Submissions are now open for the next season of Origins! Origins is a Cascade PBS docuseries project that allows them to collab with PNW & Canadian filmmaking communities. Doc filmmakers can apply for $40K in funding for a 5-part docuseries. Submissions close 4/17. More info: cascadepbs.org/origins

SIFF, Festa Italiana and, Greg Olson Productions present Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema, a new series authorized by Scorsese and Sikelia Productions! Screenings every Wednesday at the Uptown, from 2/25 to 4/29: siff.info/scorsese-bs. 🎞️ Trailer edited by NFFTY Managing Director Ryan Saunders.

SIFF Sr. Marketing Manager Shelby joined the hosts of New Day NW to talk about our favorite topic...movies! They discuss the buzzy titles from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and the films you'll want to watch for the upcoming Oscars. Watch the segment below ⬇️

During the two weeks of the World of Wong Kar Wai at SIFF Cinema Downtown, we’re playing the 25th anniversary edition of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, which includes the rarely-seen short film, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001. The feature and short play 2/24, 26, 28, & 3/2: siff.info/moodforlove-bsky.

Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema: ⭐ WUTHERING HEIGHTS ⭐ THE MOMENT Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw. Support provided by 4Culture.

If you saw the Animation4Adults shorts package at #SIFF2025, then you know why RETIREMENT PLAN is headed to the Oscars! Congratulations to the RETIREMENT PLAN team 🎉 You can catch a screening of it at the Uptown in the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Shorts - Animation: siff.info/2026animated-bs#SIFF2025

SUBURBAN FURY is a probing biography of Sara Jane Moore, the FBI informant and single mother who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, as told in her own words. Plays 2/27-3/5 at the Film Center. Q&A with dir Robinson Devor & prod Jason Reid following the 7:30pm showtime on 2/27.

🌹 This week: Swoon over the World of Wong Kar Wai, now playing at SIFF Cinema Downtown. Watch all three categories of the 2026 Oscar Nominated Shorts at the Uptown, and NATCHEZ screens 2/20-22 at the Film Center. 🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw

PROJECT HAIL MARY, from filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is now on sale: siff.info/projecthailmary-bs. Based on the book by Andy Weir and starring Ryan Gosling, PROJECT HAIL MARY opens Thursday, March 19, at SIFF Cinema Downtown.

This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 2/22 and Tue 2/24: ⭐️ WUTHERING HEIGHTS ⭐️ NO OTHER CHOICE ⭐️ THE MOMENT ⭐️ National Theatre Live: LIFE OF PI (only 2/22) More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw

March’s Movie Club welcomes you to overuse your hair gel for the perfect punk rock ‘do. 🤘 We’re playing SLC PUNK (1998), starring Matthew Lillard as a blue-haired punker who finds his anarchist ideals at odds with his life in Salt Lake City. Plays Monday, March 2, at SIFF Cinema Uptown.

Recommend going to see these films starting Friday @thegrandcinema.bsky.social and @siffnews.bsky.social 📽️ www.inlander.com/screen/spotl...

Our journey on the Pacific Northwestern trail ends with MCCABE & MRS. MILLER (1971) in 35mm, print courtesy of the Chicago Film Society. The screening on February 24 sold out faster than the crack of a whip, so we added two more showtimes on February 25 and 28!

THE UGLY STEPSISTER was one of 2025’s best horror movies and is an Academy Award nominee for Best Makeup & Hairstyling at this year's Oscars. We present it in glorious 35mm at the @siffnews.bsky.social March 11 & 12! grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-ugl...

We’re presenting a special screening of SKIN OF YOUTH with the UW Department of Asian Language and Literature! This screening includes a post-film Q&A with director Ash Mayfair, moderated by Ungsan Kim. Happening 2/23 at the Uptown, find more info below ⬇️

For the 21st consecutive year, ShortsTV presents the Oscar-Nominated Short Films, starting this Friday, 2/20, at SIFF Cinema Uptown: Animated (opens 2/20): siff.info/2026animated-bs. Live Action (opens 2/20): siff.info/2026live-bs. Documentary (opens 2/21): siff.info/2026docs-bs.

