An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro

An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro ~ Christmas in Hawaíi
November 26, 2023 ~ 7pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W. Congress
Tucson, AZ. 85701
Box Office (520) 547-3040
Ticket prices range from $20-$42.50
Ticket Link – https://foxtucson.com/event/xmas-in-hawaii/

INFO – Ukulele master and jolly ambassador of aloha, JAKE SHIMABUKURO, will bring joy to the world this upcoming 2022 Holiday Season by delivering a special gift for all with the debut of his highly anticipated holiday show, JAKE SHIMABUKURO – CHRISTMAS IN HAWAI’I.

With only four strings, Jake is a humble master whose mission is to connect and inspire people. Whether one on one or in front of an audience of thousands, Jake shares a deep emotional connection with the listener that is open, magical, and transcendent. Jake’s genuine love for people, the spirit of Holidays, and his beloved home of Hawaii are at the forefront of JAKE SHIMABUKURO – CHRISTMAS IN HAWAI’I. It will be a warm welcome of merriment and wonder for the season.

In addition to his signature show favorites, this special show will draw on a vibrant catalog of holiday classics such as We Three Kings, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, O Holy Night, I’ll Be Home For Christmas and selections from his “Jake & Friends” released in November 2021 (Willie Nelson, Bette Midler, Jack Johnson, Michael McDonald, Vince Gill & Amy Grant and more).

Along with bassist Jackson Waldhoff and special Guests, singer-songwriter, Justin Kawika Young – JAKE SHIMABUKURO will spread good cheer to all with his world-renowned live show in a fun take on the holidays sure to keep spirits bright. Exceptional and spirited JAKE SHIMABUKURO’S CHRISTMAS IN HAWAI’I is sure to become an eagerly anticipated annual family event.

As We Speak: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

As We Speak: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
November 11, 2023 ~ 7:30pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W. Congress
Tucson, AZ. 85701
Box Office (520) 547-3040
Ticket Prices range from $20-$65.00
Ticket Link – https://foxtucson.com/event/bela-fleck-2023/

The first time banjo legend Béla Fleck, tabla master Zakir Hussain, and double bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer got together to make an album, it was to write, not to play.

When Fleck and Meyer were looking for a third partner for a triple concerto they had been commissioned to write to mark the opening of Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center, they thought of Hussain, who was quite interested in orchestral writing. “We thought we could learn a whole lot from this guy!” says Béla. The result was The Melody of Rhythm (2009), recorded with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin.

It wasn’t until the three began touring to promote the album that the trio’s true potential became apparent. Although each had a base in a different musical realm — bluegrass for Fleck, Indian classical music for Hussain, and Western classical music for Meyer — they shared a gift for improvisation as well as an ability to reach across musical genres as casually as neighbors might chat over a backyard fence.” When we are performing on stage, in composing mode or creating mode, we are basically having a conversation,” says Hussain. “So the music emerges as we speak.”

Hence As We Speak, an album that not only showcases the group’s breathtaking abilities as instrumentalists, but underscores the wide range of musical influences at their command. Across a dozen tracks, the group glides easily between the cerebral complexity of Indian rhythm and the gut-level groove of a funky bass line, sounding equally at home with the rigors of raga.

Adding to that magic is Rakesh Chaurasia, who plays bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute. When the trio was touring India, Hussain — who knew Rakesh through his uncle, Indian flute legend Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia — invited the younger flautist to sit in, and the chemistry was immediately apparent. “I think we wanted to see if we could do something a little more organic with just a small group,” says Meyer. “And to have somebody who plays as beautifully as Rakesh join us really opened it up to a more lyrical and melodic situation.”

“What I think is good about this quartet is that everybody has to stretch in the direction of the other people,” adds Fleck. “To me, a collaboration where nobody changes is not a collaboration. It’s a mashup. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But I like a collaboration where I have to learn a bunch of new things from the other people. And in this case, I’m learning like crazy.”

Béla Fleck

Few musicians in any category seem as uncategorizable as Béla Fleck. After initially making his mark with the progressive bluegrass group New Grass Revival, Fleck proceeded to take his instrument, as New York Times critic Jon Pareles noted, “to some very unlikely places.” He formed the Flecktones, a groundbreaking group whose repertoire ranged from fusion to Bach; the group celebrates its 46th anniversary this year. In addition, he has played jazz with Chick Corea, American roots with his partner, banjoist Abigail Washburn, written concertos for banjo and orchestra, and created a documentary film and album, Throw Down Your Heart, that examined the banjo’s African roots. Along the way, he has won 16 Grammys across 10 categories.

