2025 Seattle International Film Festival

2025
Seattle International Film Festival

Opening film	Four Mothers [1]
Closing film	Sorry, Baby [1]
Location	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Founded	1976
Hosted by	Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
Festival date	May 15–25 in person May 26–June 1 streaming [2]
Language	English
Website	Seattle International Film Festival 2025
2026 Seattle International Film Festival 2024 Seattle International Film Festival

The 2025 Seattle International Film Festival is a 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]

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 title	Director(s)	Production country	Premiere	Comp.	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, Mexico	North American	IbA.	[15]
Beginnings   [ de ]	Jeanette Nordahl  [ da; de; fr ]	Denmark, Sweden, Belgium	North 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	Iran	North American	Dir.	[27]
Dancing Queen in Hollywood	Aurora Gossé  [ no ]	Norway	North 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 ]	Spain	North 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 ]	Denmark	North American	Off.	[47]
I Am Nevenka	Icíar Bollaín	Spain, Italy			[48]
Idyllic	Aaron Rookus  [ d ]	Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Estonia	North 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, China	North 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 States	World		[60]
Mongrels	Jerome Yoo	Canada		Dir.	[61]
Moon   [ de ]	Kurdwin Ayub	Austria	U.S.		[62]
The Nature of Invisible Things   [ de ]	Rafaela Camelo  [ de ]	Brazil, Chile	North 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 States	U.S.		[67]
Raptures	Jon Blåhed  [ sv ]	Sweden, Finland	North American	Off.	[68]
Ready or Not	Claire Frances Byrne	Ireland	North American	Dir.	[69]
Rebuilding	Max Walker-Silverman	United States		Off.	[70]
The Safe House	Lionel Baier	Switzerland, Luxembourg, France	North American	Off.	[71]
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass	Stephen and Timothy Quay	United Kingdom, Poland, Germany	U.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, Denmark	North American		[81]
Summer's Camera	Divine Sung	South Korea	North 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, France	North 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 title	Director(s)	Production country	Premiere	Comp.	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 States	World		[102]
Chain Reactions	Alexandre O. Philippe	United States			[103]
The Chef and the Daruma	Mads K. Baekkevold	Canada, Japan	U.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	Jesse Short Bull  [ d ], David France	United States			[109]
Freeing Juanita	Sebastián Lasaosa Rogers	United States, Mexico, Guatemala	U.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	Canada	U.S.		[116]
The Librarians	Kim A. Snyder	United States		Doc.	[117]
Monk in Pieces	Billy Shebar  [ d ], David Roberts	United States, Germany, France	North 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 States	North American	Doc.	[128]
Viktor	Olivier Sarbil	Denmark, Ukraine, France, United States		Doc.	[129]
Wolf Land	Sarah Hoffman	United States	World		[130]

