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SIFF 2022: Quick Picks, Tips, and Tricks

by Sunbreak Staff

Starting today, tickets and passes are now available to the public for the 48th Seattle International Film Festival. Running from April 14-24th, the eleven-day festival features hundreds of films playing in-person in venues across the city, with more than half of the selections also available online. We’re still soaking up the trailers, digesting the full lineup, and strategizing the best ways to get the most out of this year’s event, but we thought we’d start by each highlighting a film (or two) from the program that we’re most excited to see or recommend.

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SIFF 2022: It’s Alive

by Josh

At long last, a sense of “semi-normalcy” for Seattle and Springtime. After last year’s fully-virtual festivities, the 48th Seattle International Film Festival is upon us, restoring to our fair city an excuse to venture back out into theaters (or to watch from our homes) for eleven straight days and nights. Yes, this April 14-24th sprint is somewhat slimmer than the monthlong marathons of yore, but honestly, it feels a little bit healthier for all parties.

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SIFF 2022: SunBreak Index

by Sunbreak Staff

The Seattle International Film Festival is a massive event that spans eleven days. We’ll be posting about it through the marathon of …

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SIFF DocFest 2021: Storm Lake

by Chris Burlingame

Most people haven’t heard of the Storm Lake Times newspaper for the same reason they likely haven’t heard of the Nome (Alaska) Nugget or, say, the Daily World from my hometown of Aberdeen, WA. But the Storm Lakes Times fills an important role in informing the citizens of Buena Vista County, Iowa. Despite having a circulation not much over 3,000 for a bi-weekly, small-community newspaper, it won a Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for editorial writing and exposing corruption in the agriculture industry. 

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SIFF DocFest 2021: a-ha: The Movie

by Chris Burlingame

At the beginning of a-ha: The Movie, the three primary and constant members of the legendary Norwegian, synth-pop band tell their likelihood of recording another album. Pål Waaktaar-Savoy says he already has the next a-ha album written; Magne Furuholmen says he’s open to going back in the studio; and Morten Harket says that he sees no point in a-ha putting out another album. It’s a telling story that shows the disparate points of view for this band that’s told through this film. And, for the record, a-ha does have a new album scheduled for release in 2022.

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SIFF 2021: Together, Together, Too Far Away, and This Town

by Morgen Schuler

My love for comedies has no bounds. Typically I watch films to escape, and I realize that seems pretty limiting considering all the documentaries, dramas and thrillers out there but comedies will forever be my first love. Over the last year as I binge watched like I’ve never binged before, I started to realize Netflix originals, new releases and even HBO are all full of dramas and downers, murders and destruction, depression and angst. I welcome any and all stories, but during a pandemic I don’t find comfort in reality or looking down the barrel of our dismal ecological future. Can a girl just laugh? Damn. The three movies I’m going to talk about below may have had a little strife here and there but they were just fun and heartfelt, exactly what I needed right now.

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SIFF 2021: That’s a Wrap

by Sunbreak Staff

We’ve had a very busy eleven days covering this year’s first-ever virtual Seattle International Film Festival with roundtables and reviews of the bounty of cinema brought to our homes by technology and the tireless programmers and organizers. On Sunday night SIFF handed out awards and closed the festival with Catalan dramedy Rosa’s Wedding. Since then, the SunBreak’s SIFF Squad virtually assembled to chat about our experience with this year’s event and to rehash some of our festival favorites.

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SIFF 2021: There Is No Evil & Under the Open Sky

by Josh

Official Competition films There is No Evil and Under the Open Sky had found a perpetual spot on my “watch later” queue, but when I saw that they secured top spots among the audience awards, I knew that I had to use the waning hours of SIFF Privilege to make them my Closing Night double feature (with apologies to Rosa’s Wedding).