Zakir Hussain

The pre-eminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time, Zakir Hussain is appreciated as one of the world’s most esteemed and influential musicians, one whose mastery of his percussion instrument has taken it to a new level, transcending cultures and national borders. A child prodigy, accompanying India’s greatest musicians and dancers from his early years, and touring internationally while still in his teens, Zakir has been at the helm of many genre-defying collaborations including Shakti, Remember Shakti, Masters of Percussion, Diga, Tabla Beat Science, CrossCurrents, Sangam and Grammy-award winners Planet Drum and Global Drum Project. A revered composer and educator, Zakir is the recipient of countless honors, most recently the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, the 2022 Aga Khan Music Award for Lifetime Achievement, and in January, 2023, the title of Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award.

Edgar Meyer

Aptly described by The New Yorker as “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively un-chronicled history of his instrument,” double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer is at home in a broad spectrum of musical styles. A MacArthur Fellow and Avery Fisher Prize winner, he is eminently at home within classical music, both performing traditional works and also his significant catalog of original solo, chamber, and orchestral pieces. His 30-year relationship with Yo-Yo Ma has yielded seven recordings together, and his upcoming projects include a duo recording with jazz bassist Christian McBride and a recording of all four of his concertos with the Knights and the Scottish Ensemble, produced by Chis Thile.

Rakesh Chaurasia

Like Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia comes from Indian classical music royalty. His uncle, Pandit Hariprasad Chaursia, is widely considered the greatest bansuri player in India, and Rakesh — who started playing at age five — is deemed his most brilliant student. Not only has he mastered the techniques of Indian classical music, he has developed additional techniques allowing him to venture into other styles of playing, particularly with his crossover band Rakesh and Friends. A composer as well as flautist, he has written and performed on numerous Indian movie soundtracks, and in 2007 was awarded the Indian Music Academy Award.

Into the Spider Verse World Tour

Into the Spider Verse World Tour: Live in Concert
November 5, 2023 ~ 7:00pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W. Congress
Tucson, AZ. 85701
Box Office (520) 547-3040
Ticket prices range from $20-$67.50
Ticket Link – https://foxtucson.com/event/spider-verse/

INFO – Featuring a soundtrack that blends symphonic orchestral music with hip-hop, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Live in Concert pairs a screening of the Academy Award®-winning animated film with live musicians and turntables featuring a DJ scratcher live on stage. Emmy® winner Daniel Pemberton composed a sprawling score of boundary-pushing original music that is complimented with song contributions by Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Jaden Smith, and Nicki Minaj. The hip-hop based score results in a sonic universe that is woven throughout the fabric of the film, supporting its themes of resilience and universal heroism..

Cameron Carpenter ~ Metropolis (1927)

Cameron Carpenter ~ Metropolis (1927)
November 3, 2023 ~ 7:30pm
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W. Congress
Tucson, AZ. 85701
Box Office (520) 547-3040
Ticket prices range from $20-$55.00
Ticket Link – https://foxtucson.com/event/cameron-carpenter/

Enjoy world-renowned organist, Cameron Carpenter, play the Fox’s own Wurlitzer organ to accompany the 1927 film, Metropolis

Cameron Carpenter is the world’s most visible organist, the first ever to be nominated for a GRAMMY Award for a solo album. He holds the 2012 Leonard Bernstein Award, and in 2014, launched his International Touring Organ (ITO)- a first-of-its kind digital organ built to his own design. He is a virtuoso composer/performer who is smashing the stereotypes of organ and classical music. Cameron’s latest album, recorded at the Berlin Konzerthaus includes his own rendition of Bach’s Goldberg Variations as well as Hanson’s Symphony #2, and was released by Universal / DECCA in the fall of 2021. One of his previous releases, ‘All You Need is Bach’ debuted at #1 on the traditional classical charts.

Recent highlights include recitals with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Lucerne Festival, Philharmonie Cologne, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Philharmonie Luxembourg, his debut at the Cité de La Musique, Paris and a residency at Konzerthaus Berlin.

