Welcome to the 2025 SIFF Issue!

We watched more than 100 films in the last month (which, if we’d watched them all back-to-back, adds up to about a week’s worth of film. YOU’RE WELCOME).by Hannah Murphy WinterThis paper marks the return of The Stranger’s SIFF Notes: an absolutely (maybe manically?) exhaustive rundown of what’s happening at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival. We watched more than 100 films in the last month (which, if we’d watched them all back-to-back, adds up to ab