Calendar
Cinemania
35mm print!
Apr 06 - Apr 07
(Angela Christlieb & Stephen Kijak, Germany, 2002, 80 min)
I Called Him Morgan
Seattle premiere!
Apr 06 - Apr 09
(Kasper Collin, Sweden & US, 2016, 92 min)
On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This documentary is a love letter to Lee, Helen, and the music that brought them together.
Surround Sound Laydown
Live music, film screening, and poetry reading!
Apr 07
Terror Pigeon: Surround Sound Lay Down is a live show and immersive experience performed for an audience that is lying on the ground.
Apple Pie
Seattle premiere! Director in attendance!
Apr 08
(Sam Hamilton, US, 2016, 80 min)
Apple Pie is a feature-length artist film by Aotearoa New Zealand artist Sam Hamilton that features Samoan dance artist Ioane Papali'i, and a cast of 25 performers.
Cine-meme
Free event! Live video art!
Apr 13
A live video mashup of the best of internet ephemera and avant-garde cinema.
A Roll for Peter
Co-presented with EXcinema
Apr 13
Danger Diva
World premiere at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian, with a live performance by Thunderpussy!
Apr 13
(Robert McGinley, US, 2017, 99 min)
Hard rock singer Devi Danger (Molly Sides, lead singer of local all-girl grunge/pop band Thunderpussy) is coerced into becoming an electronically enhanced new-music diva. Her singing voice is used to control and energize the brains of indoctrinated employees, or "Brain Cattle," that are being used as external processors for the advancement of corporate high-tech clients.
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Co-presented with ARCADE Dialogue on Design With an introduction by Sam Assefa Seattle premiere!
Apr 14
(Matt Tyrnauer, US, 2017, 92 min)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City captures the intense battle between the Trumpian “master builder” of New York, Robert Moses and the activist Jane Jacobs, who passionately fought for cities to be built for the people living in them, and not for developers eager to make a profit.
Alive and Kicking
Featuring live dancing with Savoy Swing Club! Dance shoe giveaway!
Apr 14 - Apr 22
(Susan Glatzer, US, 2016, 84 min)
Alive and Kicking gives the audience an intimate, insider’s view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern society.
How Green Was My Uncanny Valley
Interactive 90s gaming seminar!
Apr 14
How Green Was My Uncanny Valley is an event focused on exploring the design of 3D worlds in 90s gaming. We'll talk about its history and current context, as well as invite the audience to play these games at stations set up throughout the theater.
Having a Cigarette with Alvaro Siza
Seattle premiere! Introduction by Jerry Garcia, Principal at Olson-Kundig
Apr 15
(Iain Dilthey, Germany, 2016, 52 min)
Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production
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Apr 15 - Apr 26
(Briar Levit, US, 2017, 84 min)
Graphic Means is a journey through the transformative Mad Men-era of pre-digital design production to the advent of the desktop computer. It explores the methods, tools, and evolving social roles that gave rise to the graphic design industry as we know it today.
Making Design Move: Storytelling, Data Viz, UX and more
Moderated by Steve Jablonsky, Creative Director for Intentional Futures
Apr 16
A discussion about how animation expands the ability of designers to test their thinking, prove their concepts and go beyond the more static illustrative application of their work.
Fail Again. Fail Better: A Conversation on Artistic Failure
Free event! Happy hour at 6pm! Moderated by Artist Trust Program Director Brian McGuigan
Apr 19
In a culture where likes, comments, and retweets are currency, good news spreads fast, but we rarely hear of the bad: the dark days when an artists project falls apart, or their practice bottoms out. In this conversation, artists Valerie Curtis-Newton, Sheila Klein, Peter Mountford, and Ahamefule Oluo share their stories of failure, how they coped when they almost lost hope, and what they did to turn the trainwrecks into success.
Puget Soundtrack: Hair and Space Museum presents THX 1138
Live score! Buy Tickets Now >
DJ Explorateur at 7pm in the lobby!
Apr 20
(George Lucas, US, 1971, 88 min)
The Seattle Process with Brett Hamil
Happy hour at 7pm!
Apr 21
For this show we've got Washington State Solicitor General Noah Purcell, a.k.a. the guy who trounced Trump's Muslim Ban in federal court—twice! He's a Beacon Hill native, Franklin High School grad and UW alum, so we'll talk about his heroic work fighting fascism and his roots in the 206.
HyperNormalisation
Free event!
Apr 22
(Adam Curtis, UK, 2016, 166 min)
British filmmaker Adam Curtis digs into the concept of the “post-truth world.” Simply put, it is easier to give up on addressing the problems of the “real” world in favor of creating a simpler model of the world (or any other profoundly complex system) whose problems are easier to “solve.”
Rummage Sale & Casual Encounters
Free event!
Apr 23
As a local hot spot for film- and video-related projects, the Forum also becomes the de facto collection site of filmmaking gear, promotional posters, etc. - a veritable "Katamari Damacy" of cool stuff! Come browse our rummage sale, meet the film community, sweat to the oldies in our theater (you heard right: all-day workout!), and enjoy our drink specials. At the end of the day, you could walk away with a piece of local film history!
This Is What Resistance Looks Like
A fundraiser for The Establishment!
Apr 23
What if media actually reflected the people that comprise our world? The Establishment aims to answer that question. Run and funded entirely by women and dedicated to providing a platform for marginalized voices, creators and stories, The Est. is a multimedia news + culture site just as diverse as the world we live in.
Karl Marx City
Directors in attendance! After-party in the lobby! B-)
Sponsored by Barça
Apr 28
(Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker, US & Germany, 2016, 89 min)
Twenty-five years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), filmmaker Petra Epperlein returns to her hometown of Karl Marx City to find the truth about her late father’s suicide and his rumored Stasi past.
Gustafer Yellowgold
Live show for kids of all ages!
Apr 29
He’s back — the little guy who hails from the sun is set to return to Seattle for another out-of-this-world, multimedia family show at Northwest Film Forum. Groovy Gustafer is the creation of award-winning illustrator/songwriter Morgan Taylor, who has created a show that is equal parts pop rock concert and hand-drawn animated film.
Eugene Onegin
Apr 29
Stage Russia HD opens its inaugural season with a filmed production of the Vakhtangov Theatre's magical Eugene Onegin, a newly reimagined version of the Alexander Pushkin poem created and directed by renowned director, Rimas Tuminas.
Shungu: The Resilience of a People
Director in attendance!
Apr 30
(Saki Mafundikwa, Zimbabwe, 2009, 54 min)
Shungu is a compelling narrative of the strategies ordinary people use to survive in Zimbabwe today. The filmmaker takes us on a personal journey offering a rare, intimate insight as the country experiences political turmoil, economic meltdown and health care collapse.
Punishment Park
May 03
(Peter Watkins, US & UK, 1971, 91 min)
Nixon rules, and dissent has been criminalized, with dissenters forced in front of citizens’ tribunals and given the choice between jail time or traversing a punishing desert to their freedom.
GiveBIG 2017
May 04 - May 11
GiveBIG, the day-long fundraiser for Seattle nonprofits, is TODAY, May 10th! Donate to the Forum through GiveBIG to help us raise $15,000 for a critically needed new website. The project is underway with a late summer launch date. Thank you for supporting the role of the arts in building a better world!
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
"A wrecking ball of a wakeup call." – audience member
May 05 - May 11
(Matt Tyrnauer, US, 2017, 92 min)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City captures the intense battle between the Trumpian “master builder” of New York, Robert Moses and the activist Jane Jacobs, who passionately fought for cities to be built for the people living in them, and not for developers eager to make a profit.