2025 Seattle International Film Festival

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2025
Seattle International Film Festival
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Opening film Four Mothers [1]
Closing film Sorry, Baby [1]
Location Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Founded1976
Hosted by Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
Festival date
  • May 15–25 in person
  • May 26–June 1 streaming [2]
LanguageEnglish
Website Seattle International Film Festival 2025
2026 Seattle International Film Festival

The 2025 Seattle International Film Festival is an film festival scheduled that was screened in theaters from May 15 to 25, 2025, and streaming May 26 to June 1, 2025. [2] SIFF announced an initial six films on March 26 [3] and the full lineup on April 23, 2025. [2] The selections include 83 new and three archival narrative features, 35 documentaries, and 122 short films, for a total of "245 films from 74 different countries and regions." [1] The theme for the 2025 festival is "Escape to the Reel World." [4]

Contents

The festival occurred at various locations, including the SIFF Cinema Uptown (3 screens), the SIFF Cinema Downtown, the SIFF Film Center (a venue at Seattle Center), the AMC Theatres at Pacific Place, and Shoreline Community College Theater. [5] Because of a water leak damaging the SIFF Egyptian Cinema in November 2024, [6] [7] SIFF could not schedule festival films in the 520-seat theater. [8] [9]

The opening, Four Mothers, was at the Paramount Theatre. [10] The closing was Sorry, Baby at the SIFF Cinema Downtown followed by a gala party at MOHAI. [7] The 2025 SIFF Awards ceremony took place at the Seattle Opera House on May 25, the last day of the in-person festival. [1]

