Calendar
Happy Hour
Seattle premiere! (Two-part screening; Part I on Mar. 8, Part II on Mar. 10)
Mar 08 - Mar 10
(Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Japan, 2015, 317 min)
One woman's divorce provokes a seismic shift among four girlfriends in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's intimate epic.
Do Androids Dream Of Grant Money? Arts Philanthropy in Tech City
Free screening & discussion!
Mar 08
A docu-satire of late night public access TV digging into the history of Seattle and its rapidly changing cultural landscape followed by rigorous public discussion about the state of philanthropy for the arts in an increasingly data-driven city.
ShareGrid Launch Event
Mar 09
Festival of (In)appropriation #9
Mar 10
This year’s program of (in)appropriation features an astonishing variety of moving-image appropriation art, including a riotous YouTube reaction video mash-up, an exquisite found-footage ready-made, a queer-Asian-American homage to Hollis Frampton, and a pseudo-documentary (or is it?) about the lost work of an early-Soviet scientist dedicated to the exploration of “human mental projection.”
3rd Annual Seattle Web Fest
Mar 11
Celebrate independent television by viewing a curated selection of amazing shows in theatrical presentation and join us for a full day of educational panels & workshops from industry professionals.
FREE Members-Only Screening! The Rules of the Game
35mm print! Introduction by James Tweedie.
Mar 12
(Jean Renoir, France, 1939, 106 min)
At la Colinière, the deceptively idyllic country estate of a wealthy Parisian aristocrat, a selection of society’s finest gather for a rural sojourn and shooting party, and over the course of the weekend reveal themselves to be absurdly, almost primitively, cruel and vapid.
The Rules of the Game
35mm print! Free for members!
Mar 12
(Jean Renoir, France, 1939, 106 min)
At la Colinière, the deceptively idyllic country estate of a wealthy Parisian aristocrat, a selection of society’s finest gather for a rural sojourn and shooting party, and over the course of the weekend reveal themselves to be absurdly, almost primitively, cruel and vapid.
Mr. Gaga
Mar 15 - Mar 23
(Tomer Heymann, Israel, Sweden, Germany, & Netherlands, 2015, 100 min)
Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company, is regarded as one of the most important choreographers in the world. Meeting him at a critical turning point in his personal life, this spirited and insightful documentary introduces you to a man with an extraordinary vision through an extensive archive of unseen footage and breathtaking dance sequences.
The Challenge
West coast premiere! Buy Tickets Now >
Mar 16 - Mar 18
(Yuri Ancarani, Italy / France / Switzerland, 2016, 69 min)
Grounded in observational realism, yet almost surreal in its maximized minimalism, the nominal tale of a Sheikh falconer travelling to Qatar for a weekend tournament becomes a hypnotic study in contrasts: the wild and the tame, the gilded and the barren, ennui and excitement, technology and nature.
Uncertain
Q&A with directors from the film on Mar. 18!
Mar 17 - Mar 19
(Ewan McNicol & Anna Sandilands, US, 2017, 81 min)
Uncertain is a visually stunning and disarmingly funny portrait of the literal and figurative troubled waters of Uncertain, Texas, a 94-resident town so tucked away that “you’ve got to be lost to find it.”
Beau Travail
35mm print!
Mar 21 - Mar 22
(Claire Denis, France, 1999, 35mm, 92 min)
This is the French Foreign Legion: men only, alone together; no women are permitted to join. Officers are French citizens; enlisted men are of any nationality and are mostly political refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants looking for a way out or a way in. French citizenship is the reward for grueling service.
Shots Fired
Co-presented by Seattle Documentary Association
Mar 23
Just before school was about to start on the morning of April 27, 2015, a male student with a .357 Magnum in hand walked down a flight of stairs into the North Thurston High School Commons, an area teeming with students. He raised the gun and fired into the ceiling. Chaos erupted. Then he fired again. What happened next is the best-case scenario in the face of such terror.
The Land of the Enlightened
Mar 24 - Mar 26
(Pieter-Jan De Pue, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, & Afghanistan, 2016, 87 min)
In this seamless blend of fiction and documentary forms, we experience a stunning cinematic journey into beautiful but war-tormented Afghanistan. Shot over seven years on evocative Super-16mm and 35mm, first-time director Pieter-Jan De Pue paints a haunting picture of what will be left of Afghanistan for the next generation.
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero
Seattle premiere! Each screening will have an intermission from 3:45-4:15. Saturday guests can return to finish the film on Sunday with ticket stub.
Mar 25 - Mar 26
(Abbas Fahdel, France, 2015, Part 1: 160 min, Part II: 174 min)
In February 2002 - about a year before the U.S. invasion - Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel traveled home from France to capture everyday life as his country prepared for war. He concentrated on family and friends, including his 12-year-old nephew, Haider, as they went about their daily lives, which had come to include planning for shortages of food, water and power. No strangers to war, the Iraqis thought they understood what was coming, and could even manage to be grimly humorous about what they felt would likely be a major and lengthy inconvenience. And then, the war began.
Migrant Justice with Northwest Detention Center Resistance
Free event!
Mar 25
Join us for an educational and fundraiser event with a collective screening of short films examining major, long-running issues of immigrant justice in the USA, intensified all the more by the new federal administration's policies.
The Shadow Council
Mar 29
The Shadow Council is a people’s legislative body / satirical current events forum hosted by Brett Hamil (of The Seattle Process). Expert Witnesses will present findings on topics both local and national. The Assembly will submit proposed legislation, public comment, questions and complaints.
Contemporary Color
Mar 30 - Apr 02
(Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, US, 2016, 107 min)
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the creativity of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers, colloquially known as “the sport of the arts.” Byrne recruited performers including the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Devonté Hynes, Zola Jesus, Ad-Rock, tUnE-yArDs, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada. The result is Contemporary Color, a bold and irrepressible snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live performance.
Strike a Pose
Co-presented with Three Dollar Bill Cinema on Apr. 5!
Mar 29 - Apr 05
(Ester Gould & Reijer Zwaan, Netherlands & Belgium, 2016, 83 min)
In 1990, seven young male dancers - six gay, one straight - joined Madonna on her most controversial tour. On stage and in the iconic film Truth or Dare they showed the world how to express yourself. Now, 25 years later, they reveal the truth about life during and after the tour. Strike a Pose is a dramatic tale about overcoming shame and finding the courage to be who you are.
The Films of Daichi Saito
Filmmaker in attendance!
Sponsored by Seattle University Film Studies
Co-presented with EXcinema. Buy Tickets Now >
Apr 01
Daïchi Saïto’s most recent films, which have found him joining forces with musicians Malcolm Goldstein and Jason Sharp, create extraordinary inter-layerings of sound and image, achieving a trance-like quality. These collaborations are true tours-de-force whose uncannily pulsating rhythms affect the body as much as the eye or ear, and variously suggest the organic mechanisms of breathing, blinking, or the beating of the heart.