Seattle Film Society Staff Showcase
Thu Mar 19:
$15 General Admission
Tommy Meisel, Ben Johnson, Gracen Bayer, Wesley Klingele, Marcus Baker
United States
36m
About
As SFS is a filmmaker-run organization, we wanted to take a moment to highlight the filmmaking talent within our ranks. In general, we do not program the work of our team or work that our team has creatively collaborated on, to avoid any favoritism or bias.
For this special event, we’ll be screening six short films by the Filmmakers who help us keep things running around here. This includes:
- I AM STILL RIGHT HERE by Tommy Meisel (Programming Director): Filmed on Super 8 film stock, “I Am Still Right Here” is a portrait of Garabed “Garo” Sarian, an elderly Armenian American immigrant. (6 min)
- LE MONSTRO by Gabrielle Rosson (Education Director) “Le Monstro” is an indie short film about unrequited love, beauty, and acceptance; and is inspired by the Victorian Ape Woman, Julia Pastrana, and her husband Theodor Lent. (9m)
- SASQUATCH SUNRISE by Ben Johnson (Events Director): While scouting a location for a new drone delivery warehouse near the Skykomish River, consultants for a big tech company encounter unusual forms of resistance from the locals. (6 min)
- SPICE WORLD: SHAKEN SECRETS by Gracen Bayer (Programmer): A reality TV show uncovers spicy secrets from the iconic Salt and Pepper duo. (6 Min)
- CORTEX by Wesley Klingele (Administrative Assistant): The human memory and the invention of the camera converge in an impossible new change. (3 Min)
- ONE HUNDRED by Marcus Baker (Creative Director): A mother asks her daughter for money. (15 Min)
This screening will be followed by a Q&A led by filmmaker Justin Robert Vinall.
Thursday March 19th at the Northwest Film Forum. Doors at 6:30, Films at 7. See ya at the movies!
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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.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
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 suji@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.
⚠️ COVID-19 Policies ⚠️
NWFF patrons will be strongly encouraged 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. 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.