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]
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]
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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