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Founded in 1995 by filmmakers Jamie Hook and Deborah Girdwood, the Film Forum now operates the region's first and only non-profit center for the film arts. The Film Forum's programming embraces film production as well as film exhibition, with two cinemas, film production and post-production facilities and equipment, educational workshop space, filmmaker offices, a film vault containing over 1,000 titles and a filmmaking library in our space at 1515 12th Ave. Over 1100 members strong, the Film Forum aides 250 filmmakers in the production of nearly 80 films, and offers more than 60 workshops annually. Our innovative Start-to-Finish grant program partners with a local artist to produce a feature length film, using both for and non-profit funding, a model unique in the non-profit world. The most recent film, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Our cinemas showcase the best in American and international cinema, as well as unique live multimedia performances. Past highlights include a 27 film retrospective of Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu that included ten commissions for live musical scores; over a decade of the Local Sightings Film Festival, celebrating achievements in filmmaking from the Northwest; an annual Children's Film Festival Seattle with movies from over 80 countries; a screening and discussion of the making of Rebel Without a Cause with screenwriter Stewart Stern; and the strongest music film programming in the nation. In our new 8,000 square foot facility are housed: * A 120-seat 35mm Dolby-equipped cinema and mainstage live theater * A 48-seat 35mm Dolby-equipped cinema and theater * Dedicated workshop space/ filmmaker lounge with free WiFi * Two film and video post-production suites * A dedicated animation studio * Production gear rentals * A vault, housing our 1,000 title film archive
Founded in 1995 by filmmakers Jamie Hook and Deborah Girdwood, the Film Forum now operates the region's first and only non-profit center for the film arts. The Film Forum's programming embraces film production as well as film exhibition, with two cinemas, film production and post-production facilities and equipment, educational workshop space, filmmaker offices, a film vault containing over 1,000 titles and a filmmaking library in our space at 1515 12th Ave. Over 1100 members strong, the Film Forum aides 250 filmmakers in the production of nearly 80 films, and offers more than 60 workshops annually. Our innovative Start-to-Finish grant program partners with a local artist to produce a feature length film, using both for and non-profit funding, a model unique in the non-profit world. The most recent film, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Our cinemas showcase the best in American and international cinema, as well as unique live multimedia performances. Past highlights include a 27 film retrospective of Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu that included ten commissions for live musical scores; over a decade of the Local Sightings Film Festival, celebrating achievements in filmmaking from the Northwest; an annual Children's Film Festival Seattle with movies from over 80 countries; a screening and discussion of the making of Rebel Without a Cause with screenwriter Stewart Stern; and the strongest music film programming in the nation. In our new 8,000 square foot facility are housed: * A 120-seat 35mm Dolby-equipped cinema and mainstage live theater * A 48-seat 35mm Dolby-equipped cinema and theater * Dedicated workshop space/ filmmaker lounge with free WiFi * Two film and video post-production suites * A dedicated animation studio * Production gear rentals * A vault, housing our 1,000 title film archive
Mission: Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences. A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events, multidisciplinary performances, and public discussions each year. A comprehensive visual media organization, the Forum offers educational workshops and artist services for film and media makers at all stages of their development. Artist services include access to space, gear, fiscal sponsorship, and an edit lab. Northwest Film Forum is a member-based organization.
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FYI: Our Zoom-based BIPOC Filmmaker Happy Hour has moved from Tuesdays at 4–5pm ONE HOUR LATER, to 5–6pm! Haven't registered yet? Follow the link, join the community 🤝
BIPOC folks in the filmmaking game: drop by a new weekly virtual Happy hour! We want to hold space for BIPOC joy and connection.
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE documentary through the end of the month: ⠀
Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s primarily cinéma verité film also includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life.⠀
*** Immediately following the feature, there will be a pre-recorded discussion between Representative Lewis and Oprah Winfrey, filmed last month and being made available exclusively for virtual cinema and in-theater engagements of the film. This is a wide-ranging, informal, 16-minute conversation that’s a perfect follow-up to the documentary, and could not be more relevant. ***
The film explores D-GA representative John Lewis's 60+ years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, and immigration.