“No other musician of Carpenter’s generation has more adeptly fused shrewd showmanship, dazzling technique and profound thinking about his instrument and his place in the musical cosmos…” — THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

“The Maverick Organist… he is a player with extraordinarily glib fingers and Astairelike footwork… a first-rate talent with a sense of how phrases move.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES

Seattle International Film Festival

SIFF announces lineup for 49th annual Seattle International Film Festival

264 films with 23 World, 30 North American, and 13 U.S. Premieres make up the Festival’s lineup, with 73% of films without US distribution

SEATTLE – SIFF announced today the lineup of films screening at the 49th Seattle International Film Festival, to be held May 11-21 at venues across Seattle and followed by a week of select virtual screenings on the SIFF Channel May 22-28. This year, the Festival will screen 264 films representing 74 countries, including 94 narrative features, 45 documentaries, four archival films, two secret screenings, and 125 short films.

The lineup includes 23 world premieres (six features/17 short films), 30 North American premieres (24 features/six short films), and 13 U.S. premieres (nine features/four short films). Nearly 70 percent of the feature films were created by first- or second-time filmmakers, the highest percentage in the Festival’s nearly 50 year history; 52% were created by women or nonbinary filmmakers; and 73% currently without U.S. distribution and may not screen commercially in the United States.

Films will be screened at venues across the Seattle area, including SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Film Center, AMC Pacific Place 11, The Paramount Theatre, Ark Lodge Cinemas, and Shoreline Community College Theater. The Festival will be followed by a week of select films streaming on the SIFF Channel from May 22-28.

The Festival will open with Celine Song’s heartrending modern romance Past Lives from A24. The film, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, will screen at 7 p.m. at The Paramount Theatre at 911 Pine St., and be followed by a Q&A with Writer/Director Celine Song and an after-party onstage and outside on Ninth Ave.

Closing Night will feature I Like Movies, which follows a 17-year-old Canadian teen and film aficionado with his sights set on NYU. After picking up a gig at a local video store he learns what it takes to grow up and that maybe not everybody wants to hear him bloviate about Paul Thomas Anderson movies all day. I Like Movies is directed by Chandler Levack, and will screen at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 21 at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. A Closing Night gala will follow starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum of History and Industry at 860 N. Terry Ave.

Additional highlights showing throughout the Festival include 2022 Cannes Grand Jury Prize winner The Eight Mountains from Felix Van Groeningen; an archival 35mm screening of Seven Samurai dedicated to the memory of longtime SIFF Programmer Ruth Hayler; the World Premiere of Year of the Fox from filmmaker Megan Griffiths; a special presentation of The Craft presented by SIFF & CFC with DJ NicFit; and other films streaming both in person and on the SIFF Channel.

“The Seattle International Film Festival has always been a space for discovery: there’s nothing quite like the revelation that can happen inside a movie theater when the lights go down,” said SIFF Artistic Director Beth Barrett. “This year, SIFF is celebrating just that—with films, filmmakers and communities from all over the world gathering around the joy of discovering new worlds through cinema.”

Tickets are on sale today to SIFF members and will go on sale to the public on April 27. A variety of passes are available as well. For information on all event and screening packages and tickets, please visit siff.net/fest.

SIFF would like to thank Ingeniux, Wongdoody, The Grand Hyatt Seattle (Official Festival Hotel), BECU, The Seattle Times, The Stranger, KEXP, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, The Walls Vineyards, and the National Endowment for the Arts for sponsoring the 2023 Seattle International Film Festival.

Press inquiries, materials, and interview requests can be made at press@siff.net. Find the 2023 Media Guide, hi-res film stills, press kits, and more at siff.net/press.
Galas

Opening Night Gala
Past Lives
Thursday, May 11, 7:00 PM – Party to follow screening
Film and Party: The Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine Street

Korean-Canadian playwright Celine Song (“Endlings”) makes her directorial debut with this beautiful and delicate romance about the depth of love and connection, as two childhood best friends reunite years after an untimely separation. Writer/Director Celine Song will be in attendance for a Q&A. (d: Celine Song c: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, USA/Korea 2023, 106 min)

Closing Night Gala
I Like Movies
Sunday, May 21, 5:00 PM – Party to follow screening
Film: SIFF Cinema Egyptian
Party: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 860 N. Terry Ave.

