SIFF FutureWave

06/07/2015

My Skinny Sister
Last Chance SIFF Screening: June 7th 6:30 p.m.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/my-skinny-sister

My Skinny Sister dives into the love-hate relationship between siblings as shown through the eyes of chubby and awkward 12-year-old Stella and her anorexic older sister, Katja. North American Premiere

06/06/2015

When Animals Dream
Next SIFF Screening: June 6th 9:30 p.m.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/when-animals-dream

06/05/2015

7 Chinese Brothers
First SIFF Screening: June 7th 1:30 p.m.
Jason Schwartzman in attendance!

In this very funny character study, Jason Schwartzman is Larry, a charming slacker aimlessly stumbling through low-end jobs, dates, and bars with his trusty, and even lazier scene-stealing companion, Arrow the french bulldog (Schwartzman’s own dog.)

06/04/2015

The Wolfpack
First SIFF Screening: June 5th 7:00 p.m.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/wolfpack

The true story of six brothers who grew up locked in a housing project in Manhattan with little access to the real world but lots of access to film. This Sundance award-winner shows their obsession with movies and what happens when one of the brothers finally escapes.

06/03/2015

Inside Out
First SIFF Screening: June 4th 7:00 p.m.
Director Pete Docter and Producer Jonas Rivera expected to attend.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/inside-out

Meet the little voices inside your head! Academy-Award®-winning director Pete Docter (Up) takes us to the most extraordinary location of all - inside the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley. Presented in 3D.

06/02/2015

Beach Town
First SIFF Screening June 2nd 6:30 p.m.
Director Erik Hammen in attendance.

In this rock ’n’ roll beach movie of the mind shot on 16mm and entirely in Seattle, love and music intertwine over one summer in a ramshackle coastal town.

06/01/2015

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
First SIFF Screening: June 2nd 7:00 p.m.
Subject Ron Davis is scheduled to attend.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/3-12-minutes-ten-bullets

In 2012, Michael Dunn shot at four African American teenagers over the volume of their rap music, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis. This riveting Sundance prize-winner dives right in, combining trial footage, exclusive interviews, and even the defendant’s phone calls from prison.

05/31/2015

Most Likely to Succeed
First SIFF Screening: June 1st 7:00 p.m.
Director Greg Whiteley is scheduled to attend.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/most-likely-to-succeed

Frustrated with America’s outdated educational system that has been in place since the Industrial Revolution and is failing students across the country, documentarian Greg Whiteley (New York Doll) trains his cameras on High Tech High, an unconventional school that emphasizes exploration, collaborati…

05/30/2015

Rebel Without a Cause
First SIFF Screening: May 31st 4:00 p.m.

That iconic red motorcycle jacket. An apron-wearing father. The brutal intensity of James Dean’s face, and Natalie Wood’s nurturing touch. This classic drama by renowned director Nicolas Ray is perhaps the perfectly crafted teen angst film, catapulting Dean’s short-lived film career and guaranteed t…

05/29/2015

Wet Bum
Next SIFF Screening: May 30th 11:00 a.m.
Director Lindsay MacKay and Actor Julia Sarah Stone are scheduled to attend.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/wet-bum

05/28/2015

Meet the Patels
First SIFF Screening: May 29th 7:00 p.m.
Producer Janet Eckholm is scheduled to attend.
http://www.siff.net/festival-2015/meet-the-patels

05/27/2015

Paper Tigers
May 28th, 7:00 PM
Director James Redford in attendance.

Cameras follow six troubled students at Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, WA over a full school year. Will a new guidance program that focuses on a trauma-sensitive approach pull these teens out of stasis, truancy, and misbehavior?