The Make Believe Seattle Film Festival, the region’s first-ever dedicated genre film festival shining a light on horror, science fiction, fantasy, animation, and more will run from March 23-26, 2023. Festival passes are on sale now and are available at makebelieveseattle.com.
Make Believe Seattle features 31 programs, including narrative features, documentaries, mid-length films, short film blocks, the Be Kind, Rewind series of archival and anniversary screenings, and the inaugural Imagination Award presented to celebrated boundary-pushing filmmaker Guy Maddin (THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, MY WINNIPEG, THE FORBIDDEN ROOM). A cinephile game night, live podcasts, filmmaker Q&As, and parties round out the film festival lineup that also boasts two World Premieres and seven West Coast Premieres.
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
The Five Devils
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Mister Organ
Polaris
Poundcake
Pursued
Smoking Causes Coughing
Sorcery
The Third Saturday in October Part V
The Third Saturday in October
Unicorn Boy
About Make Believe Seattle
Make Believe Seattle is a genre film festival dedicated to shining a light on the best in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, animation, and everything else we couch under that blanket term “genre.” There are few areas of the country more steeped in the mysterious and fantastical than Seattle, and we hope to shine a dark light on that energy that courses through the PNW’s veins. Striving to be a genre festival for everyone, our diverse and unpredictable programming aims to take even the most ardent genre fans out of their comfort zones. The first Make Believe Seattle Film Festival takes place March 23-26, 2023. For more information, visit makebelieveseattle.com, on Instagram and Facebook @makebelieveseattle, and on Twitter @makebelieveff.