In the new John Lewis: Good Trouble documentary, now screening online at bit.ly/goodtroublenw -- the late John Lewis says, "My greatest fear is that one day we may wake up and our democracy is gone. We cannot afford to let that happen. As long as I have breath in my body, I will do what I can.” – John Lewis
The documentary is screening now at bit.ly/goodtroublenw
This new documentary Interview with Executive Producer Erika Alexander via REDEFINE can be read at - http://bit.ly/redefinevoting
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EXCERPT:
John Lewis gets stopped in airports. A lot. In John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020), a new documentary by director Dawn Porter, there’s a scene where we follow Lewis through an airport terminal as strangers approach him to call him a hero and an inspiration. His son says, with a rueful laugh, that it gets “tedious.” But Good Trouble, a moving portrayal of the civil rights icon, shows just how well-deserved this adulation is.
As one of the film’s executive producers, Erika Alexander, explains to me during a July 2020 phone interview, “I’m glad that he gets a hero introduction, like Thor would in a Marvel movie. He deserves it. These are the heroes in real life.”
John Lewis gets stopped in airports. A lot. In John Lewis: Good Trouble, a new documentary by director Dawn Porter, there’s a scene where we follow Lewis through an airport terminal as strangers approach him to call him a hero and an inspiration. His son says, with a rueful laugh, that it gets "te...
Today, we honor civil rights leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis, who passed away yesterday from pancreatic cancer. Much of the work he did laid the groundwork for today's civil rights movement. Let us be reminded of his impact and sacrifices as we move forward and continue to fight for justice.
John Lewis was passionate about many things, including voting rights. Please do not forget to vote in the August 4 Primary Elections. You can register to vote at https://olvr.votewa.gov/
For those who wish to learn more about his life, passions, and lasting influence, we are currently screening the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble. Please watch and learn more: bit.ly/goodtroublenw
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EXCERPT FROM Brain Pickings:
Among those rare, miraculous few was John Lewis (February 21, 1940–July 17, 2020), who began his life by preaching to the chickens at his parents’ farm in southern Alabama and went on to teach a nation, a world how to step into that rare courage, that countercultural act of resistance in refusing to stop loving this broken, beautiful world. In every fiber of his being, he upheld that stubborn, splendid refusal as the crucible of justice, of progress, of all that is harmonious and human in us.
If Lewis’s legacy is to be summed up in a succinct way, if his immense and enduring gift to the generations is to be bowed with a single ribbon, it would be these passages from his 2012 memoir Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change (public library):
"Our actions entrench the power of the light on this planet. Every positive thought we pass between us makes room for more light. And if we do more than think, then our actions clear the path for even more light. That is why forgiveness and compassion must become more important principles in public life...
"Anchor the eternity of love in your own soul and embed this planet with goodness. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself."
READ ON: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/07/18/john-lewis-love-light-forgiveness/
“Anchor the eternity of love in your own soul… Lean toward the whispers of your own heart… Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge… But w…
ALL I CAN SAY - Blind Melon documentary about Shannon Hoon goes runs until July 31! Tickets and info: ⠀⠀
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Shannon Hoon, lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, filmed himself from 1990–95 with a Hi8 video camera, recording up until a few hours before his sudden death at the age of 28. His camera was a diary and his closest confidant. In the hundreds of hours of footage, Hoon meticulously documented his life – his family, his creative process, his television, his band’s rise to fame and his struggle with addiction. He filmed his daughter’s birth, and archived the politics and culture of the ’90s, an era right before the internet changed the world. Created with his own footage, voice and music, this intimate autobiography is a prescient exploration of experience and memory in the age of video. It is also Shannon Hoon’s last work, completed 23 years after his death.
Shannon Hoon, Blind Melon's lead singer, filmed himself from 1990–95 with a Hi8 camcorder, right up until a few hours before his sudden death at age 28.
This month's joy comes in the form of SKATE KITCHEN, starring Jaden Smith! In the first narrative feature from The Wolfpack director Crystal Moselle, Camille, an introverted teenage skateboarder (newcomer Rachelle Vinberg) from Long Island, meets and befriends an all-girl, New York City-based skateboarding crew called Skate Kitchen. She falls in with the in-crowd, has a falling-out with her mother, and falls for a mysterious skateboarder guy (Jaden Smith), but a relationship with him proves to be trickier to navigate than a kickflip. DETAILS & TICKETS:
Writer/director Crystal Moselle immersed herself in the lives of the skater girls who bring this film to life, working closely with them to create the film’s authenticity, which combines poetic, atmospheric filmmaking and hypnotic skating sequences. Skate Kitchen precisely captures the experience of women in male-dominated spaces and tells a story of a girl who learns the importance of camaraderie and self-discovery.