Shorts

Short films screened at SIFF 2024

English title	Director(s)	Production country	Premiere	Ref.
5 Cousins & the Creek	Yen-Shi Chen	Taiwan	North American	[131]
A is for Ant	Jack Davison	United Kingdom		[132]
Above The Clouds	Alani Sanders	United States		[133]
Abuela's Cookbook	Isabel Kembel-Rodriguez	United States		[134]
Acting Out	Mellony Ledo	Australia, United States	North American	[135]
Ada	Ceylan Ozgun Ozcelik  [ ca; tr ]	Turkey	World	[136]
Ajar	Atefeh Jalali	Iran, Spain		[137]
Arman	Farzad Kiyafar	United States		[138]
As You Are''	Daria Strachan	United States		[139]
The Blue Diamond	Sam Fox	United States		[140]
Bozo Over Roses	Matty Sidle	United States, Hungary		[141]
Buscando Alma	Melissa Fisher	United States		[142]
The Call	Kelly Sears	United States	World	[143]
Civilized	Marc Fussing Rosbach  [ de ]	Norway, Greenland	U.S.	[144]
Counterweight	Austin Wilson, Christian Sorensen Hansen	United States	World	[145]
Dancing in Tomorrowland	Jakob Roston	United States	North American	[146]
Detours Ahead	Esther Cheung	Canada		[147]
Did you take the chicken out of the freezer?	Mayra Elize Estrada	United States		[148]
The Distance	Tommy Heffernan, Sean Nguyen	United States		[149]
Dormilón	Olivia Marie Valdez	United States		[150]
Dragfox	Lisa Ott	United Kingdom		[151]
Dynasty and Destiny	Travis Lee Ratcliff	United States		[152]
The Eating of an Orange	May Kindred-Boothby	United Kingdom		[153]
Éiru	Giovanna Ferrari	Ireland		[154]
Eras	Anna Samuels	United States		[155]
Fantas	Halima Elkhatabi	Canada (Québec)		[156]
Far Away	Emily Murnane	United States	World	[157]
Favours	Agnes Skonare	Sweden		[158]
Felina	María Lorenzo	Spain		[159]
Field Recording	Quinne Larsen	United States		[160]
The First	Susan Ruth	United States		[161]
Five Star	Kai Hasson	United States		[162]
The Garden Sees Fire	Kiera Faber	United States		[163]
Glass Quest	Georgia Krause	United States	World	[164]
Goodnight Lucy!	Alex Batchelor	United States		[165]
The Great Cherokee Grandmother	Anthony Sneed	United States		[166]
Grizzy and the Lemmings World Tour (Season 4) - Iced Grizzy	Camille Scarella	France	U.S.	[167]
Handwoven	Mason Cazalet, Dasha Levin, Mihika Das, Matthew Wisdom	United States		[168]
Harbor	Samantha Jackson	United States		[169]
Heaven is Nobody's	Hector Prats	Spain		[170]
Humantis	Paris Baillie	United States		[171]
Hydraulic	Nicole Hutton-Lewis	Australia	U.S.	[172]
I Could Dom	Madison Hatfield	United States		[173]
In My Hand	Liselotte Wajstedt  [ sv ], Marja Helander	Norway, Sweden, Finland	U.S.	[174]
In the Shallows	Arash Akhgari	Canada		[175]
Inkwo for When the Starving Return	Amanda Strong	Canada		[176]
ISAAC	Trip Breslin	United States		[177]
Jesus 2	Jesse Moynihan	United States		[178]
Kisses and Bullets	Faranak Sahafian	United States, Iran		[179]
Last Night	Oliver Zel	United States		[180]
Late For The Orgy	Nesib C.B. Shamah	United States	World	[181]
LEES WAXUL	Yoro Mbaye	Senegal, France		[182]
Little Haiti, Miami, United States	X.F. Serrano	United States		[183]
The Little Prince	Aaron Russell, Colton McMurray	United States	World	[184]
Little Shrew (Snowflake)	Kate Bush	United Kingdom		[185]
The Lonely Life of Lint	Sarah Sklar	United States		[186]
Majonezë	Giulia Grandinetti	Italy	North American	[187]
Masks	Andre LeBlanc	United States		[188]
THE MECHANIZATION OF MAN	Eion Nunez	United States		[189]
Medusa	Sarah Meyohas	United States, France		[190]
