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| 69 Series Summer/Fall Pass |
Dec 24, 2009 11:58 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| For a limited time, we're offering passes good for admission to the 30+ films shown in the series over the course of the summer and fall (through December). Get your pass today! |
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| An Afternoon with Stewert Stern on Rebel Without a Cause |
Jan 16, 2010 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join Seattle's most famous Hollywood-expatriate, Stewart Stern, for a live screenwriter's commentary of Rebel Without a Cause. In a casual setting, we'll watch Rebel Without a Cause and Stewart will share his stories about the film, its writing and i |
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| An American Journey |
Dec 18, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 24, 2009 8:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| An American Journey travels back to the small towns and rural communities the photographer Robert Frank immortalized, exploring the world as Frank saw it and as it survives today. |
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| And Your Love Too (Und deine Liebe auch) |
Dec 07, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 08, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A declaration of love to the city of Berlin and an argument for the building of the Berlin Wall. |
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| Animated Art |
Jan 07, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Rethinking the boundaries of animation, visual art and experimental filmmaking, this program of films by mostly local talent brings together artists working in different disciplines that are rarely shown together. |
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| Basic Acting for Camera |
Jan 20, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| For actors and directors this is an on-your-feet workshop using video and playback. The demands that camera work has in order to achieve compelling realistic behavior is understood and experienced through a series of exercises. We begin with a "get a |
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| Basic Videography |
Feb 27, 2010 10:00 AM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn how composition, lighting, and depth of field interact to create memorable images. This class will cover basic videography skills and provide the opportunity to operate the Northwest Film Forum's Canon GL1, Panasonic AG-DVX100, and HVX200. We w |
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| Beginning Editing with Final Cut Pro |
Nov 30, 2009 6:30 PM - Mar 01, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn the basics of non-linear editing with Final Cut Pro. Covers settings, basic principles, effects, titles, sound and printing to video with hands-on experience for each student. This class is for students who intend to work in digital video produ |
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| Berlin-Schoenhauser Corner |
Nov 30, 2009 9:30 PM - Dec 01, 2009 9:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Set in a post-war but pre-Wall Berlin, rebellious teenagers deviate from the state's socialist ideals. |
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| Direct on Film Workshop with Stephanie Maxwell |
Nov 22, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Direct animation techniques -- learn to inscribe on film itself |
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| Documentary CameraThe Interview |
Jan 10, 2010 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Strengthen your documentary filming techniques with visiting filmmaker Zachary Levy (Strongman). Each day, Zach will show clips demonstrating different documentary styles, and then lead a hands-on workshop. With Zach's direction, students will arrang |
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| Documentary CameraVerite |
Jan 19, 2010 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Strengthen your documentary filming techniques with visiting filmmaker Zachary Levy (Strongman). Each day, Zach will show clips demonstrating different documentary styles, and then lead a hands-on workshop. With Zach's direction, students will arrang |
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| Festival Trailer 2010! |
Dec 06, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join forces with talented Seattle filmmakers Clyde Petersen and Forrest Baum to create, from start to finish, the film trailer for next year's Children's Film Festival Seattle. This intensive three-week workshop will take kids through all stages of f |
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| Film Challenge Screening: Silence is Golden |
Nov 21, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This fall the Northwest Film Forums quarterly film challenge asks local filmmakers to stretch their imaginations and create a silent film. |
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| For The Love Of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism |
Feb 18, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| An insider's view of the critics' profession, with commentary from America's best-regarded reviewers, including Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times), A.O. Scott (New York Times), Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly) & Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times). |
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| French Cinema in the 90s: From The Lovers on the Bridge to The Girl on the Bridge |
Jan 19, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| An introduction to cinematic artways of looking at films and talking about themwith a sprinkling of French culture thrown in. Films studied represent highlights from a decade significant because it produced works that represent an artistic and econ |
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| Holiday High Notes |
Dec 13, 2009 1:00 PM - Dec 13, 2009 2:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join us as we welcome the renowned Northwest Boychoirs to our cinema to sing in joyful accompaniment to vintage holiday film footage. |
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| Home |
Feb 19, 2010 7:00 PM - Feb 25, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Ursula Meiers debut feature, Home, uses unique style and dark humor to tell the story of a family whose house borders a long-unused stretch of highway which suddenly opens up to commuters. |
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| Indigenous Showcase II |