A tale of young love in NYC that captures the experience of women in male-dominated spaces and the importance of femme camaraderie and self-discovery.
A superabundance of NEW STUFF! The beloved Sundance short film program is screening online this year, and NWFF is looking forward to hosting. The Forum, North Bend Film Fest, and Emmett Montgomery are putting on a new storytelling livestream series that starts July 30. The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway's Virtual Arts Series will continue July 23–26 with Ian Horvath's final dance piece. https://mailchi.mp/nwfilmforum/on-the-marquee-7-15-2020
Today is the LAST DAY to submit to LOCAL SIGHTINGS 2020! Filmmakers' reputation for procrastination is well-earned, so although we've seen some amazing stuff already, we're expecting a tidal wave of titles tonight. If you're a media-maker from the Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, AK, ID, MT, British Columbia, or the Yukon Territories... full eligibility info on Film Freeway), we want to see what you're making!
https://filmfreeway.com/LocalSightingsFilmFestival
Dance videos in 360º? Animation made out of compost? Music videos shot on a Fisher Price PixelVision? It's been a long time since we had a straight-up feature-length melodrama, or a film starring an animal – bring it on, you wild PNW film folks!
Side note for anyone poring over eligibility FAQs for other fests: if you are selected, your film will screen as part of an online showcase. Local Sightings will be on the web this year 📹🤖📡
NOTE: A limited number of waiver codes are available to those from communities that have historically lacked access or equitable representation in media. Please contact [email protected] for details.
** COVID-19 UPDATE: As the state of film exhibition and physical gathering remains uncertain during the pandemic, Local Sightings Film Festival will take pl...
Catch the CUNNINGHAM documentary before it ends on July 19! Cunningham traces Merce Cunningham’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944–1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers. The film weaves together Merce’s philosophies and stories, creating a visceral journey into his innovative work. A breathtaking explosion of dance, music, and never-before-seen archival material, Cunningham is a timely tribute to one of the world’s greatest modern dance artists. TICKETS:
A stunning profile of dance icon Merce Cunningham through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Rauschenberg.
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Supporting Black June and Filmmaking in the Streets: Politics and Documentaries! Learn more and support one of our latest fiscal sponsee projects: https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/black-june
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Lynn Shelton, inspired by Claire Denis's visit to the Forum where Denis shared that she didn't make her first feature 'til age 40, took the creative reins to direct We Go Way Back at age 39. The annual "Of a Certain Age" grant is being founded in her memory, allotting $25,000 for a US-based woman or non-binary filmmaker, age 39+, who has yet to direct a narrative feature.
Every time this grant has come up in our past several weeks of Zoom meetings, it has been a ray of light and excitement. Lynn continues to inspire new work, and her commitment to supporting other under-represented artists in the film industry stays with us every day. This grant expresses that commitment beautifully.
(Before you ask – this grant opportunity is not an open application! Read through the article to learn who's going to be on the advisory committee that will select the filmmaker each year.)
A grant fund has been set up in honor of the late "Humpday" filmmaker Lynn Shelton that will provide a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant to older directors.
To honor the legacy of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum, alongside Duplass Brothers Productions, are launching the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. The $25,000 unrestricted cash grant will be awarded each year to a US-based woman or non-binary filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature. DETAILS: bit.ly/certainagegrant
NOMINATION & ELIGIBILITY FAQ: http://bit.ly/certainagedetails
Thank you to Duplass Brothers Productions, Megan Griffiths, Eliza Shelden, Tracy Rector, Elie Goral & COLOR, Nesib CB Shamah, Jennessa and Rob West, Joshua Leonard & Alison Pill, Marc Maron, Michaela Watkins & Fred Kramer, and Chris & Philip Wohlstetter for your generosity in funding this grant. ❤️
We already have a great selection for LOCAL SIGHTINGS 2020 -- and we're still taking submissions through July 15 for our Pacific Northwest festival for film and mediamakers spanning from Oregon all the way to Montana and into the middle of Canada! Please consider submitting your work.
Northwest Film Forum’s annual Local Sightings Film Festival showcases the growing complexity of creative communities in the Pacific Northwest. Featuring a competitive selection of curated shorts, feature film programs, 360 video and VR180 projects, Local Sightings 2020 invites regional artists to experiment, break, and remake popular conceptions around filmmaking and film exhibition.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
All types of moving image media are eligible; projects must be finished within 18 months from start date of the festival, and the filmmaker(s) must live in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, or the Yukon Territories) or have had the majority of their production (over 50%) based in these states. Local Sightings does not require festival premiere status, though it is encouraged.
