CFFS 2024 – New Homes (Ages 13+) [Hybrid]
Watch online: Feb. 2–10, 2024
Visiting Artist
**Champion director Kim J.Y. Han will be in attendance!**
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.
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 maria@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.
A number of seats will be held at each show for members of the community for whom ticket cost is an obstacle. If you’d like to attend free of charge, please email María and Paul (maria@nwfilmforum.org, paul@nwfilmforum.org) to let them know which program and showtime you’re interested in!
NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Recent variants of COVID-19 readily infect and spread between individuals regardless of vaccination status.
Read more about NWFF’s policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here.
About
Adjusting to a new home is a scary, uncertain experience. These short films explore the joys and pains of the immigrant experience, underlining the inclusive power of community.
Header photo credit: Swimming with Wings, dir. Daphna Awadish Golan
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- 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.
Films in this program:
Boat People
As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later, they would return the favor. Pacific Northwest premiere!
(Thao Lam & Kjell Boersma, Canada, 2023, 10 min, in English)
Swimming with Wings
This animated documentary explores the immigration experience through the eyes of a little Israeli girl learning how to swim with clothes on in the Netherlands. West Coast premiere!
(Daphna Awadish Golan, Netherlands, 2023, 11 min, in Dutch, English & Hebrew with English subtitles)
Burros
In southern Arizona, twenty miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, a young Indigenous girl discovers a Latina migrant her age who has been separated from her father while traveling through the Tohono O’odham Nation into the United States. WA State premiere!
(Jefferson Stein, US, 2021, 15 min, in English & Spanish with English subtitles)
Behind the Words (Derrière les Mots)
Words are the messengers of our thoughts, but they can also convey prejudice. What’s behind these words? What’s behind the words spoken about refugees who flee their countries and travel thousands of kilometers, putting their lives in danger? *This youth-made film was programmed in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the International Organization for Migration’s PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival.* West Coast premiere!
(Manon Sabrier-Gesrel, France, 2023, 4 min, in French with English subtitles)
Champion
It’s 1997, and 9-year-old Jimin has just moved to California. Jimin refuses to speak to her father who stayed behind in Korea. But when a major financial crisis devastates their home country, all hopes that he can join them in America dissipate. Now, Jimin must gather the courage to take the next steps alone. PNW premiere!
(Kim J.Y. Han, US, 2023, 13 min, in English & Korean with English subtitles)
Jasmin's Two Homes
When Jasmin’s parents decide to move their family back to her dad’s home country, Somaliland, she is faced with the biggest change of her life. She has to say goodbye to the familiar playgrounds in the Finnish suburbs, and to her best friend. When she arrives in Somaliland, she’s struck with culture shock: the streets are not paved, and camels roam around freely. But Jasmin starts to appreciate that nobody stares at her like they do in Finland. Maybe having two homes isn’t so bad after all? Pacific Northwest premiere!
(Inka Achte & Hanna Karppinen, Finland, 2022, 13 min, in English, Finnish & Somali with English subtitles)
Go Away, Alfred! (Va-t'en, Alfred!)
After being displaced from his home, Alfred the bird wanders from home to home, facing loneliness and rejection at each turn. One day he meets Sonia, who offers him a coffee…
West Coast premiere!
(Célia Tisserant & Arnaud Demuynck, France, 2023, 11 min, nonverbal)
The Luggage Room (Un Cuarto de Equipaje)
Soledad, a 65-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant, is collecting gifts to send to her family. As she sorts through the mountain of mementoes and photos inside her small room, she relives memories of her loved ones in a lovely walk down memory lane. Seattle premiere!
(Daniela Cuenca Valdez, Spain, 2021, 7 min, in Spanish with English subtitles)
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