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Volunteer Spotlight: Six People Who Make SIFF Shine

Festival

Volunteer Spotlight: Six People Who Make SIFF Shine

April 7, 2025

Volunteers don’t just make SIFF possible—they make SIFF phenomenal. With the 51st Seattle International Film Festival on the horizon and our Annual Volunteer Meeting coming up April 13, we thought it’d be the perfect time to highlight a few volunteers whose appreciation of film and excellence of service help create the inviting, inclusive Festival that Seattleites love.

Festival

SIFF 2022 Social Media Toolkit

March 11, 2022

Embrace the 48th Seattle International Film Festival by applying these #SeekNewCinema social media toolkit tenets.

Cinema

SIFFRAFF Selects: Neo-Noir

February 14, 2022

In celebration of our 14th annual Noir City film festival, SIFF cinema staff select their favorite Neo-Noir films that in some way complicate, add to, or explore the classic black-and-white Noir film genre of tough gumshoes, classy broads, and the futility of man's world.

Cinema

SIFFRAFF Selects: Movie Moms

February 4, 2022

To celebrate the release of Pedro Almodovar's Parallel Mothers, SIFF Cinema staff share their favorite maternal characters in film.

Events, News

LANGSTON Produces Another Blockbuster Crash Camp in the Central District

December 8, 2021

LANGSTON produces another blockbuster Crash camp in the Central District.

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Cinema

SIFFRAFF Selects: Coming of Age

November 19, 2021

With the release of Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, SIFF Cinema staff share their favorite coming of age flicks.

Festival, Industry, News

4th World Filmmakers on Nia Tero’s Seedcast

November 8, 2021

The 4th World Media Lab 2021 fellows talk on Nia Tero's Seedcast about the state of Native filmmaking and how Indigenous-focused spaces make room for growth.

Cinema

Free Pizza with Cinema Italian Style Pass

October 19, 2021

Purchase a Cinema Italian Style pass by October 31, 2021 and receive a complimentary pizza from Tutta Bella.

Cinema

SIFFRAFF Selects: What's Up, DocFest?

September 16, 2021

The SIFF staff—also known as “SIFFRAFF”—are so delighted by our upcoming DocFest that we decided to create a list of our favorite documentaries.

Events, News

cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film & Drive-In Series

July 22, 2021

With Nia Tero, we are thrilled to present the first cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film & Drive-In Series! The series features Indigenous-made films from around the world and all events are free and open to the public.

Cinema, Industry, News

An Update on Reopening

July 15, 2021

Returning to cinemas this October!

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