The 2025 Seattle International Film Festival is a film festival scheduled that was screened in theaters from May 15 to 25, 2025, and streaming May 26 to June 1, 2025. SIFF announced an initial six films on March 26 and the full lineup on April 23, 2025. The selections include 83 new and three archival narrative features, 35 documentaries, and 122 short films, for a total of "245 films from 74 different countries and regions." The theme for the 2025 festival is "Escape to the Reel World."
The festival occurred at various locations, including the SIFF Cinema Uptown (3 screens), the SIFF Cinema Downtown, the SIFF Film Center (a venue at Seattle Center), the AMC Theatres at Pacific Place, and Shoreline Community College Theater. Because of a water leak damaging the SIFF Egyptian Cinema in November 2024, SIFF could not schedule festival films in the 520-seat theater.
The opening, Four Mothers, was at the Paramount Theatre. The closing was Sorry, Baby at the SIFF Cinema Downtown followed by a gala party at MOHAI. The 2025 SIFF Awards ceremony took place at the Seattle Opera House on May 25, the last day of the in-person festival.
SIFF reported an attendance of 41,675 for the festival.
Films
Narrative features
+ English titleDirector(s)Production countryPremiere40 AcresR. T. ThorneCanada, United StatesAprilDea KulumbegashviliGeorgia, France, ItalyPascal BonitzerFranceThe BalconettesNoémie MerlantFranceBeefIngride SantosSpain, MexicoNorth American Denmark, Sweden, BelgiumNorth American Bitter GoldJuan OleaChile, Mexico, Uruguay, Germany BLKNWS: Terms & ConditionsKahlil JosephUnited States Blue Sun PalaceConstance TsangUnited StatesBoongLakshmipriya DeviIndia, FranceJing YiChinaBy DesignAmanda KramerUnited StatesBy the StreamHong Sang-sooSouth Korea, United StatesCloudKiyoshi KurosawaJapanColor BookDavid FortuneUnited States Come CloserIsrael, ItalyThe CrowdSahand KabiriIranNorth American Dancing Queen in HollywoodNorwayNorth AmericanThe Dark CrystalJim Henson, Frank OzUnited StatesDead LoverGrace GlowickiCanadaDeafEva LibertadSpainNorth American DiamondsFerzan ÖzpetekItalyDiciannoveItaly, United KingdomDJ AhmetNorth Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia Don't Let's Go to the Dogs TonightEmbeth DavidtzSouth AfricaDrowning DryLaurynas BareišaLithuania, LatviaEvergreensJared BrileyUnited StatesEverybody Loves ToudaNabil AyouchFrance, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, NetherlandsFamiliar TouchSarah FriedlandUnited States Fly Me to the MoonHong KongFour MothersIreland, United KingdomFucktoysAnnapurna SriramUnited States The Glass Web (in 3-D)Jack ArnoldUnited StatesGood BoyBen LeonbergUnited StatesHanamiDenise FernandesSwitzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde Happy HolidaysScandar CoptiPalestine, Germany, France, Italy, QatarHappyendNeo SoraJapan, United StatesHome Sweet HomeDenmarkNorth American I Am NevenkaIcíar BollaínSpain, ItalyIdyllicNetherlands, Denmark, Belgium, EstoniaNorth American, Vincent ParonnaudFrance, LuxembourgInventionUnited States GermanyJoqtauAruan AnartayKazakhstan, ChinaNorth AmericanKa Whawhai Tonu: Struggle Without EndAotearoa New Zealand, Great BritainThe Kingdom Julien ColonnaFranceLittle Red SweetVincent Chow Hong KongLuzHong KongManasMarianna BrennandBrazil, Portugal Meeting with Pol PotRithy PanhFrance, Cambodia, Taiwan, Qatar, TurkeyMonarch City Titus RichardUnited StatesWorldMongrelsJerome YooCanada MoonKurdwin AyubAustriaU.S.Brazil, ChileNorth AmericanNew Jack FuryLanfia WalUnited StatesThe New Year That Never CameBogdan MureșanuRomania, SerbiaOdd FishSnævar Sölvi SölvasonIceland, Finland, GermanyPaying For ItSook-Yin LeeCanada, United StatesU.S.RapturesSweden, FinlandNorth American Ready or NotClaire Frances ByrneIrelandNorth American RebuildingMax Walker-SilvermanUnited States The Safe House Lionel BaierSwitzerland, Luxembourg, FranceNorth American Sanatorium Under the Sign of the HourglassStephen and Timothy QuayUnited Kingdom, Poland, GermanyU.S.Scarecrow in a Garden of CucumbersRobert J. KaplanUnited StatesShe's the HeSiobhan McCarthyUnited States ShepherdsSophie DeraspeCanada (Quèbec), FranceSlantedAmy