SIFF Film Festival organizers recently announced that Ballard’s own Majestic Bay Theatre (2044 NW Market St) will host screenings during this year’s festival.
SIFF 2016 is set to feature a wide-ranging lineup across all genres and budgets from star-studded blockbusters to fiercely independent and international fare, along with films appropriate for young and old alike.
Majestic Bay will serve as the site for almost twenty SIFF screenings of all kinds during the first week of Seattle’s longest-running and widely beloved film festival, May 20 through 26. Shoreline Community College and Ark Lodge Cinemas in Columbia City will also be hosting SIFF Film Festival screenings this year.
“Expanding our presence west, north, and south to embrace Ballard, Shoreline, and Columbia City makes perfect sense. Our new venue partners have embraced this groundbreaking collaboration and will be invaluable ambassadors as we bring the world-class roster of SIFF 2016 films to movie lovers of our region,” says SIFF’s Artistic Director Carl Spence.
Aaron Alhadeff, President of Elttaes Theatres LLC, which has operated the Majestic Bay in Ballard since 2000 is excited about the news. “We are delighted SIFF is bringing the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival to the vibrant community of Ballard, and thrilled to host their screenings in our neighborhood. Like Majestic Bay, SIFF is a Seattle tradition that brings the joy of film to the people of this city and creates memorable experiences that last a lifetime,” says Alhadeff.
We will keep readers updated with the SIFF Festival screening schedule when it is released.
Ticket packages and passes for SIFF 2016 are on sale now. Single tickets along with the complete schedule and lineup will be available from May 5 online, by phone at (206) 324-9996, and in person at all three SIFF Cinema locations.
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