Shoreline Community College is proud to be a venue for the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, running from May 15 – May 25 with an amazing lineup of films from around the world!
See below for the films being screened this week in the SCC Theater.
Monday 5/19
5:45pm: Blue Sun Palace (116 minutes), United States: In Constance Tsang’s strikingly original, Cannes-winning social realist debut, two Queens-based Chinese immigrants find solace in their shared grief over a massage parlor worker they each loved in their own way before tragedy struck. Purchase tickets for Blue Sun Palace.
8:30pm: Fly Me to the Moon (112 minutes), Hong Kong: In Sasha Chuk’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama, young Yuen struggles to adapt to her new surroundings and social class when she and her mother emigrate from Mainland China to 1990s Hong Kong to reunite with the family patriarch. Purchase tickets for Fly Me to the Moon.
Tuesday 5/20
6:00pm: Drowned Land (86 minutes), United States: The Choctaw Nation of southeastern Oklahoma fights against cultural displacement and the developers who wish to dam and divert the Kiamichi River, one of the most ecologically diverse bodies of water in the state, in this call to action from SIFF 4th World Media Lab alum Colleen Thurston. Purchase tickets for Drowned Land.
8:30pm: Under the Volcano (102 minutes), Poland: A Ukrainian family on vacation in the Canary Islands suddenly find themselves stranded upon Russia’s invasion of their home country, sending them into fits of desperation and introspection as they wander the beaches speculating what comes next. Purchase tickets for Under the Volcano.
Wednesday 5/21
6:00pm: Sally (103 minutes), United States: Award-winning documentarian Cristina Costantini directs this peek into the personal life of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. But as Ride journeyed among the stars, she kept a nearly three-decade romance with author and tennis player Tam O’Shaughnessy a secret. Purchase tickets for Sally.
8:30pm: Waves (131 Minutes), Czech Republic: It’s 1967 Czechoslovakia, and technician Tomás has just started working at the country’s most renowned radio station. But as the Soviets crack down on any dissenting opinions, Tomás must either become an informant or protect his activist younger brother in this nerve-wracking journalism thriller. Purchase tickets for Waves.
Thursday 5/22
6:00pm The Safe House (90 minutes), Switzerland: In this sincere and impeccably art-directed Wes Anderson-esque film based on Christophe Boltanski’s memoir “La Cache,” a nine-year-old boy and his quirky, artistic family experience the turbulence of 1968 Paris from the relative safety of their multigenerational home. Purchase tickets for The Safe House.
8:30pm: Drowning Dry (88 minutes), Lithuania: In this elliptically told melodrama that was Lithuania’s submission for the 2025 Academy Awards®, two families must confront lingering resentments when tragedy strikes during a lakeside weekend summer vacation. Winner of Best Director at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival. Purchase tickets for Drowning Dry.
Friday 5/23
3:30pm: Paul Anka: His Way (99 minutes), United States: He faced it all, stood tall, and did it his way. Get the inside scoop on the life and career of Paul Anka, the Canadian-born son of immigrants who rocketed to the top of the charts not just as a teen heartthrob, but as the songwriter of some of America’s greatest standards. Purchase tickets for Paul Anka.
6:00pm: Know Her Name (80 minutes), Canada: In this amazing slice of film herstory, learn the legacy of women directors who have fought to be seen and heard and have their films preserved…and how to not let the next generation get lost in the same inequitable and homogenized system. Purchase tickets for Know Her Name.
8:30pm: I Am Nevenka (112 minutes), Spain: Nevenka Fernández, the town’s finance councilor, is relentlessly pursued by the mayor, a man used to always getting what he wants politically and personally. Nevenka decides to report him, turning her courageous fight into Spain’s first #MeToo case. Purchase tickets for I Am Nevenka.
Be sure to visit the SIFF website to see the full lineup of amazing films happening at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival.
