CFFS 2022 – Rainbow Roar LGBTQIA+ Shorts (Ages 11+)
Feb. 11–20, 2022
In-Person Screening:
Feb. 19 at 1pm
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:
**Co-presented with Three Dollar Bill Cinema**
This program celebrates stories of unique, fun, and ferocious folks who are rejecting stereotypes and living their authentic selves.
Filmmaker Sally Rubin will be in attendance!
Header photo credit: Mama Has a Mustache, dir. Sally Rubin
- 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:
In Nature
US Premiere!
CW: In Nature features flashing colors at the beginning of the film.
In nature, as in human life, a couple aren’t always a male and a female. You may not know it, but homosexuality isn’t just a human story.
(Marcel Barelli, Switzerland, 2021, 5 min, in English, French, German, Italian & Spanish with English subtitles)
Giovanni
Seattle Premiere!
Six-year-old Giovanni is at the park with his mom, sitting on a bench and playing with a doll, but the gentleman next to them does not seem to like what Giovanni is doing.
(Marco Di Gerlando & Ludovica Gibelli, Italy, 2021, 5 min, in Italian with English subtitles)
Mama Has a Mustache
A quirky, fully animated documentary short about gender diversity and family, as seen through the eyes of kids aged 5 to 10.
(Sally Rubin, US, 2021, 10 min, in English)
Cariño
In the streets of Cartagena, a young boy embarks on an adventure to find a flower for his crush and win his affection.
(Carlos Taborda, Roshel Amuruz & Ashley Williams, US, 2021, 4 min, nonverbal)
Hiding
US Premiere!
Will is starting to come to terms with his sexuality. When his friends start to put pressure on him to admit things that he’s not ready to share, he has to learn the hard way that true acceptance can come only from himself; no one else.
(Tom Carey, United Kingdom, 2021, 4 min, in English)
Jules & I
CW: In Jules & I, one of the subjects swears at the beginning of the film.
An intimate portrait of young teenager Roos, who’s struggling with the transition of her transgender sister Jules. Through Roos we come to understand many of the intense, lonely, and enriching feelings that can come up during someone’s transition process.
(Anne Ballon, Belgium, 2021, 15 min, in Dutch with English subtitles)
Baggage
Reut makes a journey with her father, during which she forms her own independent identity.
(Einat Keshet, Israel, 2020, 6 min, in English & Hebrew with English subtitles)
Laundry Night
It’s a special night at the laundromat when two nervous crushes accidentally fall asleep, leaving their laundry unattended.
(Josh Boehnke & Jeff Dempsey, US, 2021, 4 min, in English)
Just Johnny
West Coast Premiere!
Maria, Dermot, and their son Johnny live in West Belfast. Their conventional, straightforward family life is jolted when Johnny tells his Mum that he wants to wear a dress for his upcoming First Holy Communion.
(Terry Loane, Ireland, 2021, 18 min, in English)
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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.