🎥 Bold stories deserve a big launch. A reminder that Long Story Short, Kickstarter's celebration of bold short films, is back in March! 👉 Learn more and apply at kickstarter.com/short-films #LongStoryShort26

And the hits just keep on coming: RIP Frederick Wiseman, another legend of American cinema

RIP Robert Duvall (1931—2026)

Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema: ⭐ WUTHERING HEIGHTS ⭐ MAGELLAN ⭐ THE MOMENT ⭐ SAFE (new 4K restoration) Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw. Support provided by 4Culture.

In New York City's Little Italy, a devoutly Catholic mobster must reconcile his desire for power, his feelings for his girlfriend, and his devotion to his troublesome friend. MEAN STREETS is the first film in our upcoming series, Martin Scorsese: Maestro of Cinema. Kicks off 2/25 at the Uptown!

This month’s Sliding Scale Community Screening is THE WIZ (1978), presented in a new 4K restoration! When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) tries to save her dog from a storm, she's miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called Oz. Join us Feb 22 at SIFF Cinema Downtown ⬇️

🔊 SIFF Members 🔊 You’re invited to our first ever Member Meeting and a screening of THE BAND WAGON (1953) next Saturday, February 21! RSVP and find more info at siff.info/meetingbandwagon-bs.

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ We’re bringing back the World of Wong Kar Wai series, playing at SIFF Cinema Downtown this 2/20 through 3/4. New this year is every showtime of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE includes the rarely screened 9-minute short film IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001! More info: siff.info/wkw-tw

Spend the night with Westley, Buttercup, and a story that proves "as you wish" is the most romantic phrase of all! 💕Join us at @emeraldcitycon.bsky.social on Saturday, March 7, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM for a special screening of THE PRINCESS BRIDE! Don't miss out: ECCC26.com/Tickets

💌 This week: Noir City Seattle faces the music now thru 2/19 at Downtown! WUTHERING HEIGHTS is driving us mad at UPT, and STARMAN plays 2/13-15 at the Film Center, with a single screening at UPT on 2/15, which includes a Q&A with subject Gentry Lee + Dir Robert Stone. 🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw

This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 2/15 and Tue 2/17: ⭐️ WUTHERING HEIGHTS ⭐️ NO OTHER CHOICE ⭐️ THE MOMENT More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw

In 1820, a cook and a Chinese immigrant team up to steal milk from a prized cow, the first and only in the Oregon Country. An early casualty of the pandemic shutdown, Kelly Reichardt’s FIRST COW deserves to be experienced on the big screen, which can be done Tuesday, 2/17, at the Film Center!

See it @siffnews.bsky.social and @thegrandcinema.bsky.social before it's gone 📽️ www.inlander.com/screen/kaout...

We're hosting a silent auction of posters that graced the walls of Harvard Exit & Egyptian. These one-of-a-kind artifacts carry cinema history, & now they can be yours: live.classy.org/register/awards-watch-party-tickets-vintage-posters-from-the-egyptian-theater/627f80fc-b85f-4440-9863-d3819c653749

…both a vital addition to – and a radical departure from – the tradition of fairy tales on film.” David Melville, Senses of Cinema We present Juraj Herz’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (PANNA A NETVOR) tonight at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/beauty-...

We’re a part of the Art House Convergence Visiting Members program! This program allows members from participating theaters to visit other participating theaters and purchase tix at the member discount. More info: arthouseconvergence.org/visiting-art-house-membership-program.

Todd Haynes’ SAFE celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new 4K restoration. Julianne Moore is Carol White, an affluent and unexceptional homemaker in the suburbs who develops multiple environmental illnesses, and doctors are unable to diagnose or treat her. Plays for one night on 2/16 at the UPT.

Gorgeously shot, intriguingly surreal, thrillingly sensual, Juraj Herz's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST retells a beloved story in ways unlike any adaptation before or since. See it Wednesday 2/11, presented by us at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! grandillusioncinema.org/film/beauty-...

Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema: ⭐ MAGELLAN ⭐ THE MOMENT ⭐ THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB ⭐ NO OTHER CHOICE Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw.

In STARMAN, NASA engineer and science fiction author Gentry Lee discusses his views on the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Plays February 13-15. Lee and director Robert Stone will be participating in a Q&A following the 1:30pm screening on Sunday, February 15!

🤩 This week: For You Consideration continues at SIFF Cinema Downtown, with films like FRANKENSTEIN, SINNERS, and SIRĀT playing this weekend. THE MOMENT, starring Charli xcx, is now giving brat at UPT. Lav Diaz’s new film MAGELLAN screens at UPT thru 2/12. 🎟️ + ⏰: siff.info/siffcinematw

This week’s open caption screenings at SIFF Cinemas on Sun 2/8 and Tue 2/10: ⭐️ NO OTHER CHOICE ⭐️ THE MOMENT More info: siff.info/opencaptionstw

THE HANGING TREE (1959), the final western of director Delmer Daves and leading man Gary Cooper, tells the story of Joseph Frail, a doctor outrunning his painful past by setting up a medical practice in the gold rush town of Skull Creek. Plays 2/10 as part of The Pacific Northwestern series.

The more I've thought about THE MOMENT, AKA The Charli XCX A24 film, the more I stand by its strengths, especially the pitch-perfect finale needle-drop and moving monologue that elevates the comedy into a work of grand, messy ambition. Go see it @siffnews.bsky.social & @thegrandcinema.bsky.social 📽️

MAGELLAN, the monumental new film from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz, is a globe-spanning epic about colonial conquest and obsession, starring Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan. Opens this Friday, February 6, at the Uptown.

Updated #NoirCity dates: Seattle: Feb 13-19 Hollywood: Apr 3-5 & 10-12 Portland OR: Aug 21-23 Detroit: Sep 18-20 Photo by Lara Stillo @eddiemuller.bsky.social @siffnews.bsky.social @amcinematheque.bsky.social @hollywoodtheatre.org @tcmfans.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social #noiralley

For the 30th anniversary of GHOST IN THE SHELL, we’re co-presenting a screening on 2/10 w/ Brain Dead & Glasswing! The evening includes exclusive Brain Dead x GHOST IN THE SHELL merch, avail for purchase in the lobby before the show. There will also be a post-film panel. Tix: siff.info/ghostshell-bs

10 more days until our souls are set ablaze! Writer-director Emerald Fennell’s take on Emily Brontë‘s gothic romance novel, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, opens Thursday, February 12, at SIFF Cinema Uptown: siff.info/wutheringheights-bs.

Oscar nominee MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN plays Feb. 15 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center presented by us! “Remarkable… An exemplary work of cinematic modernism.” Richard Brody, The New Yorker grandillusioncinema.org/film/mr-nobo...

“…a delightfully sweet love story rendered with the heat of the heart…" @812filmreviews.com, RogerEbert.com CACTUS PEARS plays Sunday 2/8 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center presented by us. grandillusioncinema.org/film/cactus-pears/

Featuring an outstanding score by star Isaac Hayes, a show stopping performance by Nichelle Nichols, and direction by Jonathan Kaplan (OVER THE EDGE), TRUCK TURNER is an explosive force that can’t be stopped! See a 35mm print Feb. 5 & 9 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center presented by us!

CONFIRMED 2026 NOIR CITY DATES NOIR CITY: Seattle: Feb 13-19 @siffnews.bsky.social NOIR CITY: Hollywood: Apr 3-5 & 10-12 @amcinematheque.bsky.social NOIR CITY: Portland: Aug 21-23 @hollywoodtheatre.org Other U.S. cities will be added as festival dates are confirmed. @eddiemuller.bsky.social

Today’s $6 movies at SIFF Cinema: ⭐ NO OTHER CHOICE ⭐ THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE ⭐ THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Showtimes: siff.info/siffcinematw. Support provided by 4Culture.