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Seattle’s former Cinerama becomes SIFF Cinema as new signs go up on iconic movie theater

by Kurt Schlosser on October 12, 2023October 12, 2023 at 4:01 pm

It’s time for the second act at a beloved Seattle movie theater. The former Cinerama is now SIFF Cinema, as new signs went up Thursday on the Belltown building that… Read More

News Brief

Seattle City Council approves nearly $1M grant to help reopen Cinerama theater

by Kurt Schlosser on August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 at 8:29 am

The Seattle City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a nearly $1 million grant to SIFF to help the nonprofit reopen the Cinerama, the historic Belltown movie theater it purchased… Read More

News Brief

Seattle and King County councilmembers want to help reopen Cinerama theater with $2M in grants

by Kurt Schlosser on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 at 9:42 am

Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott are proposing legislation to provide a financial boost to SIFF, the new owners of the Cinerama movie theater, to… Read More

Lights, camera, reaction: Cinerama fans rejoice at news that beloved Seattle theater will live on

by Kurt Schlosser on May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 at 12:03 pm

The news that one historic theater would live on had people cheering at another historic theater on the other side of downtown Seattle on Thursday night. Film fans who turned… Read More

Cinerama is saved! Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate

by Kurt Schlosser on May 11, 2023May 12, 2023 at 10:07 am

Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. The nonprofit film and education organization SIFF acquired the Cinerama from the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, ending more than three years… Read More

Seattle film nonprofit SIFF supports effort to save Cinerama and could run theater with funding help

by Kurt Schlosser on November 12, 2021November 15, 2021 at 9:15 am

SIFF, the nonprofit that champions film and the movie-going experience in Seattle, is joining the call to save the Cinerama, the historic movie theater that has been in limbo for… Read More

Keith Smith

Geek of the Week: Keith Smith is the reel deal as IT manager for Seattle International Film Festival

by Kurt Schlosser on June 16, 2017June 15, 2017 at 3:36 pm

Keith Smith calls himself a “very creative individual” who has more than a decade of experience in various industries and technical environments. In 2016, he joined Seattle International Film Festival… Read More

Carlos Key

Seattle teen builds on his filmmaking passion with short ‘Killer Legos’ movie showing at festival

by Kurt Schlosser on May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 at 12:49 pm

A very short movie called “Attack of the Killer Legos” shows that the building blocks of a future film career are already in place for 14-year-old Carlos Key of Seattle. Key’s film… Read More

Seeking Pluto's Frigid Heart

SIFFX will showcase VR and 360-degree video as a four-day program within Seattle Film Festival

by Kurt Schlosser on May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 at 12:29 pm

The Seattle International Film Festival will embrace enhanced modes of storytelling such as virtual reality, 360-degree video and augmented reality for what it’s calling SIFFX, a festival-within-a-festival. The program, from… Read More

New Kurt Cobain documentary, ‘Montage of Heck,’ opens today at SIFF

by Molly Brown on April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 at 8:59 am

If there’s one thing Seattle is known for worldwide in pop culture, it is Nirvana. In fact, Nirvana’s presence is still so prevalent you’d be hard-pressed to go anywhere in… Read More

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