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Upcoming Q&As and Special Guests
October 16, 2024
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.
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A collection of photos from day 20 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
Jeremy sits down with rapper, producer, screenwriter and film director Boots Riley to discuss Sorry To Bother You.
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A collection of photos from day 19 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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A collection of photos from day 18 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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A collection of photos from day 17 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
Jeremy Cropf sits down with Academy-Award winning director Morgan Neville to discuss his new documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor.
SIFFcast
Seattle-based director Vlada Knowlton joins the show to discuss her new documentary The Most Dangerous Year.
SIFFcast
SJ Chiro sits down with local writer/producer Anne Rosellini to talk about her newest film Leave No Trace.
SIFFcast
SJ Chiro sits down with director Christina Choe to discuss her directorial debut Nancy.
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A collection of photos from day 16 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
SJ Chiro chats with the filmmaker and subject of the new documentary WARRIOR WOMEN
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A collection of photos from day 15 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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A collection of photos from day 14 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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A collection of photographs from day 13 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival
SIFFcast
SIFFcast talks with Director Brett Haley about his new film HEARTS BEAT LOUD.
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A collection of photographs from day 12 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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A collection of photos from day 11 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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A collection of photos from day 10 of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
WTF and Midnight Movie programmers Clinton McClung and Colleen O'Holleran pick some of their highlights from the 2018 festival.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast talks with Seattle-based Director Megan Griffiths about her new film SADIE.
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Photography from day seven of the Seattle International Film Festival
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Photography from day six of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival
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Photography from day five of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
Marco Collins, Kim Voynar, and Nathaniel Pinzon talk about the SIFF 2018 VR Zone.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast talks with Writer/Director Lucy Coleman and actress Sarah Gaul about their new film HOT MESS.
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Photography from day five of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast chats with Michael McNamara and Aaron Hancox about their new documentary CATWALK: TALES FROM THE CAT SHOW CIRCUIT
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SIFFcast talks with director Bart Layton about his new heist film AMERICAN ANIMALS.
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Photography from day four of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
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Photography from day three of the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast Programmers Picks with Dan Doody
SIFFcast
SJ Chiro, co-host of SIFFcast, interviews Brent Hodge
SIFFcast
SIFFcast chats with Pascal Plante about his film FAKE TATTOOS.
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Photography from day two of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival
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Photography from the Opening Night of the 44th Seattle International Film Festival
SIFFcast
SIFF Programmer, Hebe Tabachnick discusses her top picks for the 44th Seattle International Film Festival.
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SIFF 2018 Daily Recap May 16: SIFF VR Zone Press Launch
SIFFcast
SIFF Programming Manager, Stan Shields discusses his top picks for the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
SIFF Programmer, Megan Leonard discusses her top picks for the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
SIFF's Artistic Director Beth Barrett discusses her top picks for the 44th Annual Seattle International Film Festival.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast chats with directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen about their new documentary RBG, about the legal legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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SIFFcast chats to directors Aaron Moorhouse and Justin Benson about the ir new film The Endless.
SIFFcast
Director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years, Looking) discusses his new film Lean on Pete with SIFFcast.
SIFFcast
Seattle's own Lynn Shelton joins SIFFcast to chat about her new film Outside In, filming in Washington state, and working with stars Jay Duplass and Edie Falco.
SIFFcast
Kasi Lemmons (actress in Silence of the Lambs, director of Eve's Bayou) discusses her intense career, spanning from her childhood to the present day.
SIFFcast
We sat down with director Greg Berlanti and two main cast members, Nick Robinson and Alexandra Shipp, to discuss their groundbreaking new film Love, Simon.
SIFFcast
Director Sebastian Lelio joins us to discuss his Oscar-nominated new film A Fantastic Woman, opening at SIFF Cinema Egyptian on 2/23.
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Noir City 2018 presented by the Seattle International Film Festival. A week long celebration of the most iconic genre in Hollywood.
SIFFcast
Celebrate the 100th episode of SIFFcast with a special tribute to all things noir. The Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller, takes a break from hosting TCM's Noir Alley to guide us on a journey through this year's Noir City festival.
SIFFcast
The SIFFcast team breaks down the best performances and films of 2017 and chat with history-making Oscar nominee Rachel Morrison about her work on Mudbound.
SIFFcast
In this special two-part episode we recap the past year in film with special guest Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, The Florida Project).
SIFFcast
Actor Richard Jenkins joins SIFFCast to discuss his acclaimed role in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water.
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Greta Gerwig joined us at SIFF Cinema Uptown to introduce her film Lady Bird.
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Jeremy sits down with documentary filmmaker Brett Morgen to discuss his new film JANE, an intimate portrait of trailblazing conservationist Jane Goodall.
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SIFFcast host Jeremy Cropf talks with Nora Twomey, director of the acclaimed new animated film The Breadwinner.
SIFFcast
Explore the zany world of Bill Nye with this in-depth interview with the filmmakers of the new documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy – Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado.
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SIFF programmer Angelo Acerbi talks to SIFFcast about the upcoming Cinema Italian Style festival.
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Photography from SIFF's annual fundraising gala Sip for SIFF.
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Celebrate Halloween with the final episode of our SCARED SIFF special. Today we interview filmmaker Christopher Smith (Severance, Creep) about his work and influences.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast speaks with writer/director Christopher B. Landon about his work on the Paranormal Activity franchise and his newest film Happy Death Day.
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SIFFcast chats with legendary Scream Queen Jessica Harper about her work in Dario Argento’s classic film Suspiria (celebrating it’s 40th anniversary this year).
SIFFcast
SIFFcast sits down with acclaimed director Sean Baker to discuss his newest film The Florida Project.
SIFFcast
SCARED SIFF continues with an interview with an exclusive interview with veteran Scream Queen Shauna MacDonald (Neil Marshall’s The Descent).
SIFFcast
SIFFcast celebrates the scariest time of the year with a special month-long tribute to the horror genre. First up, we interview Candyman director Bernard Rose.
SIFFcast
On the newest SIFFcast, Jeremy chats with legendary civil rights activist Dolores Huerta and director Peter Bratt about their new documentary DOLORES (opening 10/6).
SIFFcast
SIFFcast chats with acclaimed actor John Carroll Lynch about his debut film LUCKY, and shares memories of working with the late, great Harry Dean Stanton.
SIFFcast
Local director SJ Chiro joins the show to talk about her feature film debut LANE 1974, opening at SIFF Film Center on Friday 9/22.
SIFFcast
Jeremy sits down with the most influential person you’ve never heard of – Heather Booth. She is the subject of the new documentary Heather Booth: Changing the World.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast host Jeremy Cropf sits down with director Amanda Lipitz to talk about her critically-acclaimed debut feature Step.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast host Jeremy Cropf chats with director William Oldroyd about his acclaimed debut feature Lady Macbeth
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Former Vice President Al Gore discusses his new documentary An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
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SIFFcast chats with the director and stars of Landline about the making of their quirky 90s-set comedy. Hilarious anecdotes ensue.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast host Jeremy Cropf sits down with filmmaker Nick Naveda to discuss his directorial debut Say You Will, which had its World Premiere at SIFF 2017.
SIFFcast
SIFFcast host Jeremy sits down with Seattle-native director Andrew Gooi to chat about his new non-traditional culinary documentary Kakehashi: A Portrait of Chef Nobuo Fukada.
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Jeremy talks with director and SFX legend Douglas Trumbull about his 1983 film Brainstorm.