In 2002 suburban Canada, a 17-year-old film aficionado with his sights set on NYU picks up a gig at a local video store where he learns what it takes to grow up and that maybe not everybody wants to hear him bloviate about Paul Thomas Anderson movies all day. Director Chandler Levack will be in attendance for a Q&A. (d: Chandler Levack c: Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D’Ugo, Krista Bridges, Percy Hynes White, Canada 2022, 99 min)

Feature Film Premieres

World Premieres
ABLED
Alan @ Work
ANU
Punderneath It All
The Mattachine Family
Year of the Fox

North American Premieres
20,000 Species of Bees
A House in Jerusalem
A Room of My Own
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White
Almamula
Coo-Coo 043
Copenhagen Does Not Exist
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
Even Hell has its Heroes
Feast
Four Little Adults
Hanging Gardens
Hole in the Head
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Irati
Let the Dance Begin
Let The River Flow
Motherland
One Day All This Will Be Yours
Opponent
Superposition
The Last Exit
The Quiet Migration
Whale Nation

U.S. Premieres
Adolfo
Free Money
Gloriavale
Harvest Moon
Matria
Pretty Red Dress
The Echo
The Hummingbird
Yuku and the Himalayan Flower

Competitions
Our competitions come in two forms. The juried competitions are made up of films selected by our Festival programmers and represent the best in their category from all over the world. The winners are then chosen by a carefully selected jury of industry professionals and film lovers. These include the Official Competition, the New American Cinema Competition, the New Directors Competition, the Ibero-American Competition, and the Documentary Competition. The other form of competition is the Golden Space Needle Awards, which are selected by SIFF audiences through post-screening ballots in the categories of Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Performance, and Best Short Film. The jury and audience winners will be announced the morning of May 21 at the Golden Space Needle Awards Brunch.

OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Juried by a team of international industry members, the Official Competition recognizes distinct and resonant voices in filmmaking from around the world. The Grand Jury Prize Winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize.

2023 Entries:
20,000 Species of Bees
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert
Let The River Flow
Opponent
Plan 75
Pretty Red Dress
The Quiet Migration
To Kill a Tiger

NEW AMERICAN CINEMA COMPETITION
When we begin our programming selection process in the fall, the team looks in awe at the sheer volume of films by independent American filmmakers, a category that fields the largest number of submissions by far. We can only select a fraction to take to the finals, but the heavy competition leads to a truly remarkable collective output of U.S. independents. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch and receive a cash prize of $5,000.

2023 Entries:
Egghead & Twinkie
Fremont
Late Bloomers
The Mattachine Family
Mutt
This Closeness

NEW DIRECTORS COMPETITION
Be at the cutting edge of world cinema and take a little risk in your viewing. This year, seven new international voices have been selected for SIFF’s New Directors Competition. To qualify, the films must be dramatic features, a director’s debut or second feature, and without U.S. distribution at the time of SIFF selection. The films are chosen for their original scripts, innovative cinematography, and unique insights into people, places, and story. The New Directors jury comprises film-industry professionals and journalists who will choose the winning filmmaker during the Festival’s final weekend. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch and receive a cash prize of $5,000.

2023 entries:
All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White
Copenhagen Does Not Exist
Hanging Gardens
Harka
Next Sohee
A Room of My Own
When It Melts

IBERO-AMERICAN COMPETITION
The Ibero-American Competition selects eight outstanding films from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal to highlight the increasing power, creativity, and influence of storytelling in the region. To be eligible, films must be without U.S. distribution at the time of their selection. A jury made up of film-industry professionals and journalists will be responsible for selecting the winning film. The winner will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards brunch and receive a cash prize of $5,000.

2023 entries:
Adolfo
Almamula
The Echo
The Fishbowl
Let the Dance Begin
Matria
Mom
Sister & Sister

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
There are stories to be told all throughout our living world, providing documentarians endless source material for compelling projects. Music, dance, art, politics, sports, social injustices, and nature itself all offer new perspectives and challenge our preconceived notions. These films broaden our horizons and invigorate our understanding of the planet, including the people and creatures with whom we share it. The Grand Jury Prize Winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize.