NOTE: A limited number of waiver codes are available to those from communities that have historically lacked access or equitable representation in media. Please contact [email protected] for details.
https://filmfreeway.com/LocalSightingsFilmFestival
** COVID-19 UPDATE: As the state of film exhibition and physical gathering remains uncertain during the pandemic, Local Sightings Film Festival will take pl...
Conversation with two documentary filmmakers we love -- around a very important topic of our times: INCARCERATION and PRISON REFORM.
Save the date now for the panel discussion on July 23rd with Dr. Gilda Sheppard and Elliat Graney-Saucke about long-term documentaries, focused on communities impacted by incarceration in Washington state. #SeattleDocumentary https://www.facebook.com/events/712275459570721/
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Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly [Online] - Human rights become profoundly personal when Ai Weiwei, China’s most famous artist, transforms Alcatraz Island prison into an astonishing expression of socially-engaged art focused on the plight of the unjustly incarcerated. At the core of the installation, called @Large, were portraits of prisoners of conscience coupled with the opportunity to write letters of solidarity to the imprisoned. READ: https://bit.ly/aiweiweiyours
In her impassioned and powerful film, director Cheryl Haines captures this monumental exhibition from conception to fruition, and as well visits current and former prisoners, including American whistleblower Chelsea Manning, to learn how these letters were vital to their survival.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei transforms Alcatraz into an astonishing expression of socially-engaged art that focuses on the plight of the unjustly incarcerated.
For those who may not know: in the early days of CHOP / CHAZ, Film Forum was located inside its boundaries — at what was arguably the most contentious entrance, due to its proximity to the police station on 12th Ave. That has resulted in some strange imagery and press on occasion.
Seen here is an article in the Independent in the UK: “I was arrested, jailed and assaulted by a guard. My ‘crime’? Being a journalist in Trump’s America” — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/journalist-arrest-seattle-chaz-protest-police-prison-black-lives-matter-a9606846.html
An emotionally conflicting sight as police stand in front of this beautiful Indigiqueer mural by Hailey Tayathy and company! Thanks Raven Two Feathers and Jesse Guecha!
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GETTING TO NORTHWEST FILM FORUM Our cinemas are located at 1515 12th Ave in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, on 12th Avenue between Pike & Pine Street. Directions From I-5 South Take exit 165B for Union St. Turn right at 7th Ave. Turn right at 7th Ave. Turn right at 7th Ave. Northwest Film Forum will be on your left. From I-5 North Take exit 166 for Olive Way. From the ramp, take a slight right onto Olive Way. Turn right at Melrose Ave. Turn left at E Pike St. Turn left at 12th Ave. Northwest Film Forum will be on your left. By Bus NWFF is located within 1/2 mile of the #2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 43, 49, 60, and 84 routes. Parking Free parking for NWFF patrons is available seven nights a week after 9pm, at the Richmark Printers lot on 11th and Pine Street, just east of Cal Anderson Park. Parking is not guaranteed. Pay parking lots can be found on the east side of 12th Avenue at Pine, and the north side of Pine between 12th and 13th Streets. Street parking is available Monday-Saturday after 6pm and all day on Sundays.
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VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMPS for Advanced Animation - (Ages 12-17) still have space from July 13-17!!! All programs are sliding scale, though full scholarships are available. REGISTER NOW: https://bit.ly/advancedani Whether you’re new to animation or have been making it for a while, this camp will help you get to the next level and create more complex animations. In this camp, you’ll learn about techniques for hand drawing animations, apps for animation, and how to use Adobe Premiere and After Effects to animate your art over video. If you like DIY, spending time on the details, and investing time in bringing your imagination to life, you might be an animator. Sign up and see what you can create!