Films

Narrative features

Narrative feature films screened at SIFF 2025
English titleDirector(s)Production countryPremiereComp.Ref.
40 Acres R. T. Thorne Canada, United States [11]
April Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia, France, Italy [12]
Auction  [ de; fr ] Pascal Bonitzer France [13]
The Balconettes Noémie Merlant France [14]
Beef Ingride Santos Spain, MexicoNorth American IbA. [15]
Beginnings  [ de ] Jeanette Nordahl  [ da; de; fr ]Denmark, Sweden, BelgiumNorth American Dir. [16]
Bitter Gold Juan Olea Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Germany IbA. [17]
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph United States Amer. [18]
Blue Sun Palace Constance Tsang United States [19]
Boong Lakshmipriya Devi India, France [20]
The Botanist  [ de ] Jing Yi China [21]
By Design Amanda Kramer United States [22]
By the Stream Hong Sang-soo South Korea, United States [23]
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan [24]
Color Book David Fortune United States Amer. [25]
Come Closer Tom Nesher  [ he ]Israel, Italy [26]
The Crowd Sahand Kabiri IranNorth American Dir. [27]
Dancing Queen in Hollywood Aurora Gossé  [ no ]NorwayNorth American [28]
The Dark Crystal Jim Henson, Frank Oz United States [29]
Dead Lover Grace Glowicki Canada [30]
Deaf Eva Libertad  [ de; es; eu; gl ]SpainNorth American IbA. [31]
Diamonds Ferzan Özpetek Italy [32]
Diciannove Giovanni Tortorici  [ d ]Italy, United Kingdom [33]
DJ Ahmet Georgi M. Unkovski  [ d ]North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia Dir. [34]
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight Embeth Davidtz South Africa [35]
Drowning Dry Laurynas Bareiša Lithuania, Latvia [36]
Evergreens Jared Briley United States [37]
Everybody Loves Touda Nabil Ayouch France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands [38]
Familiar Touch Sarah Friedland United States [39]
Fly Me to the Moon Sasha Chuk  [ d ]Hong Kong
Four Mothers Darren Thornton  [ d ]Ireland, United Kingdom [40]
Fucktoys Annapurna Sriram  [ fr ]United States Amer. [41]
The Glass Web (in 3-D) Jack Arnold United States [42]
Good Boy Ben Leonberg United States [43]
Hanami Denise Fernandes  [ pt ]Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde IbA. [44]
Happy Holidays Scandar Copti Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar [45]
Happyend Neo Sora Japan, United States [46]
Home Sweet Home  [ de ] Frelle Petersen  [ da; de; no ]DenmarkNorth American Off. [47]
I Am Nevenka Icíar Bollaín Spain, Italy [48]
Idyllic Aaron Rookus  [ d ]Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, EstoniaNorth American [49]
Into the Wonderwoods  [ fr ] Alexis Ducord  [ d ], Vincent Paronnaud France, Luxembourg [50]
Invention Courtney Stephens  [ d ]United States Amer. [51]
John Cranko  [ it ] Joachim A. Lang  [ de ]Germany [52]
Joqtau Aruan Anartay Kazakhstan, ChinaNorth American [53]
Ka Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without End Michael Jonathan  [ d ]Aotearoa New Zealand, Great Britain [54]
The Kingdom Julien Colonna France [55]
Little Red Sweet Vincent Chow Hong Kong [56]
Luz Flora Lau  [ d ]Hong Kong [57]
Manas Marianna Brennand Brazil, Portugal IbA. [58]
Meeting with Pol Pot Rithy Panh France, Cambodia, Taiwan, Qatar, Turkey [59]
Monarch City Titus Richard United StatesWorld [60]
Mongrels Jerome Yoo Canada Dir. [61]
Moon  [ de ] Kurdwin Ayub AustriaU.S. [62]
The Nature of Invisible Things  [ de ] Rafaela Camelo  [ de ]Brazil, ChileNorth American [63]
New Jack Fury Lanfia Wal United States [64]
The New Year That Never Came Bogdan Mureșanu  [ d ]Romania, Serbia [65]
Odd Fish Snævar Sölvi Sölvason Iceland, Finland, Germany [66]
Paying For It Sook-Yin Lee Canada, United StatesU.S. [67]
Raptures Jon Blåhed  [ sv ]Sweden, FinlandNorth American Off. [68]
Ready or Not Claire Frances Byrne IrelandNorth American Dir. [69]
Rebuilding Max Walker-Silverman United States Off. [70]
The Safe House Lionel Baier Switzerland, Luxembourg, FranceNorth American Off. [71]
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Stephen and Timothy Quay United Kingdom, Poland, GermanyU.S. [72]
Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers Robert J. Kaplan United States [73]
She's The He Siobhan McCarthy United States Amer. [74]
Shepherds Sophie Deraspe Canada (Quèbec), France [75]
Slanted Amy Wong United States [76]
Sons Gustav Möller  [ de; fr; no; sv ]Denmark, Sweden [77]
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor United States [78]
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine France [79]
Spermageddon Tommy Wirkola, Rasmus A. Sivertsen Norway [80]
Sudden Outbursts of Emotions  [ fi ] Paula Korva  [ fi ]Finland, DenmarkNorth American [81]
Summer's Camera Divine Sung South KoreaNorth American Off. [82]
Tales From the Magic Garden David Súkup  [ cs ], Patrik Pašš  [ d ], Leon Vidmar  [ d ], Jean-Claude Rozec  [ fr ]Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, FranceNorth American [83]
The Things You Kill Alireza Khatami Canada, Belgium [84]
Time Travel Is Dangerous Chris Reading United Kingdom [85]
Tinā Miki Magasiva Aotearoa New Zealand [86]
To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel Greece, Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands [87]
To Kill a Mongolian Horse Jiang Xiaoxuan Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United States Dir. [88]
Twinless James Sweeney United States [89]
U Are the Universe  [ de; fr; uk ] Pavlo Ostrikov  [ uk ]Ukraine, Belgium [90]
Under the Volcano Damian Kocur Poland [91]
Undercover Arantxa Echevarría Spain IbA. [92]
The Village Next to Paradise Mo Harawe Somalia, Austria, France, Germany Dir. [93]
The Wailing Pedro Martín-Calero  [ d ]Spain, France, Argentina [94]
Waves Jiří Mádl Czech Republic, Slovakia [95]