2023 Entries:
Against the Tide
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
Gloriavale
The Grab
King Coal
Milisuthando
Motherland
The Tuba Thieves

Shorts Competition
Every short film in the Seattle International Film Festival is eligible for both the Golden Space Needle Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize. Our Shorts Competition jurors will choose winners in the Narrative, Animation, and Documentary categories. Each Grand Jury Prize winner will receive $2,500; winners may also qualify to enter their respective films in the Short Film category of the Academy Awards® for the concurrent season without a theatrical run.

Golden Space Needle Awards
For the past 31 years, SIFF has celebrated its most popular films and filmmakers with the Golden Space Needle Audience Award. Awards by Festival audiences are given in five categories: Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Performance, and Best Short Film.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Grand Hyatt Seattle on Sunday, May 21, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. Select press seats are available; email press@siff.net to RSVP.

Programs

African Pictures
African Pictures showcases the best filmmaking happening in and about Africa today, bringing shorts, features, documentaries, and fiction films to American audiences. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to experience innovative and inspiring filmmaking from across the continent.

All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White
The Blue Caftan
Free Money
Harka
MAMI WATA – A West Afrikan Folklore
Milisuthando

Alternate Cinema
The films in this section not only aim to alter how you look at the world, but also to open your mind and make you think. Innovation and experimentation are huge elements of these feature
films as well as the impressive lineup of this year’s ALT Shorts Packages.

ALT Shorts: Transitions (short film program)
Fragments of Paradise
Hole in the Head
The Tuba Thieves
Wild, Terrifying, and For One Night Only

Archival Films
Time travel may still just be a dream in the scientific world, but in cinema it is practically inevitable, as every film captures several distinct moments in time: the period of the story, the era of the film’s creation, and the instance of discovery and even rediscovery by the filmgoer.

The Incredible Shrinking Man
Midnight Cowboy
Seven Samurai
SIFF & CFC Present The Craft with DJ NicFit

Asian Crossroads
We encourage you to take this journey across several Asian countries to discover the cultural and historical background of these faraway worlds, taste some food, hear some music, and be blown away by films about small villages, huge metropolises, and everything in between.

Against the Tide
Ajoomma
Coo-Coo 043
DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins
Feast
Gaga
A Guilty Conscience
Harvest Moon
The Hill of Secrets
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Next Sohee
Plan 75
Seven Samurai
The Sunny Side of the Street
Table For Six
To Kill a Tiger

cINeDIGENOUS
This program focuses on global Indigenous filmmakers sharing Indigenous stories and culture.
Centering Indigenous art and artists amplifies voices and perspectives that are essential to our global well-being. cINeDIGENOUS is curated and presented in partnership with Nia Tero.

Against the Tide
Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun
Bad Press
CONNECTED by WATER (short film program)
Gaga
Let The River Flow
Milisuthando
Mom
We Are Still Here

Culinary Cinema
Popcorn is no longer king as the phenomenon of food culture has exploded into cinema. We’ve selected three extraordinary films that explore different aspects of taste and the senses for the cinematically inclined.

Bottle Conditioned
Coldwater Kitchen
Food and Country
Stella

Face the Music
SIFF programmers agree that regular exposure to music and film are essential to your overall well-being. With that in mind, this year’s Face the Music program has been specifically designed to provide a holistic regimen for your audio-visual health.

Dreamin’ Wild
Even Hell has its Heroes
It’s Only Life After All
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Pianoforte
SIFF & CFC Present The Craft with DJ NicFit

Ibero-American Cinema
Ibero-American Cinema is nurtured by a vast diversity, a unique history, and a long, rich tradition of storytelling. Its powerful documentaries and works of fiction have always been fantastic, with larger-than-life themes, characters, and legends igniting our imaginations, our senses, and our emotions.

20,000 Species of Bees
Adolfo
Almamula
The Beasts
Chile ‘76
The Echo
The Fishbowl
Irati
Let the Dance Begin
Matria
Mom
Sister & Sister

New American Cinema
When we begin our programming selection process in the fall, the team looks in awe at the sheer volume of films by independent American filmmakers. Each of these films represents a uniquely American voice and the diversity of the American experience.

ANU
Dreamin’ Wild
Egghead & Twinkie
Fremont
Jamojaya
Late Bloomers
The Mattachine Family
Monica
Mutt
Past Lives
Theater Camp
This Closeness
Year of the Fox

Northwest Connections
Seattleites see more films per capita than the residents of any other American city, and a growing number of these selections have their roots in the fertile Pacific Northwest film
community. Each year, SIFF honors the many ways in which the Puget Sound region contributes to the world of cinema, whether it acts as an evocative location for outside filmmakers or as inspiration for local filmmakers ready to strut their stuff.

