SIFF press screenings for Monday May 8 through Thursday May 11
Seattle International Film Festival press screenings
As a passholder, you get to launch into the movieverse early with access to preview screenings starting May 8.
Preview Screenings will take place at SIFF Cinema Uptown at 10:00am, 12:00pm, and 2:00pm from May 8 to 11. Here's the full schedule.
Please note: You will not be able to pick up passes at Preview Screenings.
PASSES MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE SIFF FILM CENTER.
- Now through May 10 - 10:00am-6:00pm weekdays only
- May 11-21 - 10:00am-6:00pm daily
We Are Still Here
Preview Screening:
MAY 8 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹 FRI MAY 19 · 5:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹 SUN MAY 21 · 10:30 AM · UPTOWN
🔹 Director Renae Maihi scheduled to attend.
Australia, d. Various
Eight stories by filmmakers from Australia, New Zealand, and Pasifika cover over 250 years of Indigenous history.
20 Days in Mariupol
Preview Screening:
MAY 8 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
FRI MAY 12 · 2:30 PM · UPTOWN
FRI MAY 19 · 6:00 PM · ARK LODGE
Ukraine, d. Mstyslav Chernov
A trio of Associated Press journalists get caught in Mariupol in the early days of the 2022 Russian invasion.
Gaga
Preview Screening:
MAY 8 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹 WED MAY 17 · 5:15 PM · UPTOWN
🔹 SAT MAY 20 · 12:00 PM · ARK LODGE
🔹 Director Laha Mebow scheduled to attend.
Taiwan, d. Laha Mebow (Tayal Tribe)
An indigenous Taiwanese family begins to crumble when their elder passes away, burdening them with his debts and traditions.
Lift
Preview Screening:
MAY 9 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹SUN MAY 14 · 3:00 PM · UPTOWN
🔹MON MAY 15 · 5:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹Director/Producer David Petersen, Subject/Producer Steven Melendez, Producer Mary Recine, and several crew members scheduled to attend.
USA, d. David Petersen
Acclaimed ballet dancer Steven Melendez returns to the Bronx shelter of his youth to mentor a trio of aspiring dancers.
One Day This Will All Be Yours
- North American Premiere
Preview Screening:
MAY 9 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹FRI MAY 12 · 6:00 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹SUN MAY 14 · 2:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹Director Andreas Öhman, Producers Eliza Jones and Markus Waltå, and Actress Karin Franz Körlof scheduled to attend.
Sweden, d. Andreas Öhman
A cartoonist reunites with her siblings at their family farm in remote Sweden to find out which of them will inherit the land.
To the North
Preview Screening:
MAY 9 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹SAT MAY 13 · 9:00 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹SUN MAY 14 · 1:15 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹Producer Radu Stancu scheduled to attend.
Romania, d. Mihai Mincan
A harrowing maritime thriller about a Filipino worker on a freight ship who discovers a Romanian stowaway on board.
The Happiest Man in the World
Preview Screening:
MAY 10 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
MON MAY 15 · 3:30 PM · ARK LODGE
THU MAY 18 · 8:00 PM · FILM CENTER
North Macedonia, d. Teona Strugar Mitevska
A couple seems like the perfect fit until she finds they were once on different sides of the Bosnian War.
I Like Movies
Preview Screening:
MAY 10 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screening::
🔹SUN MAY 21 · 5:00 PM · EGYPTIAN
🔹Director Chandler Levack scheduled to attend.
Canada, d. Chandler Levack
A teen film buff with his sights set on NYU picks up a gig at a local video store where he learns what it takes to grow up.
Filip
Preview Screening:
MAY 10 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
SUN MAY 14 · 2:00 PM · FILM CENTER
WED MAY 17 · 8:45 PM · ARK LODGE
Poland, d. Michal Kwiecinski
A character study about a handsome young Polish Jew pretending to be French who works at a luxury hotel in Nazi-era Frankfurt.
Superposition
- North American Premiere
Preview Screening:
MAY 11 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
FRI MAY 12 · 8:00 PM · ARK LODGE
WED MAY 17 · 1:00 PM · UPTOWN
Denmark, d. Karoline Lyngbye
A married couple and their son move to Sweden’s vast forests where they discover a family that looks much like their own.
Fremont
Preview Screening:
MAY 11 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹 SAT MAY 13 · 6:30 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹 SUN MAY 14 · 12:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹 Director Babak Jalali, Executive Producer Nickhil Jakatdar, and Producer Sudnya Shroff scheduled to attend.
USA, Babak Jalali
An Afghan immigrant finds work in a San Francisco Chinese fortune cookie factory and desperately longs for connection and peace.
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Preview Screening:
MAY 11 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
FRI MAY 19 · 6:30 PM · UPTOWN
SUN MAY 21 · 3:30 PM · SHORELINE
USA, d. James Adolphus
Witness the long-lasting legacy of Mary Tyler Moore: actress, tastemaking producer, “failed dancer,” and staunch feminist advocate.
SIFF's Mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. It is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware and alive.
SIFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Mailing Address: 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA 98109
As a passholder, you get to launch into the movieverse early with access to preview screenings starting May 8.
