Northwest Film Forum Executive Director Vivian Hua 華婷婷 to Move On in January 2022
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Help NWFF Map Out Our Future & Physical Space!
Northwest Film Forum is embarking on a search for a new home! (Don’t panic – we’re not closing or leaving Capitol Hill in the near future.) The dream among dreams is to own our venue, so that we can focus on growing our programs.⠀
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Throughout this process, our choices and priorities will be defined by the communities we serve. All of you moviegoers, artists, educators, and families have made the Forum what it is today; now help us decide what it will be tomorro…
Local Sightings Film Festival 2021 Announces Award Winners for Best Feature & Short Films
Seattle, WA – September 29, 2021 – Northwest Film Forum (NWFF)’s 24th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival (September 16-26, 2021) has wrapped its first 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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Sundance Institute Announces Satellite Screen Partners for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival; Northwest Film Forum named as one of Seven Satellite Screens
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Now Hiring: Patron Services Manager
Northwest Film Forum is now hiring for one 32-hour-a-week role for Patron Services Manager!
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Northwest Film Forum incites public dialogue and creative action through collective cinematic experiences.
About Northwest Film Forum
A nonprofit film and arts center located in Seattle, Northwest Film Forum presents hundreds of films, festivals, community events, multidisciplinary performances, and public discussions each year. A comprehensive visu…
Northwest Film Forum Opens Applications for the Second Installment of the Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant
Awards $25,000 To One Woman, Non-Binary, and/or Transgender Filmmaker Age 39 Or Older Working on Their First Narrative Feature
Seattle, WA – August 10, 2021 – In 2020, Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum (NWFF), alongside Duplass Brothers Productions and with major support from COLOR, launched their inaugural Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant to honor the legacy of beloved late filmmaker Lynn Shelton. Shelton often spoke of seeing filmm…
Come Work with NWFF as a Festival Director for Children’s Film Festival Seattle!
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Rest in Peace, Bill Kennedy: The Forum’s Most Frequent, Joyous, and Devoted Member
Photo at top by Cris Munson.
We woke up this morning to the difficult news that William Kennedy, NWFF’s dear friend and sweetest, most consistent, and dedicated member, had passed. It’s hard to imagine reopening after our pandemic closure without him. If one were drawing one of our cinemas from memory, it would be incomplete without a little Bill figure in one of the front few rows.
From Managing Director Chris Day:
Bill has been, unarguably, t…
Fiscal Sponsee Highlight: Hetero Miniseries
“Hetero is anything but hetero,” explains the series’ Co-Director, DP, Editor, Bentley Eldridge and Co-Director, Writer, and Creator KJ Kieras. A homegrown effort in authentic storytelling in Seattle’s queer teen community, Hetero showcases follows five misfit friends as they scramble to save their Gay Straight Alliance from an unsympathetic principal — all while navigating the highs and lows of being queer in high school!
