Tacoma Sister Cities International Film Festival
The Tacoma Sister Cities International Film Festival will be held on Thursdays from February 27th to March 27th, 2025 at the Grand Cinema.
The theme is "Coming of Age Around the World".
Full Access Passes available: https://www.goelevent.com/wwwtacomasistercitiesorg/Pass/Sale/TSCIFFPAss2025
Film Festival Individual Tickets available below. More times coming soon.
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Close Knit
Tomo, an 11-year old girl, discovers her mother has abandoned her. Tomo's uncle and his transgender girlfriend, Rinko, take her in. Together they tackle the task of knitting 108 of Rinko's special hopes and dreams, one stitch at a time.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNz0m9uajO4
Thursday, February 27, 2025
6:30 pm showtime, 6:00 pm Grand Opening Introduction
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the TSC Kitakyushu Sister City Committee.
El Jeremías
El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora Mexico, the film tells the story of Jeremías (Martin Castro) an eight year old who finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of being away from the family he loves. Jeremías must choose between this exciting but lonely new world he finds himself in or returning home to his loving family.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/e9EIKJZga_I?si=V-iUTctDBoLb6DQy
Thursday, March 13, 2025
5:00 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the TSC Boca Del Rio Committee.
Baka Bukas
Baka Bukas (transl. Maybe Tomorrow) is a Philippine romantic drama independent film written, co-produced, and directed by Samantha Lee in her feature film directorial debut.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I3ZmM3B1Fo
Thursday, March 20, 2025
7:30 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Tickets $10 (coming soon)
Presented by the TSC Davao City, Philippines Committee.
The Lunchbox
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/ENgWVvQYCxg?si=gEN5i_za27dRw4mn
Thursday, March 6, 2025
5:00 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the committee for the new TSC Friendship City of Kochi, India.
Casablanca Beats
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/mOdmD50ymfM?si=TUGeIKi2CKtJ3nyP
Thursday, March 6, 2025
7:30 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the TSC El Jadida, Morocco Committee.
Corazón Azul
In an alternate reality, Fidel Castro turns to genetic engineering to create his elusive New Man and save his socialist utopia. Eventually the experiment fails because these highly intelligent beings are cruel and uncontrollable. Rejected by their own creators, they orchestrate a series of terrorists attacks throughout the island spreading fear and chaos in Cuba. When Elena, a group member, discovers a clue to her genetic identity, she embarks on a journey to find her own humanity. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IWBUE1UEIQ
Thursday, March 13, 2025
7:30 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the TSC Cienfuegos Committee.
Stay Online
During the war, a small boy calls the laptop of his missing dad, but it happens to be at a volunteer girl's. The boy asks her to find his parents. But to save the boy's family, she has to risk the lives of her loved ones.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/-Y4CJticeDo?si=nQteEtRyfGiNdEr2
Thursday, March 27, 2025
7:30 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the TSC Brovary, Ukraine Committee.
Lighting Up the Stars
Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Pgh3Ac8Hp1I?si=mUiKsPAgqSDiYeAR
Thursday, March 20, 2025
5:00 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Tickets $10
Presented by the TSC Fuzhou Committee.
A short film and ceremony will take place at 5pm to honor the winner of our Youth Film Contest.
El Schatt -A Blueprint for Utopia & El Schatt Chasing the Sun (short)
El Schatt-Chasing the Sun: An attempt to reconstruct a fragmented memory of unknown history about migration in the Mediterranean as a trans temporal filmic journey.
Film Trailer: https://youtu.be/-Cm_N6Vdh6c?si=g-NyZirW8_plFRk0
Short Trailer: https://youtu.be/3xmiql_PoQg?si=GqKQo3irwWp0YxwM
Thursday, March 27, 2025
5:00 PM
The Grand Cinema (map)
Presented by the TSC Split, Croatia committee.
Passes now available! Click here.