CFFS 2024 – Ready to Roll: Youth Filmmaker Showcase (Ages 10+) [Hybrid]
Watch online: Feb. 2–10, 2024
Visiting Artist
Here It Is Director Sacha Reyes 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
** Co-presented with NFFTY (National Film Festival For Talented Youth)**
Get a glimpse inside the visionary minds of today’s young filmmakers! These short films reflect how creative, innovative, and inspiring our next generation is. Travel across the world with their artful animations, witty documentaries, and fresh storytelling.
Header photo credit: Happy Together (Felici insieme), dir. Soda, Sttaler, Malek, Daryna, Alisa, Ines, Alessio, Dialokatou, Mohamed, Ismail, Yaniss, Marisol, Gabriele, Giulia, Alyksandra, Karim, Adam, Andreea, J.J., Leonardo & Sahejpreet
BUY TICKETS HERE
- 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:
Let's uncork the fantasy (Stappiamo la fantasia)
Catia, a schoolteacher, lends her collection of hundreds of colorful bottlecaps to her students to make a mesmerizing stop motion film. North American premiere! CW: Flashing images.
(Manuel, Christian, Rebecca, Brent, Mattia, Diana, Amin, Josh, Giorgio, Astou G. , Fatima, Dea, Anna, Ramija, Astou N., Sofia, Gioia, Matteo, Nuran, Vania, Camilla, Hajra, Leonardo Be., Leonardo Bo., Riccardo, Lucia C., Sara, Lorenzo, Andrea, Nada, Tommaso, Josh, Ava, Anas, Ilyas, Youssef, Ayesha, Sukhman, Antonio, Caterina & Lucia Z, Italy, 2023, 4 min, nonverbal)
Legend of Velebaba (Legenda o Velebabi)
A creation folktale from the Southern region of Slovenia, about a giantess whose actions shaped the landscape. North American premiere!
(Nika Pečarič, Nika Črnugelj, Lara Oberman, Lucija Kostelec, Janin Pirkovič, Lana Išpanov & Manca Mihelčič, Slovenia, 2022, 2 min, in Slovenian with English subtitles)
Under That Tree (Embaixo da Árvore)
At the end of school break, two boys, under the canopy of a tree, share their deepest thoughts and revisit the conflicts involving their respective parents. North American premiere!
(Emanuel Schulman, Brazil, 2023, 7 min, in Portuguese with English subtitles)
What's Wrong With Me? (¿No sé qué me pasa?)
Two young kids are caught up in their monotonous daily routines, until a magical occurrence brings them both together. Pacific Northwest premiere!
(10- and 11-year-old students of C.E.I.P. Serrería Public School, Spain, 2022, 4 min, in Spanish with English subtitles)
My Lockdown Ramadhan
Laila Yasmin Laljee, a school girl from Manchester, embarks on her very first Ramadhan. She’s been looking forward to this special moment for years, but this year is different – she must do this without the help and company of friends and extended family in the midst of a COVID-19 lockdown. West Coast premiere!
(Laila Yasmin Laljee, United Kingdom, 2021, 5 min, in English)
Moon Mole
A curious mole explores the world around it. Seattle premiere!
[Alunos do 12º ano da Escola Secundária José Régio, Laura Gonçalves (Orientação), Alexandra Ramires (Orientação), Leonor Pacheco (Orientação) & Dimitri Mihajlovic (Orientação), Portugal, 2022, 2 min, nonverbal]
Here It Is
A short travel film highlighting the sights and sounds of a young filmmaker’s adventures during a 3,000-mile road-trip across America. World premiere!
(Sacha Reyes, US, 2023, 3 min, in English)
A Child's Guide to Swearing: A Short Documentary
8-year-old Miles loves the idea of swearing, but wants to investigate people’s attitudes toward using “bad” language. He has a big question to ask: should children be allowed to swear?
(Darren Fisher, Australia, 2023, 9 min, in English)
The Slime from Outer Space
A group of students encounter some bizarre difficulties while making a sci-fi movie. West Coast premiere!
(Emma Kaufman-Horner, Aldie Porter, Casey Leone & Helen Rumsey, US, 2023, 6 min, in English)
Courier on the Drive (Курьер на драйве)
Maxim has always dreamed of becoming a professional skateboarder. He hears about an upcoming skateboarding competition, but there is one problem – to participate, he needs a professionally made skateboard, which he does not own. West Coast premiere!
(Anastasia Kapitonova, Russian Federation, 2023, 6 min, in Russian with English subtitles)
Ordinary and not at all magical book of bushes (Čisto navadna in nič čarobna enciklopedija grmovja)
Be careful of the books you choose. Even completely ordinary ones can take you on an unexpected adventure.
(Ana Drenik, Jona Kelenc, Lucija Majhen, Ažbe Kelenc, Lia Paternoster, Žiga Resman & Nik Grčar, Slovenia, 2022, 2 min, in Slovenian with English subtitles)
Happy Together (Felici insieme)
This is a story of a lonely red plasticine piece, lost in a blank film frame, and how it discovers a community of colorful friends. North American premiere!
(Soda, Sttaler, Malek, Daryna, Alisa, Ines, Alessio, Dialokatou, Mohamed, Ismail, Yaniss, Marisol, Gabriele, Giulia, Alyksandra, Karim, Adam, Andreea, J.J., Leonardo & Sahejpreet, Italy, 2023, 5 min, nonverbal)
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