Local Sightings 2025 – The Y2K Killers
Sat Sep 20:
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$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
$100 General Admission
$70 Student/Child/Senior
$45 Member
Full Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!
Misty Shipman
Washington, USA
2025
1h 5m
Visiting Artist
** Director Misty Shipman and actor Claire Milligan in attendance! **
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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 rajah@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. 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
(Misty Shipman, Washington, USA, 2025, 65 min, in English) World Premiere!
In 2003, three teenagers–the sensitive Cash, his moody girlfriend Teeny, and their new friend Scamp–are being interrogated for their possible involvement in a murder on the rugged Washington coast. Fast-forward to 2010, and Cash is on death row, and reluctantly participating in a true-crime documentary.
The Y2k Killers begins with this intriguing setup, then flashes back to reveal the true story-behind-the-story. Cash and Teeny meet Scamp while living out of their car, then become each other’s found family as they rove the woods, pilgrimage to the Kurt Cobain Bridge, and participate in Scamp’s docu-journal, “ScampCam.” With its raw, visceral portrayal of youth “half-homelessness,” The Y2k Killers explores the wild intensity of teen bonds.
According to writer-director Misty Shipman, a Local Sightings alum who is making her feature film debut, the fierce and sublime landscapes of the Pacific Northwest partly inspired the story. “Being from Western Washington, I was inspired by the breathtaking nature of the coastline, and sought to integrate the beauty and terror of living at the mouth of the Pacific Ocean, where danger and wonder mix,” said Shipman. The Y2k Killers is the first narrative film to shoot on the Shoalwater Bay Tribe reservation where Shipman calls home.
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FAQ: What's the festival format this year?
- This year’s festival will be in-person only! For the past several years, we have been proud to offer the festival as a hybrid virtual-and-in-person experience, but due to staff capacity, we cannot do this for the 2025 fest.
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).
- Pass-holders, we will be able to look you up using the name you purchased under.
Festival Directory
Presented by Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum, the 28th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival is a showcase of creative communities from throughout the Pacific Northwest. The 2025 program, which runs from September 19–28, 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.