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MARCH 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
Mickey 17
NOW PLAYING • DOWNTOWN
From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, Bong Joon-ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job... to die, for a living.
MARCH 2025 FILM SCHEDULE*
East of Eden
Rebel Without A Cause
Giant
I’m Still Here
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Vermiglio
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
Universal Language
No Other Land
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
East of Eden
Rebel Without A Cause
I’m Still Here
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Vermiglio
The Short Films of Kevin Everson
Giant
I’m Still Here
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Vermiglio
Ingmar Bergman: Smiles in a Summer Night
Film Talk: Anime Auteurs – Ghost in the Shell
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
Universal Language
No Other Land
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
Universal Language
No Other Land
Fly Fishing Film Tour
Classified Cinema
East of Eden
Rebel Without A Cause
I’m Still Here
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Vermiglio
Movie Club: The First Slam Dunk
Rebel Without A Cause
Mickey 17
I’m Still Here
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Vermiglio
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
Universal Language
No Other Land
CreepTime The Podcast LIVE
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
No Other Land
Ingmar Bergman: The Seventh Seal
Black Bag
I’m Still Here
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
Universal Language
No Other Land
Sea Slug Animation Festival
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
RATS!
Mickey 17
No Other Land
Black Bag
Eephus
REEL ROCK
Theater of Thought
East of Eden
Rebel Without A Cause
Giant
I’m Still Here
Oscar Nominated Shorts
Vermiglio
Girls Town
Cinema Dissection: Out of the Past
Mickey 17
Seven Veils
Universal Language
No Other Land
Sea Slug Animation Festival
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
RATS!
Mickey 17
No Other Land
Black Bag
I’m Still Here
Eephus
REEL ROCK
Theater of Thought
Mickey 17
I’m Still Here
Eephus
SIFF
Stitch: Hairspray Theater of Thought
GRRL HAUS x SIFF
Mickey 17
I’m Still Here
Ingmar Bergman: Wild Strawberries
Bob Trevino Likes It Mickey
Trail Running Film Festival
Black Bag
Ingmar Bergman: The Magician Seattle Jewish Film Festival
SLIDING SCALE COMMUNITY DAY
Jumanji (1995)
MAR 29 • DOWNTOWN
In appreciation of our movie-loving community, tickets to this series are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets.
Sitarama Raju.
Rainier: A Beer Odyssey
SIFF MOVIE CLUB
The First Slam Dunk (2022)
MAR 5 UPTOWN
Takehiko Inoue adapts his own highly influential
90s basketball manga into a quiet portrait of a broken family—and one of the most thrilling sports movies ever made. Introduced by Cinema Rentals Manager Patrick McFarland.
Black Bag
NOW PLAYING • UPTOWN
From director Steven Soderbergh, Black Bag is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test—loyalty to his marriage or his country.
I’m Still Here MAR 13–19 • UPTOWN BRAZIL, 1971 - Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. 2025 Academy Award Winner: Best International Feature.
SIFF ‘N’ STITCH
Hairspray (1988)
MAR 16 • UPTOWN
It’s Baltimore, 1962, and a rebellious “pleasantly plump” teenager attempts to be one of the featured stars on a popular dance show and win the coveted “Miss Auto Show” crown. Bring your small needlecraft projects to work on while socializing with the lights up!
Bob Trevino Likes It
OPENS MAR 27 • UPTOWN
When her narcissistic father suddenly cuts her out of his life, Lily (Barbie Ferreira, “Euphoria”) finds solace in Facebook of all places when she connects with and befriends a kindhearted man (John Leguizamo) who shares her father’s name. Winner of the 2024 SXSW Narrative Jury and Audience Awards.
RATS!
MAR 7–13 • FILM CENTER
Crack open a cold one with the epic story of Rainier Beer and its world-famous 1970s advertising campaign.
Theatre of Thought
No Other Land NOW PLAYING • UPTOWN
A devastatingly personal story about the decades-long forced demolition of Masafer Yatta, a rural West Bank community. 2025 Academy Awards Winner: Best Documentary Feature.
Seven Veils
MAR 7–13 • UPTOWN
Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, theater director Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as her personal and professional lives begin to unravel. From renowned director Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter).
Eephus
MAR 14–27 UPTOWN
As an imminent construction project looms over their beloved baseball field, two New England recreational teams face off one last time. Named for a rare pitch, this poignant comedy is an ode to sports, community, and the passage of time.
Found Footage Festival
MAR 23 • UPTOWN
Joe Pickett (“The Onion”) and Nick Prueher (“Late Show”) have over 13,000 VHS tapes in their collection and have been taking viewers on a guided tour through their latest and greatest finds since 2004.
UNSTREAMABLE
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
MAR 27 • UPTOWN
MAR 14–17 • FILM CENTER
Through the lens of legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, Theater of Thought takes audiences on a provocative journey into the study of the mind and consciousness, daring us to question whether we truly have autonomy over our thoughts, or if our brains will inevitably become infused with mind-controlling technology.
YOUNG FRENCH CINEMA Dahomey
MAR 21 • FILM CENTER
Blurring the line between fiction and documentary, the Golden Bear-winning new film from Mati Diop (Atlantics) explores France’s repatriation of Benin’s royal treasures. Senegal’s Official Oscar Submission (Best International Feature Film). Intro from Seattle Art Museum Curator of African and Oceanic Art Pam McClusky.
MAR 22 • FILM CENTER
Marinette Pichon is one of the greatest stars of football, having held for almost two decades the record for the number of goals and caps for the French team (men/women combined), before becoming a FIFA Legend by being the first French player to have a career in the US.
MAR 23 FILM CENTER
Amina, Djeneba, and Zineb have been friends for as long as they can remember. When Zineb is harassed by her brother’s best friend, Amina decides to post a compromising video of him on social media. Little does she know that the video will not only jeopardize her safety, but also strain their friendship.
MAR 7–8 • FILM CENTER
In this maniacal stoner epic of bad taste, young vandal Raphael must survive the unhinged citizens of Pfresno, Texas.
GRRLHAUS x SIFF
MAR 16 • FILM CENTER
International film festival GRRL HAUS CINEMA brings the ruckus to SIFF, with this best-of screening of short films centering the works of women, trans, non-binary, and genderqueer filmmakers.
YOUNG FRENCH CINEMA Àma Gloria
MAR 22 • FILM CENTER
Young Cléo tags along with her beloved nanny to Cape Verde, learning more about the woman who practically raised her.
MAR 22 • FILM CENTER
After her mother’s death, Mona Achache discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma.
CINEMA Spirit of Ecstasy
MAR 23 FILM CENTER
Jeanne is 24 years old. She lives on a military base with her father, a police officer, and her little brother and sister. She’s determined to make it in the world of finance. Not for the glory or wealth, but because it’s leading her on the path to freedom.
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They’re the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa. Presented in partnership with Scarecrow Video’s Unstreamable.
YOUNG FRENCH CINEMA Marinette
YOUNG FRENCH CINEMA Sisterhood
YOUNG FRENCH CINEMA Little Girl Blue
YOUNG FRENCH