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SAFF Film Club: Bye Bye Tiberias [In-Person Only]
April 30, 2025 7:00 PM
Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Emmy-nominated Hiam Abbass (SUCCESSION, RAMY, BLADE RUNNER) returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation. |
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Truth to Fiction: News From Home [In-Person Only]
May 01, 2025 7:00 PM
Letters from Chantal Akermans mother are read over a series of shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. |
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Queens of Drama [In-Person Only]
May 01, 2025 7:30 PM - May 11, 2025 7:00 PM
Pop diva Mimi Madamour's career peaks in 2005 before spiraling downwards due to her tumultuous love affair with punk icon Billie Kohler. |
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Pom Poko [In-Person Only]
May 02, 2025 7:00 PM - May 04, 2025 7:00 PM
Tanuki spend their days playing in the hillsides and squabbling over food until the construction of a new Tokyo suburb threatens their way of life. |
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Analog Dreaming: Jon Behrens Memorial Program [In-Person Only]
May 03, 2025 7:00 PM
This program celebrates the vast legacy of a Seattle-based and one of the Northwests most prolific filmmakers and composers Jon Behrens (1964-2022) |
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Castration Movie Anthology I: Traps [In-Person Only]
May 10, 2025 4:00 PM
A trans woman in trouble. Castration Movie is a labyrinthine post-modern epic about gender |
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Blue Velvet [In-Person Only]
May 16, 2025 7:00 PM - May 25, 2025 7:00 PM
David Lynch's horrific American thriller BLUE VELVET comes to Northwest Film Forum for two weekends in May! |
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Kristin Reeves Artist Talk and Screening [In-Person Only]
May 16, 2025 7:00 PM
Kristin Reeves will present her current and past work as well as talk about what motivates her as an artist, filmmaker and researcher. |
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The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos [In-Person Only]
May 17, 2025 3:30 PM - May 18, 2025 6:30 PM
Jawu, a young mom from a waterfront slum in Lagos, stumbles upon a horde of corrupt blood money marked for a real estate development that threatens her home |
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Going Down [In-Person Only]
May 23, 2025 7:30 PM - June 01, 2025 7:30 PM
When Karlis father offers her money and a one-way ticket to NYC, she finally sees a way out of her dead-end life, until the money goes missing. |
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EXISTENTIAL CRISIS: NWFF's 2025 Gala [In-Person Only]
May 30, 2025 5:30 PM
Step into the spotlight at the Northwest Film Forum's eagerly awaited 2024 gala! This year, we're turning up the nostalgia with our theme, Adjust Your Tracking, reminiscent of those VHS days. Just as we fine-tune playback for optimal viewing, we're honing our connection with the Pacific Northwest's diverse film community. |
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Truth To Fiction: Streetwise [In-Person Only]
June 05, 2025 7:00 PM
Taking his camera to the streets of supposedly Americas most livable city, Martin Bell tells the stories of homeless and runaway teens living in Seattle |
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Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton [In-Person Only]
June 06, 2025 6:00 PM
BIG JOY is a celebratory mosaic of James Broughtons deeply intertwined creative and personal lives. |
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Bunny Boi and the Submission: A Fundraiser and Private Screening [In-Person Only]
June 11, 2025 7:00 PM
Henry is interviewed by the soul of his future daughter in this psychedelic emo-comedy |
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The Disabled List Presents: Live Comedy (Jun. 2025) [In-Person Only]
June 14, 2025 7:00 PM
The Disabled List, produced and hosted by local comedians Dan Hurwitz and Kayla Brown, takes place bimonthly at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA. |
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Truth To Fiction: Carts of Darkness [In-Person Only]
July 10, 2025 7:00 PM
Murray Siple's documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts |
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MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 4: Barbie [In-Person Only]
July 20, 2025 8:00 PM
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken. |
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Mulholland Dr. [In-Person Only]
August 01, 2025 6:30 PM - August 10, 2025 6:30 PM
Blonde Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia (Laura Harring). |
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The Disabled List Presents: Live Comedy (Aug. 2025) [In-Person Only]
August 23, 2025 7:00 PM
The Disabled List, produced and hosted by local comedians Dan Hurwitz and Kayla Brown, takes place bimonthly at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA. |
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The Disabled List Presents: Live Comedy (Oct. 2025) [In-Person Only]
October 11, 2025 7:00 PM
The Disabled List, produced and hosted by local comedians Dan Hurwitz and Kayla Brown, takes place bimonthly at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA. |
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MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 4: House [In-Person Only]
October 19, 2025 8:00 PM
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. |
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The Disabled List Presents: Live Comedy (Dec. 2025) [In-Person Only]
December 06, 2025 7:00 PM
The Disabled List, produced and hosted by local comedians Dan Hurwitz and Kayla Brown, takes place bimonthly at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA. |
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MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 4: Showgirls *Annual Screening* [In-Person Only]
January 17, 2026 8:00 PM - January 18, 2026 8:00 PM
The cornerstone of cult cinema makes its GRAND RETURN to Mourning Sickness for its ANNUAL SCREENINGS! You read that right, multiple screenings! |
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Northwest Film Forum is Seattle's premier film arts organization, screening over 200 independently made and classic films annually, offering a year-round schedule of filmmaking classes for all ages, and supporting filmmakers at all stages of their careers.
