Calendar
Cine-meme
Free event!
Sep 08, 2016
YouTube lolcats meet high art films in a durational, live video mashup of the best of internet ephemera and avant-garde cinema. Curated by Amber Cortes & Edward Wolcher.
Cosmos
Seattle premiere!
Free happy hour with the Seattle Polish Film Festival at 6:30pm on 9/7!
Sep 07 - Sep 11, 2016
(Andrzej Zulawski, France-Poland, 2015, 103 min)
This final film from cult director Andrzej Zulawski explores the labyrinths of symbolism, significance, and the human quest for deeper meaning. A young law student wandering in the woods encounters a sparrow hung by a string and loses himself in an obsessive contemplation of what it (and all things) might mean.
Miss Sharon Jones!
Seattle premiere!
Sep 02 - Sep 08, 2016
(Barbara Kopple, US, 2015, 94 min)
Just as her career is taking off, iconic soul diva Sharon Jones faces her greatest challenge yet. This triumphant crowd-pleaser captures Sharon Jones during the most intense and courageous year of her life, as she battles back from a life-threatening illness to get back to where she belongs – center stage.
Chatty Catties
Sep 09 - Oct 08, 2016
(Pablo Valencia, US, 2016, 84 min)
Chatty Catties is a comedy set in an alternate world in which cats are able to communicate with humans. Sassy tabby Leonard, dissatisfied with the care that his human owner Shelby provides, attempts to facilitate a relationship between Shelby and Nate, a kind-hearted musician, in order to bring balance to the apartment.
Suddenly, Last Summer
Sep 10, 2016
(Joseph L. Mankiewicz, US, 1959, 35mm, 114 min)
A sordid tale of suppression, Suddenly, Last Summer details the efforts of wealthy matriarch Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn) to cover up the facts surrounding her son Sebastian’s death. Her niece Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor), who witnessed the death, is left emotionally disturbed by the incident and can’t stop talking about it, and Violet attempts to protect her family’s secret by coercing a young surgeon to lobotomize Catherine. Gore Vidal adapted this American Southern Gothic tale by Tennessee Williams for the screen.
Wretched Woman / Pig or Poet?
On glorious VHS! Director in attendance!
Sep 11, 2016
(Emily Esperanza, US, 2014-2016, VHS, 100 min)
WRETCHED WOMAN // Pig or Poet? is a two-part screening showcasing video works by Chicago-based artist Emily Esperanza. Her recent video works investigate stillness, duration, atmosphere, and archetype, specifically relating to representations of femininity.
Lonesome Cowboys
Sep 11, 2016
(Andy Warhol, US, 1968, 16mm, 109 min)
Warhol’s deconstructive satire of the American Western film features his usual coterie of “superstars” Joe Dallesandro, Taylor Meade, Viva, and others. According to the original publicity poster, Lonesome Cowboys represents “the true story of what it was like to live the life of a cowboy in the Old West…a story of men among men and the woman who tried to interfere.”
Ways of Something
Sep 14, 2016
Ways of Something (a twist on art theorist John Berger's 1972 BBC series Ways of Seeing) features over 114 multimedia/network-based artists; each of their formal, figural and kitsch approaches to videomaking present a unique interpretive response to the idea of applying a theoretical rubric to post-Internet art. Ultimately, Something turns the highbrow tone of documentary film into a wondrous and disjointed series of alternative outlooks on how artists understand art today.
The People Garden
Sep 14, 2016
(Nadia Litz, Canada-Japan, 2015, DCP, 80 min)
Take Three 2016
Sep 15, 2016
Now in its fourth year, Take Three showcases experimental film and animation shorts not only by experienced filmmakers and artists who work in time-based media but also by artists who work primarily in other media. The show is curated by Barbara Robertson and Joseph Pentheroudakis, who were joined this year by guest curator Janet Galore.
Don't Blink - Robert Frank
Sep 15 - Sep 18, 2016
(Laura Israel, US, 2016, DCP, 82 min)
Filmmaker Laura Israel documents legendary photographer Robert Frank’s artistic life and his endless search for the limits of his medium. Don’t Blink is an unapologetic celebration of artistic creation and experimentation; of the triumphs and tragedies of a life fully lived.
