SIFF announces lineup for 48th annual Seattle International Film Festival

SEATTLE – SIFF announced today the complete lineup of films for the 48th Seattle International Film Festival, to be held April 14-24. This year, the Festival will screen 262 films representing 80 countries, including 107 narrative features, 41 documentaries, three archival films, two works-in-progress, and 107 short films.

The lineup includes 28 world premieres (15 features/13 short films), 24 North American premieres (17 features/seven short films), and nine U.S. premieres (four features/five short films). Some 60 percent of films were created by first- or second-time filmmakers; nearly half (43 percent) were created by women or nonbinary filmmakers; and roughly two-thirds (59 percent) currently have no U.S. distribution and may not screen commercially in the United States.

Films will be screened at venues across the Seattle area, including SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Film Center, AMC Pacific Place 11, Majestic Bay Theatres, The Paramount Theatre, Ark Lodge Cinemas, and Shoreline Community College Theater. SIFF also will make more than 100 feature films and shorts packages available for at-home streaming on the SIFF Channel.

The festivities kick off April 14, with our Opening Night screening of Navalny, a tense and riveting documentary directed by Daniel Roher following the attempted assassination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny will screen at 7 p.m. at The Paramount Theatre at 911 Pine St. A block party will follow just outside the theater on Pine Street.

Closing night will feature Call Jane, a film that reveals the complexities of abortion decisions in the context of the late 1960s when virtually no options existed for women facing life-threatening pregnancies. Call Jane is directed by Phyllis Nagy, stars Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, and Chris Messina, and will screen at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 24 at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. A closing-night gala will follow at the Museum of History and Industry at 860 N. Terry Ave.

Additional highlights showing through the Festival’s 10-day run include The Duke starring Oscar® winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren; the U.S premiere of Inu-Oh directed by Masaaki Yuasa; the feature follow-up to Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate’s popular short, stop-motion mockumentary series Marcel the Shell with Shoes On; documentary and 2022 Sundance Award Winner Fire of Love; and others streaming both in person and on the SIFF Channel.

“Film creates conversation; a conduit to greater understanding and empathy across the planet, while never shying away from entertaining and making us laugh. Our incredible programmers have curated the very best of cinema from around the world, in many genres,” says SIFF Artistic Director Beth Barrett. “As we launch our first hybrid Festival, with both in-person and virtual screenings, we can’t wait to share these films we are so passionate about.”

A variety of film and event passes are on sale starting at $250. All passes (except for the Secret Festival Pass) include access to all virtual screenings on the SIFF Channel. In addition, the SIFF Film Pass includes advanced seating before ticket holders, as well as admission to select preview screenings.

Individual tickets go on sale to the public March 31. Tickets for individual screenings are $15 ($12 for SIFF members and $14 for seniors and students). For information on all event and screening packages and tickets, please visit siff.net/passes.

SIFF would like to thank Ingeniux, Wongdoody, Hyatt Regency Seattle (Official Festival Hotel), Rev (Official Captioning Partner), BECU, Chihuly Studio, The Seattle Times, The Stranger, KEXP, KING 5, Tito's Handmade Vodka, The Walls Vineyards, and the National Endowment for the Arts for sponsoring of the 2022 Seattle International Film Festival.

About SIFF:
SIFF is known for our international festival that takes place in the late spring each year. For more than 47 years, SIFF has delighted moviegoers with films from all regions of the world and all genres of film. In addition, SIFF offers year-round arthouse screenings, curated mini-festivals, cinema events, and education opportunities - to keep up with them, visit siff.net.

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Galas

Opening Night Gala
Navalny
Thursday, April 14, 7:00 PM - Party to follow screening
Film and Party: The Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street

Like an edge-of-your-seat John le Carré spy novel but all too real, a real-life Russian thriller about charismatic opposition leader and former presidential candidate Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned with a notorious KGB-era nerve agent and lived to tell the tale. (d: Daniel Roher c: Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, Dasha Navalny, Zahar Navalny, Maria Pevchikh, Christo Grozev, USA/Russia/Germany 2022, 98 min)

Closing Night Gala
Call Jane
Sunday, April 24, 6:00 PM - Party to follow screening
Film: SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Party: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 860 N. Terry Ave.

