Do you remember the films you saw first at the Uptown?
In celebration of SIFF Cinema moving into the Uptown Cinemas this fall, SIFF is planning on screening five days of feature films that have previously played at the historic theater.
With an 85-year history of films to choose from, SIFF is asking the community to send in Uptown memories and SIFF will choose from the submissions the films and screen them at the Uptown during its grand re-opening celebrations Oct. 23–27.
Did you have a meaningful moment that took place inside the theatre – not just a film, but any memory associated with the Uptown (the smell of the popcorn, a funny anecdote, maybe even a budding love story)? SIFF wants to know. Prizes will be awarded to all winning entries with one grand-prize winner receiving a year-long pass to SIFF Cinema at the Uptown.
Entrants are to send an email with their memories by Sept. 26 to uptownhistory@siff.net. SIFF will announce the final selection of films in early October and those films that don’t screen will still be represented via your remembrances with an “Uptown Memories” display in the lobby during opening week.
In conjunction with the re-opening of the Uptown, SIFF will also host grand opening celebrations in the new SIFF Film Center at Seattle Center beginning Oct. 20 with three days of events for SIFF donors and members. The general public is invited to tour the new film center on Sunday, Oct. 23 during an open house. For more information visit www.siff.net.