Seattle International Film Festival
seattle international film festival siff film festival held annually seattle washington united state since usually take place late may andor early june one largest festival world feature diverse assortment predominantly independent foreign film strong contingent documentary siff included film attendee also first siff include venue neighboring bellevue washington illfated early attempt however festival back entirely seattle slight decrease number feature film festival featured film shown primarily downtown seattle nearby neighborhood renton kirkland juanita beach park festival began thenindependent cinema moore egyptian theater direction manager jim duncan dan ireland darryl macdonald first siff featured hedda glenda jackson louis malles black moon luis buñuels phantom liberty rocky horror picture show unnamed secret sneak preview third festival first direction rajeeve gupta doubled number film increased audience second festival first five festival held moore egyptian currently moore theatre back earlier name functioning concert venue founder dan ireland darryl macdonald moore egyptian lost lease founded egyptian theater former masonic temple seattle capitol hill egyptian theater remains prime festival venue day although festival typically us half dozen cinema including since siff cinema seattle center exact roster varying year year siff audience developed reputation appreciating film fit standard industry niche richard rush multilayered stunt man siff instrumental entry dutch film united state market including first major american debut director paul verhoeven festival includes fourfilm secret festival attend secret festival know advance see must sign oath reveal afterward seen general siff reputation audience festival rather industry festival festival often partially overlap cannes film festival reduce attendance industry bigwig two day overlap may siff group also curate global lens film series screenwriter salon futurewave k programming youth outreach coordinate siffagogo travel program organized tour film festival cocurates reel film festival bumbershoot scifi short film festival science fiction museum hall fame longhouse medium launched superfly filmmaking experience partnership seattle international film festival brings youth together diverse background work collaboratively film project promote awareness indigenous issue mutual understanding others culture fifty youth across united state arrive seattle travel local pacific northwest reservation create film hour november siff seattle mayor greg nickel announced siff would soon home yearround screening facility nesholm family lecture hall mccaw hall building seattle center house seattle opera city contributed project auditorium flagship venue siff festival site press screening shortly festival siff moved operation siff film center seattle center campus film center includes seat multiuse theater multimedia classroom exhibition space archive office siff film school october siff cinema moved mccaw hall current location uptown theater siff utilizes three uptown three screen yearround programming siff currently yearround programming four screen seattle may announced siff purchased uptown theater would leasing renovating egyptian theater abandoned roughly year earlier landmark theatre seattle central college may siff announced acquired seattle cinerama theater since seattle international film festival awarded golden space needle award year festival popular movie ballot cast audience member end movie previous winner golden space needle include whale rider trainspotting kiss spider woman boyhood latter two film nominated academy award best picture win golden space needle among film received north american world premiere siff alien – ridley scott world premiere arafat brother – rashid masharawi north american premiere banlieue – pierre morel north american premiere burning wind – silvio soldoni world premiere cafe society – woody allen north american premiere creature – parris patton world premiere ghost world – terry zwigoff world premiere murder seriously – antonio urrutia north american premiere joshua tree portrait james dean – matthew mishory world premiere last day – gu van sant north american premiere mar – anna melikian north american premiere mongolian ping pong – ning hao north american premiere monster house – gil kenan north american premiere nate dogg – thomas farone world premiere ptu – johnny north american premiere time trap – mark dennis ben foster world premiere tomorrow weather – jerzy stuhr north american premiere twice lifetime world premiere list film award official website archive siff festival siff celebrates year movie