After being one of the first festivals of 2020 to go into hibernation when confronted with the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seattle International Film Festival is back for 2021! Running from April 8-18, most films will be available to at-home festival goers through the SIFF website or through the SIFF Channel app on Roku, FireTV, AndroidTV and AppleTV via individual tickets or passes that grant access to wide swaths of the programming. The SunBreak will be diving in to the whole thing; a summary of our ongoing coverage is posted below.
Previews & Roundtables
- Roundtable: It’s Happening Again — SIFF is Virtually Back for 2021: we convene the SunBreak’s Film Team to chat about our first reactions to SIFF 2021
- SIFF 2021: It’s baaaaacccckkkk!: Chris gets hyped for Opening Weekend and shares some highlights of upcoming live events.
- SIFF 2021: What to expect in the week ahead! Morgen previews the special events and highlights of SIFF’s weekday programming
- SIFF 2021 Check In: How’s your fest going?: A survey of the SunBreak SIFF Squad in which we each highlight a favorite from the festival (so far): Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America; East of the Mountains; Censor; Animation4Adults; All Sorts; Mogul Mowgli; This Town
- SIFF 2021: That’s a Wrap: In which we convene a virtual roundtable for a virtual festival, complete with nominations for the always-virtual Golden SunBreak Awards for narratives (East of the Mountains, There Is No Evil, Strawberry Mansion, Mogul Mowgli, 200 Meters), documentaries (Captains of Za’atari and a landslide of support for Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America), and performances (Under the Open Sky, Sweat, Too Far Away, and God Exists, Her Name is Petunia).
Reviews from SIFF
Films reviewed or mentioned in SIFF 2021 coverage:
- All Sorts / All Sorts*
- Captains of Zaatari
- Censor / Censor*
- Chuck Connelly: Into the Light
- The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet
- The Earth is Blue as an Orange
- East of the Mountains / East of the Mountains*
- Final Exam
- Fly So Far
- Get the Hell Out! / Get The Hell Out!
- In the Same Breath
- Ladies of Steel
- Little Girl
- Love Type D
- Ma Belle, My Beauty
- Mogul Mowgli
- My Missing Valentine
- Nudo Mixteco
- The Perfect Candidate
- The Pink Cloud
- Potato Dreams of America
- The Return: Life After ISIS
- Riders of Justice
- The Spy
- Strawberry Mansion
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
- Summer of 85
- Super Frenchie
- Sweat
- The Teacher
- There Is No Evil
- This Town*
- Too Late / Too Late
- Under the Open Sky
- Valentina
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America*
- Writing With Fire
- Wyrm
- Youth v Gov
Short films:
Reviews from Other Festivals
Some SIFF Films have appeared at previous festivals:
SIFF Scorecard
| Chris | Jenn | Josh | Morgen | Tony | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Meters | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |||
| All Sorts | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆½ | ||
| All Those Small Things | ☆☆☆ | ||||
| Captains of Zaatari | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Censor | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆½ | |||
| Charter | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Chuck Connelly: Into the Light | ☆☆☆ | ||||
| Deadly Cuts | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet | ☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ | |||
| The Earth is Blue as an Orange | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| East of the Mountains | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
| Father | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Faya Dayi | ☆☆½ | ||||
| Final Exam | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Fly So Far | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Get the Hell Out | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ||
| God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆ | |||
| Goddess of the Fireflies | ☆☆½ | ☆☆ | |||
| I’M FINE (Thanks for Asking) | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| In the Same Breath | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Ladies of Steel | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| The Legend of Hei | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Little Girl | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Love Type D | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Ma Belle, My Beauty | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆½ | |||
| Mogul Mowgli | ☆☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆½ | |||
| Mother’s Milk | ☆☆½ | ||||
| My Missing Valentine | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |||
| Nahuel & the Magic Book | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Nudo Mixteco | ☆☆☆ | ||||
| The Perfect Candidate | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||||
| The Pink Cloud | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ | |||
| Potato Dreams of America | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆½ | |||
| Rebel Objects | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| The Return: Life After ISIS | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆ | |||
| Riders of Justice | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Rosa’s Wedding | ☆☆☆ | ||||
| Sanremo | ☆☆ | ☆☆ | |||
| The Spy | ☆☆½ | ||||
| Strawberry Mansion | ☆☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆½ | |||
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆ | |
| Summer of 85 | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Summertime | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆½ | |||
| Super Frenchie | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆ | |||
| Sweat | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| The Teacher | ☆☆☆½ | ||||
| There Is No Evil | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆ | |||
| This Town | ☆☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |||
| Together Together | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆½ | |||
| Too Far Away | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Too Late | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | |
| The Translator | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||||
| Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation | ☆☆☆ | ||||
| Under the Open Sky | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | |||
| The Unknown Saint | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| Valentina | ☆☆☆☆ | ||||
| When I’m Done Dying | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆ | |||
| Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America | ☆☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
| Wisdom Tooth | ☆☆☆ | ||||
| Writing With Fire | ☆☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆ | |||
| Wyrm | ☆☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆½ | ☆☆☆☆½ | ||
| Youth v Gov | ☆☆☆☆½ |
Keep up with us during the festival on Twitter (@thesunbreak) and follow all of our ongoing coverage via our SIFF 2021 tags.