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Event
Local Sightings 2024 - Moving History: Forum Vault Flashback [In-Person Only]
** Public safety notice **
As of August 2024, NWFF has adjusted its mask policy from universally required to strongly encouraged at the majority of screenings. In the interest of accessibility, the requirement is still in place for Thursday night screenings and Saturday and Sunday matinees; occasional exceptions will be noted on each event's page.
Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them.
Read more about NWFF's policies responding to the present pandemic at bit.ly/nwffcovidsafety
** About the program: **
Behold the triumphant return of Moving History, a collaboration between Northwest Film Forum and local non-profit MIPoPS dedicated to unearthing archival treasures. This time, we're delving deep into the Forum's own archives, from our days as WigglyWorld Studios to the ancient Local Sightings screenings of yore.
Walk down recent-memory lane with MIPoPS archivists at this celebration of local filmmakers and Pacific Northwest creativity!
(TRT TBD)
** Screens with the short film Familiar Unknowns: FrancoQueers in Vancouver Before and After the Year 2000: **
Our Flashback opens with a modern-day love letter to the defiant queer stories buried within archives. The film chronicles non-binary filmmaker Amélia Simards quixotic quest to find traces of francophone queer people in Vancouver from before they were born. With a grant deadline looming, they stumble upon André, an older French-Canadian gay man who lived in Vancouver for 25 years, and who shares his personal hidden visual archive.
(Amélia Simard, Canada, BC, 16 min, in English & French with English subtitles) Northwest premiere!
Director's note: Through my exchanges with André, I realized that I was not only sharing my queer ancestors story, but also my own. Thus, this film shares the joy and artistry contained in Andrés VHS tapes and celluloid strips, but also the quest I went through to put this research together. This film marks the beginnings of my reflection on myself and my place as a FrancoQueer person in western Turtle Island (Canada)
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
Categories
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
Accessibility
Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forums ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21 wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19 wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at suji@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.
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