Mine!	Lou Morton  [ d ]	United States		[191]
Mother's Child	Naomi Noir	Netherlands		[192]
Mr. Static	Mike Williamson	United States	U.S.	[193]
Munkha	Alexander Moruo, Markel Martynov	Russia, Kazakhstan		[194]
My Boo	Stephanie J. Röst	United States		[195]
My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt Like	Aric Allen	United States		[196]
My Teenage Blackout	Basile Khatir	France		[197]
Nervous Energy	Eve Liu	United States		[198]
On the high seas. Part 1: The burgeoning decision to go on a journey willy-nilly	Ralf Petersen	Austria	U.S.	[199]
On Weary Wings Go By	Anu-Laura Tuttelberg  [ ca ]	Estonia		[200]
One Day This Kid	Alexander Farah	Canada		[201]
The One Who Knows	Egle Davidavice	Lithuania, France		[202]
The Orange at the Seder	Jacob Combs	United States		[203]
Overcast	Amy Cheng	United States	U.S.	[204]
Paradise Man (ii)	Jordan Michael Blake	United States		[205]
Patterns	Alex Glawion	Germany		[206]
Peppermint Diesel 20%	Mariangela Pluchino  [ d ]	Finland	North 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]
Ragamuffin	Kaitlyn Mikayla	United States		[211]
RAT!	Neal Suresh Mulani	United States		[212]
Rat Rod	Jared Jakins, Carly Jakins	United States		[213]
Red Peter	Joo-Hyun Woo	South Korea		[214]
Red-Shaded Green	Johannes Vang	Norway	North American	[215]
Retirement Plan	John Kelly	Ireland		[216]
The Sacred Society	Benny Zelkowicz	United States		[217]
Saturn Risin9	Tiare Ribeaux, Jody Stillwater	United States		[218]
Seventh Heaven	Syrus Gupta, Davis Knocke	United States	World	[219]
She Dolls with Dollies	Karin Fisslthaler  [ de ]	Austria		[220]
Shelly’s Leg	Wes Hurley	United States	World	[221]
Sins of a Father	Nuekellar Hardy	United States		[222]
Sirènes	Sarah Malléon	Martinique		[223]
Slush	Ashley George	United States		[224]
Something Blue	Samantha Nisenboim	United States		[225]
Speak with the Dead	Stephanie Paris	United States		[226]
Speed Queen 51	Sarah Nocquet	France		[227]
The Spells That Bind Us	Ellie Nishino	United States	World	[228]
STARGAZER	Justin Robert Vinall	United States	World	[229]
STOMACH BUG	Matty Crawford	United Kingdom		[230]
Style: A Seattle Basketball Story	Bryan Tucker	United States	World	[231]
Sublime	Marie Heribel, Candice Yernaux, Juliette Buysschaert, Camille Leroy, Joséphine Vendeville, Martin Laurent, Lucas Foutrier	France		[232]
This is a Story About Salmon	Princess Daazhraii Johnson	United States	North American	[233]
Threaded	Naaman Azhari	United Kingdom		[234]
Tiger	Loren Water	United States		[235]
To The Max	Sundiata Enuke	United States		[236]
Two Black Boys in Paradise	Baz Sells	United Kingdom		[237]
Two Dreams	Salise Hughes	United States	World	[238]
Two People Exchanging Saliva	Alexandre Singh  [ fr ], Natalie Musteata	France, United States		[239]
Unibrow	Nedda Sarshar	Canada		[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 Scenery	Christopher Radcliff	United States		[244]
The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess	Anna-Ester Volozh	United Kingdom		[245]
West Shore	Jordan Riber, Jon Carroll	United States		[246]
Where	Ziquan Wang	China		[247]
The Wish	Francesca Varese	Mexico, United States		[248]
Xiaonan and the Hatching Chicken Factory	Cheng-Jun Liu, Zi-Ching Yen, Ching-Sheng Chang, Yung-Chih Chang	Taiwan		[249]
Your Own Flavor	Alisha Ketry	United States	World	[250]
Yours and Mine	Quinn Yurasek	United States	World	[251]

