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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.
Our next Sliding Scale Community Screening is SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN on 12/14 at SIFF Cinema Downtown!
Tix are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for children. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. Info: siff.info/singinintherain-bs
Tix are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for children. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. Info: siff.info/singinintherain-bs
Sliding Scale Community Screening: Singin’ In the Rain
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.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our next Sliding Scale Community Screening is SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN on 12/14 at SIFF Cinema Downtown!
Tix are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for children. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. Info: siff.info/singinintherain-bs
Tix are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for children. Enjoy the film for less or give more generously to support nonprofit movie magic. Info: siff.info/singinintherain-bs
❄️ This week: PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK screens at the Film Center through Monday. Some holiday favorites bring joy to the Uptown: ELF for SIFF ‘n’ Stitch, and three screenings of THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL. Plus: F*CK MY SON! with Q&As, 1984, and more.
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
❄️ This week: PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK screens at the Film Center through Monday. Some holiday favorites bring joy to the Uptown: ELF for SIFF ‘n’ Stitch, and three screenings of THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL. Plus: F*CK MY SON! with Q&As, 1984, and more.
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 12/7 and Tue 12/9:
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 12/7 and Tue 12/9:
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
The results are in! The SIFF Movie Club Interplanetary January winner is IKARIE XB 1 (1963) 🪐 This mesmerizing Czechoslovak adaptation of a novel by Stanisław Lem melds Cold War ideology and utopian futurism.
Catch this interstellar sci-fi Jan 7, 2026 at the Uptown 💫🚀🪐 siff.info/ikarie-bs
Catch this interstellar sci-fi Jan 7, 2026 at the Uptown 💫🚀🪐 siff.info/ikarie-bs
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The results are in! The SIFF Movie Club Interplanetary January winner is IKARIE XB 1 (1963) 🪐 This mesmerizing Czechoslovak adaptation of a novel by Stanisław Lem melds Cold War ideology and utopian futurism.
Catch this interstellar sci-fi Jan 7, 2026 at the Uptown 💫🚀🪐 siff.info/ikarie-bs
Catch this interstellar sci-fi Jan 7, 2026 at the Uptown 💫🚀🪐 siff.info/ikarie-bs
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Reflection in a Dead Diamond is possibly my favorite Forzani-Cattet film; at the very least, it's tied with The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears. Thanks to @grandillusioncinema.org, it plays @siffnews.bsky.social Dec 3 and comes to @shudder.com Dec 5. Guaranteed: practical effects for *days.*
I wrote about something both new and old for Belgian duo Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet: a Eurospy thriller with giallo flare--black latex, crimson lipstick, eyeball peril. The whole bit. Plays Dec 3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center thanx to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
The Eurospy Genre Lives Again in Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet's Dazzling, Dizzying Pastiche <i>Reflection in a Dead Diamond</i>
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND / Reflet dans un Diamant Mort (Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, 2025, Belgium/ Luxembourg/Italy/France, 87 min...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is possibly my favorite Forzani-Cattet film; at the very least, it's tied with The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears. Thanks to @grandillusioncinema.org, it plays @siffnews.bsky.social Dec 3 and comes to @shudder.com Dec 5. Guaranteed: practical effects for *days.*
The magic of Jim Henson’s Muppets brings Charles Dickens’ tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to the screen in THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL. Join us for this family-friendly Muppet affair on Dec 11, 13, and 14 at the Uptown.🎄siff.info/muppetchristmas-bs
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The magic of Jim Henson’s Muppets brings Charles Dickens’ tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to the screen in THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL. Join us for this family-friendly Muppet affair on Dec 11, 13, and 14 at the Uptown.🎄siff.info/muppetchristmas-bs
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Portland’s Wyrd War visits on 12/13 to show FIRST BLOOD (1982) in a new 4K restoration! Ted Kotcheff’s action thriller is a masterclass of genre filmmaking & a dramatic meditation on post-wartime veteran PTSD. Screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
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grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Portland’s Wyrd War visits on 12/13 to show FIRST BLOOD (1982) in a new 4K restoration! Ted Kotcheff’s action thriller is a masterclass of genre filmmaking & a dramatic meditation on post-wartime veteran PTSD. Screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center.
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/first-b...
