Featuring directors SJ Chiro (East of the Mountains), Rick Castañeda (All Sorts), Andrew Hyatt (All Those Small Things) and Wes Hurley (Potato Dreams of America). SIFFcast sits down with a few of the filmmakers from this year's Northwest Connections program to discuss casting locally, filming in Washington and finishing their films in the midst of a pandemic.

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.