Seattle Queer Film Festival
Recommended
Local shorts, indie features, and national or international releases will stoke and satisfy your appetite for gay, lesbian, bi, trans, enby, and otherwise queer-focused films, from historical romances to incisive documentaries to perverse suspense flicks. This year, catch the opening film, the Judy Garland doc Sid & Judy (Oct 10 at SIFF Cinema Egyptian); the centerpiece documentary For They Know Not What They Do (Oct 13, also at the Egyptian), Daniel Karslake's look at conservative Christian churches' fight against LGBTQ+ rights; the centerpiece drama Lucio Castro's emotional and erotic End of the Century (Oct 16 at Northwest Film Forum),set in Barcelona; and the closing film, acclaimed French director Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Oct 20 at the Egyptian).