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SIFF Monthly Awards Buzz Screenings
Each month, we bring you a film handpicked to entertain, inspire, and provoke thought. Enjoy a complimentary wine tasting before taking your seat. Whether you're a film enthusiast or just looking for a great night out, there's something for everyone.
April, 15 2025 | Sebastiani Theatre
A shepherding boy in North Macedonia grooves to techno in a small-town dramedy reminiscent of "Footloose."
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February, 16 2025 | Sebastiani Theatre
Academy Award Nominee - Best Documentary Feature. This eye-opening, award-winning documentary, made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four directors over the course of five years, provides a harrowing account of the systematic onslaught of destruction experienced by Masafer Yatta, a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military.
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February, 09 2025 | Sebastiani Theatre
A motley but irresistible crew of animals band together for an unforgettable adventure in the watery world created by animator and filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis.
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December, 17 2024 | Sebastiani Theatre
Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, I’m Still Here transports us to Rio de Janeiro in the early 1970s when Brazil’s dictatorship sought to exert its authority through detentions and disappearances. The latest from Walter Salles, director of the Oscar-nominated Central Station (TIFF ’98) and the Oscar-winning The Motorcycle Diaries (TIFF ’04), focuses on Eunice Paiva, whose lived to tell the harrowing experiences that transformed her into an activist, lawyer, and hero.
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December, 10 2024 | Sebastiani Theatre
The Room Next Door is renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature. It may not be in Spanish but he has included all of his acclaimed directorial flourishes: heartbreaking choices, visuals saturated with color, and the precise rendering of women’s inner lives. Tuesday, December 10 at 7pm at the Sebastiani Theatre.
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December, 10 2024 | Sebastiani Theatre
After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands — where she grew up — hoping to heal. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot. Tuesday, December 10th at 3pm at the Sebastiani Theatre
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November, 19 2024 | Sebastiani Theatre
An audience hit at the Telluride Film Festival and Venice Film Festival "September 5" unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. "September 5" provides a fresh perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.
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October, 22 2024 | Sebastiani Theatre
French director Jacques Audiard’s audacious masterpiece is at once a darkly funny Mexican crime drama and a jaw-dropping musical. It is powered by a quartet of superb actors—Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz—who shared the Best Actress prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in addition to the film winning the festival’s Jury Prize.
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