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Seattle International Film Festival: Opening Night Film and Party

Seattle International Film Festival Opening Night

May 15, 2025

Welcome aboard SIFF Flight 51, destination: the Reel World. Please buckle your seatbelts and direct your attention to the silver screen for our feature presentation. This year’s Seattle International Film Festival will open at the Paramount Theatre May 15 with Four Mothers, the ideal film with which to kick off your vacation.

After we reach our destination, we’ll taxi right to our famous Opening Night Party outside the theater on 9th Ave, where you’ll get a taste of the local culture with dancing to music mixed by DJ Derek Mazzone and Orion Entertainment and complimentary drinks and bites from some of Seattle’s finest dining establishments. Guests are encouraged to dress in their celebratory best with outfits fit for the vacation of a lifetime.

We know that you have many options for your entertainment, so thank you for choosing SIFF. We hope you enjoy your trip.

Opening Night Tickets: $78 Members | $88 Non-Members
Opening Night VIP Tickets: $360

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Note: SIFF parties are for ages 21+, and IDs will be checked at the door. No refunds will be issued for tickets purchased with an invalid ID.

VIP Experience Pre-Reception: 5:00pm (Paramount Theatre)

Doors Open to Public: 6:00pm (Paramount Theatre)

Screening: 7:00pm (Paramount Theatre)

After-Party: 9:30pm (Paramount Theatre & outside on 9th Ave)

About the Film: Four Mothers

Dir. Darren Thornton, Ireland, 2024

Darren Thornton (SIFF 2017’s A Date for Mad Mary) writes and directs this humorous and tender Irish charmer about a gay YA novelist (James McArdle, “Mare of Easttown”) who must look after four aging women left in his care.