Documentary features

Documentary feature films screened at SIFF 2025
English titleDirector(s)Production countryPremiereComp.Ref.
1-800-ON-HER-OWN Dana Flor  [ d ]United States [96]
Baby Doe Jessica Earnshaw United States [97]
BAR Don Hardy  [ d ]United States [98]
Between Goodbyes Jota Mun United States, South Korea Doc. [99]
Billy Lawrence Côté-Collins Canada (Québec), Finland Doc. [100]
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story Sinéad O'Shea  [ d ]Ireland, United Kingdom [101]
Cat Town, United States Jonathan Napolitano  [ d ]United StatesWorld [102]
Chain Reactions Alexandre O. Philippe United States [103]
The Chef and the Daruma Mads K. Baekkevold Canada, JapanU.S. [104]
Coexistence, My Ass! Amber Fares United States, France [105]
Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White United States [106]
Drowned Land Colleen Thurston  [ d ]United States Doc. [107]
Flamingos: Life After the Meteorite Lorenzo Hagerman  [ d ]Mexico [108]
Free Leonard Peltier  [ d ] Jesse Short Bull  [ d ], David France United States [109]
Freeing Juanita Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers United States, Mexico, GuatemalaU.S. Doc. [110]
The Gloria of your Imagination Jennifer Reeves United States [111]
Heightened Scrutiny  [ d ] Sam Feder United States [112]
How to Build a Library Maia Lekow , Christopher King  [ d ]Kenya [113]
Jean Cocteau Lisa Immordino Vreeland United States [114]
Khartoum Anas Saeed  [ d ], Rawia Alhag  [ d ], Brahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed  [ d ], Phil Cox Sudan, UK, Germany, Qatar [115]
Know Her Name Zainab Muse CanadaU.S. [116]
The Librarians Kim A. Snyder United States Doc. [117]
Monk in Pieces Billy Shebar  [ d ], David RobertsUnited States, Germany, FranceNorth American [118]
Paul Anka: His Way John Maggio United States [119]
Remaining Native Paige Bethmann United States Off. [120]
Riefenstahl Andres Veiel Germany [121]
Sally Cristina Costantini  [ d ]United States [122]
Salsa Lives Juan Carvajal Colombia [123]
Seeds  [ de ] Brittany Shyne  [ d ]United States Off. [124]
Starman Robert Stone United States [125]
Suburban Fury Robinson Devor United States Doc. [126]
Transfers Nicolás Gil Lavedra  [ ca; es ]Argentina, Uruguay IbA. [127]
Unclickable Babis Makridis  [ d ]Greece, Cyprus, United StatesNorth American Doc. [128]
Viktor Olivier Sarbil Denmark, Ukraine, France, United States Doc. [129]
Wolf Land Sarah Hoffman United StatesWorld [130]

