Between May 19th and June 12th, The Seattle International Film Festival will screen more than 440 movies — in addition to holding dozens of movie-themed galas, parties and tributes.
In the 37 years since the inaugural Seattle International Film Festival, many other festivals have sprouted up — including our own Vancouver International Film Festival — some to more hype than others.
But after three and a half decades, the SIFF continues to evolve and expand, affording film lovers across the Pacific Northwest an opportunity to screen the best in independent film, the programme also offering retrospectives, and adaptive musical performances from eclectic performers.
The Seattle Times offers daily capsule reviews of the more salutary films on offer at the SIFF, while the team of nerdy film bloggers at the Dan Savage edited The Stranger offer their irreverent, but passionate, take on the various goings on during the three-plus week running time of the SIFF.
Feel like you need a holiday? Can’t stand the prospect of a summer of the mindless Tinseltown blockbusters that will pollute our cineplexes these next three months, then do yourself a favour: truck on down to Seattle, stay a couple of off-season nights at a hotel nearby one of the SIFF venues, and re-connect with the cinema of despair and hope, at the 37th annual SIFF.
