An annotated list of all of the SunBreak’s coverage of the 49th Seattle International Film Festival, which runs from May 11-21 in person and May 22-28 online.
Roundtables & Festival Overviews
SIFF 2023: Quick Picks, Tips, and Tricks for the 49th Annual Seattle International Film Festival
- Top Picks: Past Lives, Passages, The Last Exit, Yuku and the Himalayan Flower, Fragments of Paradise, Bad Press, Fragments of Paradise, Stephen Curry: Underrated,Theater Camp
- Also Mentioned: I Like Movies, The Craft with DJ Nicfit, Year of the Fox, And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine, The Beasts The Blue Caftan, Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibbertia, The Eight Mountains, L’immensita, Stephen Curry: Underrated, Other People’s Children, Demigod: The Legend Begins, Food and Country, Seven Samurai, The Incredible Shrinking Man
SIFF 2023: Recommendations for Opening Weekend
- Chris: The Night of the 12th, Fremont, Satan Wants You
- Josh: The Eight Mountains, 20 Days in Mariupol, Passages
- Morgen: Year of the Fox, Table for Six, The Mattachine Family
- Tony: Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair, Irati, The Incredible Shrinking Man
SIFF 2023: Recommendations for the rest of the Festival
- Chris: L’immensita, Free Money
- Josh: Dreamin Wild, A Disturbance in the Force
- Morgen: Table for Six,The Visitor from the Future
- Tony: Theater Camp, Mother Superior
SIFF 2023 Roundtable: Exit Survey, Golden SunBreak Awards
- Narrative Features: The Eight Mountains, The Night of the 12th, Let the Dance Begin
- Documentary Features: Pianoforte, Confessions of a Good Samaritan
- Performance: Trace Lysette in Monica, Aline Küppenheim in Chile ’76, Pierfrancesco Favino in The Hummingbird
Features & Interviews
SIFF opening night glitz & glamour
SIFF Interview: Director Megan Griffiths reflects on Year of the Fox and the Seattle film scene
SIFF interview: Documentary filmmaker Penny Lane is a Good Samaritan
Reviews of SIFF Films
- Anu
- Alan @ Work
- Chile ’76
- DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins
- Douglas Sirk–Hope as in Despair
- Dreamin’ Wild
- DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins
- Egghead & Twinkie
- The Eight Mountains
- Even Hell Has Its Heroes
- Ingeborg Bachmann — Journey into the Desert
- I Like Movies
- The Last Exit
- Past Lives*
- Punderneath It All
- The Quiet Migration
- Satan Wants You (2)
- Scrapper*
- Stephen Curry: Underrated*
- Theater Camp*
- The Visitor From the Future
SIFF Scorecard
Chris | Josh | Morgen | |
A Disturbance in the Force | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆ | |
A Room of My Own | ☆☆☆ | ||
Ajoomma | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ||
Alan @ Work | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine | ☆☆½ | ||
ANU | ☆☆½ | ||
Chile ‘76 | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Confessions of a Good Samaritan | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ||
Copenhagen Does Not Exist | ☆☆½ | ||
DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
Dreamin’ Wild | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Egghead & Twinkie | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆ | |
Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
Even Hell has its Heroes | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
Food and Country | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Fremont | ☆☆☆½ | ||
Gloriavale | ☆☆½ | ||
Hanging Gardens | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
I Like Movies | ☆☆☆½ | ||
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert | ☆☆☆½ | ||
Irati | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ||
L’immensità | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Let the Dance Begin | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
LIFT | ☆☆☆½ | ||
Lonely Castle in the Mirror | ☆☆☆½ | ||
Mavka: The Forest Song | ☆☆☆ | ||
Monica | ☆☆☆½ | ||
Next Sohee | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Passages | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
Past Lives | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Pianoforte | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Punderneath It All | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆ | |
Satan Wants You | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Scrapper | ☆☆☆ | ||
Stephen Curry: Underrated | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆ | |
Table For Six | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
The Eight Mountains | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
The Hummingbird | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ||
The Mattachine Family | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
The Night of the 12th | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
The Quiet Migration | ☆☆☆½ | ||
The Visitor From the Future | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ||
Theater Camp | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆½ | |
Year of the Fox | ☆☆☆☆ | ||
Yuku and the Himalayan Flower | ☆☆☆☆ |
The Seattle International Film Festival runs from May 11-21 in person and May 22-28 online. Keep up with our reactions on Twitter (@thesunbreak) and follow all of our ongoing coverage via our SIFF 2023 posts