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Seattle International Film Festival
SIFF 2024 Notebook: The Black Sea, Seagrass
Capsule reviews of two seaside SIFF films
SIFF 2024: Recommendations for Closing Weekend
A collection of picks and special events as #SIFFTY heads into the closing weekend of the in-person portion of the fiftieth Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFF 2024 Notebook: Northwest Connections
The “I” in SIFF might stand for “International” but just because the festival brings in films from all around the world you shouldn’t sleep on its selections with local connections. Below are capsule reviews of the Northwest Connections program.
SIFF 2024: Recommendations for Opening Weekend
It’s here! SIFF opens its 50th annual festival on Thursday with Thelma . Like last year, SIFF has once again picked up …
SIFF 2024: SunBreak Index
An annotated list of all of the SunBreak’s coverage of the 50th Seattle International Film Festival, which runs from May 9-19 in person and May 20-27 online.
SIFF 2024: Quick Picks Roundtable, Tips, and Tricks for the 50th Annual Seattle International Film Festival
Starting today, tickets and passes are now available to the public for the 50th Seattle International Film Festival. While we’re digging through the schedule and plotting our own agendas, we thought we’d start by each highlighting a film (or two) from the program that we’re most excited to see or recommend.
It is once again time for SIFF DocFest
The time is nigh for SIFF to kick off its third(!) DocFest, a festival of many of the most interesting documentaries around the world. It all goes down starting tonight and running through next Wednesday at the Uptown. I’m most interested in catching two documentaries about two very different writers: John LeCarre and Tom Wolfe. But there’s a lot more to catch the attention of us documentary lovers.
Midday Black Midnight Blue chronicles one man’s journey into madness
Depression can be a black hole of emotions; a never-ending pit that is nearly impossible to claw your way out and Midday Black Midnight Blue is fully encompassed by that black hole from beginning to end. Ian, a man well into mid-life, is haunted by the joy and pain of an old flame.
SIFF 2023 Roundtable: Exit Survey, Golden SunBreak Awards
SIFF was back in-person with paper ballots and back to their traditional May stomping grounds. Might the 10-day festival be the new …