Festivals: SIFF News
Seattle International Film Fest Announces Hybrid SIFF in April
The Seattle International Film Festival (or SIFF) has long been known as one of the best regional festivals on the circuit. While the fest has traditionally been a nearly month-long early summer affair, the good folks in the Pacific Northwest...
Seattle 2019: Full SIFF Lineup Drops With Too Many Great Movies to List (We List Them Anyway)
It's the biggest and clearly one of the best. The Seattle International Film Festival has announced their slate for the 2019 festival and it's a doozy. The festival runs from May 16 to June 9 at points all over the...
Seattle 2019 to Kick Off with Lynn Shelton's SWORD OF TRUST
The massive Seattle International Film Festival will run this year from May 16 to June 9 and the good people at SIFF have just announced the movie that will kick it all off. That movie is Seattle-native Lynn Shelton's SXSW-premiering...
Seattle 2018: EIGHTH GRADE and WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Take Top Prizes
America's largest fest has wrapped up for another year and Seattle will be sleeping off the cinematic hang over for a while to come. It was a great year at SIFF and you can see a few of the movies...
Seattle 2018: Impressive Lineup & VR Slate Announced
Any SIFF-goer knows you need to take off the afternoon to read through the massive list of films on the day the lineup is announced. Well it's going to be a fun afternoon today for those excited about the 44th...
Seattle 2016: CAPTAIN FANTASTIC Takes Home Top Prize, GLEASON & GIRL ASLEEP Also Honored
It's the end of a long journey for those involved in the massive Seattle International Film Festival with over three weeks in the books. SIFF's Golden Space Needle Awards were handed out this morning and it was Matt Ross's Sundance-premiering...
Seattle Int'l Film Fest Announces Massive 2016 Lineup
The Seattle International Film Fest is just about the biggest film festival around, with a whopping 421 films across the 25-day fest from May 19-June 21. The festival is so big they can't even list all of the movies in...
Seattle 2015: DARK HORSE And ROMEO IS BLEEDING Take Top Prizes; All Awards Announced
The 3-week long Seattle International Film Fest 2015 has wrapped up and the coveted Golden Space Needle Awards have all been taken home. The big winner of the dramatic prizes was New Zealander James Napier Robertson's The Dark Horse (pictured)...
Seattle 2015: Exclusive Clip & Poster Debut For A RISING TIDE
World premiering at the Seattle International Film Festival this weekend is Ben Hickernell's A Rising Tide. We have an exclusive clip and the poster debut for you in conjunction with the premiere. The film stars Hunter Parrish, Tim Daly, Ashley...
Seattle Intl. Film Fest Reveals First 'African Pictures' Program
Late last year, the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) announced that it had received a three-year grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to design a program that would highlight the "diverse and burgeoning hotbed of filmmaking...
Seattle Film Fest to Become Hotbed for African Film
There's no shortage of festivals in the world and with an increasing array of diverse programs and sidebars to choose from, covering an enormous breadth of cinema, it is a little surprising that the bod of work of an entire...
15 Can't Miss Films from Seattle Int'l Film Fest 2012
The world's biggest film festival (okay maybe not, but it sure seems that way) kicks off May 17th and runs through June 10th in and around the greater Seattle area. Check out the fest specs: This year the Seattle International...
SFF 2011 - Wrap Up
With the announcement of the prize winners and the screening of the closing night film BEGINNERS, this year's Sydney Film Festival has come to an end. For me, it was a most enjoyable experience, as I got to see...
SFF 2011 Final Day - Trailer of the Day is BLACK & WHITE & SEX
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is BLACK & WHITE & SEX. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: Australian producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Doing Time for Patsy Cline) makes his...
SFF 2011 Day 11 - Trailer of the Day is MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: Having already received a directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Sean Durkin's stunning...
SFF 2011 Day 10 - Trailer of the Day is TOP FLOOR LEFT WING
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is TOP FLOOR LEFT WING. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: When cranky bailiff François (Hippolyte Girardot) attempts to collect a debt from Algerian father...
SFF 2011 Day 9 - Trailer of the Day is JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: Sukiyabashi Jiro must be the smallest three-star Michelin restaurant in the world. A basement...
SFF 2011 Day 8 - Trailer of the Day is ROLLERBOY
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is the fascinating documentary Rollerboy. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: In late-70s Melbourne, roller skating was the thing to do and young Jayson Sutcliffe...
SFF 2011 Day 7 - Trailer of the Day is LE QUATTRO VOLTE
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is the intriguing Le Quattro Volte. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: Since premiering last year at Cannes, where it won Best European Film in...
SFF 2011 Day 6 - Trailer of the Day is AFRICA UNITED
Today's pick for the Sydney Film Festival Trailer of the Day is the delightful AFRICA UNITED. Here's what the SFF Program says about the film: Three Rwandan kids hit the road to soccer's World Cup in this energetic and...