Alan @ Work
ANU
Circus of the Scars – The Insider Odyssey of the Jim Rose Circus
Sideshow
Dreamin’ Wild
Even Hell has its Heroes
Punderneath It All
Sound Visions (short film program)
Year of the Fox

Wild, Terrifying, Fantastic
Get ready to set sail on the ultimate WTF cruise into the weirdest, wildest corners of this spooky, slimy planet we call Earth—and maybe even beyond.

Circus of the Scars – The Insider Odyssey of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow
DEMIGOD: The Legend Begins
Irati
The Last Exit
LOLA
Mother Superior
My Animal
Revelations in Darkness (short film program)
The Visitor From the Future
Wild, Terrifying, and For One Night Only
WTF – All Turnt On (short film program)

4th World Media Lab
The 4th World Media Lab is a year-long traveling fellowship for emerging and mid-career
Indigenous filmmakers, providing opportunities to develop filmmaking skills and networks through festival participation, hands-on training, master classes, workshopping projects in development, pitch activities, and meetings with funders and other industry decision-makers. Cohort 8 fellowship activities take place February 2023 through October 2023 at three film festivals: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), and Camden International Film Festival. The Seattle experience, in partnership with Nia Tero, offers industry master classes, hands-on training, and global networking in the SIFF urban festival atmosphere. Learn more at siff.net/4thworld.

SIFF 2023 By the Numbers

264 films
74 countries
88 features
45 documentaries
125 short films
4 archival features
2 secret films
23 world premieres
30 North American premieres
13 U.S. premieres
69% first- & second-time filmmakers
73% without U.S. distribution
52% women/nonbinary filmmakers

Venues

SEATTLE
SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Film Center, AMC Pacific Place 11, The Paramount Theatre, Ark Lodge Cinemas

SHORELINE
Shoreline Community College Theater
About SIFF:
Known for the international festival that takes place in the late spring each year, SIFF has delighted moviegoers for more than 49 years with films from all regions of the world, fostering an informed, aware, and vibrant community of film lovers. SIFF offers year-round arthouse screenings, curated mini-festivals, cinema events, and educational programs – to keep up with us, visit siff.net and find SIFF on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd and Facebook.
SIFF’s mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. It is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware and alive.

SIFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Mailing Address: 305 Harrison St., Seattle, WA 98109

Arizona Gold Mining Experience: Golden Reef Stamp Mill Tramway

FINAL DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED

One-of-a-kind tramway part of Arizona’s only functioning stamp mill

Part of Arizona Gold Mining Experience demonstrations May 13 & 27, 2023

The historic Golden Reef Stamp Mill tramway features cabled ore carts that carry rock for crushing to the only operational stamp mill in Arizona. However, for more than a century, the tramway laid dormant on the side of a mountain where it was to come to life in Cave Creek’s Mining District. A team of caring professionals – known as the dream team – spent the last five years bringing it back.

According to Golden Reef 10-stamp mill expert and dream team member Charlie Connell, the stamp mill system, which operated during the early 1870s, was discovered on the far side of Continental Mountain – five miles from Cave Creek Museum. The stamp mill and tramway were in disarray, so a decision was made in 2009 to remove the parts and rebuild the ore crushing equipment.

“I noticed one of the towers off in the distance and asked Chatman about them,” said Connell. “She told me the towers on her property had pretty much fallen down and rotted badly and the only items left were the towers’ steel parts and cables.”

If used, the tramway would have made the process faster.

Mill experts said it would have been easier to build the original stamp mill closer to the mine. However, the closest water to run the mill was 2,000 feet so it was easier to put the mill there and build a tramway to access the ore. The tramway also made it faster to get the ore over the rough terrain, narrow paths and closer to the main access road. The six towers’ function was to string the tramway together. However, when team members arrived to remove them, one had collapsed and it was determined that the others would have to be reconstructed in Cave Creek.