You can always find merriment and mirth at the movies! See what’s screening at SIFF Cinemas this December. ⬇️
siff.info/dec25guide-bs
siff.info/dec25guide-bs
December 2025 at SIFF Cinemas
With the new month we welcome a new lineup of films, events, and more. See what's happening this December at SIFF Cinemas.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You can always find merriment and mirth at the movies! See what’s screening at SIFF Cinemas this December. ⬇️
siff.info/dec25guide-bs
siff.info/dec25guide-bs
Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema Uptown:
⭐ HAMNET
⭐ ETERNITY
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
⭐ HAMNET
⭐ ETERNITY
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema Uptown:
⭐ HAMNET
⭐ ETERNITY
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
⭐ HAMNET
⭐ ETERNITY
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 11/30 and Tue 12/2:
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 11/30 and Tue 12/2:
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ HAMNET
⭐️ ETERNITY
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
🥧 This week: Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, and ETERNITY, led by Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, and Miles Teller, are now playing at UPT. MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW opens 11/28 at the Film Center.
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🥧 This week: Chloé Zhao’s HAMNET, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, and ETERNITY, led by Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, and Miles Teller, are now playing at UPT. MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I - LAST AIR IN MOSCOW opens 11/28 at the Film Center.
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
Join local filmmaker and PBS producer Jeremy Cropf in a shot-by-shot examination of a hauntingly beautiful portrait of resistance—against fascism, patriarchy, and the loss of innocence in Guillermo del Toro’s PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006).
In session Saturday, 12/13, at SIFF Film Center.
In session Saturday, 12/13, at SIFF Film Center.
Cinema Dissection: Pan’s Labyrinth
Descend into the haunting world of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth with filmmaker and PBS producer Jeremy Cropf—a dark fantasy rooted in resistance, where imagination becomes an act of rebellion against tyranny.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Join local filmmaker and PBS producer Jeremy Cropf in a shot-by-shot examination of a hauntingly beautiful portrait of resistance—against fascism, patriarchy, and the loss of innocence in Guillermo del Toro’s PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006).
In session Saturday, 12/13, at SIFF Film Center.
In session Saturday, 12/13, at SIFF Film Center.
An extraordinary vérité document of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia — mere months before the invasion of Ukraine.
Structured in 5 chapters, this doc will be shown & ticketed in 2 parts:
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-5
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART I opens 11/28 at SIFF Film Center.
Structured in 5 chapters, this doc will be shown & ticketed in 2 parts:
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-5
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART I opens 11/28 at SIFF Film Center.
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
An extraordinary vérité document of a moment of immense change and anxiety from the Russian journalistic front lines of Putin's Ukraine invasion.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
An extraordinary vérité document of independent media journalism in Putin’s Russia — mere months before the invasion of Ukraine.
Structured in 5 chapters, this doc will be shown & ticketed in 2 parts:
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-5
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART I opens 11/28 at SIFF Film Center.
Structured in 5 chapters, this doc will be shown & ticketed in 2 parts:
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-5
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PART I opens 11/28 at SIFF Film Center.
Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema Uptown:
⭐ BUGONIA
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐ YI YI (4K restoration)
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
⭐ BUGONIA
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐ YI YI (4K restoration)
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema Uptown:
⭐ BUGONIA
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐ YI YI (4K restoration)
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
⭐ BUGONIA
⭐ IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
⭐ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐ YI YI (4K restoration)
Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.
Support provided by 4Culture.
ELF (2003) is bringing us Christmas cheer as December’s selection for SIFF 'n' Stitch! Join us and Stitch Cafe for this Santa-crazed classic on December 7, at the Uptown. Tix at siff.info/elf-bs.
Remember: Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up! 🧶🪡
Remember: Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up! 🧶🪡
SIFF 'n' Stitch: Elf
The holiday classic starring Will Farrell as Buddy the Elf, on a mission to find his biological father and spread Christmas cheer to all. Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up!
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November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ELF (2003) is bringing us Christmas cheer as December’s selection for SIFF 'n' Stitch! Join us and Stitch Cafe for this Santa-crazed classic on December 7, at the Uptown. Tix at siff.info/elf-bs.
Remember: Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up! 🧶🪡
Remember: Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up! 🧶🪡
Through intimate video calls between Iranian director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona, the current conflict in Gaza is told personally from Fatma’s life. PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK plays 12/5-8 at SIFF Film Center. siff.info/putyoursoul-bs
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
An intimate, first-hand perspective on life under siege in Gaza, captured through video calls between director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Through intimate video calls between Iranian director Sepideh Farsi and 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona, the current conflict in Gaza is told personally from Fatma’s life. PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK plays 12/5-8 at SIFF Film Center. siff.info/putyoursoul-bs
Last night, we were honored to welcome legendary filmmaker Jafar Panahi to Seattle!
