Articles about SIFF

GeekWire Summit recap: AI gets real in Seattle as historic theater plays host to future-focused event

In a Seattle building full of history and nostalgia, the GeekWire Summit returned Thursday with an agenda focused on rapidly… Read More

Seattle’s former Cinerama becomes SIFF Cinema as new signs go up on iconic movie theater

It’s time for the second act at a beloved Seattle movie theater. The former Cinerama is now SIFF Cinema — for… Read More

Seattle City Council approves nearly $1M grant to help reopen Cinerama theater

The Seattle City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a nearly $1 million grant to SIFF to help the nonprofit… Read More

Seattle and King County councilmembers want to help reopen Cinerama theater with $2M in grants

Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott are proposing legislation to provide a financial boost to… Read More

Lights, camera, reaction: Cinerama fans rejoice at news that beloved Seattle theater will live on

The news that one historic theater would live on had people cheering at another historic theater on the other side… Read More

Cinerama is saved! Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate

Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. The nonprofit film and education organization SIFF acquired the Cinerama from the estate… Read More

Seattle film nonprofit SIFF supports effort to save Cinerama and could run theater with funding help

SIFF, the nonprofit that champions film and the movie-going experience in Seattle, is joining the call to save the Cinerama,… Read More

Geek of the Week: Keith Smith is the reel deal as IT manager for Seattle International Film Festival

Keith Smith calls himself a “very creative individual” who has more than a decade of experience in various industries and… Read More

Seattle teen builds on his filmmaking passion with short ‘Killer Legos’ movie showing at festival

A very short movie called “Attack of the Killer Legos” shows that the building blocks of a future film career are already… Read More

SIFFX will showcase VR and 360-degree video as a four-day program within Seattle Film Festival

The Seattle International Film Festival will embrace enhanced modes of storytelling such as virtual reality, 360-degree video and augmented reality… Read More

New Kurt Cobain documentary, ‘Montage of Heck,’ opens today at SIFF

If there’s one thing Seattle is known for worldwide in pop culture, it is Nirvana. In fact, Nirvana’s presence is… Read More