Shorts

Short films screened at SIFF 2024
English titleDirector(s)Production countryPremiereRef.
5 Cousins & the CreekYen-Shi ChenTaiwanNorth American [131]
A is for AntJack DavisonUnited Kingdom [132]
Above The CloudsAlani SandersUnited States [133]
Abuela's CookbookIsabel Kembel-RodriguezUnited States [134]
Acting OutMellony LedoAustralia, United StatesNorth American [135]
Ada Ceylan Ozgun Ozcelik  [ ca; tr ]TurkeyWorld [136]
AjarAtefeh JalaliIran, Spain [137]
ArmanFarzad KiyafarUnited States [138]
As You Are''Daria StrachanUnited States [139]
The Blue DiamondSam FoxUnited States [140]
Bozo Over RosesMatty SidleUnited States, Hungary [141]
Buscando AlmaMelissa FisherUnited States [142]
The Call Kelly Sears United StatesWorld [143]
Civilized Marc Fussing Rosbach  [ de ]Norway, GreenlandU.S. [144]
CounterweightAustin Wilson, Christian Sorensen HansenUnited StatesWorld [145]
Dancing in TomorrowlandJakob RostonUnited StatesNorth American [146]
Detours Ahead Esther CheungCanada [147]
Did you take the chicken out of the freezer?Mayra Elize EstradaUnited States [148]
The DistanceTommy Heffernan, Sean NguyenUnited States [149]
DormilónOlivia Marie ValdezUnited States [150]
Dragfox Lisa OttUnited Kingdom [151]
Dynasty and DestinyTravis Lee RatcliffUnited States [152]
The Eating of an OrangeMay Kindred-BoothbyUnited Kingdom [153]
ÉiruGiovanna FerrariIreland [154]
ErasAnna SamuelsUnited States [155]
Fantas Halima Elkhatabi Canada (Québec) [156]
Far AwayEmily MurnaneUnited StatesWorld [157]
FavoursAgnes SkonareSweden [158]
FelinaMaría LorenzoSpain [159]
Field RecordingQuinne LarsenUnited States [160]
The FirstSusan RuthUnited States [161]
Five StarKai HassonUnited States [162]
The Garden Sees FireKiera FaberUnited States [163]
Glass QuestGeorgia KrauseUnited StatesWorld [164]
Goodnight Lucy!Alex BatchelorUnited States [165]
The Great Cherokee GrandmotherAnthony SneedUnited States [166]
Grizzy and the Lemmings World Tour (Season 4) - Iced GrizzyCamille ScarellaFranceU.S. [167]
HandwovenMason Cazalet, Dasha Levin, Mihika Das, Matthew WisdomUnited States [168]
HarborSamantha JacksonUnited States [169]
Heaven is Nobody'sHector PratsSpain [170]
HumantisParis BaillieUnited States [171]
HydraulicNicole Hutton-LewisAustraliaU.S. [172]
I Could DomMadison HatfieldUnited States [173]
In My Hand Liselotte Wajstedt  [ sv ], Marja Helander Norway, Sweden, FinlandU.S. [174]
In the ShallowsArash AkhgariCanada [175]
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong Canada [176]
ISAACTrip BreslinUnited States [177]
Jesus 2 Jesse Moynihan United States [178]
Kisses and BulletsFaranak SahafianUnited States, Iran [179]
Last NightOliver ZelUnited States [180]
Late For The OrgyNesib C.B. ShamahUnited StatesWorld [181]
LEES WAXULYoro MbayeSenegal, France [182]
Little Haiti, Miami, United StatesX.F. SerranoUnited States [183]
The Little PrinceAaron Russell, Colton McMurrayUnited StatesWorld [184]
Little Shrew (Snowflake) Kate Bush United Kingdom [185]
The Lonely Life of LintSarah SklarUnited States [186]
MajonezëGiulia GrandinettiItalyNorth American [187]
MasksAndre LeBlancUnited States [188]
THE MECHANIZATION OF MANEion NunezUnited States [189]
Medusa Sarah Meyohas United States, France [190]
Mine! Lou Morton  [ d ]United States [191]
Mother's Child Naomi NoirNetherlands [192]
Mr. StaticMike WilliamsonUnited StatesU.S. [193]
MunkhaAlexander Moruo, Markel MartynovRussia, Kazakhstan [194]
My BooStephanie J. RöstUnited States [195]
My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt LikeAric AllenUnited States [196]
My Teenage BlackoutBasile KhatirFrance [197]
Nervous EnergyEve LiuUnited States [198]
On the high seas. Part 1: The burgeoning decision to go on a journey willy-nillyRalf PetersenAustriaU.S. [199]
On Weary Wings Go By Anu-Laura Tuttelberg  [ ca ]Estonia [200]
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah Canada [201]
The One Who KnowsEgle DavidaviceLithuania, France [202]
The Orange at the SederJacob CombsUnited States [203]
OvercastAmy ChengUnited StatesU.S. [204]
Paradise Man (ii)Jordan Michael BlakeUnited States [205]
PatternsAlex GlawionGermany [206]
Peppermint Diesel 20% Mariangela Pluchino  [ d ]FinlandNorth American [207]
Percebes Alexandra Ramires  [ pt ], Laura Gonçalves  [ pt ]Portugal, France [208]
Pow! Joey Clift  [ d ]United States [209]
Quota Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw Netherlands [210]
RagamuffinKaitlyn MikaylaUnited States [211]
RAT!Neal Suresh MulaniUnited States [212]
Rat RodJared Jakins, Carly JakinsUnited States [213]
Red PeterJoo-Hyun WooSouth Korea [214]
Red-Shaded GreenJohannes VangNorwayNorth American [215]
Retirement PlanJohn KellyIreland [216]
The Sacred SocietyBenny ZelkowiczUnited States [217]
Saturn Risin9Tiare Ribeaux, Jody StillwaterUnited States [218]
Seventh HeavenSyrus Gupta, Davis KnockeUnited StatesWorld [219]
She Dolls with Dollies Karin Fisslthaler  [ de ]Austria [220]
Shelly’s Leg Wes Hurley United StatesWorld [221]
Sins of a FatherNuekellar HardyUnited States [222]
SirènesSarah MalléonMartinique [223]
SlushAshley GeorgeUnited States [224]
Something BlueSamantha NisenboimUnited States [225]
Speak with the DeadStephanie ParisUnited States [226]
Speed Queen 51Sarah NocquetFrance [227]
The Spells That Bind UsEllie NishinoUnited StatesWorld [228]
STARGAZERJustin Robert VinallUnited StatesWorld [229]
STOMACH BUGMatty CrawfordUnited Kingdom [230]
Style: A Seattle Basketball StoryBryan TuckerUnited StatesWorld [231]
SublimeMarie Heribel, Candice Yernaux, Juliette Buysschaert, Camille Leroy, Joséphine Vendeville, Martin Laurent, Lucas FoutrierFrance [232]
This is a Story About SalmonPrincess Daazhraii JohnsonUnited StatesNorth American [233]
ThreadedNaaman AzhariUnited Kingdom [234]
TigerLoren WaterUnited States [235]
To The MaxSundiata EnukeUnited States [236]
Two Black Boys in ParadiseBaz SellsUnited Kingdom [237]
Two DreamsSalise HughesUnited StatesWorld [238]
Two People Exchanging Saliva Alexandre Singh  [ fr ], Natalie MusteataFrance, United States [239]
UnibrowNedda SarsharCanada [240]
View From the Floor Megan Griffiths, Mindie Lind  [ d ]United States [241]
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan  [ d ]Philippines, United States, Singapore [242]
Waska: The Forest Is My Family Nina Gualinga, Eli Virkina, Boloh Miranda  [ es ]Ecuador [243]
We Were the SceneryChristopher RadcliffUnited States [244]
The Wedding Veil of the Proud PrincessAnna-Ester VolozhUnited Kingdom [245]
West Shore Jordan Riber, Jon CarrollUnited States [246]
WhereZiquan WangChina [247]
The WishFrancesca VareseMexico, United States [248]
Xiaonan and the Hatching Chicken FactoryCheng-Jun Liu, Zi-Ching Yen, Ching-Sheng Chang, Yung-Chih ChangTaiwan [249]
Your Own FlavorAlisha KetryUnited StatesWorld [250]
Yours and MineQuinn YurasekUnited StatesWorld [251]