When her pregnancy leads to a life-threatening condition, a suburban housewife in 1968 Chicago joins the Janes, an underground organization providing safe abortions.
(d: Phyllis Nagy c: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, USA 2022, 121 min)

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Feature Film Premieres

World Premieres
Are We Lost (d: Jenny Gage, Tom Betterton, USA 2022)
Buffalo Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts (d: Dru Holley, USA 2022)
Doula (d: Cheryl Nichols, USA 2022)
An Elephant on a Spider Web (d: Rolando Diáz, Spain 2022)
The Ghastly Brothers (d: Michael Van Ostade, Belgium/Netherlands 2022)
I AM DB COOPER (d: T.J. Regan, USA 2022)
I’ll Show You Mine (d: Megan Griffiths, USA 2022)
Kaepernick & America (d: Tommy Walker, Ross Hockrow, USA 2022)
Know Your Place (d: Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA 2022)
Lonely Voices (d: Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi, Italy 2022)
Lonesome (d: Craig Boreham, Australia 2022)
Midday Black Midnight Blue (d: Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott, USA 2022)
Sweetheart Deal (d: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, USA 2022)
Warm Blood (d: Rick Charnoski, USA 2022)

North American Premiere
7 Lakes, 7 Lives (d: Víctor Escribano, Spain 2021)
Day By Day (d: Felix Herngren, Sweden/Croatia 2022)
Everybody Hates Johan (d: Hallvar Witzø, Norway 2022)
Flux Gourmet (d: Peter Strickland, United Kingdom/USA/Hungary 2022)
I’ll Stand By You (d: Maximilien Dejoie, Virginija Vareikyté, Lithuania/Italy/Switzerland 2021)
It’s Just a Phase, Honey (d: Florian Gallenberger, Germany 2021)
The Line (d: Ursula Meier, Switzerland/France/Belgium 2022)
Lullaby (d: Alauda Ruiz De Azúa, Spain 2022)
Maya Nilo (Laura) (d: Lovisa Sirén, Sweden/Finland/Belgium 2022)
Phantom Project (d: Roberto Doveris, Chile 2022)
Quake (d: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Iceland 2021)
Quant (d: Sadie Frost, United Kingdom 2021)
The Red Tree (d: Joan Gómez Endara, Colombia/Panama/France 2021)
So Damn Easy Going (d: Christoffer Sandler, Sweden 2022)
Talking About the Weather (d: Annika Pinske, Germany 2022)
White Whale (d: Tatyana Fedorovskaya, Russia 2021)

U.S. Premieres
Inexorable (d: Fabrice du Welz, Belgium/France 2021)
Inu-Oh (d: Masaaki Yuasa, Japan/China 2021)
Softie (d: Samuel Theis, France 2021)
The Staffroom (d: Sonja Tarokić, Croatia 2021)

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Competitions
Our competitions come in two forms. The juried competitions are made up of films selected by our Festival programmers and represent the best in their category from all over the world. The winners are then chosen by a carefully selected jury of industry professionals and film lovers. These include the Official Competition, the New American Cinema Competition, the New Directors Competition, the Ibero-American Competition, and the Documentary Competition. The other form of competition is the Golden Space Needle Awards, which are selected by SIFF audiences through post-screening ballots in the categories of Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Performance, and Best Short Film. The jury and audience winners will be announced the morning of April 24 at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Juried by a team of international industry members, the Official Competition recognizes distinct and resonant voices in filmmaking from around the world. The Grand Jury Prize Winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize.

2022 Entries:
Fire of Love (d: Sara Dosa, USA/Canada 2022)
Flux Gourmet (d: Peter Strickland, United Kingdom/USA/Hungary 2022, North American Premiere)
Invisible Demons (d: Rahul Jain, India/Finland/Germany 2021)
Navalny (d: Daniel Roher USA, Russia/Germany 2022)
So Damn Easy Going (d: Christoffer Sandler, Sweden 2022, North American Premiere)
Talking About the Weather (d: Annika Pinske, Germany 2022, North American Premiere)
The Territory (d: Alex Pritz Brazil, Denmark/USA 2022)
Wildhood (d: Bretten Hannam (Mi'kmaw), Canada 2021)

NEW AMERICAN CINEMA COMPETITION
When we begin our programming selection process in the fall, the team looks in awe at the sheer volume of films by independent American filmmakers, a category that fields the largest number of submissions by far. We can only select a fraction to take to the finals, but the heavy competition leads to a truly remarkable collective output of U.S. independents. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch and receive a cash prize of $5,000.

