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			☆☆☆☆

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