“A group of dedicated community members came together to rebuild the stamp mill so the public could enjoy this rich piece of mining history,” says Pete Peterson, open of the tramway operators at the museum. “It took half a decade to reconstruct the tramway and stamp mill which today provide the public with a look back in time at our early mining history. The tramway system at Cave Creek Museum’s Arizona Gold Mining Experience represents tenacity, a love of history and a physical record of how mining was performed more than 150 years ago.”
While at the museum, visitors also will experience the amazing Golden Reef Stamp Mill, Arizona’s only fully operational ten-stamp ore crushing mill. The 10, 1,000-lb. stamps slam down in synchronized motion to pound ore removed from the mine into fine gravel. Guests will also experience gold panning, blacksmithing and more during their adventure.

The outdoor demonstrations are open to the public on Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 10-11:30 AM. Admission is $15 for adults and children under 12 are free. Reservations are required. These are the final two demonstrations for the season.

Reserve tickets online at cavecreekmuseum.org as there is a limit. Visitors, who should plan on coming early, can check in at 9 AM. Culture passes are not accepted for this event. Groups and home school groups are requested to contact the museum office to schedule for special arrangements on another date.

The 52-year-old museum’s mission is to preserve the artifacts of the prehistory, history, culture and legacy of the Cave Creek Mining District and the Cave Creek/Carefree foothills area through education, research, and interpretive exhibits. The Cave Creek Museum is located at 6140 E. Skyline Drive in Cave Creek, Ariz., 480.488.2764. Open October through May.

Arizona Gold Mining Experience: Golden Reef Stamp Mill tramway

FINAL DEMONSTRATIONS PLANNED

One-of-a-kind tramway part of Arizona’s only functioning stamp mill

Part of Arizona Gold Mining Experience demonstrations May 13 & 27, 2023

The historic Golden Reef Stamp Mill tramway features cabled ore carts that carry rock for crushing to the only operational stamp mill in Arizona. However, for more than a century, the tramway laid dormant on the side of a mountain where it was to come to life in Cave Creek’s Mining District. A team of caring professionals – known as the dream team – spent the last five years bringing it back.

According to Golden Reef 10-stamp mill expert and dream team member Charlie Connell, the stamp mill system, which operated during the early 1870s, was discovered on the far side of Continental Mountain – five miles from Cave Creek Museum. The stamp mill and tramway were in disarray, so a decision was made in 2009 to remove the parts and rebuild the ore crushing equipment.

“I noticed one of the towers off in the distance and asked Chatman about them,” said Connell. “She told me the towers on her property had pretty much fallen down and rotted badly and the only items left were the towers’ steel parts and cables.”

If used, the tramway would have made the process faster.

Mill experts said it would have been easier to build the original stamp mill closer to the mine. However, the closest water to run the mill was 2,000 feet so it was easier to put the mill there and build a tramway to access the ore. The tramway also made it faster to get the ore over the rough terrain, narrow paths and closer to the main access road. The six towers’ function was to string the tramway together. However, when team members arrived to remove them, one had collapsed and it was determined that the others would have to be reconstructed in Cave Creek.

“A group of dedicated community members came together to rebuild the stamp mill so the public could enjoy this rich piece of mining history,” says Pete Peterson, open of the tramway operators at the museum. “It took half a decade to reconstruct the tramway and stamp mill which today provide the public with a look back in time at our early mining history. The tramway system at Cave Creek Museum’s Arizona Gold Mining Experience represents tenacity, a love of history and a physical record of how mining was performed more than 150 years ago.”
While at the museum, visitors also will experience the amazing Golden Reef Stamp Mill, Arizona’s only fully operational ten-stamp ore crushing mill. The 10, 1,000-lb. stamps slam down in synchronized motion to pound ore removed from the mine into fine gravel. Guests will also experience gold panning, blacksmithing and more during their adventure.

The outdoor demonstrations are open to the public on Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 10-11:30 AM. Admission is $15 for adults and children under 12 are free. Reservations are required. These are the final two demonstrations for the season.

Reserve tickets online at cavecreekmuseum.org as there is a limit. Visitors, who should plan on coming early, can check in at 9 AM. Culture passes are not accepted for this event. Groups and home school groups are requested to contact the museum office to schedule for special arrangements on another date.

The 52-year-old museum’s mission is to preserve the artifacts of the prehistory, history, culture and legacy of the Cave Creek Mining District and the Cave Creek/Carefree foothills area through education, research, and interpretive exhibits. The Cave Creek Museum is located at 6140 E. Skyline Drive in Cave Creek, Ariz., 480.488.2764. Open October through May.

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