Film competitions and programs

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

• Official Competition
• Documentary Competition
• Ibero-American Competition
• New American Cinema Competition
• New Directors Competition

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

Award	Film title	Director(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 Mention	Transfers	Nicolás Gil Lavedra  [ ca; es ]	Argentina/Uruguay
New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize	The Crowd	Sahand Kabiri	Iran
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 Feature	Summer’s Camera	Divine Sung	South Korea

Short films

Juried Competition Award winners

Award	Film title	Director(s)	Country
Live Action Short Grand Jury Prize	Medusa	Sarah Meyohas	United States
Live Action Short Special Jury Mention	Majonezë	Giulia Grandinetti	Italy
Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize	Rat Rod	Jared Jakins, Carly Jakins	United States
Documentary Short Grand Jury Mention	Style: A Seattle Basketball Story	Bryan Tucker	United States
Animated Short Grand Jury Prize	The Eating of an Orange	May Kindred-Boothby	United Kingdom
Animated Short Grand Jury Mention	View From the Floor	Megan Griffiths, Mindie Lind  [ d ]	United States

Golden Space Needle Awards

The Golden Space Needle Awards are voted by the audience.

Golden Space Needle Awards winners

Award	Film title	Director(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 Short	Five Star	Kai Hasson	United 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

Award	Film title	Director(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]

Gallery

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  Tinā director Miki Magasiva and actor Beulah Koale
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  Twinless director James Sweeney
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  Suburban Fury director Robinson Devor talking with a fan
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  View From the Floor directors Megan Griffiths and Mindie Lind  [ d ]
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  Gentry Lee, astrophysicist and subject of Starman
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  Sorry, Baby director, writer, and lead performer Eva Victor
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  Color Book actors Jeremiah Daniels and Will Catlett
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  The Librarians director Kim A. Snyder answering questions
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  A capybara by a SIFF Downtown queue
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  Drowned Land director Colleen Thurston  [ d ]