WongUnited StatesSonsDenmark, SwedenSorry, BabyEva VictorUnited StatesSouleymane's StoryBoris LojkineFranceSpermageddonTommy Wirkola, Rasmus A. SivertsenNorwayFinland, DenmarkNorth AmericanSummer's CameraDivine SungSouth KoreaNorth American Tales From the Magic Garden, , , Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, FranceNorth AmericanThe Things You KillAlireza KhatamiCanada, BelgiumTime Travel Is Dangerous Chris ReadingUnited KingdomTināMiki MagasivaAotearoa New ZealandTo a Land UnknownMahdi FleifelGreece, Denmark, United Kingdom, NetherlandsTo Kill a Mongolian HorseJiang XiaoxuanMalaysia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United States TwinlessJames SweeneyUnited StatesU Are the UniverseUkraine, BelgiumUnder the VolcanoDamian KocurPolandUndercoverArantxa EchevarríaSpain The Village Next to ParadiseMo HaraweSomalia, Austria, France, Germany The WailingSpain, France, ArgentinaWavesJiří MádlCzech Republic, Slovakia
Documentary features + English titleDirector(s)Production countryPremiere1-800-ON-HER-OWNUnited States Baby DoeJessica EarnshawUnited States BARUnited States Between GoodbyesJota MunUnited States, South Korea BillyLawrence Côté-CollinsCanada (Québec), Finland Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien StoryIreland, United Kingdom Cat Town, United StatesUnited StatesWorld Chain ReactionsAlexandre O. PhilippeUnited States The Chef and the DarumaMads K. BaekkevoldCanada, JapanU.S. Coexistence, My Ass!Amber FaresUnited States, France Come See Me in the Good LightRyan WhiteUnited States Drowned LandUnited States Flamingos: Life After the MeteoriteMexico Free Leonard Peltier, David FranceUnited States Freeing JuanitaSebastián Lasaosa RogersUnited States, Mexico, GuatemalaU.S. The Gloria of your ImaginationJennifer ReevesUnited States Heightened ScrutinySam FederUnited States How to Build a LibraryMaia Lekow, Christopher KingKenya Jean CocteauLisa Immordino VreelandUnited States Khartoum, , Brahim Snoopy, , Sudan, UK, Germany, Qatar Know Her NameZainab MuseCanadaU.S. The LibrariansKim A. SnyderUnited States Monk in Pieces, David RobertsUnited States, Germany, FranceNorth American Paul Anka: His WayJohn MaggioUnited States Remaining NativePaige BethmannUnited States RiefenstahlAndres VeielGermany SallyUnited States Salsa LivesJuan CarvajalColombia SeedsBrittany ShyneUnited States StarmanRobert StoneUnited States Suburban Fury Robinson DevorUnited States TransfersArgentina, Uruguay UnclickableGreece, Cyprus, United StatesNorth American ViktorOlivier SarbilDenmark, Ukraine, France, United States Wolf LandSarah HoffmanUnited StatesWorld
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Shamah |United States |World | align="center" | |- |LEES WAXUL|Yoro Mbaye |Senegal, France | | align="center" | |- |Little Haiti, Miami, United States|X.F. Serrano |United States | | align="center" | |- |The Little Prince|Aaron Russell, Colton McMurray |United States |World | align="center" | |- |Little Shrew (Snowflake)|Kate Bush |United Kingdom | | align="center" | |- |The Lonely Life of Lint|Sarah Sklar |United States | | align="center" | |- |Majonezë|Giulia Grandinetti |Italy |North American | align="center" | |- |Masks|Andre LeBlanc |United States | | align="center" | |- |THE MECHANIZATION OF MAN|Eion Nunez |United States | | align="center" | |- |Medusa|Sarah Meyohas |United States, France | | align="center" | |- |Mine!| |United States | | align="center" | |- |Mother's Child|Naomi Noir |Netherlands | | align="center" | |- |Mr. Static|Mike Williamson |United States |U.S. | align="center" | |- |Munkha|Alexander Moruo, Markel Martynov |Russia, Kazakhstan | | align="center" | |- |My Boo|Stephanie J. Röst |United States | | align="center" | |- |My Dad Asked Me What Acid Felt Like|Aric Allen |United States | | align="center" | |- |My Teenage Blackout|Basile Khatir |France | | align="center" | |- |Nervous Energy|Eve Liu |United States | | align="center" | |- |On the high seas. Part 1: The burgeoning decision to go on a journey willy-nilly|Ralf Petersen |Austria |U.S. | align="center" | |- |On Weary Wings Go By| |Estonia | | align="center" | |-