2022 Entries:
Are We Lost (d: Jenny Gage, Tom Betterton, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Hannah Ha Ha (d: Jordan Tetewsky, Joshua Pikovsky, USA 2022)
Know Your Place (d: Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Linoleum (d: Colin West, USA 2022)
A Lot of Nothing (d: Mo McRae, USA 2022)
Warm Blood (d: Rick Charnoski, USA 2022, World Premiere)

NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION
Be at the cutting edge of world cinema and take a little risk in your viewing. This year, eight new international voices have been selected for SIFF’s New Directors Competition. To qualify, the films must be dramatic features, a director’s debut or second feature, and without U.S. distribution at the time of SIFF selection. The films are chosen for their original scripts, innovative cinematography, and unique insights into people, places, and story. The New Directors jury comprises film-industry professionals and journalists who will choose the winning filmmaker during the Festival’s final weekend. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch and receive a cash prize of $5,000.

2022 entries:
Lonely Voices (d: Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi, Italy 2022, World Premiere)
Maya Nilo (Laura) (d: Lovisa Sirén, Sweden/Finland/Belgium 2022, North American Premiere)
Moneyboys (d: C.B. Yi, Austria/France/Belgium/Taiwan 2021)
Softie (d: Samuel Theis, France 2021, US Premiere)
The Staffroom (d: Sonja Tarokić, Croatia 2021, US Premiere)
Tug of War (d: Amil Shivji, Tanzania/South Africa/Germany/Qatar 2021)
Zero Fucks Given (d: Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre, Belgium/France 2021)

IBERO-AMERICAN COMPETITION
The Ibero-American Competition selects eight outstanding films from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal to highlight the increasing power, creativity, and influence of storytelling in the region. To be eligible, films must be without U.S. distribution at the time of their selection. A jury made up of film-industry professionals and journalists will be responsible for selecting the winning film. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch and receive a cash prize of $5,000.

2022 entries:
An Elephant on a Spider Web (d: Rolando Diáz, Spain 2022, World Premiere)
Finlandia (d: Horacio Alcalà, Spain/Mexico 2021)
Lullaby (d: Alauda Ruiz De Azúa, Spain 2022, North American Premiere)
Parsley (d: José María Cabral, Dominican Republic 2022)
Phantom Project (d: Roberto Doveris, Chile 2022, North American Premiere)
The Red Tree (d: Joan Gómez Endara, Colombia/Panama/France 2021, North American Premiere)
The Sacred Spirit (d: Chema García Ibarra, Spain/France/Turkey/UK 2021)
Sublime (d: Mariano Biasin, Argentina 2022)

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
There are stories to be told all throughout our living world, providing documentarians endless source material for compelling projects. Music, dance, art, politics, sports, social injustices, and nature itself all offer new perspectives and challenge our preconceived notions. These films broaden our horizons and invigorate our understanding of the planet, including the people and creatures with whom we share it. The Grand Jury Prize Winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize.

2022 Entries:
Children of the Mist (d: Hà Lệ Diễm, Vietnam 2021)
Dark Red Forest (d: Jin Huaqing, China 2021)
Kaepernick & America (d: Tommy Walker, Ross Hockrow, USA 2022, World Premiere)
The Last Shelter (d: Ousmane Samassekou, France/Mali/South Africa/Solomon Islands 2021)
Outta the Muck (d: Bhawin Suchak, Ira Mckinley, USA 2022)
Radiograph of a Family (d: Firouzeh Khosrovani, Iran/Norway/Switzerland 2020)
Riotsville, USA (d: Sierra Pettengill, USA 2022)
Sweetheart Deal (d: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, USA 2022, World Premiere)

Shorts Competition
Every short film in the Seattle International Film Festival is eligible for both the Golden Space Needle Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize. Our Shorts Competition jurors will choose winners in the Narrative, Animation, and Documentary categories. Each Grand Jury Prize winner will receive $2,500; winners may also qualify to enter their respective films in the Short Film category of the Academy Awards® for the concurrent season without a theatrical run.

