:45pm for a special screening of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, with director Jafar Panahi scheduled to attend in person for a post-film Q&A.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
A dark comedy set in Portland, James Sweeney’s TWINLESS is about two young men who meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship. Winner of the 2025 SIFF Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director.
TWINLESS plays 11/21 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards: siff.info/sfcstwinless-bs
TWINLESS plays 11/21 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards: siff.info/sfcstwinless-bs
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A dark comedy set in Portland, James Sweeney’s TWINLESS is about two young men who meet in a twin support group and form an unlikely friendship. Winner of the 2025 SIFF Golden Space Needle Award for Best Director.
TWINLESS plays 11/21 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards: siff.info/sfcstwinless-bs
TWINLESS plays 11/21 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards: siff.info/sfcstwinless-bs
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I wrote about Ira Sachs' two-hander Peter Hujar's Day when it played at this year's New York Film Festival. Sachs appeared at the screening I attended, and cited Portrait of Jason and My Sister's Wedding as inspirations. It's very good, and opens on Friday at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
Part two of my #NYFF63 diary. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
(This man, the real-deal Peter Hujar, does not appear on screen.)
(This man, the real-deal Peter Hujar, does not appear on screen.)
63rd New York Film Festival Snapshot, Part 2: Ira Sachs' 1970s Reverie <i>Peter Hujar's Day</i>
PETER HUJAR'S DAY (Ira Sachs, 2025, USA, 76 minutes) I may have missed The Mastermind , but I had no problem getting to the Walter Reade Th...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I wrote about Ira Sachs' two-hander Peter Hujar's Day when it played at this year's New York Film Festival. Sachs appeared at the screening I attended, and cited Portrait of Jason and My Sister's Wedding as inspirations. It's very good, and opens on Friday at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema:
⭐ DIE MY LOVE
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
⭐ DIE MY LOVE
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema:
⭐ DIE MY LOVE
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
⭐ DIE MY LOVE
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.