The largest and most highly-attended film festival in the United States, now in its 44th year.

SIFF believes in film’s unique power to share original stories, diverse perspectives, and rich emotional journeys. Beginning in 1976 with the annual Seattle International Film Festival, expanding into SIFF Education, and most recently operating a year-round five-screen- SIFF Cinema, have provided experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world.

Seattle International Film Festival

The Seattle International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States, with more than 155,000 people attending each year. The 25-day event held each May is renowned for presenting over 400 features, short films, and documentaries gathered from more than 85 countries. We receive over 4,000 independent film submissions annually, and screen debut discoveries alongside established master filmmakers and arthouse cinema hits. More than 70% of the films screened at Festival will not return to theaters, making SIFF an amazing place to discover and celebrate new work from around the world.

SIFF Cinema

Over 200,000 people annually attend SIFF Cinema to the to see the best new art-house and feature films at our three classic movie houses, SIFF Cinema Egyptian and SIFF Cinema Uptown and the SIFF Film Center. Featured also are the latest international works, one-of- a-kind special events, and festivals, including Noir City Film Festival, Cinema Italian Style and French Cinema Now. Through SIFF Cinema we are dedicated to preserving and enriching the experience of attending the movies while going beyond the screen with filmmaker and panel discussions.  SIFF Cinema also hosts SIFFsupports, a program dedicated to supporting, presenting and highlighting film events and festivals by our local film community.

 

The 44th annual Seattle International Film Festival will be held May 17 – June 10, 2018.

Submission Deadlines:
January 5, 2018 – Late
February 2, 2018 – Extended (Withoutabox submissions only!)

Episodic Submission Deadlines:
January 5, 2018 – Late (Withoutabox submissions only!)
February 2, 2018 – Extended (Withoutabox submissions only!)

FutureWave Deadline:
March 2, 2018 – FutureWave Shorts (age 18 and under filmmakers)

Works-in-Progress Deadline:
April 1, 2018 – Final (Withoutabox submissions only!)

How to Submit:

You can submit via Withoutabox or by filling out one of our Wufoo online entry forms.

To submit a regular feature or short film (no episodics) via the online entry form, please click here.

To submit a FutureWave short film (age 18 and under filmmakers) via the online entry form, please clickhere.

*Note: when filling out the online entry form, please read all instructions and complete all required fields. The entry form cannot be saved or revisited so please fill it out in one sitting.

 

 

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