This documentary plays July 3-31! INFO: https://bit.ly/goodtroublenw Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s primarily cinéma verité film also includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life. *** Immediately following the feature, there will be a pre-recorded discussion between Representative Lewis and Oprah Winfrey, filmed last month and being made available exclusively for virtual cinema and in-theater engagements of the film. This is a wide-ranging, informal, 16-minute conversation that’s a perfect follow-up to the documentary, and could not be more relevant. *** /// “The worst president for civil rights since the 1960s? Without a doubt, it is this president.” – John Lewis in an interview with New York Magazine “The movie acknowledges the Trump administration, but never wastes a frame on the reality star cartoon … it emphasizes the consistency with which Lewis has fought the establishment and combated racism through some of the tumultuous moments in American history.” – Eric Kohn, IndieWire Viewers who wish to cast the film to their TVs or require assistance accessing the film may visit Eventive’s FAQ and live chat support
In honor of PRIDE MONTH and benefiting @twocsolidaritynetwork, comes the groundbreaking Tangerine! directed by Sean Baker and shot completely on iPhones, the film defies expectation at every turn! TICKETS: https://buff.ly/3f06yJI It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee (newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the month she was locked up, the sex worker and her best friend, Alexandra (newcomer Mya Taylor), embark on an odyssey to get to the bottom of the rumor that leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles. "It's a long way from Pretty Woman." - Ed Potton, Times (UK) *** NOTE: 100% of NWFF film proceeds for the month of June go towards efforts to support and empower Black lives. Details at http://buff.ly/2MrlsN2 *** https://buff.ly/3f06yJI
TO THE STARS is [Online] TONIGHT as a part of our In Plain Sight film series! 24-hour screening window starting at 7:30pm tonight! Ad astra per aspera, or “to the stars with great difficulty,” is the thesis driving artist Nicole Miller’s exploration of identity, voice, pain, and possibility. Sliding-scale, pay-what-you-can tickets: https://buff.ly/3geJ2dN . ** Presented in partnership with SFMOMA ** To create this work, Miller filmed interviews, performance rehearsals, and behind-the-scenes moments with prominent figures of color in the arts and sciences, including choreographer Alonzo King and the LINES ballet company, opera singer J’Nai Bridges, violinist Jessica McJunkins, and NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle, as well as students in Bay Area schools. Miller is a conceptual artist known for her inventive uses of video, often incorporating documentary-style methods into evocative mixed-media installations that deal with self-representation and the experience of looking. Commissioned by SFMOMA, Miller intended this new work for the museum’s Phyllis Wattis Theater; in installation form, the work combines video and sound elements with a dynamic laser-light display.
“Visually stunning and horrifying.” — The New York Times⠀⠀ THE WOLF HOUSE (LA CASA LOBO) screens thru May 29: Maria, a young woman, finds refuge in a house in the south of Chile after escaping from a sect of German religious fanatics. Like in a dream, the universe of the house reacts to Maria’s feelings. Animals transform slowly into humans and the house becomes a nightmarish world. Inspired on the actual case of Colonia Dignidad, “The Wolf House” masquerades as an animated fairy tale produced by the leader of the sect in order to indoctrinate its followers. TICKETS: http://bit.ly/chileanclaymation⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ “Daring stop motion. One-of-a-kind animated feature.” — Cartoon Brew⠀⠀ “[the film] allows connections to be made with the children’s stories of the Grimm Brothers and the surreal impulse of Jan Svankmajer” — Cine Vértigo⠀⠀
THE WOLF HOUSE (LA CASA LOBO) screens May 15-29: Maria, a young woman, finds refuge in a house in the south of Chile after escaping from a sect of German religious fanatics. Like in a dream, the universe of the house reacts to Maria’s feelings. Animals transform slowly into humans and the house becomes a nightmarish world. Inspired on the actual case of Colonia Dignidad, “The Wolf House” masquerades as an animated fairy tale produced by the leader of the sect in order to indoctrinate its followers. TICKETS: bit.ly/chileanclaymation “Visually stunning and horrifying.” — The New York Times “Daring stop motion. One-of-a-kind animated feature.” — Cartoon Brew “[the film] allows connections to be made with the children’s stories of the Grimm Brothers and the surreal impulse of Jan Svankmajer” — Cine Vértigo
Catch SUPA MODO thru the end of this weekend!! Likarion Wainaina's feature film (Ages 11+) is ONLINE May 13-17 as a part of CFFS 2020 [Online]! Tickets & info: http://bit.ly/supacffs or all of CFFS at http://bit.ly/cffs2020online ~ . Sometimes it takes a village to make our dreams come true. Jo, a nine year old, is obsessed with superheroes and dreams of becoming one to overcome her diagnosis of a terminal illness. Unable to force Jo to spend her remaining days in bed, her town community comes together to support her belief in her superpowers. . CFFS 2020’s cinema programs at Northwest Film Forum were postponed by the coronavirus public health crisis — but now we’re back online to close out the festival with web-based screenings of seven short film programs, and one award-winning feature film, streamed straight into your home sweet home! All screenings will come with bonus activities — including coloring pages, discussion guides and links to filmmaking resources — that children and families can do together to build on the topics and fun found in the films.
