Issaquah Film Festival Lineup Revealed

From SIFF: SIFF, the largest film festival in the United States, is joining forces with the City of Issaquah Arts Commission to present the fifth annual Issaquah International Film Festival. The festival returns September 15 through 16, 2018, at Cinebarre Issaquah, 1490 11th Ave. N.W.Admission is free! Reserve your tickets at SIFF.net/issaquah2018. The special weekend program features some of the world's best films — a unique combination of recent arthouse successes and new films — presented in the "Trailhead City" of Issaquah.

Saturday, SEP 15

1:00

PMSUPA MODO

In this beautiful, bittersweet, and profound film from Kenya, a town comes together to make the wishes of a terminally ill young girl come true-to help her achieve her dreams of becoming a superhero through the magic of cinema. (d. Likarion Wainaina, Kenya, 2018, 74 min)3:00 PMDOBARA PHIR SEThe unlikely love story of soulmates who just can’t seem to be in the right place at the right time for the right reasons. (d, Mehreen Jabbar, Pakistan 2016, 127 min) This film is being presented in partnership with TASVEER South Asian Film Festival.6:00 PMTHE GUILTY Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, this innovative, claustrophobic thriller takes place in an emergency call center, where a dispatcher receives a panicked distress call from a woman, leading to a frantic rescue mission with a phone as the only resource. (d. Gustav Möller, Denmark 2018, 85 min) 8:30 PM PROSPECT

On a remote moon, a teenage girl and her father search for elusive alien gems. But they aren’t the only ones roaming the moon’s toxic forest in this lean, locally made sci-fi western about survival and wanting to get home. (d. Zeek Earl, Chris Caldwell , USA 2018, 100 min)

Sunday, SEP 16

1:00 PM

ISSAQUAH SHORTS

An exciting selection of award-winning and audience favorite short films curated specifically for the Issaquah International Film Festival.3:30 PMULAM: MAIN DISHIn this delicious documentary, director Alexandra Cuerdo charts the rise of the Filipino food movement and the critically-acclaimed chefs bringing it to American tables. (d. Alexandra Cuerdo, USA 2017, 90 min)6:00 PMPLACE PUBLIQUEA famous TV host must survive a party where the guests include his ex-wife, current girlfriend, and his daughter. (d. Agnès Jaoui, France 2018, 98 min)

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