For Your Consideration: SIFF Selections for Wednesday and Thursday

Well, at least the weather is cooperating with SIFF's slogan encouraging us to "get inside." Keep programming that miraculous iSIFF, grab a light jacket, and festival onward through the week!

Below are some films of note showing over the next two days. For all film screenings, the general/member ticket prices are $11/$9 (and matinees $8/$7), except for special presentations which cost more. Don't forget, SIFF remains at the Admiral in West Seattle through Thursday, when the baton gets passed to Everett via a Thursday night red carpet gala presentation of Mao's Last Dancer (complete with Kyle Maclachlan update: Maclachlan had to cancel due to illness.).

Hideaway  A heroin-using mother raising her baby with her dead lover's gay brother. Will Francois Ozon ever run out of compellingly depressing characters to study? And will we ever tire of being enraptured by them? (May 27, 7:00 p.m. @ Egyptian; May 29, 1:45 p.m. @ Egyptian) 

Chihuly Fire and Light  Tacoma's wildly successful, though hardly universally adored, glassmaster considers adding neon to his portfolio. The documentary profiles his creative process, including the use of hundreds of glassblowers to execute his visions. The world premiere of Peter West's feature film is sure to be well-attended if not especially critical. (May 26, 7:00 p.m. @ SIFF Cinema; May 29, 1:00 p.m. @ Everett)

When We Leave  In Berlin, tradition and familial obligations force a Turkish woman back into a horrible marriage. One of those hefty immigrant tales of necessary child abandonment that make film festivals famous. (May 27, 6:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place; May 29, 4:00 p.m. @ Pacific Place)

Amplified Seattle  The documentary counterpart to Lynn Shelton's upcoming set-in-Seattle web series $5 Cover. John Jeffcoat profiles thirteen Seattle bands in five-minute increments, giving you the backstories of some of the city's best and brightest noisemakers. (May 22, 2:00 p.m. @ Neptune; May 26, 9:15 p.m. @ Neptune)

Turtle, the Incredible Journey  A touch of adorability in the form of a baby turtle as a chaser to some of the heavier festival fare. But it's not all unicorns and rainbows thanks to the films acknowledgment of the unpleasant effects of water pollution and commercial fishing. (May 26, 7:00 p.m. @ Neptune; May 29, 11:30 a.m. @ Pacific Place)

Skeletons  British metaphysical comedy in the vein of last year's Cold Souls, about a service to remove emotional skeletons from metaphorical closets. (May 26, 9:15 p.m. @ Harvard Exit; May 28, 4:30 p.m. @ the Neptune)

The Trotsky  An entry in the always entertaining Quebecois revolutionary teen humor genre, this one stars perpetually gawky out-of-her-league Jay Baruchel in the title role. (May 27, 6:30 p.m. @ Neptune; May 29, 11:00 a.m. @ Egyptian; May 31, 5:30 p.m. @ Everett)

3some  Following the unofficial theme of this year's festival, here's one of the many film options exploring love triangles of various flavors. This story of symbiotic sexual relationships follows a trio of art students in 1980s Madrid. Ambiente! (May 27, 9:30 p.m. @ Egyptian; June 1, 4:30 p.m. @ Neptune)

From Beginning to End  Looking for a controversial film to fuel your conversations at the SIFF Lounge at Boom Noodle? How about this tale of Brazilian brothers who can't get enough of each other sexually? (May 26, 9:30 p.m. @ Egyptian; June 2, 4:30 p.m. @ Egyptian)

Foxes  Sinister Slovakian sisters in search of a good Irishman avoiding unspoken history. Ireland intensity! (May 26, 9:00 p.m. @ Uptown; May 28, 4:00 p.m. @ Harvard Exit)

Skateland  A nostalgia-fest set in a roller rink follows the non-ambitions of an indecisive 19-year-old. Beware though, the synopsis for this film warns of a world-rattling tragedy. And my guess is that it's probably something more jarring than a broken skate if the typical coming of age model is any indication. (May 27, 7:00 p.m. @ Uptown; May 29, 2:30 p.m. @ Uptown; June 6, 8:00 p.m. @ Kirkland Performance Center)

Like You Know It All  Praised for its "admirable lack of banality", critical darling Hong Sang-soo aims for a hit with the story of a guy whose relations with women are a kind of flirtatious and the combative high-wire act. (May 26, 6:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place; May 28, 3:30 p.m. @ Pacific Place) 

Night Catches Us  In 1976 Philadelphia a former Black Panther returns home for his father's funeral and encounters people from his past. Archival footage, animation, and The Wire's Jamie Hector as a two-bit businessman with a grudge keep things interesting. One of Audrey's Sundance highlights. (May 26, 7:00 p.m. @ Egyptian; May 27, 4:30 p.m. @ Egyptian; May 29, 3:00 p.m. @ Everett)...