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15. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Beef". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
16. Woods, Randy. "Beginnings". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
17. Woods, Randy. "Bitter Gold". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
18. Leonard, Megan. "BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
19. Chon, SuJ’n. "Blue Sun Palace". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
20. Cass, Betsy. "Boong". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
21. Chon, SuJ’n. "The Botanist". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
22. Calacat, Selena. "By Design". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
23. Bailey, Marion. "By the Stream". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
24. Tsutakawa, Mayumi. "Cloud". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
25. Felino, Sofia. "Color Book". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
26. Barda, Justine. "Come Closer". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
27. Barda, Justine. "The Crowd". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
28. Garbayo-López, Megan. "Dancing Queen in Hollywood". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
29. Doody, Dan. "SIFF & CFC Present The Dark Crystal with DJ NicFit". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
30. Sawan, Emily. "Dead Lover". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
31. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Deaf". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
32. Acerbi, Angelo. "Diamonds". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
33. Borchert, Gavin. "Diciannove". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
34. Barda, Justine. "DJ Ahmet". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
35. Pappas, Nancy. "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
36. Woods, Randy. "Drowning Dry". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
37. Cetorelli, Angel. "Evergreens". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
38. Barda, Justine. "Everybody Loves Touda". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
39. Cass, Betsy. "Familiar Touch". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
40. Doody, Dan. "Four Mothers". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
41. Leonard, Megan. "Fucktoys". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
42. Doody, Dan. "The Glass Web in 3-D". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
43. Doody, Dan. "Good Boy". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
44. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Hanami". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
45. Barda, Justine. "Happy Holidays". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
46. Tsutakawa, Mayumi. "Happyend". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
47. Woods, Randy. "Home Sweet Home". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
48. Tabachnik, Hebe. "I Am Nevenka". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
49. Woods, Randy. "Idyllic". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
50. Garbayo-López, Megan. "Into the Wonderwoods". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
51. Shwedo, Aly. "Invention". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
52. Schwartz, Martin. "John Cranko". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
53. Bartels, Heather Marie. "Joqtau". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
54. Woods, Randy. "Ka Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without End". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
55. Barda, Justine. "The Kingdom". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
56. Wardlow, Mackenzie. "Little Red Sweet". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
57. Bis, Josh. "Luz". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
58. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Manas". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
59. Tsutakawa, Mayumi. "Meeting with Pol Pot". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
60. Cetorelli, Angel. "Monarch City". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
61. Chon, SuJ’n. "Mongrels". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
62. Bartels, Heather Marie. "Moon". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
63. Tabachnik, Hebe. "The Nature of Invisible Things". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
64. Harley, Joel. "New Jack Fury". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
65. Barda, Justine. "The New Year That Never Came". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
66. Acerbi, Angelo. "Odd Fish". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
67. Cetorelli, Angel. "Paying For It". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
68. Felino, Sofia. "Raptures". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
69. Doody, Dan. "Ready or Not". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
70. Rice, Becky. "Rebuilding". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
71. Schwartz, Martin. "The Safe House". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
72. Spletzer, Andy. "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
73. Doody, Dan. "Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
74. Soderback, Emalie. "She's The He". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
75. Woods, Randy. "Shepherds". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
76. Soderback, Emalie. "Slanted". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
77. Felino, Sofia. "Sons". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
78. Bis, Josh. "Sorry, Baby". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
79. Barda, Justine. "Souleymane's Story". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
80. O’Holleran, Colleen. "Spermageddon". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
81. Woods, Randy. "Sudden Outbursts of Emotions". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
82. Garbayo-López, Megan. "Summer's Camera". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
83. Garbayo-López, Megan. "Tales From the Magic Garden". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
84. Barda, Justine. "The Things You Kill". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
85. Doody, Dan. "Time Travel Is Dangerous". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
86. Wardlow, Mackenzie. "Tinā". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
87. Barda, Justine. "To a Land Unknown". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
88. Tsutakawa, Mayumi. "To Kill a Mongolian Horse". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
89. Bis, Josh. "Twinless". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
90. Woods, Randy. "U Are the Universe". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
91. Bailey, Marion. "Under the Volcano". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
92. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Undercover". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
93. Pappas, Nancy. "The Village Next to Paradise". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
94. Tabachnik, Hebe. "The Wailing". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
95. Sawan, Emily. "Waves". SIFF. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
96. Flor, Dana. "1-800-ON-HER-OWN". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
97. Felino, Sofia. "Baby Doe". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
98. Hardy, Don. "BAR". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
99. Mullen, Kathleen. "Between Goodbyes". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
100. Spletzer, Andy. "Billy". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
101. Doody, Dan. "Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
102. Doody, Dan. "Cat Town, United States". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
103. O’Holleran, Colleen. "Chain Reactions". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
104. Baek, Hannah. "The Chef & The Daruma". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
105. Barda, Justine. "Coexistence, My Ass!". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
106. Rice, Becky. "Come See Me in the Good Light". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
107. Garbayo-López, Megan. "Drowned Land". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
108. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Flamingos: Life After the Meteorite". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
109. Rector, Tracy. "Free Leonard Peltier". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
110. Garbayo-López, Megan. "Freeing Juanita". SIFF. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
111. Spletzer, Andy. "The Gloria of your Imagination". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
112. Borchert, Gavin. "Heightened Scrutiny". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
113. Pappas, Nancy. "How to Build a Library". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
114. Spletzer, Andy. "Jean Cocteau". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
115. Pappas, Nancy. "Khartoum". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
116. Mullen, Kathleen. "Know Her Name". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
117. Spletzer, Andy. "The Librarians". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
118. Mullen, Kathleen. "Monk in Pieces". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
119. Borchert, Gavin. "Paul Anka: His Way". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
120. Rector, Tracy. "Remaining Native". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
121. Schwartz, Martin. "Riefenstahl". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
122. Mullen, Kathleen. "Sally". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
123. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Salsa Lives". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
