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    • 2001: A Space Odyssey
      2001: A Space Odyssey

      September 3 - 4

      In the 40 years since 2001 premiered, there have been few films that rival its intelligence and sheer widescreen spectacle. Director Stanley Kubrick’s glorious evocation of the cosmos still thrills and is deeply moving in its essential humanity. “Only a few films are transcendent and work

    • The Neverending Story
      The Neverending Story

      August 23

      Join Atreyu’s battle against flying dragons, swamp monsters, and other assorted creatures as he fights to save the magical land of Fantasia from the great storms of The Nothing. Seen through the imagination of Bastian as he reads the story in a strange bookstore, Fantasia soon melds with Bastian’s r

    • Leave Her To Heaven
      Leave Her To Heaven

      September 2

      Don’t let the lush Technicolor gloss fool you. This big-budget melodrama is black at its core, and as perverse and malignant as it got in the 1940s. Novelist Cornell Wilde falls for gorgeous Gene Tierney but has no idea what horrors lurk behind those gleaming emerald eyes.

    • Vivre Sa Vie
      Vivre Sa Vie

      August 22 - 28

      Godard’s poetic treatment of one woman’s slide into the oldest profession in the world stars his then-wife (and muse), the enigmatically lovely Anna Karina. The film opens with a quote by Montaigne: “Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.” Told in 12 sections, the film charts the

    • The Human Condition Part 1: No Greater Love
      The Human Condition Part 1: No Greater Love

      September 5 - 11

      Now in beautiful new 35mm CinemaScope prints, Masaki Kobayashi’s epic masterwork will be shown in its entirety with the director’s vision intact. The Human Condition is a brilliant, clear-eyed view of humanity in all its terrible beauty. Kobayashi illuminates the generality of his title by focusing

    The Theater

    SIFF Cinema is located at 321 Mercer Street at 3rd Avenue, McCaw Hall, in the heart of Seattle Center’s Theatre district.

    Showtimes and information: 206-633-7151

    SIFF Cinema is located in the Nelsholm Family Lecture Hall on the lower level of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. The main entrance is directly below the skybridge from the Mercer garage at the Corner of 3rd Avenue North and Mercer Street. In addition to the Mercer garage, parking is available on the street (metered and zoned) or in adjacent pay parking lots and garages.

    Bus: Several bus routes stop within walking distance of SIFF Cinema and Seattle Center. From downtown Seattle, take routes 2, 3, or 4 to Seattle Center. From Capitol Hill, take route 8 down Denny. Visit the Metro Transit Trip Planner to find other routes to McCaw Hall.

    Monorail: For transit information from downtown on the Seattle Center Monorail, visit www.seattlemonorail.com.

    Now Playing

    • Breathless
      Breathless

      August 21

      Jean-Paul Belmondo’s pouty-lipped homage to Bogart’s cigarette-smoking prowess, Jean Seberg’s fresh-faced American in Paris hawking International Herald Tribunes on the Champs d’Elysee, Mozart mixed with jazz—every jump cut signaled the beginning of modern cinema and the ascendancy of

    Coming Soon

    • Vivre Sa Vie
      Vivre Sa Vie

      August 22 - 28

      Godard’s poetic treatment of one woman’s slide into the oldest profession in the world stars his then-wife (and muse), the enigmatically lovely Anna Karina. The film opens with a quote by Montaigne: “Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.” Told in 12 sections, the film charts the

    • The Neverending Story
      The Neverending Story

      August 23

      Join Atreyu’s battle against flying dragons, swamp monsters, and other assorted creatures as he fights to save the magical land of Fantasia from the great storms of The Nothing. Seen through the imagination of Bastian as he reads the story in a strange bookstore, Fantasia soon melds with Bastian’s r

    • 2008 1 Reel Film Festival Kick-off Event
      2008 1 Reel Film Festival Kick-off Event

      August 29

      To kick off Bumbershoot weekend, we present this special FREE screening of award-winning shorts from all corners of the world, with the promise of more to come!