Paul McCarthy & Mike Kelley: Heidi
Co-presented by Northwest Film Forum and the Henry Art Gallery
Sep 18, 2016
(Paul McCarthy & Mike Kelley, US, 1992, 63 min)
Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley's collaborative reinterpretation of children’s novel Heidi brings together an elaborate set, a series of rubber figurines, and two backdrop paintings in order to question sexually repressive social hierarchies, the conventions of horror films, and mass media portrayals of family life.
Annual Member Meeting
Happy Hour 6pm
Meeting 7pm
Sep 19, 2016
Every September, the members of Northwest Film Forum convene to shape the direction of the organization. Join us as we vote on board members and officers, discuss the state of the organization and local filmmaking, network with other filmmakers & lovers, and enjoy a drink.
The 19th Local Sightings Film Festival
Sep 22 - Oct 01, 2016
Local Sightings Film Festival is Northwest Film Forum's annual showcase of new films from the Northwest that puts homegrown talent in front of Seattle audiences and connects artists from Alaska to Oregon in a ten-day celebration of film from the region. The only festival dedicated to films from the region in Seattle, the festival features new films, parties, juried prizes and film conversation.
Film + Music + Interactive (FMI) Happy Hour
Free event!
Sep 28, 2016
Join FMI and the Film Forum's executive director Courtney Sheehan for a happy hour and overview of Local Sightings at 5pm, followed by the One Year Film Comprehensive (1YC) Student Showcase at 7pm!
Sundance Artist Services Workshop
Sponsored by Washington Filmworks and World Famous
Oct 01, 2016
On the closing day of this year's Local Sightings Festival (Oct. 1), Film Forum will host the first-ever Sundance Institute Artist Services workshop in Seattle! The Artist Services workshop is a day-long event for filmmakers focusing on the most important topics in creative distribution, funding and marketing.
Open Screenings at the Film Forum
Feb 09 - Feb 06
* FEB. 6th OPEN SCREENING CANCELED FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER *
Are you a local filmmaker looking to share your work? Seeking feedback on your film? Want to see what other people are currently working on? Come join us for our monthly opening screening! Hang out with new and established filmmakers and experience films being made right here in our community.
Moving History: An Archival Screening Night
Oct 05, 2016
To celebrate American Archives Month, archives from the Seattle area are coming together to share rarely seen gems from their moving image collections. This screening will include selections from the Seattle Mime Theatre, Wing Luke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle Municipal Archives, King County Archives, and the Archives of the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle.
MEMORY Presents: Program No. 2
RSVP here
Oct 06, 2016
The MEMORY presents: Program Series is a traveling short film series curated by MEMORY, with the goal of bringing exciting, emerging filmmakers to new audiences. This year's MEMORY Presents brings audiences a second program of short films by Romain Gavras, Elizabeth Lo, Zia Anger, Janicza Bravo, and more!
Desert Cathedral
Seattle premiere!
Oct 06, 2016
(Travis Gutiérrez Senger, US, 2016, 85 min)
Utilizing actual found footage, Desert Cathedral tells the story of a broken real estate developer, Peter Collins, who mysteriously disappears into the Southwest in 1992. He leaves behind a series of VHS tapes to his employer and family.
The Misplaced World (Die abhandene Welt)
Join us in the Forum lobby after the show for the opening night party!
Oct 07, 2016
(Margarethe von Trotta, Germany, 2015, 101 min, in German with English subtitles)
Paul Kromberger’s discovery of a photo of US opera diva Caterina Fabiani that looks strikingly like his dead wife triggers a wave of unease in his family. His daughter travels to America in search of clarity about the Kromberger-Fabiani mystery.
Suture
New 4k digital restoration!
Oct 07, 2016
(Scott McGehee and David Siegel, US, 1993, 96 min)
Wealthy Vincent meets his blue-collar half-brother Clay at their father’s funeral and is struck by their similarity. He forms a plot to murder Clay and assume his identity, but Clay survives the attempt on his life with no memory and becomes mistaken for Vincent. Suture is a unique piece of 90s American independent cinema, ripe for rediscovery!