Preview Screenings will take place at SIFF Cinema Uptown at 10:00am, 12:00pm, and 2:00pm from May 8 to 11. Here's the full schedule.
Please note: You will not be able to pick up passes at Preview Screenings.
PASSES MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE SIFF FILM CENTER.
- Now through May 10 - 10:00am-6:00pm weekdays only
- May 11-21 - 10:00am-6:00pm daily
We Are Still Here
Preview Screening:
MAY 8 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹 FRI MAY 19 · 5:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹 SUN MAY 21 · 10:30 AM · UPTOWN
🔹 Director Renae Maihi scheduled to attend.
Australia, d. Various
Eight stories by filmmakers from Australia, New Zealand, and Pasifika cover over 250 years of Indigenous history.
20 Days in Mariupol
Preview Screening:
MAY 8 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
FRI MAY 12 · 2:30 PM · UPTOWN
FRI MAY 19 · 6:00 PM · ARK LODGE
Ukraine, d. Mstyslav Chernov
A trio of Associated Press journalists get caught in Mariupol in the early days of the 2022 Russian invasion.
Gaga
Preview Screening:
MAY 8 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹 WED MAY 17 · 5:15 PM · UPTOWN
🔹 SAT MAY 20 · 12:00 PM · ARK LODGE
🔹 Director Laha Mebow scheduled to attend.
Taiwan, d. Laha Mebow (Tayal Tribe)
An indigenous Taiwanese family begins to crumble when their elder passes away, burdening them with his debts and traditions.
Lift
Preview Screening:
MAY 9 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹SUN MAY 14 · 3:00 PM · UPTOWN
🔹MON MAY 15 · 5:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹Director/Producer David Petersen, Subject/Producer Steven Melendez, Producer Mary Recine, and several crew members scheduled to attend.
USA, d. David Petersen
Acclaimed ballet dancer Steven Melendez returns to the Bronx shelter of his youth to mentor a trio of aspiring dancers.
One Day This Will All Be Yours
- North American Premiere
Preview Screening:
MAY 9 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹FRI MAY 12 · 6:00 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹SUN MAY 14 · 2:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹Director Andreas Öhman, Producers Eliza Jones and Markus Waltå, and Actress Karin Franz Körlof scheduled to attend.
Sweden, d. Andreas Öhman
A cartoonist reunites with her siblings at their family farm in remote Sweden to find out which of them will inherit the land.
To the North
Preview Screening:
MAY 9 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹SAT MAY 13 · 9:00 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹SUN MAY 14 · 1:15 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹Producer Radu Stancu scheduled to attend.
Romania, d. Mihai Mincan
A harrowing maritime thriller about a Filipino worker on a freight ship who discovers a Romanian stowaway on board.
The Happiest Man in the World
Preview Screening:
MAY 10 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
MON MAY 15 · 3:30 PM · ARK LODGE
THU MAY 18 · 8:00 PM · FILM CENTER
North Macedonia, d. Teona Strugar Mitevska
A couple seems like the perfect fit until she finds they were once on different sides of the Bosnian War.
I Like Movies
Preview Screening:
MAY 10 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screening::
🔹SUN MAY 21 · 5:00 PM · EGYPTIAN
🔹Director Chandler Levack scheduled to attend.
Canada, d. Chandler Levack
A teen film buff with his sights set on NYU picks up a gig at a local video store where he learns what it takes to grow up.
Filip
Preview Screening:
MAY 10 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
SUN MAY 14 · 2:00 PM · FILM CENTER
WED MAY 17 · 8:45 PM · ARK LODGE
Poland, d. Michal Kwiecinski
A character study about a handsome young Polish Jew pretending to be French who works at a luxury hotel in Nazi-era Frankfurt.
Superposition
- North American Premiere
Preview Screening:
MAY 11 · 10:00 AM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
FRI MAY 12 · 8:00 PM · ARK LODGE
WED MAY 17 · 1:00 PM · UPTOWN
Denmark, d. Karoline Lyngbye
A married couple and their son move to Sweden’s vast forests where they discover a family that looks much like their own.
Fremont
Preview Screening:
MAY 11 · 12:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
🔹 SAT MAY 13 · 6:30 PM · PAC PLACE
🔹 SUN MAY 14 · 12:30 PM · UPTOWN
🔹 Director Babak Jalali, Executive Producer Nickhil Jakatdar, and Producer Sudnya Shroff scheduled to attend.
USA, Babak Jalali
An Afghan immigrant finds work in a San Francisco Chinese fortune cookie factory and desperately longs for connection and peace.
Being Mary Tyler Moore
Preview Screening:
MAY 11 · 2:00 PM · UPTOWN
Festival Screenings:
FRI MAY 19 · 6:30 PM · UPTOWN
SUN MAY 21 · 3:30 PM · SHORELINE
USA, d. James Adolphus
Witness the long-lasting legacy of Mary Tyler Moore: actress, tastemaking producer, “failed dancer,” and staunch feminist advocate.
SIFF's Mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. It is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware and alive.
SIFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Mailing Address: 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA 98109