SIFF's Beth Barrett and Tom Mara pose with director, Chandler Levack, on the red carpet at Closing Night, which featured Levack's film I Like Movies
Relive the 49th Seattle International Film Festival. Read key details, flip through the full Festival catalog, see photos and other media, and find a full list of feature-length films presented at the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival.
Dates: May 11–21 & streaming May 22–28
Number of Days: 18
Venues: Ark Lodge Cinemas, AMC Pacific Place 11, Paramount Theatre, Shoreline Community College Theater, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Film Center, SIFF Channel (virtual)
Opening Night: Past Lives at The Paramount Theatre,
Closing Night: I Like Movies at SIFF Cinema Egyptian
On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS
Photos
SIFF's Beth Barrett and Tom Mara pose with director, Chandler Levack, on the red carpet at Closing Night, which featured Levack's film I Like Movies
Guests celebrate Closing Night of the 49th Seattle International Film Festival at MOHAI
Special guests for Opening Night included astronauts from the actual movieverse, come to life from the festival trailer
The grand view of Opening Night from the Paramount Theatre balcony
Director, Celine Song, poses with Artistic Director, Beth Barrett, on the Opening Night Red Carpet before the screening of her film, Past Lives
Best Film
Dancing Queen (dir. Aurora Gossé, Norway)
Best Director
Maryam Touzani (The Blue Caftan, Morocco/France)
Best Performance
Lubna Azabal (The Blue Caftan)
Best Short
Donkey (dir. Matt Kazman, USA)
Best Documentary
26.2 to Life (dir. Christine Yoo, USA)
26.2 to Life (dir. Christine Yoo, USA)
Official Competition Grand Jury Prize
20,000 Species of Bees (dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, Spain)
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize
Next Sohee (dir. July Jung, South Korea)
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize
Mutt (dir. Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, USA)
Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize
Against the Tide (dir. Sarvnik Kaur, India/France)
Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize
The Fishbowl (dir. Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, Spain)
Youth Jury Prize for Best Futurewave Feature
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine (dir. Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck, Sweden/Denmark)
Live Action Short Grand Jury Prize
AirHostess-737 (dir. Thanasis Neofotistos, Greece)
Live Action Short Special Jury Prize
Sisters of the Rotation (dir. Gaby Zarazir, Michel Zarazir, Lebanon)
Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Grandma & Grandma) (dir. Sean Wang, USA)
Documentary Short Special Jury Prize
45th Parallel (dir. Lawrence Abu Hamdan, United Kingdom)
Animated Short Grand Jury Prize
fur (dir. Zhen Li, USA)
20 Days in Mariupol - dir. Mstyslav Chernov, 2023, Ukraine/USA
26.2 to Life - dir. Christine Yoo, 2022, USA
ABLED - dir. Einar Thorsteinsson, 2023, USA
Against the Tide - dir. Sarvnik Kaur, 2023, India/France
Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun - dir. Banchi Hanuse (Nuxalk Nation), 2023, Canada/USA
Alan @ Work - dir. Doug Ing, 2023, USA
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine - dir. Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck, 2023, Sweden/Denmark
Art for Everybody - dir. Miranda Yousef, 2023, USA
Bad Press - dir. Rebecca Landsberry-Baker (Muscogee Creek), Joe Peeler, 2023, USA
Being Mary Tyler Moore - dir. James Adolphus, 2023, USA
Bottle Conditioned - dir. Jerry Franck, 2023, USA
Circus of the Scars - The Insider Odyssey of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow - dir. Chicory Wees, 2022, USA
Coldwater Kitchen - dir. Brian Kaufman, Mark Kurlyandchik, 2022, USA
Confessions of a Good Samaritan - dir. Penny Lane, 2023, USA
SIFF & CFC Present The Craft with DJ NicFit - dir. Andrew Fleming, 1996, USA
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy - dir. Nancy Buirski, 2022, USA
A Disturbance in the Force - dir. Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak, 2023, USA
Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair - dir. Roman Hüben, 2022, Switzerland/Germany/France
The Echo - dir. Tatiana Huezo, 2023, Mexico/Germany
Even Hell has its Heroes - dir. Clyde Petersen, 2023, USA
Food and Country - dir. Laura Gabbert, 2023, USA
Fragments of Paradise - dir. KD Davison, 2022, USA/Lithuania
Free Money - dir. Sam Soko, Lauren DeFilippo, 2022, USA/Kenya
Gloriavale - dir. Noel Smyth, Fergus Grady, 2022, Australia/New Zealand
The Grab - dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2022, USA
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes - dir. Sam Shahid, 2023, USA
Hole in the Head - dir. Dean Kavanagh, 2022, Ireland
The Incredible Shrinking Man - dir. Jack Arnold, 1957, USA
Invisible Beauty - dir. Bethann Hardison, Frédéric Tcheng, 2023, USA
It’s Only Life After All - dir. Alexandria Bombach, 2023, USA
King Coal - dir. Elaine McMillion Sheldon, 2023, USA
LIFT - dir. David Petersen, 2022, USA
Love to Love You, Donna Summer - dir. Brooklyn Sudano, Roger Ross Williams, 2023, USA
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes - dir. Samuel Pollard, Ben Shapiro, 2023, USA
Midnight Cowboy - dir. John Schlesinger, 1969, USA
Milisuthando - dir. Milisuthando Bongela (Xhosa Nation), 2023, South Africa/Colombia
Mom - dir. Xun Sero (Tzotzil), 2022, Mexico
Motherland - dir. Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, 2023, Sweden/Ukraine/Belarus
Pianoforte - dir. Jakub Piątek, 2023, Poland
Punderneath It All - dir. Abby Hagan, 2023, USA
Riders on the Storm - dir. Jason Motlagh, Mark Oltmanns, 2023, Austria
Satan Wants You - dir. Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams, 2023, Canada
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood - dir. Anna Hints, 2023, Estonia/France/Iceland
Stella - dir. Tyler Doehring, 2022, USA
Stephen Curry: Underrated - dir. Peter Nicks, 2023, USA
To Kill a Tiger - dir. Nisha Pahuja, 2022, Canada
The Tuba Thieves - dir. Alison O’Daniel, 2023, USA
Whale Nation - dir. Jean-Albert Lievre, 2023, France
20,000 Species of Bees - dir. Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, 2023, Spain
Adolfo - dir. Sofia Auza, 2023, Mexico/USA
Ajoomma - dir. He Shuming, 2022, Singapore/South Korea
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White - dir. Babatunde Apalowo, 2023, Nigeria
Almamula - dir. Juan Sebastian Torales, 2023, France/Argentina/Italy
Angry Annie - dir. Blandine Lenoir, 2022, France
ANU - dir. Sudeshna Sen, 2023, USA
The Beasts - dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022, Spain/France
The Blue Caftan - dir. Maryam Touzani, 2022, Morocco/France
Blue Jean - dir. Georgia Oakley, 2022, United Kingdom
Burning Hearts - dir. Pippo Mezzapesa, 2022, Italy
Chile ‘76 - dir. Manuella Martelli, 2022, Chile/Argentina/Qatar
Coo-Coo 043 - dir. Ching-lin Chan, 2022, Taiwan
Copenhagen Does Not Exist - dir. Martin Skovbjerg, 2023, Denmark
Coyote - dir. Katherine Jerkovic, 2022, Canada (Québec)
Dancing Queen - dir. Aurora Gossé, 2023, Norway
DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins - dir. Huang Wen-Chang, 2022, Taiwan
Dreamin’ Wild - dir. Bill Pohlad, 2022, USA
Egghead & Twinkie - dir. Sarah Kambe Holland, 2023, USA
The Eight Mountains - dir. Felix Van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch, 2022, Italy/Belgium/France
Ernest & Célestine: A Trip to Gibberitia - dir. Jean-Christophe Roger, Julien Chheng, 2022, France/Luxembourg
Falcon Lake - dir. Charlotte Le Bon, 2022, Canada/France
Feast - dir. Brillante Mendoza, 2022, Hong Kong
Filip - dir. Michal Kwiecinski, 2022, Poland
The Fishbowl - dir. Glorimar Marrero Sánchez, 2023, Puerto Rico/Spain
Four Little Adults - dir. Selma Vilhunen, 2023, Finland/Sweden
Fremont - dir. Babak Jalali, 2023, USA
Gaga - dir. Laha Mebow (Tayal Tribe), 2022, Taiwan
A Guilty Conscience - dir. Jack Ng, 2022, Hong Kong
Hanging Gardens - dir. Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji, 2022, Iraq/Palestine/Saudi Arabia/Egypt/UK
The Happiest Man in the World - dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska, 2022, North Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/Denmark/Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina
Harka - dir. Lotfy Nathan, 2022, France/Germany/USA/Tunisia
Harvest Moon - dir. Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam, 2022, Mongolia
The Hill of Secrets - dir. Lee Ji-eun, 2022, South Korea
A House in Jerusalem - dir. Muayad Alayan, 2023, Palestine/United Kingdom/Germany/Netherlands/Qatar
The Hummingbird - dir. Francesca Archibugi, 2022, Italy/France
I Like Movies - dir. Chandler Levack, 2022, Canada
Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert - dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 2023, Switzerland/Austria/Germany/Luxembourg
Irati - dir. Paul Urkijo Alijo, 2022, Spain
Jamojaya - dir. Justin Chon, 2023, USA/Indonesia
The Last Exit - dir. Matthias Hoene, 2023, United Kingdom
Late Bloomers - dir. Lisa Steen, 2023, USA
A Letter From Helga - dir. Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir, 2022, Iceland
Let the Dance Begin - dir. Marina Seresesky, 2023, Argentina/Spain
Let The River Flow - dir. Ole Giæver (Sámi), 2023, Norway
L’immensità - dir. Emanuele Crialese, 2022, Italy/France
LOLA - dir. Andrew Legge, 2022, Ireland/United Kingdom
Lonely Castle in the Mirror - dir. Keiichi Hara, 2022, Japan
MAMI WATA - A West Afrikan Folklore - dir. C.J. "Fiery" Obasi, 2023, Nigeria/France/United Kingdom
Matria - dir. Álvaro Gago Diaz, 2023, Spain
The Mattachine Family - dir. Andy Vallentine, 2023, USA
Mavka: The Forest Song - dir. Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban, 2023, Ukraine
Monica - dir. Andrea Pallaoro, 2022, USA/Italy
Mother Superior - dir. Marie Alice Wolfszahn, 2022, Austria
Mutt - dir. Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, 2023, USA
My Animal - dir. Jacqueline Castel, 2023, Canada/USA
My Love Affair With Marriage - dir. Signe Baumane, 2022, Latvia/USA/Luxembourg
Next Sohee - dir. July Jung, 2022, South Korea
The Night of the 12th - dir. Dominik Moll, 2022, France/Belgium
One Day All This Will Be Yours - dir. Andreas Öhman, 2023, Sweden
Opponent - dir. Milad Alami, 2023, Sweden
Other People’s Children - dir. Rebecca Zlotowski, 2022, France
Passages - dir. Ira Sachs, 2023, France
Past Lives - dir. Celine Song, 2023, USA/Korea
Plan 75 - dir. Chie Hayakawa , 2022, Japan/France/Philippines
Pretty Red Dress - dir. Dionne Edwards, 2022, United Kingdom
The Quiet Migration - dir. Malene Choi, 2023, Denmark
Retreat - dir. Leon Schwitter, 2022, Switzerland
A Room of My Own - dir. Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze, 2022, Georgia/Germany
Scrapper - dir. Charlotte Regan, 2023, United Kingdom
Seven Samurai - dir. Akira Kurosawa, 1954, Japan
Sister & Sister - dir. Kattia G. Zúñiga, 2023, Panama/Chile
Snow and the Bear - dir. Selcen Ergun, 2022, Turkey/Germany/Serbia
Sonne - dir. Kurdwin Ayub, 2022, Austria
Subtraction - dir. Mani Haghighi, 2022, Iran/France
The Sunny Side of the Street - dir. Lau Kok-rui, 2022, Hong Kong
Superposition - dir. Karoline Lyngbye, 2023, Denmark
Table For Six - dir. Sunny Chan, 2022, Hong Kong
Theater Camp - dir. Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, 2023, USA
This Closeness - dir. Kit Zauhar, 2023, USA
To the North - dir. Mihai Mincan, 2022, Romania
Until Branches Bend - dir. Sophie Jarvis, 2022, Canada
Valeria is Getting Married - dir. Michal Vinik, 2022, Israel/Ukraine
The Visitor From the Future - dir. François Descraques, 2022, France
We Are Still Here - dir. Beck Cole (Luritja), Dena Curtis (Warrumungu/Warlpiri), Tracey Rigney (Wotjobaluk/Ngarrindjeri), Danielle MacLean (Warumungu/Luritja), Tim Worrall (Ngai Tuhoe), Renae Maihi (Ngati Whakaue/Ngapuhi), Miki Magasiva (Samoan), Mario Gaoa (Samoan), Richard Curtis (Ngati Rongomai/Ngati Pikiao), Chantelle Burgoyne (Samoan), 2022, Australia/New Zealand
When it Melts - dir. Veerle Baetens, 2023, Belgium/Netherlands
Divinity - dir. Eddie Alcazar, 2023, USA
Year of the Fox - dir. Megan Griffiths, 2023, USA
Yuku and the Himalayan Flower - dir. Rémi Durin, Arnaud Demuynck, 2022, Belgium/France
Festival Spotlights: SIFF & CFC Present The Craft with DJ NicFit, Year of the Fox
Divinity (was billed as “Wild, Terrifying, and For One Night Only”) - dir. Eddie Alcazar, 2023, USA
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