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Out of This World
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Sunday, Jan 28 @ 11:30am
Wednesday, Jan 31 @3pm
(75 min)
Ages 9+
In this program of animated and live action shorts, everything is up for grabs even the laws of gravity! Strap yourself in to see creatures from outer space, mind-blowing tricks with marbles, wormholes, futuristic flying bugs, magical moms, fierce animals who watch over children, and a boy who captures clouds.
Mars 3752
(Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, France, animation, 2015, 1 min, nonverbal) No premiere status, leave blank
On a bright night, a young boy lies down in the grass, staring at the Milky Way. Then, Just like a shooting star, the helmet of an astronaut falls from the sky.
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/146106725
PythagoraSwitch: The Marble Brothers Great Adventure
(Euphrates, Japan, live action, 2017, 10 min, Japanese with English subtitles) North American premiere!
Three marble brothers travel round and round in a Rube Goldberg machine, perpetually escaping dangers posed by the nefarious Black Ball Army.
Hypertrain
(Etienne Kompis & Fela Bellotto, Switzerland, animation, 2017, 3 min, nonverbal). Seattle premiere!
On a train trip through spatial and temporal dimensions, the traveler suddenly comes across himself, and also, a cat.
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/173776793
Einstein-Rosen
(Olga Osorio, Spain, live action, 2016, 9 min, Spanish with English subtitles)
Summer 1982. Teo says he has found a wormhole. His brother Óscar does not believe him at least not at first.
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/181497382
The Red Thunder
(Alvaro Ron, USA, live action, 2016, 7 min, English) No premiere status, leave blank
When Sarah, a nerdy teenager, borrows her moms car to go on a date with a boy she likes, she finds out important things about herself, but even more important things about her mom.
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/129983579
Beyond the Books
(Jérôme Battistelli, Mathilde Cartigny, Nicolas Evain, Maéna Paillet, Robin Pelissier, Judith Wahler, France, animation, 2016, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!
In an immense library, an old librarian and a young fan of comic book ride a tidal wave of tomes.
The Inksect
(Pablo Calvillo, Mexico, animation, 2016, 9:30 min, nonverbal) Washington/Seattle premiere!
In a futuristic world, a bug becomes the master of her destiny, though her love of letters.
Anna
(Alexia Rubod, Antoine Poyard, Jordann Jacobé, Alexis Choquard, Sophie Bracmard, Yunhan Liu, France, animation, 2016, 8 min, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!
Spring 1941: a plane crashes in the Canadian Rockies, and a little girl is adopted by a puma.
Scrambled
(Bastiaan Schravendeel, The Netherlands, animation, 2017, 7 min, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!
When a girl misses her train and kills time playing a fast-paced, flashy game on her smartphone,
a vintage Rubiks Cube challenges her attention.
Blue Cherry
(Nathan Jurevicius, Australia/Canada, animation, 2017, 5 min, nonverbal) North American premiere!
Skaters soar through a 3D world, until they spy someone who doesn't get around as easily as they do, and decide to help.
Nimbus the Cloud Catcher
(Marco Nick, Brazil, animation, 2016, 16:35 min, nonverbal). Seattle Premiere!
A boy captures low-hanging clouds to make water for his village, but one day a cumulous catastrophe sends him on a journey skywards.
Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/146891683
Content advisory: Einstein Rosen contains two mildly coarse words, and The Red Thunder has a one mildly vulgar word and a crime-stopping scene where a thief holds a gun.
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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