CFFS 2022 – Voyages Sincères French Language Program (Ages 8+)
Feb. 11–20, 2022
In-Person Screenings:
Feb. 12 at 11:30am
Feb. 20 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:
**Co-presented with the Alliance Française de Seattle**
This all-French-language program features journeys of all shapes and sizes. From a nervous spider to a boy who wants to do ballet, these shorts will make you reflect on life’s greatest challenges and joys.
Header photo credit: Old Mother Snow, dir. Celia Tisserant & Arnaud Demuynck
- 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:
How I Overcame My Fear of Humans
West Coast Premiere!
Dedaliah is a spider. As she nears the end of her life, she wonders: if she hadn’t been so afraid of humans, could she have gone to New York with her best friend?
(Helene Ducrocq, France, 2020, 9 min, in French with English subtitles)
Over the Sky
Seattle Premiere!
Alice, a nine-year-old girl who lives in the countryside, has her world shaken when her father leaves home. She resolves to leave home and live alone aboard a glider in the sky, though she wonders if it will be lonely without her best friend Leo.
(Pauline Pelsy-Johann, France, 2021, 20 min, in French with English subtitles)
Deviens
Seattle Premiere!
A young boy is fascinated by ballet dancing and afraid to admit it, until he meets a ballet dancer.
(Adrien Lhommedieu, France, 2021, 10 min, in French with English subtitles)
Old Mother Snow
West Coast Premiere!
Thumbeline and Fingerita live alone with their mother at the edge of a forest overlooking a village. When Thumbeline’s hat falls into an old well, she climbs down to get it and discovers the enchanting world of Old Mother Snow.
(Celia Tisserant & Arnaud Demuynck, France,Belgium & Switzerland, 2020, 30 min, in French with English subtitles)
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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.