Golden Space Needle Awards
For the past 30 years, SIFF has celebrated its most popular films and filmmakers with the Golden Space Needle Audience Award. Awards by Festival audiences are given in five categories: Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Performance, and Best Short Film.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Hyatt Regency on Sunday, April 24, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

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Programs

African Pictures
SIFF is thrilled to present African Pictures, showcasing the best filmmaking happening in and about Africa today. This program will bring shorts and features, documentaries and fiction films to American audiences who might never have the chance to see them otherwise. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to experience innovative and inspiring filmmaking from across the continent.

Blind Ambition (d: Warwick Ross, Robert Coe, Australia 2021)
Feathers (d: Omar El Zohairy, Egypt/France/Netherlands/Greece 2021)
Juju Stories (d: Abba T Makama, C J ‘Fiery’ Obasi, Michael Omonua, Nigeria/France 2021)
The Last Shelter (d: Ousmane Samassekou, France/Mali/South Africa/Solomon Islands 2021)
Neptune Frost (d: Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman, Rwanda/USA 2021)
A Tale of Love and Desire (d: Leyla Bouzid, Tunisia/France 2021)
Tug of War (d: Amil Shivji, Tanzania/South Africa/Germany/Qatar 2021)

Alternate Cinema
The films in this section not only aim to alter how you look at the world, but also to open your mind and make you think. Innovation and experimentation are huge elements of these feature
films as well as the impressive lineup of this year’s ALT Shorts.

2551.01 (d: Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Austria 2021)
ALT Shorts (Short Film Program)
A River Runs, Turns, Erases, Replaces (d: Shengze Zhu, China 2021)

Archival Films
Time travel may still just be a dream in the scientific world, but in cinema it is practically inevitable, as every film captures several distinct moments in time: the period of the story, the era of the film’s creation, and the instance of discovery and even rediscovery by the filmgoer.

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (d: Simon Callow, USA/UK 1991)
Execution in Autumn (d: Hsing Lee, Taiwan 1972)
The Olive Trees of Justice (d: James Blue, France 1962)

Asian Crossroads
We encourage you to take this journey across several Asian countries to discover the cultural and historical background of these faraway worlds, taste some food, hear some music, and be blown away by films about small villages, huge metropolises, and everything in between.

Anita (d: Longman Leung, Hong Kong 2021)
Barbarian Invasion (d: Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia/Hong Kong/Philippines 2021)
Children of the Mist (d: Hà Lệ Diễm, Vietnam 2021)
Coffin Homes (d: Fruit Chan, Hong Kong 2021)
Dark Red Forest (d: Jin Huaqing, China 2021)
Execution in Autumn (d: Hsing Lee, Taiwan 1972)
In Front of Your Face (d: Hong Sang-soo, South Korea 2021)
Inu-Oh (d: Masaaki Yuasa, Japan/China 2021, US premiere)
Invisible Demons (d: Rahul Jain, India/Finland/Germany 2021)
The Last Film Show (d: Pan Nalin, India 2021)
Listen Before You Sing (d: Yang Chih-lin, Taiwan 2021)
Maika (d: Ham Tran, Vietnam 2022)
The Man Who Paints Water Drops (d: Oan Kim, Brigitte Bouillot, France/South Korea 2021)
Moneyboys (d: C.B. Yi , Austria/France/Belgium/Taiwan 2021)
One Second (d: Zhang Yimou, China 2020)
One Second Champion (d: Chiu Sin-Hang, Hong Kong 2021)
The Pursuit of Perfection (d: Toshimichi Saito, Japan 2021)
Voice of Silence (d: Eui-Jeong Hong, South Korea 2021)
Whether the Weather Is Fine (d: Carlo Manatad, Philippines/France/Singapore/Indonesia/Germany/Qatar 2021)

cINeDIGENOUS
This program focuses on global Indigenous filmmakers sharing Indigenous stories and culture.
Centering Indigenous art and artists amplifies voices and perspectives that are essential to our global well-being. cINeDIGENOUS is curated and presented in partnership with Nia Tero.

Connections – Seen and Unseen (Short Film Program)
Daughter of a Lost Bird (d: Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet/Salish), USA 2021)
The Legend of Molly Johnson (d: Leah Purcell (Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri), Australia 2021)
Run Woman Run (d: Zoe Hopkins (Heiltsuk/Mohawk), Canada 2021)
Wildhood (d: Bretten ​​Hannam (Mi'kmaw), Canada 2021)

Culinary Cinema
Popcorn is no longer king as the phenomenon of food culture has exploded into cinema. We’ve selected three extraordinary films that explore different aspects of taste and the senses for the cinematically inclined.

