Just over two months out are these two events in Seattle: - Seattle International Film Festiva <https://www.siff.net/festival>l (SIFF), May 15–25 – although Sundance gets the flashy premieres, SIFF has been touted as "the largest film gathering in the U.S. <https://variety.com/2018/film/news/seattle-international-film-festival-2018-lineup-1202795655/>" & "the country's biggest international film festival <https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/washington/articles/how-siff-became-the-countrys-biggest-international-film-festival> ". - Last year's festival program <https://issuu.com/siffnews/docs/fest24_program> (p. 3) stated that they were screening a "total of 261 films from 84 countries/regions around the globe: 92 features, 47 documentaries, 115 short films in 14 different programs, five archival features, two conversations with incredible actresses, and two secret films. 18 of these films are world premieres, 26 are North American premieres, and 14 are U.S. premieres. 49% of our filmmakers are female or non-binary identifying, 35% identify as a BIPOC director, and 18% identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community. 62% are from first- or second-time filmmakers, and 63% don’t currently have U.S. distribution." - Should WikiPortraits <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WikiPortraits> (on Bcc:, *hint, hint*) ever desire to get easy access to up-and-coming filmmakers, this is the festival at which to do it! - 2025 NW Folklife Festival <https://nwfolklife.org/>, May 23-26th – this 54th year's theme <https://nwfolklife.org/festival/home.html> is based on the Japanese *Ikigai *[life worth living]
Seattle is also one of the five metropolitan areas with six or more FIFA World Cup 2025 matches <https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/83583980e0bb1fb/original/FCWC25-Match-Schedule.pdf> in June, with LA, Miami, NY/NJ, & Philadelphia being the other four. On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM Oscar Costero < [email protected]> wrote: > DuckDuckGo was unable to verify sender identity > > Hi all, > > I’m inspired by the wiki-activations happening at SXSW this week > <https://www.wiki.haus/>, and the possibility of bringing something > similar > to the PNW. > > I’d love to explore what it would take to make it happen! > > Cheers, > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
