Sweet 16 (Millimeter)
This event took place on Apr 18, 2015
$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member
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On Film
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Filmmakers in attendance!
We dug into the treasure trove and gathered together a program of rarely screened 16mm film prints by the likes of Lynn Shelton, Dayna Hanson, Jon Behrens, Brandon Schaeffer, Reed O’Beirne, Caryn Cline, Web Crowell, Lori Goldston and more! Come see Megan Griffiths play a pizza delivery person, the old PSA for the Grand Illusion and loads of other fun cinematic moments from yesteryear.
FILM PROGRAM
Popper Man
(Deb Girdwood, 2 min)
There once was a man who cleaned and repaired popcorn machines. This is his story.
Have You Seen Me?
(William Weiss, 2004, 5 min)
Junk mail match game desperately seeks 50% off next purchase
Collie and the Lamb
(Christian Palmer, 2002, 5 min)
Projected only a few times before, this surreal contortion of domestic mundanities is a real head trip.
El Viejo
(Michael Seiwerath, 1997, 3 min, 16mm)
An aging man awakes in a park without his glasses, forcing him to see the world anew.
Measure
(Dayna Hanson, 2001, 7 min)
A moody duet in a run-down hallway
Seattle Solstice
(Caryn Cline, 2008, 3 min)
Mapping a Seattle landscape as the season turns, this film is an optical print of original handmade frames.
Donut Holes
(John Jeffcoat, 1994, 5 min)
A quirky experimental short doc by the director of Outsourced andBig in Japan.
Welcome to the Grand Illusion
(Webster Crowell, 1998, 1 min)
A friendly welcome to the Grand Illusion cinema!
Undercurrents
(Jon Behrens, 1994, 9 min)
The final installment and Behrens’s personal favorite in his Urban Landscape Series, Undercurrents brings together multiple techniques and structures.
No Time for Shopping
(Reed O’Berine, 1999, 3 min)
In contrast to the major-media’s WTO coverage which focused almost exclusively on tear gas and broken windows, No Time For Shopping captures the dynamic vibrancy, diversity and passion that was on display in the streets of Seattle on the afternoon of 30 November 1999.
Five Frames of Fame
(Webster Crowell, 2000, 2 min)
A stop motion experiment celebrating the 5th anniversary of NWFF. Featuring lots of Dina Martina.
Apoplexy
(Andy Spletzer, 2002, 5 min)
An apoplectic burst of imagery and information, the result of a cinematic cerebral hemorrhage.
Alchemy Of The Oracles
(Karn Junkinsmith, 2008, 9 min)
An extravaganza of bopping female bodies lacking wardrobe control, shot by Benjamin Kasulke.