Northwest Film Forum is pleased to announce our 2018 Local Sightings Film Festival winners! Thank you to our jurors Alan Palomo, paige watkins, and Amanda Salazar!

Please catch our Audience Award winners early next year for a screening at Naked City Brewery!

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BEST FEATURE FILM
Trouble with Wolves – Collin Monda (Seattle, WA)
$500 cash prize plus a theatrical run at Northwest Film Forum

BEST SHORT FILM
Memory of the Peace – Jean Parsons & Jennifer Chiu (Vancouver, BC)
$250 cash prize plus $250 in gear & edit lab rental at Northwest Film Forum

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ARK – Lynne Siefert (Seattle, WA)
$1,000 in rental credit from Northwest Camera Company
Sponsored by Northwest Camera Company

BEST SOUND DESIGN
North of Blue – Joanna Priestley (Portland, OR)
4 hour sound mix
Sponsored by Clatter & Din

EMERGING FILMMAKER
(For an outstanding first-time feature or short film director)
UNBUCKLED by Tessa Ribitsch (Portland, OR)
Seattle International Film Festival Industry Pass and $250 Glazer’s gift card
Sponsored by SIFF and Glazer’s

SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD
(In recognition of a film that motivates action for social change and movement-building)
Memory of the Peace – Jean Parsons & Jennifer Chiu (Vancouver, BC)
$250 Glazers gift card for director and $250 to main subject’s organization of choice
Sponsored by Glazer’s

SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD (HONORABLE MENTION)
Chronic Means Forever – Kadazia Allen-Perry (Spanaway, WA)

BEST FEATURE ORIGINAL SCORE
North of Blue – Jamie Haggerty (Portland, OR)
$200 cash prize
Sponsored by Seattle Composer’s Alliance

BEST SHORT ORIGINAL SCORE
Aje Ijo Series: Rivers of Nine – Mark Anthony Chubb and T. Ledward (Allofus), Kiana Harris (Seattle, WA)
$100 cash prize
Sponsored by Seattle Composer’s Alliance

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE
Chronic Means Forever – Kadazia Allen-Perry (Spanaway, WA)
Encore screening at Naked City!
Sponsored by Naked City Brewery

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT
Always – Angela DiMarco (Seattle, WA)
Encore screening at Naked City!
Sponsored by Naked City Brewery

Lastly, watch the finished product from PARTY ON SET, held on September 21st, 2018.

Filmmakers: partake in all the fun parts of making movies with none of the crack-of-dawn call times! Not a filmmaker? Experience first hand that special blend of filmmaker camaraderie, uncapped creativity and hare-brained ideas just crazy enough to work.

Jump into a live table read (please bring your friend with the Herzog impression), belt karaoke in front of a green screen, and ham it up with hand-puppets. Think of it as a selfie sandbox of epic DIY proportions. With a live DJ soundtrack, Lagunitas brewskies, interactive art, and wardrobe changes, this set will be anything but quiet.

Footage from the festivities will be cut into a collectively crafted Forum short film starring YOU, to premiere at closing night.

Smartphones rolling? ACTION!