Local Sightings 2024 – The Space Between [Hybrid]

Watch online: Sep. 20–29

Watch in person: Sep. 21 at 7:30pm

In-person tickets >

$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member

Virtual tickets >

$5 – $25 Sliding Scale

Festival passes >

$60 – $150 Sliding Scale

VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!

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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum’s ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.

The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!

We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.

The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!

If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at suji@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.

Made possible due to a grant from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with Sensory Access, our Sensory Access document presents a visual and descriptive walk-through of the NWFF space. View it in advance of attending an in-person event at bit.ly/nwffsocialnarrativepdf, in order to prepare yourself for the experience.

⚠️ COVID-19 Policies ⚠️

As of August 2024, NWFF has adjusted its mask policy from universally required to strongly encouraged at the majority of screenings. In the interest of accessibility, the requirement is still in place for Thursday night screenings and Saturday and Sunday matinees; occasional exceptions will be noted on each event’s page.

Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them.

Read more about NWFF’s policies responding to the present pandemic here.

About

(66 min TRT)

Stories of found family, childhood friends, old lovers, and everyone else who lingers in our thoughts when we go to sleep, and returns once we wake up. These poignant shorts grapple with the things left unsaid or unheard, and with the space between us.

Header photo credit: Matinee Baby, dir. Thom Hilton

BUY TICKETS HERE

FAQ: How do I watch online?
FAQ: How do I watch in-person?
  • 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.

Films in this program:

Matinee Baby

(Thom Hilton, Beaverton, OR, 2024, 18 min, in English)

In this raunchy and outlandish queer comedy, best friends Robby and Noah-Lee – employees at Portland’s historic Clinton Street Theater – find themselves confronted by a parade of increasingly wacky, genre-tinged suitors.

Groove, Slam, Work It Back

(Amélia Simard, BC, 2023, 11 min, in English)

Groove, Slam, Work It Back gives a glimpse into Sayla and Ishi’s grief, as they meet at Sayla’s mother’s house for the new year. When talking about Sayla’s late sister, who was also Ishi’s girlfriend, they clash: as Sayla withholds information, Ishi prods to know more about the sisters’ mystery tradition.

Third

(Sebastian Zufelt, Seattle, WA, 2024, 7 min, in English) World premiere!

A college student struggles to reconnect with his high school friends after learning they’ve started dating each other. Trailer >

VORAZ - Ravenous

(Misty Shipman, Spokane, WA, 2024, 14 min, in English & Spanish with English subtitles) World premiere!

Alejandro and Guadalupe, a seemingly happy young couple, are celebrating three years together. But their fancy dinner brings lingering issues to the surface, spurring a series of flashbacks to their best, and worst, times together. Movingly fluidly between English and Spanish, VORAZ – Ravenous tackles themes of mental illness, addiction, and unconditional love.

Through the Flow of Summer Snow

(Sophia Santos English, Burnaby, BC, 2024, 14 min, in English) Seattle premiere!

In search of independence, a young woman moves out of her childhood home and into a place of her own. But independence comes with a cost as she navigates her decaying relationships in the looming presence of an encroaching spore invasion. Trailer > 


Festival Directory

Presented by Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum, the 27th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival is a virtual-and-in-person showcase of creative communities from throughout the Pacific Northwest. The 2024 program, which runs from September 20–29, features a competitive selection of curated short film programs and feature films, inviting regional artists to experiment, break, and remake popular conceptions around filmmaking and film exhibition.

Local Sightings champions emerging and established talent, supports the regional film industry, and promotes diverse media as a critical tool for public engagement.


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Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave,

Seattle, WA 98122

206 329 2629


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