Special Guests for SIFF 2025

One of the best things about the Seattle International Film Festival is hearing directly from those involved in the film's creation! Here's a list of guests scheduled to attend, which we'll keep up-to-date. Don't miss these guests in person at their screenings for Q&As moderated by our programmers.

Baby Doe
Director Jessica Earnshaw scheduled to attend.

BAR
Director Don Hardy scheduled to attend.

Beginnings
Producer Eva Jakobsen scheduled to attend.

Between Goodbyes
Director Jota Mun scheduled to attend.

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Director Kahlil Joseph scheduled to attend.

By Design
Cast member Alisa Torres scheduled to attend.

Cat Town, USA
Director Jonathan Napolitano and producer James Gannon scheduled to attend.

The Chef & The Daruma
Director Mads Baekkevold scheduled to attend.

Color Book
Director David Fortune scheduled to attend.

Drowned Land
Director Colleen Thurston scheduled to attend.

Evergreens
Writer/Director Jared Briley scheduled to attend.

Fucktoys
Director Annapurna Sriram scheduled to attend.

Free Leonard Peltier
Director Jesse Short Bull scheduled to attend.

The Gloria of your Imagination
Director Jennifer Reeves scheduled to attend.

Home Sweet Home
Director Frelle Peterson scheduled to attend.

Idyllic
Director Aaron Rookus scheduled to attend.

Invention
Director Courtney Stephens scheduled to attend.

Jean Cocteau
Producer/Editor John Northrup scheduled to attend.

Know Her Name
Producer Heidi Lasi scheduled to attend.

The Librarians
Director Kim A. Snyder scheduled to attend.

Monarch City
Director Titus Richard scheduled to attend.

Mongrels
Director Jerome Yoo scheduled to attend.

Monk in Pieces
Director Billy Shebar scheduled to attend.

The Nature of Invisible Things
Director Rafaela Camelo scheduled to attend.

New Jack Fury
Director Lanfia Wal scheduled to attend.

Paying For It
Director Sook-Yin Lee scheduled to attend.

Raptures
Director Jon Bahed scheduled to attend.

Ready or Not
Director Claire Frances Byrne scheduled to attend.

Remaining Native
Director Paige Bethmann, producer Jessica Epstein, and cast member Ku Stevens scheduled to attend.

She's The He
Director Siobhan McCarthy scheduled to attend.

Slanted
Director Amy Wang scheduled to attend.

Sorry, Baby
Director Eva Victor scheduled to attend.

Sudden Outbursts of Emotions
Director Paula Korva scheduled to attend.

Starman
Director Robert Stone and cast member Gentry Lee scheduled to attend.

Summer's Camera
Director/Screenwriter Divine Sung scheduled to attend.

Wolf Land
Director Sarah Hoffman scheduled to attend.