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Upcoming Q&As and Special Guests

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Upcoming Q&As and Special Guests

Throughout the year, we’re pleased to offer chances to hear directly from filmmakers, performances and panel discussions, and more unique experiences around movies.

Secure your tickets now for these events featuring filmmakers and other special guests over the next couple of months.

Breakfast of Champions (New 4K Restoration)

SUN NOV 24 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN

Director Alan Rudolph scheduled to attend for a post-film Q&A on November 24.

This delirious adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel takes place in a fictional town (filmed in Twin Falls, Idaho) where wealthy Pontiac dealer Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) meets Vonnegut’s signature character, philosopher Kilgore Trout (Albert Finney) and goes from an All-American business leader to a man with a deep existential crisis. New 4K Restoration.

SFCS John Hartl PNW Spotlight: The Hidden

WED OCT 30 · 7:30 PM · DOWNTOWN

Kyle MacLachlan scheduled to attend to receive the Seattle Film Critics Society John Hartl PNW Award and for a post-screening Q&A.

A wave of violent crimes baffles authorities in Los Angeles. Detective Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) and FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan) team up to face a sinister force from beyond the stars—an intergalactic parasite that leaves a trail of chaos and destruction.

Borderland: The Line Within

TUE OCT 22 · 7:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

Director Pamela Yates and Producer Paco de Onis scheduled to attend

There is a war on immigrants. A massive surveillance, militarized and carceral apparatus has been built to capture, imprison and deport millions. But in the shadow of this border industrial-complex, immigrants are building a rights movement envisioning a future rooted in human connection and the sanctity of life.

Raging Bull

THU OCT 10 · 7:00 PM · UPTOWN

Thelma Schoonmaker scheduled to attend

The searing study of Italian American Jake LaMotta, 1949-51 middleweight boxing champion of the world, Raging Bull is a masterpiece for Scorsese, actor Robert De Niro and editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

SIFF DocFest: Dahomey

THU OCT 10 · 7:30 PM · UPTOWN

Seattle Art Museum Curator of African and Oceanic Art Pam McClusky scheduled to attend and introduce the film

Blurring the line between fiction and documentary, the Golden Bear-winning new film from Mati Diop (Atlantics) exploring France’s repatriation of Benin’s royal treasures is a poignant commentary on the role of museums and the enduring ghosts of colonialism.

A Matter of Life and Death

WED OCT 9 · 7:30 PM · EGYPTIAN

Thelma Schoonmaker scheduled to attend

Michael Powell’s favorite film makes reality fantastical, as a pilot (David Niven) bails out without a parachute, having fallen in love with radio operator Kim Hunter’s voice.

SIFF DocFest: 500 Days in the Wild

WED OCT 9 · 7:30 PM · UPTOWN

Director & Subject Dianne Whelan scheduled to attend

Award-winning director and cinematographer Dianne Whelan embarks on an epic, six-year odyssey—hiking, biking, paddling, snowshoeing, and skiing across Canada, becoming the first person to traverse the entire 24,000-km Trans-Canada trail.

SIFF DocFest: The Movie Man

SUN OCT 6 · 3:30 PM · UPTOWN

Director Matt Finlin scheduled to attend

In this love letter to independent movie theaters, director Matt Finlin introduces us to an eccentric entrepreneur and his life’s work—owning and operating an idiosyncratic multiplex in the woods of Northern Ontario.

Bye Bye Birdie

SUN SEP 29 · 12:30 PM · EGYPTIAN

Legendary actress Ann-Margret scheduled to attend for a post-film Q&A. Ann-Margret is also making available a limited number of signed bottles of her signature perfume. Orders must be placed in advance at: annmargretperfume.com. All proceeds go to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

Lots of laughs and great songs have made this all-time favorite based on the hit Broadway show one of the most memorable musicals of all time.

Lady Like

SAT SEP 28 · 8:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

VIP ticket includes meet and greet with Lady Camden

The fairy-tale life of RuPaul’s Drag Race royalty, Lady Camden, is brought to the screen in Luke Willis’ riveting and joyous documentary narrated by fellow Drag Race alum Nina West.

Sweetheart Deal

FRI SEP 27 · 7:00 PM · FILM CENTER
SAT SEP 28 · 1:45 PM · FILM CENTER

Q&A with Director Elisa Levine, Editor Brittany Kaplan, and Producer Peggy Case

Driven by their addiction to heroin, four women encounter friendship and betrayal while working Seattle’s infamous Aurora Avenue in this intimate portrait of hope, heartbreak, and resilience on the fringes of Modern America.

S/He Is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary

THU SEP 12 · 7:00 PM · EGYPTIAN
Q&A with Director David Charles Rodrigues

Director David Charles Rodrigues (Gay Chorus Deep South) documents the final year of Genesis P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality. The multi-disciplinary artist rose to notoriety as founder of COUM Transmissions collective and lead vocalist of industrial band Throbbing Gristle.

Rap World

Q&A with Director Conner O'Malley, Producer Harris Mayersohn, and cast member Eric Rahill moderated by Tommy Swenson from The Beacon Cinema

In the feature directorial debut of comedian Conner O’Malley and editor Danny Scharar, three young men (Jack Bensinger, Eric Rahill and Conner O’Malley) self-document their attempt to write and record a rap album in one night.

Jimmy in Saigon

Q&A with Director Peter McDowell and Excutive Producer Dan Savage

Only five when his brother died as a civilian in Saigon at the age of 24, Director Peter McDowell seeks to get to know his late brother Jimmy and uncovers a hidden romance, new family ties, and secrets surrounding his drug use and sexuality.

The Films of the Gay Girls Riding Club

SAT AUG 24 · 9:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

Intro and 30-minute drag show by Seattle drag artist Uh Oh

Double feature of What Really Happened to Baby Jane and All About Alice. Spearheaded by filmmaker Ray Harrison, the Gay Girls Riding Club (GGRC) took California’s 1960s underground gay scene by storm with drag spoofs of classic Hollywood films.

Sugarcane

SAT AUG 24 · 7:15 PM · UPTOWN

Q&A with Director Julian Brave NoiseCat (Secwepemc Nation) moderated by Seattle International Film Festival Programmer Tracy Rector

A gutting, unshakeable Sundance winner on the horrors of residential schools, centering on the abuse suffered at the hands of the St. Joseph Mission in British Columbia and the decades of silence that followed.

Know Your Place

FRI AUG 23 · 7:00 PM · EGYPTIAN

Q&A with Director Zia Mohajerjasbi moderated by Seattle International Film Festival Programmer Megan Leonard

Seattle’s issues with gentrification and its impact on our East African community are explored as two teenage boys navigate the city to deliver a crucial and time-sensitive package to a friend.

Date: October 16, 2024
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