SIFF Film Center Reception

Friday night I was lucky enough to have an invitation to an open house at the new SIFF Film Center.  I hadn't been in the space since they started construction and have been really curious how things turned out. With the promise of office space for the organization, and small 100 seat theater and classrooms SIFF targeted fitting a lot of utility into the space. With the work going on for so long it was really exciting to finally get inside.  I took a few photos of the new exterior, the jewelbox theater and some of the festivities. It was also fun to catchup with many familiar faces, both staff members and fellow festival attendees. The freshly made pizza courtesy of Via Tribunali didn't hurt either.

Overall things at the SIFF Film Center looked pretty good.  I'm looking forward to watching a film in the new screening space at the first available opportunity.  Those familiar with the Northwest Film Forum will recognize the similar wooden steps.  The size of the screen though feels quite a bit larger than that space.
With open houses this weekend (check the SIFF site for details) and public screenings there starting next week there are plenty of opportunities to get inside yourselves.  The new SIFF Cinema at the Uptown will be having opening week screenings of older films through Thursday the 27th.

Once again congrats to SIFF for getting this off the ground and running!

BTW - somewhat higher resolution versions of the photos below are available on Picasa.