SIFF is still several days out from announcing their full 2022 film festival line-up. But they have teased out a few titles that are sure to get filmgoers ready to queue up during the 10-day fest.

When the full program is unveiled on March 30, it will include over 250 films from 80 countries. And, this year those films will be screened at SIFF theaters and venues throughout the city. A definite post-pandemic change from previous years where the fest had to go online.

But, if you are still not ready to make your way out just yet, SIFF will be offering more than 100 feature films and short packages for at-home streaming on the SIFF channel.

Several of the films teased out by SIFF have also screened at other high-profile film festivals. In fact, we caught two of the films, “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” and “The Pez Outlaw” at SXSW 2022 just a couple of weeks ago. 

Mixyplix highly recommends both films.

Here’s a taste of what’s to come. So grab your tickets and some popcorn, and get ready for the 48th Seattle International Film Festival.

Screening in-person:
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The Duke: Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren star in this funny and moving drama about the out-of-work taxi driver who stole a Goya portrait from London’s National Gallery.

Inu-Oh: Based on a true story and directed by Japanese animation superstar Masaaki Yuasa (Mind Game, Ride Your Wave), fictionalizes the collaboration between Inu-kong, a 14th-century masked performer, and a blind biwa player.

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate’s popular short films, stop-motion mockumentaries about an adorable one-eyed, one-inch-tall seashell, get the big-screen treatment as Marcel contends with his sudden internet fame.

One Second: A movie-obsessed escaped convict, a female vagabond, and a sought-after film reel are the focus of this exquisite ode to the magic of movies.

Riotsville, USA: After the social upheaval of the ’60s, the U.S. government spent millions building model towns where newly militarized police forces could practice quashing street protests. Find out how and why in this documentary built from actual archival footage.

Screening in theaters & streaming on the SIFF Channel:

Fire of Love: Married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft made their name chasing and documenting tectonic eruptions and their aftermath the world over, until they would lose their lives to their own lava-chasing obsession, in this strange and spellbinding love story.

The Good Boss: Caught in a web of intrigue and infidelity, kindly scale manufacturer Julio Blanco’s (Javier Bardem) true self comes to the surface in this biting dark comedy.

Hit the Road: This tender, tense, and touching road trip movie follows a family of four as they drive across the Iranian countryside and into the mountains. 

Nothing Compares: An emotional and inspirational journey into the life of trailblazing Irish multi platinum-selling musician Sinéad O’Connor and her dedication to speaking truth to power.

The Pez Outlaw: This stranger-than-fiction caper documents the story of Steve Glew, a small-town Michigan man who made millions smuggling Pez dispensers out of Eastern Europe … until the Pezident got wind of his scheme.