Hi, and welcome to the show.
I'm Nancy Guppy,
coming to you
from the Egyptian Theater
on Capitol Hill.
Now, it's quiet
here at the moment,
but don't let that fool you,
because in mere hours
it's going to be rock n
with the 49th
Seattle International
Film Festival.
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-Intercepted transmission
of unknown
origins.
-Plan for a transmission.
-Somehow.
-Over the next ten days,
this beloved,
hugely popular local
event will showcase
264 films:
full length
features, documentaries,
shorts, even sacred films.
Plus 23 world
premieres, including...
-Can’t you just wait a year
until I graduate?
-”Year of the Fox”
from renowned
local filmmaker
and director
Megan Griffiths.
-Maybe probably safe,
Seattle's better for you.
Away from all us glitzy
Aspen trash.
-”Even Hell Has its Heroes,
an innovative documentary
about the band
Earth from local
director Clyde Petersen.
-Sometimes when I
see Earth play,
it is like
I just woke up
from some kind of
medical experiment.
-And “Circus of the Scars,
The Insider
Odyssey of the Jim
Rose Circus Sideshow.”
from Director Chicory Wees.
-Coming from Montana,
I was kind of afraid.
Oh, everybody in Seattle
is cooler than me.
How can I possibly
do something
where I will be held
in esteem
by these cool
people in Seattle?
And I kind of hit on it.
-SIFF 2023,
runs now through Sunday,
May 21st.
For the full menu of movies
and special events
along with ticket
and pass information,
go to siff.net.
-Explore, the movie verse.
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