124. Mullen, Kathleen. "Seeds". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
125. Doody, Dan. "Starman". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
126. Cass, Betsy. "Suburban Fury". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
127. Tabachnik, Hebe. "Transfers". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
128. Spletzer, Andy. "Unclickable". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
129. Sawan, Emily. "Viktor". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
130. Shwedo, Aly. "Wolf Land". SIFF. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
131. "5 Cousins & the Creek". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
132. "A is for Ant". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
133. "Above The Clouds". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
134. "Abuela's Cookbook". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
135. "Acting Out". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
136. "Ada". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
137. "Ajar". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
138. "Arman". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
139. "As You Are". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
140. "The Blue Diamond". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
141. "Bozo Over Roses". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
142. "Buscando Alma". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
143. "The Call". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
144. "Civilized". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
145. "Counterweight". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
146. "Dancing in Tomorrowland". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
147. "Detours Ahead". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
148. "Did you take the chicken out of the freezer?". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
149. "The Distance". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
150. "Dormilón". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
151. "Dragfox". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
152. "Dynasty and Destiny". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
153. "The Eating of an Orange". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
154. "Éiru". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
155. "Eras". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
156. "Fantas". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
157. "Far Away". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
158. "Favours". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
159. "Felina". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
160. "Field Recording". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
161. "The First". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
162. "Five Star". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
163. "The Garden Sees Fire". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
164. "Glass Quest". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
165. "Goodnight Lucy!". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
166. "The Great Cherokee Grandmother". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
167. "Grizzy and the Lemmings World Tour (Season 4) - Iced Grizzy". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
168. "Handwoven". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
169. "Harbor". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
170. "Heaven is Nobody's". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
171. "Humantis". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
172. "Hydraulic". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
173. "I Could Dom". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
174. "In My Hand". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
175. "In the Shallows". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
176. "Inkwo for When the Starving Return". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
177. "ISAAC". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
178. "Jesus 2". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
179. "Kisses and Bullets". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
180. "Last Night". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
181. "Late For The Orgy". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
182. "LEES WAXUL". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
183. "Little Haiti, Miami, United States". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
184. "The Little Prince". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
185. "Little Shrew (Snowflake)". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
186. "The Lonely Life of Lint". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
187. "Majonezë". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
188. "Masks". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
189. "THE MECHANIZATION OF MAN". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
190. "Medusa". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
191. "Mine!". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
192. "Mother's Child". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
193. "Mr. Static". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
194. "Munkha". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
195. "My Boo". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
196. "My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt Like". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
197. "My Teenage Blackout". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
198. "Nervous Energy". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
199. "On the high seas. Part 1: The burgeoning decision to go on a journey willy-nilly". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
200. "On Weary Wings Go By". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
201. "One Day This Kid". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
202. "The One Who Knows". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
203. "The Orange at the Seder". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
204. "Overcast". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
205. "Paradise Man (ii)". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
206. "Patterns". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
207. "Peppermint Diesel 20%". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
208. "Percebes". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
209. "Pow!". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
210. "Quota". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
211. "Ragamuffin". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
212. "RAT!". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
213. "Rat Rod". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
214. "Red Peter". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
215. "Red-Shaded Green". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
216. "Retirement Plan". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
217. "The Sacred Society". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
218. "Saturn Risin9". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
219. "Seventh Heaven". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
220. "She Dolls with Dollies". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
221. "Shelly's Leg". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
222. "Sins of a Father". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
223. "Sirènes". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
224. "Slush". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
225. "Something Blue". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
226. "Speak with the Dead". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
227. "Speed Queen 51". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
228. "The Spells That Bind Us". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
229. "STARGAZER". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
230. "STOMACH BUG". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
231. "Style: A Seattle Basketball Story". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
232. "Sublime". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
233. "This is a Story About Salmon". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
234. "Threaded". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
235. "Tiger". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
236. "To The Max". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
237. "Two Black Boys in Paradise". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
238. "Two Dreams". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
239. "Two People Exchanging Saliva". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
240. "Unibrow". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
241. "View From the Floor". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
242. "Vox Humana". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
243. "Waska: The Forest Is My Family". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
244. "We Were the Scenery". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
245. "The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
246. "West Shore". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
247. "Where". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
248. "The Wish". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
249. "Xiaonan and the Hatching Chicken Factory". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
250. "Your Own Flavor". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
251. "Yours and Mine". SIFF. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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External links

• "2025 Seattle International Film Festival Program" (PDF). SIFF. April 24, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
• SIFFtv: First Look - Seattle International Film Festival 2025 on YouTube