SIFF Layoffs: The nonprofit that runs the Seattle International Film Festival (and many cool movie theaters in town) is laying off nine full-time workers across multiple departments, according to a post on its website that makes me want to scream. SIFF Executive Director Tom Mara wrote the 21 percent reduction in administrative staff was “necessary” during a “financially challenging time for SIFF and for arts nonprofits across the country.” In an FAQ, SIFF wrote that revenue has not kept up with expenses since the pandemic and has “low confidence” in any 2026 award from the National Endowment of the Arts Trump is destroying. SIFF also wrote that it doesn’t know how these layoffs will affect the reopening of the Egyptian Theatre in Capitol Hill, which closed after a pipe burst last winter.

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