NWFF offers year-round programming sure to delight and dazzle family audiences. Quarterly collections of films include award-winning features and shorts, historically important children's films, director retrospectives, documentaries from around the globe, interdisciplinary programs including performances of new scores for classic silent films, and exciting hands-on filmmaking workshops.
JUNE 24 - 25, Tuesday - Wednesday at 6:30, 9pm
DREAM SCREEN: THREE BY MIYAZAKI
NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND
Sponsored by Izilla Toys
(Hayao Miyazaki, 1984, 35mm, 116 min)
This is the masterpiece that gave birth to the famous Studio Ghibli. Set in the post-apocalyptic distant future, in the isolated mythical seaside kingdom of the Valley of the Wind, this film features Miyazaki touchstones such as flying imagery, strong female characters and stunning retooling of Japanese folklore. The story is unforgettable and inspiring: the brave and compassionate Princes Nausicaa must lead her people in an epic struggle to save the world, working against all odds to repair the rift between humanity and nature. This Disney version features voice actors Uma Thurman and Patrick Stewart.
JULY 12, Saturday at 7pm
LIVE PERFORMANCE!
THE KIDS OF WIDNEY HIGH
The world-renowned Kids of Widney High are a group of young adults with developmental disabilities who write, record and perform their own unique brand of rock music. They have been compared to Daniel Johnston and Wesley Willis. For the first time in their illustrious underground career, the Kids are embarking on a full-fledged multimedia tour up the West Coast in which they will be showcasing their artistic endeavors, which include short films that evoke the "gaze" avant-garde aesthetic of Stan Brakhage, Harry Smith and Jonas Mekas. The Kids will be performing after the screening for all audience members who wish to stay and boogie.
JULY 20, Sunday starting at 4pm
SEATTLE BIKE-IN
At Cal Anderson Park - Free!
Northwest Film forum teams up with Sustainable Capitol Hill to bring you this year's Seattle's Bike-In. Entering its third year of supporting alternative transportation in the city, this year's partnership includes an all day event called Imagine Capitol Hill, where Sustainable Capitol Hill and its partners provide information and entertainment about sustainable issues facing Capitol Hill residents. Imagine Capitol Hill takes place at the Broadway Farmers market and is followed by a bicycle parade to Cal Anderson Park for music and movies!
JULY 22 - 23, Tuesday - Wednesday at 7, 9pm
DREAM SCREEN: THREE BY MIYAZAKI
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
Sponsored by Izilla Toys
(Hayao Miyazaki, 1988, 35mm, 86 min)
One of the most beloved family films of all time, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO is a meticulous and utterly awe-inspiring film, filled with the kind of gentle magic that can only be seen through the eyes of a child. Two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, exploring their new home in the countryside, discover a mysterious, lovable and all-powerful forest spirit called Totoro, who shows them the secrets of the natural world and leads them on an incredible journey.
"How can I describe its inexplicable power? It is like how childhood memories feel, if you had a happy childhood — wide-eyed and blissful, matter-of-factly magical and entrancingly prosaic." -Steven D. Greydanus, DECENT FILMS GUIDE
AUGUST 14, Thursday at 7, 9pm
TINTIN ET MOI
Sponsored by Alliance Francais and Izilla Toys
(Anders Ostergaard, Denmark, 2003, 35mm, 75 min)
NWFF presents this amazing comic documentary, coinciding with the Alliance Francais’ weeklong celebration of French cartoonist David B. As recognizable in Europe as Superman or Mickey Mouse in the U.S., the character of Tintin appeared in print across Europe for more than five decades beginning in 1929. TINTIN ET MOI draws on fourteen hours of interviews conducted in 1971 with Herge, who created the comic strip The Adventures of Tintin. The film examines the artist's signature graphic style, as well as the unparalleled popularity of the Tintin character and his fantastic adventures around the world.
AUGUST 26 - 27, Tuesday - Wednesday at 6:30, 9pm
DREAM SCREEN: THREE BY MIYAZAKI
SPIRITED AWAY
Sponsored by Izilla Toys
(Hayao Miyazaki, 2001, 35mm, 124 min)
SPIRITED AWAY, winner of a variety of international awards including an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, is Hayao Miyazaki’s best-known work. Drawing heavily on Japanese cultural influences and fairy-tale motifs, as well as children’s literature classics including "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz," this astonishing film tells the tale of a young girl, Chihiro, who is trapped with her parents in a strange world of spirits. Chihiro must summon all her intelligence, strength, courage and compassion to break the spell and return to the world of humans.
"Miyazaki is the Pied Piper – see SPIRITED AWAY and you'll follow him anywhere." -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
