Calendar
* NWFF SUMMER CLOSURE * July 3–8 *
Jul 03 - Jul 08
Northwest Film Forum will be closed for a summer break to catch our breath, catch up with projects, catch some rays, and catch some Zs. See you soon!
Sacred
Seattle premiere!
Jul 09 - Jul 13
(Thomas Lennon, various countries, 2016, 86 min)
Sacred immerses the viewer in an exploration of spirituality across cultures and religions. At a time when religious hatreds dominate the world’s headlines, this film, sweeping in global reach and yet intensely intimate, explores faith as primary human experience: how it is used to navigate the milestones and crises of private life.
Industry Happy Hour
Free and all-ages!
Jul 12 - Aug 30
Join us for Summer Happy Hours at Northwest Film Forum and meet with local professionals in independent film and VR. Each happy hour (Wednesdays, 6–7:30pm) will focus on either Directors and Actors, Producers, and VR (360/VR/AR).
Stone Cold with live commentary by John Criscitello
"He’ll burn you cold."
Jul 12
(Craig R. Baxley, US, 1991, 95 min)
Obnoxious, notorious ex-Seahawk Brian “The Boz” Bosworth is Joe Huff, a cop who’s a little TOO tough on crime. Joe’s superiors, unable to reign him in, sentence him to an undercover gig from hell: infiltrate The Brotherhood, a murderous, drug-dealing white supremacist biker gang.
The Future of Film is Feminist Festival
FREE, all-ages, and open to the public; part of STG's free Nights at the Neptune series! Takes place at the Neptune Theatre (1303 NE 45th St); doors at 7pm
Jul 13
Join Reel Grrls, NWFF, & NFFTY in partnership with Seattle Theatre Group for a community event that highlights the talents of young female identified filmmakers.
The Seattle Process with Brett Hamil
Happy hour at 7pm!
Jul 14
Seattle’s favorite crackpot leftist political comedy talk show continues to burrow into the psyche of a city under siege.
Hermia & Helena
Seattle premiere!
Jul 14 - Jul 16
(Matías Piñeiro, US & Argentina, 2017, 97 min)
Camila, a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Anna Karenina
This screening will have an intermission
Jul 15
(Angelica Cholina, Russia, 2016, 165 min)
Directed and choreographed by Angelica Cholina, this Vakhtangov Theatre production of Anna Karenina is a modern dance interpretation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel.
Like Crazy
Jul 19 - Jul 23
(Paolo Virzì, Italy & France, 2016, 118 min)
Paolo Virzì’s new film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between two women fleeing a mental institution together in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse that is the world of “sane” people.
Stop Making Sense
This screening is part of a nationwide celebration of Jonathan Demme! Join in #CelebrateDemme
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Jul 19
(Jonathan Demme, US, 1984, 88 min)
Heralded by many as the greatest performance film of all time, Stop Making Sense was Jonathan Demme’s documentary debut, showcasing the Talking Heads just after they achieved mainstream success with the album Speaking in Tongues and the single “Burning Down the House.”
DKLG Productions presents Jackie Kashian
CINEMA RENTAL Live standup comedy show!
Jul 20
Standup comedian and creator/host of the Dork Forest Podcast, Jackie Kashian is bringing her Pacific Northwest tour to Northwest Film Forum!
Hunger Strikes: A Call to End Immigrant Detention
Free event! Co-presented with Northwest Detention Center Resistance
Jul 23
What can you do when you know your rights, but the US government doesn't respect them? Join the Northwest Detention Center Resistance for a short documentary screening and discussion of the 2014 and 2017 hunger strikes to protest human rights abuses at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington.
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
Q&A with Peter Boal, Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet, on Jul. 26!
Jul 26 - Aug 03
(Linda Saffire & Adam Schlesinger, US, 2016, 90 min)
’If I don’t dance, I’d rather die’ – I’ve actually said that.” Restless Creature offers an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares, after three decades with the company, to leave New York City Ballet to begin her own independent project.
FESTIVAL:FESTIVAL
Jul 28 - Jul 29
a two-day community celebration showcasing
ART + MUSIC + PERFORMANCE
VIDEOJOY
Mixed live by Tommy Swenson of Alamo Drafthouse!
Jul 28
(90 min runtime)
VIDEOJOY is a live, expanded-cinema VJ collage by the Alamo Drafthouse's Tommy Swenson. Featuring a bountiful cornucopia of neo-futurist A/V deconstructions and queer YouTube ephemera, VIDEOJOY is alchemically engineered to awaken your latent paranormal gifts and permanently tint your aura indigo.
The 3rd annual Global Islamophobia Awareness Day
Free event and dinner!
Jul 29
Join us at the third annual Global Islamophobia Awareness Day! Youth from all over Seattle will be hosting workshops on Islam, with workshop topics including Women's rights in Islam, Islam's stance on terror, and more.
The Ornithologist
Aug 02 - Aug 06
(João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal, France & Brazil, 2016, 117 min)