CFFS 2024 – Viajes y Sueños Spanish Language Program (Ages 10+) [Hybrid]
Watch online: Feb. 2–10, 2024
Visiting Artist
**Vertiente de Agua Tibia Director Camilo Mangas Calderón 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 Seattle Latino Film Festival**
These Spanish language shorts feature the journeys of those who dream. Experience musical adventures, immigration stories, and even time-travel to learn about age-old traditions, lost cities, and lessons that teach us more about who we are today.
Header photo credit: Vertiente de Agua Tibia, dir. Camilo Mangas Calderón
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:
Pedro y Carolina
Join Pedro and Carolina in this musical adventure as they journey across skies, seas, and even galaxies. North American premiere! CW: Flashing lights.
(Clara Sabina Rodriguez de Almeida, Uruguay, 2023, 3 min, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Little Birds
From a shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border, kids share their stories of crossing the border in search of a better life. Despite the fear and uncertainty of the trip, they cling to their dreams and hopes for the future. Like migratory birds, they seek a new home. US premiere!
(Gabriela Badillo, Mexico, 2023, 9 min, in Spanish with English subtitles)
Balam
Itzel, a young girl of Mayan descent, goes on a camping trip with her father deep in the jungle. While wandering, she discovers a jaguar in captivity and, without hesitation, frees the majestic animal. As the furious poacher chases her away, Itzel stumbles upon a mysterious Mayan city. There she’ll discover a magical jaguar, a mysterious vision, and wonders unimaginable.
(Guillermo Casarin, Mexico, 2023, 10 min, in Spanish 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)
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 mementos 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)
Vertiente de Agua Tibia
Sofia, a young trumpeter, prepares herself for a reunion with her childhood friend Paula. Fearing that their bond may have faded, Sofia revisits their memories to give Paula a welcoming gift—a song. World premiere!
(Camilo Mangas Calderón, Nicaragua, 2023, 19 min, in Spanish with English subtitles)
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