Catch Likarion Wainaina's feature film SUPA MODO (Ages 11+) ONLINE May 13-17 as a part of CFFS 2020 [Online]! TICKETS & INFO: http://bit.ly/supacffs or all of CFFS at bit.ly/cffs2020online . Sometimes it takes a village to make our dreams come true. Jo, a nine year old, is obsessed with superheroes and dreams of becoming one to overcome her diagnosis of a terminal illness. Unable to force Jo to spend her remaining days in bed, her town community comes together to support her belief in her superpowers. . CFFS 2020’s cinema programs at Northwest Film Forum were postponed by the coronavirus public health crisis — but now we’re back online to close out the festival with web-based screenings of seven short film programs, and one award-winning feature film, streamed straight into your home sweet home! All screenings will come with bonus activities — including coloring pages, discussion guides and links to filmmaking resources — that children and families can do together to build on the topics and fun found in the films.
** New restoration! THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD screening through May 31, w/ a recorded Q&A between NWFF, Nancy Kelly, Kenji Yamamoto, Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Michael Paul Chan: bit.ly/1000piecesofgold ** Set in a mining town in the 1880s, Thousand Pieces of Gold was developed by the Sundance Institute and premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1990. After its theatrical release, Thousand Pieces of Gold aired on the PBS American Playhouse series, the UK’s Film Four and around the world. Based on the classic novel by Ruthanne Lum McCunn, the film’s screenplay was written by award-winning novelist and filmmaker Anne Makepeace (Tribal Justice). It won immediate acclaim for its portrayal of the real-life story of Lalu (Rosalind Chao), a young Chinese woman whose desperately poor parents sell her into slavery. She is trafficked to a nefarious saloonkeeper in Idaho’s gold country. Eventually Charlie, a man of different ilk, played by Chris Cooper, wins her in a poker game and slowly gains her trust. Way ahead of its time, the film resonates even more powerfully today in the era of #MeToo. But Nancy Kelly became a victim of prejudice against women directors within the American film industry and was never offered another movie to direct in spite of extraordinary reviews from critics, some of whom compared her talent to that of John Ford. Description and images courtesy of Kino Lorber. Visit their page for full photo credits.
ENCORE ENCORE! Due to popular demand, we've extended BACURAU--a Brazilian film for these times--through May 26! “Wildly entertaining… I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Simultaneously retro and totally modern, this film looks like a Spaghetti Western but aches with 21st-century rage… Bacurau is a warning, and a cry of populist anger. Like Parasite, it shows the least among us rising up and fighting back against the ruthlessness of global inequality… [they] would make a hell of a double feature.” – Taylor Antrim, Vogue -- TICKETS: https://buff.ly/3fDETzy #seattlefilm #seattlefilms #seattlefilmmaker #nwff #nwfilmforum #nwfilms #nwfilmmakers #seattlefilmmakers #nwfilm #pacificnwfilms #bacurau #udokier #brazilianfilm #brazilianfilms @kinolorber
NWFF does FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS! Don't know what that is? Nonprofits require much expertise and complexity to set up, so if you have a film or community project you are looking to fundraise for but don't want to jump through nonprofit hoops, NWFF can extend our nonprofit umbrella to you! Projects do NOT have to be limited to Seattle. . One of our biggest fiscal sponsorship projects of the last year was the comedic Asian-American kung fu film, THE PAPER TIGERS. Here is a new sneak preview. The film is now in post-production and still seeking finishing funds! Check out this preview then consider supporting if you dig. Visit nwfilmforum.org/education/artist-services/ to find out more! ・・・ #thepapertigers #thepapertigersmovie #tigersroar #jiayou #letsgo #apinewwave #aapihm #apahm #apahm2020 @xyzfilms @film_amp #aapifilm #seattlefilm #seattlefilmmaker
“Wildly entertaining… I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Simultaneously retro and totally modern, this film looks like a Spaghetti Western but aches with 21st-century rage… Bacurau is a warning, and a cry of populist anger. Like Parasite, it shows the least among us rising up and fighting back against the ruthlessness of global inequality… [they] would make a hell of a double feature.” – Taylor Antrim, Vogue -- TICKETS: bit.ly/nwffbac
THE RIGHT GIRLS: TONIGHT! "I was alone, and on the way I found them. I thought they were the right girls to be with." Friday, May 8 at 6pm PDT: @TimWolfer's The Right Girls doc plays @translationsfilmfestival 2020. Three young transgender women fleeing discrimination, extortion and abuse in El Salvador and Honduras form deep personal bonds and find hope as they integrate with the LGBTQ community of a migrant caravan headed for the States. @threedollarbillcinema’s 15th fest is hosted on nwfilmforum.org this year, May 7–10. All screenings are presented on a by-donation basis. Full program at threedollarbillcinema.org/translations Translations provides the PNW with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations.