Blind Ambition (d: Warwick Ross, Robert Coe, Australia 2021)
Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter (d: Rebecca Halperin, USA 2021)
The Pursuit of Perfection (d: Toshimichi Saito, Japan 2021)

Face the Music
Four out of five SIFF programmers agree that regular exposure to music and film are essential to your overall well-being. With that in mind, this year’s Face the Music program has been specifically designed to provide a holistic regimen for your audio-visual health.

Anita (d: Longman Leung, Hong Kong 2021)
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (d: Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern, USA 2021)
Neptune Frost (d: Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman, Rwanda/USA 2021)
Nothing Compares (d: Kathryn Ferguson, Ireland/UK 2022)
Sublime (d: Mariano Biasin, Argentina 2022)

Films4Families
Films for the young and young at heart.

Family Picture Show (short film program)
The Ghastly Brothers (d: Michael Van Ostade, Belgium/Netherlands 2022, World Premiere)
Maika (d: Ham Tran, Vietnam 2022)
The Path (d: Tobias Wiemann, Germany 2022)

FutureWave
SIFF FutureWave are films curated with viewers ages 13 through 21 years old in mind.

FutureWave Shorts (short film program)
Inu-Oh (d: Masaaki Yuasa, Japan/China 2021, US premiere)
Linoleum (d: Colin West, USA 2022)
One Second Champion (d: Chiu Sin-Hang, Hong Kong 2021)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (d: Dean Fleischer-Camp, USA 2021)
Skate Dreams (d: Jessica Edwards, USA 2022)
Sublime (d: Mariano Biasin, Argentina 2022)

Ibero-American Cinema
is nurtured by a vast diversity, a unique history, and a long, rich tradition of storytelling. Its powerful documentaries and works of fiction have always been fantastic, with larger-than-life themes, characters, and legends igniting our imaginations, our senses, and our emotions.

7 Lakes, 7 Lives (d: Víctor Escribano, Spain 2021)
An Elephant on a Spider Web (d: Rolando Diáz, Spain 2022, World Premiere)
Finlandia (d: Horacio Alcalà, Spain/Mexico 2021)
The Good Boss (d: Fernando León de Aranoa, Spain 2021)
The House of the Snails (d: Macarena Astorga, Spain/Peru/Mexico 2021)
Lullaby (d: Alauda Ruiz De Azúa, Spain 2022, North American Premiere)
Out of Sync (d: Juanjo Gimenez, Spain/Lithuania/France 2021)
Parsley (d: José María Cabral, Dominican Republic 2022)
The Passenger (d: Raul Cerezo, Fernando Gomez, Spain 2021)
Phantom Project (d: Roberto Doveris, Chile 2022, North American Premiere)
Piggy (d: Carlota Pereda, Spain 2022)
The Red Tree (d: Joan Gómez Endara, Colombia/Panama/France 2021, North American Premiere)
The Sacred Spirit (d: Chema García Ibarra, Spain/France/Turkey/UK 2021)
Sediments (d: Adrián Silvestre, Spain 2021)
Sublime (d: Mariano Biasin, Argentina 2022)
The Territory (d: Alex Pritz Brazil, Denmark/USA 2022)
Utama (d: Alejandro Loayza Grisi, Bolivia/Uruguay/France 2022)

New American Cinema
When we begin our programming selection process in the fall, the team looks in awe at the sheer volume of films by independent American filmmakers. Each of these films represents a uniquely American voice and the diversity of the American experience.

Are We Lost (d: Jenny Gage, Tom Betterton, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Call Jane (d: Phyllis Nagy, USA 2022)
Cha Cha Real Smooth (d: Cooper Raiff, USA 2022)
Doula (d: Cheryl Nichols, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Dual (d: Riley Stevens, USA 2022)
Hannah Ha Ha (d: Jordan Tetewsky, Joshua Pikovsky, USA 2022)
I’ll Show You Mine (d: Megan Griffiths, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Know Your Place (d: Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Linoleum (d: Colin West, USA 2022)
A Lot of Nothing (d: Mo McRae, USA 2022)
A Love Song (d: Max Walker-Silver, USA 2021)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (d: Dean Fleischer-Camp, USA 2021)
Midday Black Midnight Blue (d: Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Montana Story (d: Scott McGehee, David Siegel, USA 2021)
Resurrection (d: Andrew Semans, USA 2022)
Spin Me Round (d: Jeff Baena, USA 2022)
Straighten Up and Fly Right (d: Kristen Abate, Steven Tanenbaum, USA 2022)
Warm Blood (d: Rick Charnoski, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Watcher (d: Chloe Okuno, USA 2022)

