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Local Sightings Film Festival 2025 Announces Award Winners for Best Feature & Short Films

December 3, 2025

Seattle, WA – Northwest Film Forum (NWFF)’s 28th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival (September 19-28, 2025) has wrapped! 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.

 


 

JURIED AWARDS

Local Sightings jurors Jasira Andrus, K…

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Leadership Changes at Northwest Film Forum, October 2025

October 28, 2025

SEATTLE, WA (October 28, 2025) —

Hello Forum friends,

We’re writing to share a few important leadership updates. Executive Director Derek Edamura is stepping down from his role after nearly three years of dedicated service. Derek’s leadership has been instrumental in helping the Forum navigate the challenges that arts organizations across the country have faced in the wake of the pandemic. By restructuring the Forum’s staffing model and expanding its revenue streams, he ha…

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Northwest Film Forum Partners with Far Star Productions to host the Seattle Premiere of “And So It Begins” at PACCAR IMAX Theater

September 5, 2025

SEATTLE, WA (September 5, 2025) — Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is excited to announce that it will be hosting the Seattle Premiere of Ramona Diaz’s new film “And So It Begins,” on October 10th, 2025 at the PACCAR IMAX Theater at the Pacific Science Center.  This event is a partnership between Northwest Film Forum and Far Star Productions, and is gra…

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Remove the Gap Productions’ Production Intensive Workshops Attendance is Roaring Back!

June 23, 2025

Seattle, WA – On a gloomy Saturday morning Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) hosts the first day of its 2-day Intro to Camera Intensive Workshop.  While the neighborhood was just beginning to wake up, inside the Forum the workshop room was buzzing with over 35 emerging women, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC filmmakers learning the art of cinematography and camera operation.  

After years of declining attendance since the COVID-19 Pandemi…

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Northwest Film Forum Raises Over $125,000 to Support the Region’s Filmmakers and Storytellers

June 9, 2025

Seattle, WA – On May 30th, 2025, Northwest Film Forum celebrated its 30th Anniversary in unforgettable fashion with its annual gala. Given the significance of the milestone, this year’s gala theme was Existential Crisis–a nod to both the challenges and resilience that come with three decades of independent filmmaking and community building.  The sold-out event brought togethe…

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Quarterly Report: Northwest Film Forum starts 2025 with soaring ticket sales

March 8, 2025

SEATTLE, WA (March 8, 2025) — Northwest Film Forum has started 2025 with soaring ticket sales and guests rediscovering their love of the cinema experience.  

“This has been the best fiscal quarter that we have had in over 2 years!” says Derek Edamura, Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum.

Since the start of the new year Northwest Film Forum has seen a dramatic increase in ticket sales and attendance following the runs of Sun…

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Northwest Film Forum receives award from King County Doors Open and 4Culture

March 8, 2025

SEATTLE, WA (Dec. 23, 2024) — Northwest Film Forum was awarded a grant from the King County Door Open legislation and 4Culture for over $471,676 over the next 3 years.

Nearly one year ago, the King County Council unanimously passed Doors Open legislation to increase funding for King County arts, heritage, science, and historic preservation nonprofits through a 0.1 percent sales tax.  Doors Open is expected to gen…

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