CFFS 2022 – Home Sweet Home (Ages 8+)
Feb. 11–20, 2022
In-Person Screening:
Feb. 12 at 1pm
Feb. 20 at 11:30am
To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are using a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model in 2022. There are three categories of festival pass: VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person), all available here. Vaccination and DOUBLE-masking are required for NWFF patrons!
About:
Home is where the heart is! This collection of animated and live-action films showcases stories of love, family, and comfort.
Filmmakers Mischa Jakupcak and Tifa Tomb are planning on attending!
Header photo credit: My Brother Luca, dir. Carlos Algara & Catalina Serna
- Purchase your ticket through Northwest Film Forum’s Eventive virtual cinema. A free Eventive login is required.
- From the Eventive virtual catalog page, purchased tickets will appear under “My Content Library” under your user menu (upper-right). From the Eventive festival landing page, they will appear under “My Tickets” on the site’s menu bar (at top).
- Your confirmation email will also route you back to these pages to watch. (Can’t find it? Check spam!)
- If all else fails, please contact paul@nwfilmforum.org
- Purchase your ticket through Brown Paper Tickets; come to the show!
- You can also purchase a ticket on the day of the screening at Northwest Film Forum’s box office (1515 12th Ave, Seattle).
- If you have purchased a Hybrid or In-Person-Only Festival Pass, we’ll be able to look you up at Will Call by the name you purchased under.
For the sake of public safety, NWFF patrons ages 5+ will be required to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination and to double-mask while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them.
NWFF is adapting to evolving recommendations to protect the public from COVID-19. Read more about their policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.
Films in this program:
My Brother Luca
Seattle Premiere!
When an imaginative little girl discovers that her older brother might have superpowers, she sets out on a quest to make sure everyone else sees him as she does.
(Carlos Algara & Catalina Serna, Mexico, 2019, 10 min, in English & Spanish with English subtitles)
Creak!
Whenever ten-year-old Zemarcus Blue has a bad day, it can come out of nowhere, and things get strained between him and his Dad. Sometimes the only thing that helps is the VR game his Mom made for him before she died.
(Tifa Tomb, US, 2021, 10 min, in English)
Spring Always Comes Back
The story of grandma Margara and her four grandchildren. The story of those who left and, above all, of those who stayed.
(Alicia Núñez Puerto, Spain, 2021, 11 min, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Slow Moving Houses
West Coast Premiere!
CW: Slow Moving Houses starts with a man contemplating jumping off of a building, but the film quickly moves on to an imaginative storyline that has a hopeful ending.
While a man is in the midst of an existential crisis, a mysterious young girl appears and leads him into a future he can’t imagine for himself, forever altering the course of his life.
(Mischa Jakupcak, US, 2021, 8 min, in English)
Mum is Pouring Rain
Seattle Premiere!
CW: Mum is Pouring Rain deals with the mental health of a parent and how it affects her daughter’s world. The film ends on a hopeful note.
Jane is looking forward to spending Christmas with her Mom, but instead she is sent to her Grandma’s, where she makes several unexpected new friends. As her adventures teacher her to open up to others, Jane will inspire her mother with the strength she needs to get back on her feet.
(Hugo de Faucompret, France, 2021, 30 min, in French with English subtitles)
Step By Step
A little rain boot wakes up at the edge of a river. On her journey back home through the forest, she learns from the many obstacles that she encounters as she finds her way.
(Fanny Paoli, Anabelle David, Emma Gach, Claire Robert, Julie Valentin & Thēodore Janvier, France, 2021, 7 min, nonverbal)
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For the sake of public safety, NWFF patrons ages 5+ will be required to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination and to double-mask while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them.
NWFF is adapting to evolving recommendations to protect the public from COVID-19. Read more about their policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.