Film competitions and programs

There are several juried competitions for prequalified films: [252]

There is a juried competition for short films that has three categories, Live Action, Animation, and Documentary. [253] [254] All three categories qualify these films for the corresponding categories for the Academy Awards. [252] [255] [254]

There are also the Golden Space Needle Awards, which are audience choices for "Best Film, Documentary Feature, Director, Performance, and Short Film." [256] [254]

Juried Competition Awards

Jurors served several different juries. For feature films, there were juries for the official competition, new directors, new American cinema, Ibero-American, and documentaries. There were two short film juries, one for narrative films and another for documentary and animated films. [257]

Feature films

Juried Competition Award winners
AwardFilm titleDirector(s)Country
Official Competition Grand Jury Prize Seeds  [ de ] Brittany Shyne  [ d ]United States
Official Competition Special Jury Mention The New Year That Never Came Bogdan Mureșanu  [ d ]Romania/Serbia
Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize Deaf Eva Libertad  [ de; es; eu; gl ]Spain
Ibero-American Special Jury MentionTransfers Nicolás Gil Lavedra  [ ca; es ]Argentina/Uruguay
New Directors Competition Grand Jury PrizeThe CrowdSahand KabiriIran
New Directors Competition Special Jury Mention DJ Ahmet Georgi M. Unkovski North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia
New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize Invention Courtney Stephens  [ d ]United States
Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize Suburban Fury Robinson Devor United States
Documentary Competition Special Jury Mention Billy Lawrence Côté-Collins Canada (Québec)/Finland
Wavemaker Award: Best Futurewave FeatureSummer’s CameraDivine SungSouth Korea

Short films

Juried Competition Award winners
AwardFilm titleDirector(s)Country
Live Action Short Grand Jury PrizeMedusa Sarah Meyohas United States
Live Action Short Special Jury MentionMajonezëGiulia GrandinettiItaly
Documentary Short Grand Jury PrizeRat RodJared Jakins, Carly JakinsUnited States
Documentary Short Grand Jury MentionStyle: A Seattle Basketball StoryBryan TuckerUnited States
Animated Short Grand Jury PrizeThe Eating of an OrangeMay Kindred-BoothbyUnited Kingdom
Animated Short Grand Jury MentionView From the Floor Megan Griffiths, Mindie Lind  [ d ]United State

Golden Space Needle Awards

The Golden Space Needle Awards are voted by the audience.

Golden Space Needle Awards winners
AwardFilm titleDirector(s)Country
Best Film Tinā Miki Magasiva New Zealand
Best Documentary Come See Me in the Good Light Ryan White United States
Best Director Twinless James Sweeney United States
Best Performance Souleymane's Story Abou Sangaré  [ es; fr ]France
Best ShortFive StarKai HassonUnited States


There was also a "Very Special Mention for Indy the dog" who appeared in Good Boy . [254] (Ben Leonberg, director; United States) [43]

Additional awards

Additional award winners
AwardFilm titleDirector(s)Country
2025 Seattle Film Critics Society Feature Film Award [258] Sorry, Baby Eva Victor United States
Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision [259] The Librarians Kim A. Snyder United States

FOOL Serious, an "officially unofficial un-organization of the Seattle International Film Festival‘s passholders" also had their own awards for the 2025 festival. [260]

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