Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has opened its call for submissions for the 52nd annual, scheduled from 7-17 May, 2026 at SIFF Cinemas and venues throughout the city. Continuing its 52 year history, the Festival will spotlight new voices alongside established directors, films from more than 80 countries, sensational hit independents, and films that have yet to break through to the US audiences. Every year, SIFF gives out the Golden Space Needle Audience Awards for Best Narrative Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director, Best Performance, and Best Short Film, and the Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision (presented by Women in Film Seattle, this audience award is given to the feature film by a woman director that receives the most votes in our Golden Space Needle balloting). In addition, SIFF sponsors nine (9) juried awards, awarding over $30,000 in cash prizes.

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SIFF announces its call for submissions for the 51st annual Seattle International Film Festival running 15-25 May, 2025 at SIFF Cinemas and venues throughout the city. Continuing the Festival’s 50 year history, the 2025 Seattle International FIlm Festival will spotlight new voices alongside established directors, films from more than 80 countries, sensational hit independents, and films that have yet to break through to the US audiences. Every year, SIFF gives out the Golden Space Needle Audience Awards for Best Narrative Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director, Best Performance, and Best Short Film, and the Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision (presented by Women in Film Seattle, this audience award is given to the feature film by a woman director that receives the most votes in our Golden Space Needle balloting). In addition, the Festival sponsors ten (10) juried awards, awarding over $30,000 in cash prizes.

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The Call for Submissions of the 2015 Seattle International Film Festival is open for some time now and SIFF is seeking features, documentaries, short films, and animation for the 41st annual Festival. The largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States, SIFF presents over 250 features/documentary films and 150 short films to an audience of more than 155,000 every year. The Festival is consistently cited as one of the best “audience festivals” in the world. For the past 29 years, Seattle International Film Festival has celebrated its most popular films and filmmakers with the Golden Space Needle Audience Award. Created to recognize SIFF audiences’ favorite films, awards are given to the Festival’s Best Feature Film, Documentary Film, Director, Actor, Actress, and Short Film.

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The Call for Entries for the 2014 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has recently been announced and the Festival is now seeking features, documentaries, short films, and animation for its 40th annual edition. One of the largest and most highly attended film festivals in the United States, with 250 feature/documentary films and 150 short films SIFF has an audience of over 155,000 annually, and is consistently cited as one of the best “audience festivals” in the world. This year, in addition to our Golden Space Needle Audience Awards, SIFF is proud to offer $8,000 in cash prizes in five juried categories.

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The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is seeking features, documentaries, short films, and animation for the 39th annual festival. SIFF is the largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States, with more than 250 feature/documentary films and 150 short films presented to an audience of over 155,000 annually. One of the top festivals in North America, SIFF has been cited as one of the best “audience festivals” in the world. As usual, there are lots of awards and cash prizes to be won in 2013.

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The 2012 Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is now calling for entries for its 38th edition. SIFF is the largest and most highly attended film festival in the United States, with 250 feature/documentary films and 125 short films presented to an audience of over 155,000 annually. One of the top festivals in North America, SIFF has been cited as one of the best “audience festivals” in the world. This year, in addition to our Golden Space Needle Audience Awards, SIFF is proud to offer $8,000 in cash prizes!

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Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is seeking features, documentaries, short films and animation for the 37th annual festival. With over 550 screenings of 250 features and 125 shorts in 25 days, SIFF is the largest film festival in the United States. Attracting audiences over 140,000, SIFF is a great way to get your film noticed. SIFF is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a Qualifying Festival in the Short Film category.

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