Thank you to Peyvand for your incredible intro with director Panahi! And a heartfelt thank you to the IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT team, NEON, and Jafar Panahi for stopping by SIFF on The Accidental Tour ‘25. 💙
Thank you to Peyvand for your incredible intro with director Panahi! And a heartfelt thank you to the IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT team, NEON, and Jafar Panahi for stopping by SIFF on The Accidental Tour ‘25. 💙
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Last night, we were honored to welcome legendary filmmaker Jafar Panahi to Seattle!
Thank you to Peyvand for your incredible intro with director Panahi! And a heartfelt thank you to the IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT team, NEON, and Jafar Panahi for stopping by SIFF on The Accidental Tour ‘25. 💙
Thank you to Peyvand for your incredible intro with director Panahi! And a heartfelt thank you to the IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT team, NEON, and Jafar Panahi for stopping by SIFF on The Accidental Tour ‘25. 💙
🍂 This week: Big films opening at UPT on 11/26 - Chloe Zao’s HAMNET (based on novel by Maggie O’Farrell) and the A24 rom-com ETERNITY. At Downtown, WICKED: FOR GOOD rules the screen, and it’s the Seattle Film Critics PNW Award nominees at FC with lots of special guests!
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🍂 This week: Big films opening at UPT on 11/26 - Chloe Zao’s HAMNET (based on novel by Maggie O’Farrell) and the A24 rom-com ETERNITY. At Downtown, WICKED: FOR GOOD rules the screen, and it’s the Seattle Film Critics PNW Award nominees at FC with lots of special guests!
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw
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I am overwhelmed. Thank you, Jafar Panahi and @siffnews.bsky.social. 📽️
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I am overwhelmed. Thank you, Jafar Panahi and @siffnews.bsky.social. 📽️
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We’re showing the new film from the visionary directing duo of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS), REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, Dec. 3 at 730pm at the @siffnews.bsky.social!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We’re showing the new film from the visionary directing duo of Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS), REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, Dec. 3 at 730pm at the @siffnews.bsky.social!
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
grandillusioncinema.org/film/reflect...
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If you attend the @seattlecritics.bsky.social screening of Twinless Nov 21 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center, you'll get a virtual Q&A with filmmaker James Sweeney and the chance to win this Kraken plush (will make more sense if you've seen the film). Tickets and more info: tinyurl.com/45ersux4
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you attend the @seattlecritics.bsky.social screening of Twinless Nov 21 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center, you'll get a virtual Q&A with filmmaker James Sweeney and the chance to win this Kraken plush (will make more sense if you've seen the film). Tickets and more info: tinyurl.com/45ersux4
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 11/23 and Tue 11/25:
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 11/23 and Tue 11/25:
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
⭐️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE
⭐️ WICKED: FOR GOOD
⭐️ BUGONIA
More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw
Mark your calendars! Passes for the 52nd Seattle International Film Festival go on sale January 12, 2026. SIFF Members will have one full week to purchase passes and ticket packs at the lowest prices for one full week before going on sale to the public on January 19. Bookmark siff.info/festtw
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mark your calendars! Passes for the 52nd Seattle International Film Festival go on sale January 12, 2026. SIFF Members will have one full week to purchase passes and ticket packs at the lowest prices for one full week before going on sale to the public on January 19. Bookmark siff.info/festtw
Give the gift of SIFF membership this holiday season. 🎁 Perks of membership include discounts on tickets and passes, pre-sale access to SIFF festivals, free concessions, invites to member-only events, and so much more!
Get to gifting: siff.info/membershiptw
Get to gifting: siff.info/membershiptw
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Give the gift of SIFF membership this holiday season. 🎁 Perks of membership include discounts on tickets and passes, pre-sale access to SIFF festivals, free concessions, invites to member-only events, and so much more!
Get to gifting: siff.info/membershiptw
Get to gifting: siff.info/membershiptw
In the remote expanses of Eastern Oregon, a rash of unexplained cattle mutilations reignites a decades-old mystery of the American West.
NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD screens 11/23 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with the film team scheduled to attend: siff.info/notonedrop-bs.
NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD screens 11/23 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with the film team scheduled to attend: siff.info/notonedrop-bs.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the remote expanses of Eastern Oregon, a rash of unexplained cattle mutilations reignites a decades-old mystery of the American West.
NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD screens 11/23 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with the film team scheduled to attend: siff.info/notonedrop-bs.
NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD screens 11/23 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with the film team scheduled to attend: siff.info/notonedrop-bs.