SIFF

Seattle Hosts the Nation's Biggest Film Fest, and Local Talent Stars

Seattle Hosts the Nation’s Biggest Film Fest, and Local Talent Stars

Seattle International Film Festival showcases our growing population of cinema talents.

screen gems Left to right: Screenwriters Lindy West and Ahamefule J. Oluo with Charles Mudede, director of their film Thin Skin, at SIFF Cinema Egyptian Theatre. Mudede, The Stranger’s film editor, has screened his own films at SIFF, Sundance, and the Ca

Chief Curator and Festival Director Carl Spence to Leave SIFF

Spence will move on after 23 years with the organization

SIFF’s Carl Spence

VIDEO: Nancy Guppy Hits the SIFF Red Carpet

VIDEO: Nancy Guppy Hits the SIFF Red Carpet

The Art Zone host chats with Northwest filmmakers and more about what to expect during the fest

We’re in the midst of the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival, wherein movie-lovers can take their pick from more than 400 films from 90 countries, all screening at theaters around town. Need help narrowing down your film list? Funny gal Nancy Guppy, host of Art Zone on the Seattle Channel, chatted up Northwest filmmakers and…

Seattle Hosts the Nation's Biggest Film Fest, and Local Talent Stars

Seattle Hosts the Nation’s Biggest Film Fest, and Local Talent Stars

Seattle International Film Festival showcases our growing population of cinema talents.

screen gems Left to right: Screenwriters Lindy West and Ahamefule J. Oluo with Charles Mudede, director of their film Thin Skin, at SIFF Cinema Egyptian Theatre. Mudede, The Stranger’s film editor, has screened his own films at SIFF, Sundance, and the Ca

Chief Curator and Festival Director Carl Spence to Leave SIFF

Spence will move on after 23 years with the organization

SIFF’s Carl Spence

VIDEO: Nancy Guppy Hits the SIFF Red Carpet

VIDEO: Nancy Guppy Hits the SIFF Red Carpet

The Art Zone host chats with Northwest filmmakers and more about what to expect during the fest

We’re in the midst of the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival, wherein movie-lovers can take their pick from more than 400 films from 90 countries, all screening at theaters around town. Need help narrowing down your film list? Funny gal Nancy Guppy, host of Art Zone on the Seattle Channel, chatted up Northwest filmmakers and…

SIFF Gets Real

SIFF Gets Real

Virtual reality may be the breakout star of this year’s film festival

For more than 40 years, the Seattle Independent Film Festival (SIFF) has introduced its patrons to up-and-coming talent and films not seen anywhere else in town. This year, a four-day festival within the festival will do more than show viewers new films—it will offer entirely new ways of experiencing film. Produced by Mad Eye Media…

SIFF: Five Foodie Films Worth Watching

SIFF: Five Foodie Films Worth Watching

Film festival debuts new culinary cinema program with 11 films

The programming ninjas behind the Seattle International Film Festival have long included movies of the gastronomic persuasion. But, this year, there were so many strong culinary contenders that the team decided it was high time to launch a full foodie film program complete with post-movie dinners at local restaurants. The inaugural Culinary Cinema program features…

SIFF Picks: Two Must-See Movies from Seattle Filmmaker Mel Eslyn

SIFF Picks: Two Must-See Movies from Seattle Filmmaker Mel Eslyn

Eslyn steps into the spotlight as an up-and-coming film producer

“I’m sitting here with a busted ankle thanks to a karaoke injury last night,” says Mel Eslyn. The Seattle-based filmmaker is in LA, keeping her foot elevated and speaking via a spotty Skype connection. She’s mid-shoot for a film she’s producing called MF, the directorial debut of Robert Schwartzman, brother of Jason (Rushmore) and cousin…

SIFF Trailer of the Day: Extraterrestrial

SIFF Trailer of the Day: Extraterrestrial

WHY: Suspense? Quirky humor? Barely restrained terror? Sign us up! WHEN: May 25, 27, 31 at various times and locations More info and tickets at siff.net.  

SIFF Trailer of the Day: The Orator

SIFF Trailer of the Day: The Orator

Why: Just try to watch this and not get covered in empathy-goosebumps. When: May 23, May 29 and May 31 at various times and locations. More info and tickets at siff.net  

Red Carpet Arrivals at SIFF, Featuring Nancy Guppy in a Dog Crate

Red Carpet Arrivals at SIFF, Featuring Nancy Guppy in a Dog Crate

Check out this video Seattle Channel’s Art Zone, in which host Nancy Guppy interviewed Northwest filmmakers featured at SIFF this year on the red carpet during the opening-night gala. Why does Guppy arrive in a dog crate strapped to the top of a car? Because that’s how Guppy does it. (Mitt Romney, we’re looking at you.)…

SIFF Trailer of the Day: The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

SIFF Trailer of the Day: The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

The SIFF movie we're considering seeing tomorrow.

Warning: There’s a pretty gross (but funny) vomit scene in the trailer. Why: a) Seems funny; b) directed by Jay and Mark Duplass; c) we empathize with the pain and humiliation that is misdirected sibling love; d) we dig laser tag. When: May 22 at Pacific Place. 4:30 p.m. More info and tickets at siff.net….

Follow Us