An annotated list of all of the SunBreak’s coverage of the 51th Seattle International Film Festival, which runs from May 15-25 in person and May 26-June 1 online.

Roundtables & Festival Overviews

SIFF 2025: Quick Picks Roundtable, Tips, and Tricks for the 51th Annual Seattle International Film Festival

• Chris:  Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story , The Glass Web in 3D 
• Josh:  Twinless,  Sorry, Baby
• Morgen: DJ Ahmet, Tales From the Magic Garden
• Tony: Chain Reactions, Good Boy
• Other films mentioned: Four Mothers, The Dark Crystal, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers 

SIFF 2025: Opening Weekend Picks

• Chris: By Design, Baby Doe
• Josh: April, Remaining Native, BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions
• Morgen: Paying For It, Balconettes

SIFF 2025: Picks through Closing Weekend

• Chris: Suburban Fury, Unclickable
• Josh: Good Boy, The Things You Kill, Twinless,
• Morgen: Luz, Happyend
• Tony: Paul Anka: His Way, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
• Other films mentioned: Sorry, Baby

SIFF 2025 Roundtable: Festival Exit Survey, Golden SunBreak Awards

Golden SunBreak Nominees:

• Narrative Feature: Twinless, The New Year That Never Came, Color Book
• Documentary: Suburban Fury, BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions, Remaining Native, Chain Reactions
• Performance: Juliette Lewis (By Design), Yukito Hidaka (Happyend) Josh O’Connor (Rebuilding), William Catlett (Color Book)
  

Capsules / Reviews of SIFF Films

Scorecard: Everything We Saw at SIFF

Film	Chris	Josh	Morgen	Tony
April		☆☆☆☆½
Auction			☆☆☆☆
Baby Doe	☆☆☆☆
The Balconettes			☆☆☆☆
BAR	☆☆☆½
Between Goodbyes	☆☆☆☆
Billy	☆☆☆☆
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions		☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆
Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story	☆☆☆
Boong			☆☆☆☆
By Design	☆☆☆☆½	☆	☆☆☆
Cat Town, U.S.A.	☆☆☆
Chain Reactions				☆☆☆½
The Chef & The Daruma	☆☆☆
Cloud		☆☆½
Color Book				☆☆☆☆☆
Come Closer			☆☆☆☆½
Dancing Queen in Hollywood			☆☆☆½
Diamonds			☆☆☆☆
DJ Ahmet			☆☆☆☆½
Drowned Land	☆☆☆
Evergreens		☆☆½
Four Mothers	☆☆☆	☆☆☆		☆☆☆☆
Freeing Juanita	☆☆☆
The Glass Web in 3D	☆☆☆☆			☆☆☆½
The Gloria of your Imagination	☆☆☆☆
Good Boy		☆☆
Hanami			☆☆☆☆
Happyend			☆☆☆☆½
Idyllic			☆☆☆☆
Jean Cocteau	☆☆☆☆
The Librarians	☆	☆☆☆½
Luz		☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆
Meeting with Pol Pot			☆☆☆☆☆
Monarch City		☆☆
Monk in Pieces	☆☆☆½
New Jack Fury	☆☆☆½			☆☆☆
The New Year That Never Came			☆☆☆☆☆
Paying For It			☆☆☆☆½
Rebuilding		☆☆☆☆
Remaining Native		☆☆☆☆
The Safe House		☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass	☆☆☆☆			☆☆☆☆
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers				☆☆½
Sorry, Baby		☆☆☆☆☆
Starman			☆☆☆½
Suburban Fury	☆☆☆☆½	☆☆☆☆
Summer’s Camera		☆☆☆
The Things You Kill		☆☆☆☆
Time Travel is Dangerous	☆☆☆		☆☆☆½
Twinless		☆☆☆☆☆
Unclickable	☆☆☆½
Viktor	☆☆☆½
Wolf Land	☆☆☆	☆☆☆

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