The best local Seattle film production of 2021 has arrived.
Author: Jenn Misko
Jenn Misko moved to Seattle in early 2014 and dove headfirst into the area's film scene, occasionally showing up as a production assistant or location assistant on local productions and serving in the SIFF festival box office annually thereafter. Some more informal versions of her thoughts on films can be found collected on her obsessive Letterboxd account.
In Limbo, a Syrian refugee tries to make a home in Scotland
Ben Sharrock’s delicate and sensitive sophomore effort looks for beauty under tough circumstances.
SIFF 2021: Youth v Gov, In the Same Breath, Fly So Far
Three SIFF documentaries to get you fired up about fighting the power.
SIFF 2021: The Perfect Candidate, Sweat, Nudo Mixteco
Three stories of women around the globe struggling against the oppressive status quo to live as their most authentic selves.
SIFF 2021: The Pink Cloud, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet, Love Type D
Three films play with light sci-fi premises to explore different elements of the human condition.
SIFF 2021: Ma Belle, My Beauty; The Teacher; Valentina
Three stories of queer love and self-actualization from different parts of the globe.
SIFF 2021: Riders of Justice, Ladies of Steel, The Spy
Three feature films out of Scandanavia, each dealing with death, peril, and crime in very different ways.
SIFF 2021: Mogul Mowgli
Riz Ahmed’s newest is semi-autobiographical, but it’s also imaginative, sometimes fantastical, and distinctly cinematic.
SXSW 2021: Potato Dreams of America
The Seattle film community got to show up “in Austin” in a big way for this year’s virtual SXSW, in the form of Wes Hurley’s autobiographical comedic feature.
SXSW 2021: Disintegration Loops
David Wexler’s music doc about William Basinski is either too short or too long to find its voice, but it subject matter is interesting nonetheless.