Sunday, May 10 at 7pm PDT: Translations Film Festival closes with So Pretty, a dreamy jaunt through the lives of one QTPOC artistic community and their ideology of intimacy. Determined to maintain their proto-utopia in spite of pressure from the "outside world," four young New Yorkers live out their ideals in art, love, and activism. In the words of director Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli, who will intro, the film "...focuses not simply on the hardships of being transgender, but the new aesthetic, narrative and imaginative possibilities our lives can open up." The 15th Translations is hosted on nwfilmforum.org this year, May 7–10, with all screenings and workshops presented on a by-donation basis! Full program at threedollarbillcinema.org/translations Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival provides the PNW with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world, and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations. Three Dollar Bill Cinema 100 Year Films
Saturday, May 9 at noon PDT: An exceptional doc of an exceptional life. Three Dollar Bill Cinema & NWFF present the North American premiere of Susani Mahadura's KELET Film for this year's Translations Film Festival, with an intro by its subject! 20-year-old Kelet, a Finnish Somali trans woman living in Helsinki, dreams of blowing race- and gender-normative beauty standards sky high by becoming a model in Vogue Magazine. The 15th Translations is hosted on nwfilmforum.org this year, May 7–10. All screenings are presented on a by-donation basis. Full program at threedollarbillcinema.org/translations Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival provides the PNW with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations.
"I was alone, and on the way I found them. I thought they were the right girls to be with." Friday, May 8 at 6pm PDT: Timothy Wolfer's The Right Girls Film plays Translations Film Festival 2020. Three young transgender women fleeing discrimination, extortion and abuse in El Salvador and Honduras form deep personal bonds and find hope as they integrate with the LGBTQ community of a migrant caravan headed for the States. Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s 15th Translations is hosted on nwfilmforum.org this year, May 7–10. All screenings are presented on a by-donation basis. Full program at threedollarbillcinema.org/translations Translations provides the PNW with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations.
Join us for the online opening night of Translations Film Festival 2020! Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s phenomenal 15th fest is hosted on nwfilmforum.org this year, May 7–10. All screenings are BY DONATION. On opening night: Lingua Franca, an immigration drama of love and survival, and the first American feature ever written, directed by, and starring a trans Filipina: the wonderful Isabel Sandoval. Sandoval will intro the film and participate in an FB Live chat with TDBC’s Lingua Franca producer Jhett Tolentino, and host Aleksa Manila! That all starts at 6:30pm PDT on May 7 – head to threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 to RSVP. Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival is a groundbreaking film festival that provides the PNW with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world, and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations.
NWFF is the new home of Reel Grrls Productions, the professional film production wing of Reel Grrls that was and will continue to be managed by Lead Producer Laura Jean Cronin. RGPro is founded on the belief that for women to achieve equality and advancement in today's world, they must not only be media literate; they must be active participants in all aspects of media production. The program's immersive and sustained mentorship model creates opportunities for youth to work directly with professionals from the media and filmmaking industries, completing video productions and building lasting relationships over time. Consider making a donation to Northwest Film Forum for #GivingTuesday -- bit.ly/nwff25donate -- or hire Reel Grrls Pro for your productions by visiting the NWFF website at bit.ly/rgpronwff
Co-presented with North Bend Film Festival - THE INFILTRATORS (May 6-26) is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose. Marco and Viri are members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations. And the best place to stop deportations, they believe, is in detention. However, when Marco and Viri attempt a daring reverse ‘prison break,’ things don’t go according to plan. By weaving together documentary footage of the real infiltrators with re-enactments of the events inside the detention center, THE INFILTRATORS tells an incredible and thrilling true story in a genre-defying new cinematic language.
