NOVEMBER 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
It Was Just an Accident
THROUGH NOV 25 • UPTOWN
Winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, the latest from Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi follows a group of citizens pondering revenge against a man they believe was their torturer.
After being censored and imprisoned (and most recently released after a hunger strike and an international campaign), SIFF favorite Panahi returns with this unforgettable edge-of-your-seat thriller. As victims of Iran’s regime grow in number and revolts are widely reported, one of the country’s most daring auteurs boldly turns the camera on himself and asks: Should the victims of the state’s crimes seek revenge or show mercy?
Bugonia
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
SIFF ‘n’ Stitch: The Corpse Bride
Grand Illusion: The Last Class
Grand Illusion: Megalopolis
Grand Illusion: Megadoc
Bugonia
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident
Die My Love
Romanian FF: Things We Said Today
Romanian FF: Comatogen
Romanian FF: Moldovan Tales
Romanian FF: The New Year That Never Came
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Grave of the Fireflies
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident Die My Love
Talking Pictures: Quiz Show presented by Ken Jennings
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Bugonia
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Skweezy Jibbs Makes a Movie
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident Die My Love
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Bugonia
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
SIFF Movie Club: The Ascent
Shadows in Paradise: Drive
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident
Die My Love
Shadows in Paradise: Inherent Vice
Cinema Italian Style: The Tasters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident
Girl Winter Film Tour
Grand Illusion: Powwow Highway
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident
Die My Love
Romanian FF: The Moromete Family 3: Father and Son
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Bugonia
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Cinema Dissection: Inglourious Basterds
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident
Die My Love
Romanian FF: The Spruce Forest
Romanian FF: High School Thieves
Romanian FF: Ink Wash
Romanian FF: The Dream
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident Die My Love
Cinema Italian Style: Familia
Cinema Italian Style: Paternal Leave Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident Sentimental Value
Yi Yi
Cinema Italian Style: Siblings
Cinema Italian Style: Madly Peter Hujar’s Day
Bugonia
It Was Just an Accident
Sentimental Value
Yi Yi
Cinema Italian Style: Damned If You
Do, Damned If You Don’t
Cinema Italian Style: The Best Reward
Cinema Italian Style: La Grazia
Peter Hujar’s Day
Cinema Italian Style: I Married You For Joy
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
CLOSES NOV 6 • UPTOWN
With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Two conspiracy-obsessed men kidnap the CEO of a major company when they become convinced that she’s an alien who wants
Skweezy Jibbs Makes a Movie
COMMUNITY SCREENING
The Truman Show (1998) NOV 16 • DOWNTOWN
An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show. In appreciation of our movie-loving community, tickets to this series are available on a sliding scale basis, starting at $5 for child tickets.
Wicked: For Good
OPENS NOV 20 DOWNTOWN
Now demonized as the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba lives in exile in the Ozian forest, while Glinda resides at the palace in Emerald City, reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, she’ll need to reunite with Glinda to transform herself, and all of Oz, for good.
NOV 4 • UPTOWN
Oddball internet legend Skweezy Jibbs is making the movie of his dreams. Unfortunately for him, he’s got no money, no experience, no skill, and no filmmaking talent. Be among the first people to see the movie, and stay for an exclusive Q&A with Skweezy himself. One night only!
7–13 FILM CENTER
Based on Amélie Nothomb’s bestselling novel “The Character of Rain,” Mäilys Vallade and Liane-cho Han’s wondrous animated feature looks at the world through the eyes of a Belgian girl discovering everything around her as she approaches her third birthday.
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988) NOV 9 FILM CENTER
This is the story of Seita and his younger sister Setsuko, two children born at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and now cast adrift in a world that lacks not the care to shelter them, but simply the resources.
a way home—a troubling exploration of trauma and redemption. Director Kelsey Taylor and Cinematographer Adam Lee scheduled to attend for introduction and Q&A.
PNW AWARDS Not One Drop of Blood
Quiz Show (1994) w/ Ken Jennings
NOV 10 • UPTOWN
Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve lead an incomparable cast in Joachim Trier’s moving drama about a director’s bid to revive his career and repair his family’s broken bonds. Little Amélie or The Character of the Rain
Directed and produced by the late Robert Redford, Quiz Show is about a big-money, high-stakes TV game show that becomes the subject of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption behind-the-scenes. Presented by “Jeopardy!” Host and Seattle native (and quiz-show champion) Ken Jennings.
Sentimental Value
OPENS NOV 13 • UPTOWN
NOV 23 • FILM CENTER
Yi Yi: 25th Anniversary (2000) NOV 14–25 • UPTOWN
Set in Taiwan, the film follows the lives of the Jian family from the alternating perspectives of the three main family members: father N.J., teenage daughter Ting-Ting, and young son Yang-Yang. New 4K restoration.
Peter Hujar’s Day NOV 14–20 • FILM CENTER
Twenty-four hours in the life of the famously uncompromising Peter Hujar who was regarded as one of the most important characters in downtown New York’s cultural scene.
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan must choose between the man she spent her life with and her first love. Die My Love
In the remote expanses of Eastern Oregon, a rash of unexplained cattle mutilations reignites a decades-old mystery of the American West. Film team scheduled to attend for introduction and Q&A.
Twin
Peaks:
(Parts 7 & 8)
The Return
It is happening again... This fall, The Grand Illusion, Northwest Film Forum, The Beacon, and SIFF present the final long-form work of David Lynch. With each block of episodes screening at least twice across the city, this is the opportunity to see Lynch’s masterpiece in cinemas.
Eternity
OPENS NOV 26 • UPTOWN
PNW AWARDS Wolf Land NOV 22 • FILM CENTER
“Wolf-protecting cowboy” Daniel Curry and rancher Jerry Francis try to find common ground between their conflicting interests. Director Sarah Hoffman, Editor David Wulzen, Director of Photography Bryce Yukio Adolphson, and Executive Producer Sarah Menzies scheduled to attend for introduction and Q&A.
PNW AWARDS
WTO/99
NOV 23 • FILM CENTER
An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the future effects of globalization. Director Ian Bell scheduled to attend for introduction and Q&A.
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow NOV 28–30 • FILM CENTER
Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid risks of being branded “foreign agents.”
A lush and tender drama about William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his family, as seen through the eyes of his thoughtful wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley). From Academy Award–winning director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland).
