ByDesign 2022 – Desert Paradise (Paradijs in de Woestijn)
In-person screening: Mar. 19 at 4:30pm
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:
** US premiere! **
Located in the remote Namibian desert, the town of Oranjemund has long been reliant on opportunities provided by the local diamond mine, which for years has been the primary source of education, water, and job opportunities for the town’s residents. With the mine’s impending closure, Oranjemund’s diverse residents are left in limbo as they consider whether to stay or leave; adapt or give up.
Desert Paradise is a behind-the-scenes look at the complex bureaucracy that Oranjemund residents must navigate if they hope to assert their identity and create genuine independence for their village. The most committed among them take it upon themselves to try to fill the vacuum left by the mining company, fostering local economies in gardening and tourism in an effort to secure a better future for the town.
(Ike Bertels, Netherlands, 2020, 87 min, in Afrikaans, English & Occitan with English subtitles)
- 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).
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- If all else fails, please contact paul@nwfilmforum.org
- Purchase your ticket(s) in advance through Brown Paper Tickets.
- 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.
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ByDesign Festival is a cross-cultural exploration of people, structures, and ideas at the intersection of design and the moving image.
Featuring a broad, inclusive selection of films, performances, and interactive activities, ByDesign invites festivalgoers to interrogate their own relationships to personal and collective identity, by examining how humanity’s understanding of itself is central to the ways in which it creates the physical world.
The 2022 edition of Northwest Film Forum’s annual ByDesign Festival, held March 17–20 in-person and March 17–27 online, is curated and promoted in close partnership with Seattle Design Festival, a strategic initiative of AIA Seattle dedicated to unleashing the design thinker in everyone.
⚠️ Please note: ⚠️
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.