Around the time of the COVID-19 closures, our long-time organizational partners, Reel Grrls, announced publicly that they would be shuttering. By empowering grrls and gender non-conforming individuals to make films, their work is and has been invaluable, rippling out into the community in massive ways which have fundamentally changed lives through the past two decades. Northwest Film Forum has since had the great honor of expanding on the Reel Grrls' legacy. We are the new home of Reel Grrls Productions, the professional film production wing of Reel Grrls that was and will continue to be managed by Lead Producer Laura Jean Cronin. RGPro is founded on the belief that for women to achieve equality and advancement in today's world, they must not only be media literate; they must be active participants in all aspects of media production. The program's immersive and sustained mentorship model creates opportunities for youth to work directly with professionals from the media and filmmaking industries, completing video productions and building lasting relationships over time. In the video below, Reel Grrls alumnus Elise speaks with former Reel Grrls Executive Director Taira Shimbashi and current Reel Grrls Pro Lead Producer, Laura Jean Cronin, about the importance of NWFF's dedication to supporting individual filmmakers and organizations. <3 <3 <3 Consider making a donation to Northwest Film Forum for #GivingTuesday -- bit.ly/nwff25donate -- or hire Reel Grrls Pro for your productions by visiting the NWFF website at bit.ly/rgpronwff
TRANSLATIONS: SEATTLE TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL is May 7-10 in the festival’s first year online! Passes are up now up on our site. threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 ' Artwork by @belroiz 🏳️🌈🎬🎟
The 15th Annual Translations Film Festival is going online May 7–10, 2020! threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival provides the Pacific Northwest with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations. Presented in partnership with Northwest Film Forum. Three Dollar Bill Cinema strengthens, connects, and reflects diverse stories through queer film and media. 🎥 Festival passes on sale now for all 12 film and panel programs ($50-100). Buy a pass and support Three Dollar Bill Cinema and Northwest Film Forum. 🎟 Tickets on sale on Facebook and threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 ! Individual tickets will be on a sliding scale: $0–25 per program. ℹ️ Full details online at threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 . Follow Translations Film Festival on Facebook and Instagram (@translationsfilmfestival) for updates! Text-based watch parties will be hosted on Facebook for anyone interested in chatting before, during, and/or after the screenings.
The 15th Annual Translations Film Festival is going online May 7–10, 2020! threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival provides the Pacific Northwest with a venue for films by, for, and about transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people and the issues facing the community. Launched in 2006, Translations is one of only a few transgender film festivals in the world and places emphasis on visibility and positive representations. Presented in partnership with Northwest Film Forum. Three Dollar Bill Cinema strengthens, connects, and reflects diverse stories through queer film and media. 🎥 Festival passes on sale now for all 12 film and panel programs ($50-100). Buy a pass and support Three Dollar Bill Cinema and Northwest Film Forum. 🎟 Tickets on sale on Facebook and threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 ! Individual tickets will be on a sliding scale: $0–25 per program. ℹ️ Full details online at threedollarbillcinema.org/translations2020 . Follow Translations Film Festival on Facebook and Instagram (@translationsfilmfestival) for updates! Text-based watch parties will be hosted on Facebook for anyone interested in chatting before, during, and/or after the screenings.
LIV† performs tonight!!! Check instagram.com/liv_musiq for details on an Easter Egg bingo hunt and Drinking Game within LIV†'s set! Part of the Capitol Hill Arts District Streaming Festival 2020 [Online] NWFF in the Capitol Hill Block Party set ~ All events are FREE with RSVP: http://bit.ly/caphillarts2020 -- proceeds go to Artist Trust's Artist Relief Funds. REMAINDER OF THE SCHEDULE as follows: SAT, MAY 2 The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway (4:30–5:45pm) Community Programs (5:45–6:00pm) Hugo House(6:00–7:30pm) Capitol Hill Block Party (7:30–9:00pm) Kame Hou$e 206 (9:00pm–late) . FEATURED ARTISTS: http://bit.ly/caphillarts2020D . SUN, MAY 3 MIPoPS - Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound x NWFF (4:30–5:30pm) Longhouse Media (5:30–7:00pm) Vanishing Seattle (7:00–7:30pm) Velocity Dance Center (7:30–8:30pm) . FEATURED ARTISTS: http://bit.ly/caphillarts2020E
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