16/10/2026
🫀 NEW THIS WEEK 🫀
🐋 WHALEFALL
Following the death of his father (Josh Brolin), Jay Gardiner (Austin Abrams) goes diving off the central Coast of California in search of his remains, but is swallowed by a massive s***m whale.
Now Playing ▪️ SIFF Cinema Downtown
👁️ YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING
In this astounding new high-wire act of self-reflexivity from Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, created in secret, convicted Silicon Valley fraudster Elizabeth Holmes becomes an entirely different kind of camera subject.
Now Playing ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
🙏 KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS
The uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Ken Russell always envisioned – and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.
Now Playing ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
🇵🇱 The Films of Andrzej Wajda: ASHES AND DIAMONDS
A milestone of Polish cinema, Andrzej Wajda’s piercing drama stars iconic Polish actor Zbigniew Cybulski as a tragic hero in Poland in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Plays October 17 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
❤️ Community Screening: CASABLANCA
American expat Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) runs a Moroccan nightclub during World War II and contends with his ex (Ingrid Bergman), who walks back into his life. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children.
Plays October 18 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Downtown
CAPTURING BIGFOOT
A reel of 16mm film locked away for 50 years turns the Bigfoot debate on its head. Post-film Q&A with the filmmaking team.
Plays October 18 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
🎥 The Films of Andrzej Wajda: EVERYTHING FOR SALE
When the lead protagonist of a film disappears during production, the director decides to continue shooting. A deeply personal homage that mirrors the tragic death of iconic actor Zbigniew Cybulski, the “Polish James Dean.”
Plays October 18 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
🎞️ The Open Road: WAGON MASTER
Two adventurous horse traders are hired to lead a Mormon wagon train through southeastern Utah, forming a community of outcasts as they travel along the dusty trail in John Ford’s lyrical road poem. Presented in 35mm.
Plays October 19 & 22 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
💰 Nouvelles Femmes: BAND OF OUTSIDERS
Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery. Presented by Alliance Française de Seattle, SIFF, and Greg Olson Productions, and inspired by Ericka Knudson’s book, "Nouvelles Femmes: Modern Women of the French New Wave and Their Enduring Contribution to Cinema."
Plays October 21 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
📼 Scarecrowber: RINGU
The tale of a killer VHS tape in this groundbreaking Japanese shocker will claw its way out of the screen and into your brain. Presented by Scarecrow Video and SIFF.
Plays October 21 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
🫀 RENTALS 🫀
💡 Glass Art Society x Refract Seattle Film Festival
Enjoy the intersection of glass and film and watch the Glass Art Society Annual Film Festival (2026) featuring 10 short films!
Plays October 16 & 17 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
🔦 I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
Producer Val Lewton and director Jacques Tourneur elevated the horror film to new heights of poetic abstraction with this entrancing journey into the realm between life and death. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Plays October 17 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
🔍 BLACK ZOMBIE
From the flickering screens of Hollywood horror to the haunted cane fields of colonial Haiti, BLACK ZOMBIE unearths the buried origins of the zombie, reclaiming it as a symbol of survival and spiritual resistance. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Plays October 17 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
🍕 Television Terror Triple Feature Pizza Party 2
A trio of chilling tales straight from 1960s, 70s, and 80s network TV, when original horror movies haunted home television screens on a regular basis; featuring creepy phone calls, stalkers, highway horror, and mysterious items of the occult. Plus pizza! Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Plays October 18 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
📖 Book Larder presents: Erin French, The Lost Kitchen Volume 3: Seize the Supper
Book Larder: A Community Cookbook Store will host New York Times bestselling author Erin French for an author talk and Q&A in celebration of her new cookbook, "The Lost Kitchen Volume 3: Seize the Supper." Erin will be in conversation with local author, James Beard Award finalist, and America's Test Kitchen editor-in-residence, Aran Goyoaga.
Happening October 19 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
👻 A Chinese Ghost Story
After a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon. New 4K restoration. Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema.
Plays October 20 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
🎿 Matchstick Productions Presents THE WAY OUT 2026 Ski Film
This film shows skiing as far more than a sport; it’s a path toward total freedom. From legendary veterans to rising breakout talent, the message is simple: the soul of skiing isn’t dead; it's waiting wherever snow falls.
Plays October 20 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
🏞️ Glen Canyon Institute's WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS
A documentary that weaves together past and present to reveal the restoration of Glen Canyon and a new way forward for the Colorado River. The event includes a post-film panel discussion and audience Q&A.
Plays October 22 ▪️ SIFF Cinema Uptown
Showtimes and tickets: siff.info/nowplayingfb.