New Works-in-Progress
​​The SIFF New Works-in-Progress Forum (WiP) brings global film teams, industry mentors, and a select SIFF audience directly into the creative process before a picture is "locked." It is a first-hand experience helping to shape narrative directly with the filmmakers. Before the film is picture-locked, audiences and industry mentors watch the film together with the filmmakers and engage in a moderated discussion together after the screening. Be a part of the filmmaker's creative journey.

New Works-in-Progress: Session One - Motherland
The past is prologue in Hanna Badziaka and Alexander Mihalkovich’s feature documentary film, Motherland. Exposing violent bullying and abuse in the Belarus army, the Ukrainian/Belarusian filmmakers also unexpectedly chronicle the systematic destruction of free-will societies and democratic ideals. (d: Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, Sweden/Ukraine/Belarus, program runs 180 min)

New Works-in-Progress: Session Two - Broadcast
Award-winning filmmakers Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck turn their lens on us once more – chronicling the impact of Camera Obscura, the advent of the personal phone camera, and the explosion of social media communication upon society’s concepts of self and images. (d: Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck, Sweden 2022, program runs 180 min)

Northwest Connections
Seattleites see more films per capita than the residents of any other American city, and a growing number of these selections have their roots in the fertile Pacific Northwest film
community. Each year, SIFF honors the many ways in which the Puget Sound region contributes to the world of cinema, whether it acts as an evocative location for outside filmmakers or as inspiration for local filmmakers ready to strut their stuff.

Buffalo Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts (d: Dru Holley, USA 2022, World Premiere)
I AM DB COOPER (d: T.J. Regan, USA 2022, World Premiere)
I’ll Show You Mine (d: Megan Griffiths, USA 2022)
Know Your Place (d: Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA 2022, World Premiere)
Midday Black Midnight Blue (d: Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott, USA 2022, World Premiere)
N.W. Confidential (Short Film Program)
Sweetheart Deal (d: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller, USA 2022, World Premiere)

Wild, Terrifying, Fantastic
Get ready to set sail on the ultimate WTF cruise into the weirdest, wildest corners of this spooky, slimy planet we call Earth—and maybe even beyond.

Cinematheque Infernal (Short Film Program)
Coffin Homes (d: Fruit Chan, Hong Kong 2021)
Dual (d: Riley Stevens, USA 2022)
Flux Gourmet (d: Peter Strickland, United Kingdom/USA/Hungary 2022, North American Premiere)
Hatching (d: Hanna Bergholm, Finland/Sweden 2022)
The House of the Snails (d: Macarena Astorga, Spain/Peru/Mexico 2021)
The Passenger (d: Raul Cerezo, Fernando Gomez, Spain 2021)
Piggy (d: Carlota Pereda, Spain 2022)
Resurrection (d: Andrew Semans, USA 2022)
The Sacred Spirit (d: Chema García Ibarra, Spain/France/Turkey/UK 2021)
Speak No Evil (d: Christian Tafdrup, Denmark 2022)
Watcher (d: Chloe Okuno, USA 2022)
WTF! (Short Film Program)

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SIFF 2022 By the Numbers

262 films
80 countries
107 features
41 documentaries
107 short films
3 archival features
2 works in progress
2 secret films
28 world premieres
24 North American premieres
9 U.S. premieres
63% available virtually April 14 - 24
60% first- & second-ime filmmakers
59% without U.S. distribution
43% women/nonbinary filmmakers

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Venues

SEATTLE
SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Film Center, AMC Pacific Place 11, Majestic Bay Theatres, The Paramount Theatre, Ark Lodge Cinemas

SHORELINE
Shoreline Community College Theater

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Press Contacts

Jaclyn Graham
Festival PR Manager
805.925.5104
Jaclyn@InjoyStudios.com

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Perrise Thomas
Festival Publicist
Perrise@InjoyStudios.com

Find the 2022 Media Guide, hi-res film stills, press kits, and more at siff.net/press.