CFFS 2022 – Promise to the Planet Environmental Shorts (Ages 11+)
Feb. 11–20, 2022
In-Person Screenings:
Feb. 13 at 5pm
Feb. 19 at 3:30pm
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:
This collection of animated and live-action films explore the beauty of our Earth and emphasize the importance of taking care of our natural home.
Filmmaker Sherene Strausberg will be in attendance at Feb 13 screening.
(Please note: If you’re viewing online, this film program is not available in France.)
Header photo credit: Cracked, dir. Mahmut Taş
- 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).
- Your confirmation email will also route you back to these pages to watch. (Can’t find it? Check spam!)
- If all else fails, please contact paul@nwfilmforum.org
- 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.
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.
Films in this program:
Cracked
Seattle Premiere!
A little girl lives in a village with her mother where water sources are dwindling by the day, affecting the girl’s family and community as well as their surrounding natural environment. Still, she never loses hope.
(Mahmut Taş, Turkey, 2021, 5 min, nonverbal)
Cool For You
World Premiere!
With some help from different characters and families, animals and plants, children are introduced to the concept of global warming, and given positive, easy ways to improve our impact on the earth.
(Sherene Strausberg, US, 2021, 3 min, in English)
Patouille and the Parachute Seeds
Patouille is a little creature who lives in harmony with the plants. With his friend Momo, he discovers the amazing features of plants.
(Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière & Clémentine Campos, France, 2021, 7 min, in French with English subtitles)
Bad Bugs
Seattle Premiere!
Ten-year-old animator Bryn Wright made this claymation film about one of her passions: the importance of using “natural solutions for your bug problems.”
(Bryn Wright, US, 2021, 2 min, in English)
Packing a Wave
North American Premiere!
A shipwrecked girl washes ashore on what at first seems to be a paradisaical desert island. After waking up, she explores the island and discovers that it is heaped with garbage. The tide is dragging tons of plastic to the shore, contaminating local habitat; she cannot turn a blind eye.
(Edu Glez, Spain, 2021, 8 min, nonverbal)
World and Me
A boy faces the difficulty of choosing between his personal needs and the demands of a perishing nature.
(Eldor Kudratillayev, Uzbekistan, 2021, 2 min, nonverbal)
The Living Sea
Twelve-year-old scuba diver Ema sets out on a quest to find out why corals around the globe are dying, but are somehow more resilient in Hong Kong.
(Ema Poposka, Hong Kong, 2021, 15 min, in English)
Kāhuli
Seattle Premiere!
Kāhuli (Beloved Hawaiian Land & Tree Snails), once adorned native Hawaiian Forests abundantly. Over 750 species were documented through chants & folklore. Legends proclaim these tiny jewels would whistle, trill & chirp. Today less than 40 species survive.
(Phoenix Maimiti Valentine, US, 2020, 3 min, in English)
One Planet
West Coast Premiere!
An inspiring music video by Dandora Music and Connect4Climate that encourages us to take care of our one and only planet.
(Francis Demesi & Stephen Okoth, Kenya, 2021, 5 min, in English)
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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.