This year we raised enough money for SIFF to sponsor five films. After the votes were tallied, we chose the following films: A House in Jerusalem A Jewish-British child mourning the death…
Ruth Hayler, SIFF programmer, dies at 74
Working as a film programmer throughout her career, Ruth contributed to SIFF from the 1970s and was a walking encyclopedia of film facts. Her obituary by Moira MacDonald is published in the…
2023 SIFF Dates Announced
SIFF has announced dates for the 2023 festival. The in-person festival, still much shorter than pre-COVID festivals, will be May 11-21. For the week following the festival (May 22-28), some of the…
Remembering Maryna Ajaja
Longtime SIFF Senior Programmer Maryna Ajaja died June 25. See the SIFF remembrance and the 2015 City Arts profile.
SIFF selects Tom Mara as new ED
On June 6, SIFF announced the selection of Tom Mara to be its new executive director. Mara previously had spent more than 30 years at KEXP. See the SIFF press release and…