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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.

Cinema, Events

October at SIFF

October 1, 2023

With the new month we welcome a new lineup of films, series, events, and more! See what's happening this October at SIFF Cinemas.

Cinema

Dialogues with Laura Mars

September 26, 2023

SIFF Office Manager Caroline Beston selected and will be introducing our October Movie Club selection, Eyes of Laura Mars. She's provided some supplemental cinema if Eyes gives you a Giallo itch you want to scratch: "I enjoy thinking about how pieces of art examine different facets of the same elements and themes. This is a list of films I think of as in conversation with Eyes of Laura Mars, whether they came before and influenced its style, or were produced after and explore similar motifs."

Cinema

Sofia: What We Have Here Is a Dreamer

September 25, 2023

Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides was released in what many refer to as the “Best Film Year Ever”–1999. Read more reflections on the September Movie Club selection from SIFF Social Media Manager Shelby Smout.

Events, Photo Gallery

Marquee Gala 2023 Gallery

September 22, 2023

Highlights from the 2023 Marquee Gala at the Paramount Theatre. Thank you to all who attended!

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