Face the Music
Nine out of 10 SIFF programmers agree that regular exposure to music and film is essential to maintaining your personal equilibrium. (The remaining one was too busy streaming The Sound of Music to respond to our query.) So, we’ve developed Face the Music, our scientifically proven regimen of movies that revolve around music, to help you achieve the pinnacle of audio-visual health.
Gloria!
Italy | 2024 | 106 min. | Margherita Vicario
A mute maid at a musical institute discovers she’s a natural at the pianoforte and inspires the girls in her charge.
Grandpa Guru
Croatia | 2023 | 91 min. | Silvio Mirošničenko
The story of Srdjan Gino Jevđevic, a refugee who settled in Seattle and started Balkan punk band Kultur Shock.
Luther: Never Too Much
USA | 2024 | 101 min. | Dawn Porter
A profile on the velvet-voiced Luther Vandross, from his auspicious beginnings all the way to selling over 40 million albums.
Música!
USA | 2023 | 72 min. | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
A jubilant profile on Horns for Havana, a U.S. organization trying to keep Cuba’s jazz tradition alive.
Resynator
USA | 2024 | 96 min. | Alison Tavel
Alison Tavel discovers her father’s old synth prototype and journeys to meet the musicians affected by his invention.
Saturn Return
Spain | 2024 | 105 min. | Isaki Lacuesta, Pol Rodríguez
The Granada indie music group Los Planetas find themselves on the brink of success…or total destruction.
SIFF & CFC Event - The NeverEnding Story
USA | 1984 | 92 min. | Wolfgang Petersen
Hop onto your luck dragon as Seattle’s own DJ NicFit creates a live soundtrack for the glorious 1984 fantasy classic.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Belgium | 2024 | 150 min. | Johan Grimonprez
Learn how the CIA, the United Nations, and jazz musicians fought over the fate of midcentury Congolese independence.
