Northwest Film Forum

of Montreal: Family Nouveau

Jul 30 - Aug 01

(Spenser Simrill, USA, 2010, DV, 45 min)

of Montreal: Family Nouveau follows the band's 2009 European Tour, documenting their whimsical world of sacrificial pigs, dancefloor ninjas, late night karaoke and push-ups…lots of push-ups. 

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The Secret to a Happy Ending

Seattle Premiere 

Aug 13 - Aug 15

(Barr Weissman, USA, 2009, DVCAM, 101 min)

This is a film about the redemptive power of rock-and-roll. It’s also a film about the American South, where rock was born, and a band straddling the borders of rock, punk and country. It’s about making art, making love and making a living. In short, it’s about the Drive-By Truckers.

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Cheap Magic Inside

Aug 20

(Vincent Moon, Chryde, France, 2007, HD, 60 min)

Co-directing with Chryde, Vincent went to New York to film the band Beirut play all the tracks from their album Flying Club Cup in bars, rooms, parks and even in an ice-cream truck garage.

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Miroir Noir: Arcade Fire

Aug 21

(Vincent Morisset, Canada/France, 2008, HD, 70 min)

Moon gives us an alternative to the traditional 'making-of' documentary and concert film with Miroir Noir, which follows the Arcade Fire on their world tour.

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Burning

screens with: Adelia I Want To Love

Aug 23

(Vincent Moon, Nathanaël Le Scouarnec, 2009, HD, 50 min)

The Scottish band Mogwai performs a luminous show in front of a stunned crowd. As if time stood still, the audience is transported along by musical waves, both poetic and violent. Directors Vincent Moon and Nathanaël Le Scouarnec guide us into the Glaswegian dream that Mogwai’s music invokes.

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Adelia I Want To Love

screens with: Burning

Aug 23

(Teresa Eggers, Vincent Moon, France, 2009, HD, 25 min)

Adelia is two stories in one: The first is about 90-year-old Adelie, who has never been to a real concert. The other is about the frontman of the band Mogwai, who has played scores of concerts.

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REM 6 Days

Aug 24

(Vincent Moon, Jeremiah, USA/France, 2009, 60 min)

In REM 6 Days we follow lead singer Michael Stipe on stage and off, in performances and interviews. Stipe calls the experience "an experiment in terror," and with his digitally distorted, black-and-white and dry-as-dust images, Moon provides the contents with its right experimental form. 

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Take Away Shows: Expanded Cinema

Aug 22

At a time when MTV has reduced music to a lonely M, Vincent Moon deconstructs the music film and breathes a new lease of life into the genre. His Take Away Shows continue to impress music fans, who, via the internet, experience some of music’s biggest names playing in the streets of Paris, narrow staircases, mine shafts and even on the can!

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La Faute des Fleurs

Aug 26

(Vincent Moon, France, 2008, HD, 70 min)

After having been told by a fan about an incredible tale, Viincent Moon traveled to Japan to meet a 59-year-old Japanese folk singer and cult figure Kazuki Tomokawa, better known as "the screaming philosopher." This deeply moving portrait brings to life the flawed Tomokawa, bungled relationships, gambling habit and all.

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Little Blue Nothing

Aug 25

(Vincent Moon, Antoine Viviani, France, 2009, HD, 51 min)

Everything quivers with sensuality in this touching love story about Czech cellists Irena and Vojtech Havel, who, over 15 years, lived together in a fascinating symbiotic partnership. In addition to a long lineup of brilliant neoclassical works (evoking memories of Arvo Pärt's minimalism, ECM's new jazz, Eastern European folk music and Indian ragas), the duo—performing under the name The Havels—has worked in theatre, film, pictorial arts and poetry.

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