Update on SIFF Cinema Egyptian

The Seattle Central College Fine Arts Building where SIFF Cinema Egyptian is housed experienced a significant pipe leak of a main line on the 4th floor of the building on the evening of Tuesday, November 5. As a result, there is damage to multiple floors of the building, including the old Masonic Temple where the Egyptian Theater operates. While the full extent of the damage is still under analysis, initial accounts have led Seattle Central College to close the building to the public for the foreseeable future and the Fine Arts building leadership expect that it will take multiple months of building closure to assess, repair and reopen.

This will, of course, have a significant impact on SIFF’s operations and programming. Our team is hard at work to notify existing ticket holders of their options and to shift planned events to different venues where possible. The Fine Arts Building is so much a part of who SIFF is and where our audience loves to come to see films. Its temporary closure will deeply impact SIFF and the Seattle arts community.

We regret to deliver this news as we at SIFF believe gathering in shared spaces to experience art helps us all to grow and heal. SIFF’s other three venues–SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Film Center, and SIFF Cinema Downtown–are open for you to enjoy, as are an array of incredible arts organizations that surround the Egyptian in the Capitol Hill Area. SIFF will lean on our community as we work toward recovering from this, and we hope our community will continue to lean on us as a hub to come as you are, to gather and experience film.

How can I help?

Many of you have asked how you can help. While the college as the owner of the building will be leading the repair efforts, there are several ways you can support SIFF as we navigate this sudden and unexpected loss of our venue:

• See a movie! SIFF Cinema Downtown, Uptown, and Film Center are all open for you to enjoy.
• Make a donation to help SIFF continue its mission in championing film discovery and arts education.
• Purchase concessions when you’re at our theaters. This is a win-win: delicious for you, financially helpful for us.
• Join as a member or renew early and become a part of our wonderful, dedicated group of fellow film lovers.

SCREENING UPDATES

Black Box Diaries - date change: November 29–December 1 - SIFF Film Center

Caligula - canceled

Know Your Place - date and venue change: November 24 - SIFF Cinema Uptown

Lynden - venue change: SIFF Cinema Uptown

The M Factor - venue change: Broadway Performance Hall (ticketing via their site)

Nosferatu - venue change: moved SIFF Cinema Uptown

Powell & Pressburger: Gone to Earth - date and venue change: January 29, 2025 - SIFF Cinema Uptown

Powell & Pressburger: Peeping Tom - date and venue change: January 22, 2025 - SIFF Cinema Uptown

Powell & Pressburger: The Tales of Hoffman - date and venue change: January 15, 2025 - SIFF Cinema Uptown

Queer - venue change: moved SIFF Cinema Uptown

The Room Next Door - venue change: moved to SIFF Cinema Uptown

The Sacrifice - date and venue change: December 13–19 - SIFF Film Center

Sea Slug Animation Film Festival - venue change: SIFF Cinema Uptown

Scope Screenings - venue change: SIFF Cinema Uptown

Seattle Polish Film Festival - venue change: SIFF Film Center

Unstreamable series (Gummo, To Live and Die in LA, Super Mario Bros, Pink Flamingos) - venue change: SIFF Film Center