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NWFF - Local Sightings-Shorts: Strangely Poetic

Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA

mmmmmm
(Sebastian del Castillo, 2003, VHS, 1min.)
Video found footage of delicious food and people who enjoy it.
Proscenium
(Megan Griffiths, Celia Beasley, 2004, BetaSP, 1min.)
In the middle of another mundane shift, a man discovers new life through the magic of cinema.
To Wander
(Andrew Warren, 2004, 16mm, 7.5min.)
A man wanders through time and space contemplating his direction.
Fugue
(Trish van Huesen, 2004, 16mm, 7min.)
Inspired by musical and psychological definitions, Fugue examines the dark flight from identity and environment.
The Practical Butt Cutter
(Brady Hall, Calvin Reeder, 2004, DVD, 6min.)
Terry is a scholarly man. He lives for history, classic literature and speaking with a possibly fake British accent. What then should this being of academia do when he suddenly comes face to ass with a butt cutting lunatic?
Hinterlands (open shadow)
(Brian Short, 2004, BetaSP, 4min.)
A short meditation on desert landscapes and related imagery, based loosely around themes in T. S. Elliots poem The Waste Land.
Highway Ninja Shark
(Peter Mitchell, 2004, BetaSP, 4min.)
An animated music video for Seattle band Greenwood All Stars.

I Have Seen Explosions in Thine Eyes
(Christian Palmer, 2004, DV, 1.5min.)
A loud, frenetic, and largely unintelligible mess describing the collapse of a romantic relationship and its smoldering epilogue.
Foster Island
(Serge Gregory, 2004, 35mm, 5min.)
A journey through Seattle as a deserted landscape in which the only signs of people are the images they have left behind.
Les Nanas
(Danielle Morgan, 2004, DV, 3min.)
A day in the lives of three doll-like women. Its a tea party gone wrong. It is also a visual interpretation of a piece of music by the Artie Smudges Trio.
Splitting Hares: A Cautionary Tail
(Winda Benedetti, 2004, DV, 4.5min.)
Sometimes running away isnt the best way to escape your problems. But dont tell Dave that. He has a problem. A big problem. A big, hairy problem with pink ears, a cotton tail and a bad attitude.
The Amazing Clermont
(Drew Christie, 2004, BetaSP, 10.5min.)
A crooked antique dealer gets a taste of his own medicine when one of his schemes backfires.
Father Prester
(Dino Lencioni, 2003, BetaSP, 13min.)
A priests two-day hiking trip turns chaotic when he is held captive by two mountain men.
October
(Peter Vogt, 2004, BetaSP, 3min.)
A remembrance of someone who just left the room.

Note: Member price is for NWFF Members only. A valid membership must be shown at the door for each ticket purchased at this price.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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