Northwest Film Forum (NWFF)’s Collective Power Fund is thrilled to announce the grant recipients for the Collective Power Fund, now in its fifth installment of funding and support to individual, visual-based artists in King County. The grant is presented as a part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program and in partnership with the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture.

Our Spring 2024 grants distributed $60,000 in increments of $2,000 – …

The 7th Cadence Video Poetry Festival (April 19–28, 2024) has announced award-winners from among the 50+ artist teams whose work screens at the festival this year. The annual festival presents screenings, workshops, artist residencies, and discussions on video poetry, and remains the only festival dedicated to the genre in the Pacific Northwest. It is curated by Seattle au…

The Operations Manager oversees key functions of daily financial management, operational systems and HR protocol at Northwest Film Forum (NWFF). The Operations Manager provides partnership and support to the Executive Director in business administration, staff and HR management, ensuring smooth operation of technical systems, vendor management, and daily financial monitoring across the organization. In addition, the Operations Manager oversees high-level facilities maintenance and collaborat…

Fourteen Grants Available at $2,000, $5,000, and $10,000 Tiers, in Collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ Regional Regranting Program

Northwest Film Forum’s Collective Power Fund returns this year with fourteen grants for individual artists and artist-run collectives who live in unincorporated and incorporated King County. Individual artists will be able to apply for the lower two tiers; the $2,000 grants will be for Research & Development, to compen…

Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is proud to announce Mirta Desir as the recipient of the fourth annual Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. Desir will receive an unrestricted cash award of $25,000 to support her first narrative feature film, ANGIE. Desir describes ANGIE as “a love letter to Latin American artists and Haitians’ oral history — a marriage of human drama and the power of Voudou.”

“The Lynn Shelton ‘Of a Certain Age’ Grant is an amazing source of supp…

Seattle, WA – October 6, 2022 – Northwest Film Forum (NWFF)’s 26th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival (September 15–24, 2022) has wrapped its hybrid in-person and virtual festival! Local Sightings is one of few regional festivals of its kind, which champions emerging and established talent from throughout the Pacific Northwest, supports the local film industry, and promotes diverse media as a critical tool for public engagement.

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