Seattle, WA – On May 30th, 2025, Northwest Film Forum celebrated its 30th Anniversary in unforgettable fashion with its annual gala. Given the significance of the milestone, this year’s gala theme was Existential Crisis–a nod to both the challenges and resilience that come with three decades of independent filmmaking and community building. The sold-out event brought togethe…
Seattle, WA – An initiative started by Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) in 2022, ACTION! Narrative Apprenticeship Program (ACTION!) is now celebrating its fourth year. Modelled after the Forum’s Remove the Gap Apprenticeship Program (RGPRO), this program is geared towards BIPOC,…
SEATTLE, WA (March 8, 2025) — Northwest Film Forum has started 2025 with soaring ticket sales and guests rediscovering their love of the cinema experience.
“This has been the best fiscal quarter that we have had in over 2 years!” says Derek Edamura, Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum.
Since the start of the new year Northwest Film Forum has seen a dramatic increase in ticket sales and attendance following the runs of Sun…
SEATTLE, WA (Dec. 23, 2024) — Northwest Film Forum was awarded a grant from the King County Door Open legislation and 4Culture for over $471,676 over the next 3 years.
Nearly one year ago, the King County Council unanimously passed Doors Open legislation to increase funding for King County arts, heritage, science, and historic preservation nonprofits through a 0.1 percent sales tax. Doors Open is expected to gen…
Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is proud to announce Jing Zou as the recipient of the fifth annual Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. Zou will receive an unrestricted cash award of $25,000 to support her first narrative feature film, A GIRL UNKNOWN.
“I am absolutely honored to be selected as the recipient of the 2024 Lynn Shelton ‘Of a Certain Age’ award for my first feature, A GIRL UNKNOWN. Thank you for this re…
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Northwest Film Forum (NWFF)’s Collective Power Fund is thrilled to announce the grant recipients for the Collective Power Fund, now in its fifth installment of funding and support to individual, visual-based artists in King County. The grant is presented as a part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program and in partnership with the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture.
Our Spring 2024 grants distributed $60,000 in increments of $2,000 – …
The 7th Cadence Video Poetry Festival (April 19–28, 2024) has announced award-winners from among the 50+ artist teams whose work screens at the festival this year. The annual festival presents screenings, workshops, artist residencies, and discussions on video poetry, and remains the only festival dedicated to the genre in the Pacific Northwest. It is curated by Seattle au…
Northwest Film Forum’s Collective Power Fund returns this year with fourteen grants for individual artists and artist-run collectives who live in unincorporated and incorporated King County. Individual artists will be able to apply for the lower two tiers; the $2,000 grants will be for Research & Development, to compen…