Ballast
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
(Lance Hammer, USA, 2008, 35mm, 96 min)
Winner of the Best Director award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival! A young boy drifts through the spare flatlands of a wintry Mississippi township and a middle-aged man sits in his rural home, frozen in grief after his brother's suicide. These striking images set in motion a riveting story of three people trying to reposition their lives after experiencing a traumatic loss. Lance Hammer has been compared to the Dardenne Brothers, for the assured hand with which he tells a delicate, quietly unfolding story using understated means and non-professionals from the Mississippi Delta.
"The one indisputably great film at Sundance '08... (This) poetic and profound movie transcends categories and announces the arrival of a major new filmmaker." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.
"A startlingly assured, pitch-perfect first feature." - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times.
Note: Seating is guaranteed up to 10 minutes prior to showtime.
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This event has ended or online sales are no longer available. Tickets may still be available at the NWFF box office 30 minutes prior to showtime. Please visit www.nwfilmforum.org for a schedule of upcoming events.
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| First: | Friday Feb 20, 2009 7:15 PM | | Last: | Thursday Feb 26, 2009 9:15 PM |
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Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave [at Pike]
Seattle, WA 98122
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