Nov 28, 2009 1:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum partners with Longhouse Media and National Geographic All Roads Film Project to present a monthly series showcasing emerging talents in indigenous communities. |
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| Intermediate Final Cut: Editing |
Feb 08, 2010 6:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Participants will study clips and then go into the final cut room and walk through the many steps of making a scene or situation come alive. You'll cover pacing, crosscutting, defining the atmosphere, continuity, etc. and discuss how all these affec |
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| Introduction to Flash |
Jan 13, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Flash is the premiere software for animating different media formats-photography, line art, sound and video-for the web. Learn the basic skills of Flash's robust animation tools to incorporate in the interactive environment of a website. With hands-o |
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| JOSE BOLD |
Dec 05, 2009 11:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Jose Bold (John Osebold) returns at the end of 2009 with a new December album and film-laden concert. |
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| La Danse: Le Ballet de l'Opera de Paris
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Dec 04, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 10, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This documentary combines one of the worlds great ballet companies and one of the worlds greatest filmmakers. |
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| Lighting for Film & Video |
Mar 06, 2010 10:00 AM |
Seattle, WA |
| Lighting sets the tone of every scene. Learn how to use creative lighting techniques to establish a mood and direct your viewer to the most important parts of your shot. With examples taken from the films of today and yesteryear, we will learn how t |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: CONDOMILLENNIUM |
May 13, 2010 8:00 PM - May 15, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| written and directed by Marya Sea Kaminski, this event brings performance, video, live music and absurd fantasy together to paint a picture of our evolving urban landscape and the places we call home. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: Friday Nights Package |
Sep 18, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum is proud to launch LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM, a showcase of dynamic new work that expands cinema beyond the limits of the screen. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: Saturday Closing Nights Package |
Sep 19, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum is proud to launch LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM, a showcase of dynamic new work that expands cinema beyond the limits of the screen. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: Thursday Opening Nights Package |
Sep 17, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Northwest Film Forum is proud to launch LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM, a showcase of dynamic new work that expands cinema beyond the limits of the screen. |
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| LIVE AT THE FILM FORUM: too |
Mar 25, 2010 8:00 PM - Mar 27, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Drawing inspiration from the rural/urban divide, karaoke, and Japanese love hotels, too ruminates on the increasing challenges of human contact in a fractured and complex technological age. |
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| Look at this City (Schaut auf diese Stadt) |
Dec 14, 2009 9:00 PM - Dec 15, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| From the perspective of the leaders of the GDR (German Democratic Republic), Look at this City chronicles the history of West Berlin from the end of WWII to the days following the building of the Wall. |
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| MONEY DRIVEN MEDICINE |
Nov 22, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable participants in healthcare reform, now and in the years ahead. |
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| New Brow |
Jan 15, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 17, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| New Brow presents interviews from artists, galleries and collectors who initiated and gave momentum to the New American Art Movement. The revealing footage captures the makeshift studios and gallery spaces where the movement began. |
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| New Hollywood Cinema |
Jan 18, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This course will explore the thematic, esthetic, sociopolitical, historical, and economic dimensions of the New Hollywood movement that lasted from approximately 1967 to approximately the late 1970s. Key fiction films will be screened, and these work |
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| Non-Stop: Gogol Bordello |
Jan 18, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 21, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Non-Stop is a behind-the-scenes look at the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and their charismatic front man Eugene Hutz. |
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| O'er The Land |
Feb 17, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| O'er the Land is Deborah Stratman's meditation on freedom and technological approaches to manifest destiny. |
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| Once Upon a Time in the West |
Dec 11, 2009 8:30 PM - Dec 17, 2009 8:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Only recently made available in the U.S., Leone's preferred version of his classic western is one of the finest examples both of the western genre and of the Italian directors impressive filmography. |
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| Optical Printing and Direct Animation |
Dec 05, 2009 12:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| In this very hands-on class, filmmakers will learn direct animation techniques like painting, bleaching, scratching and dying 16mm celluloid film stock and then learn how to create magic using NWFF's JK Optical Printer-an age old and nearly forgotten device used to re-photograph motion picture film with dazzling results by learning basic and not so basic optical printer skills. At the end of three weekends students will have contributed to the making of a short experimental film that will be very colorful and beautiful. |
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| PAMELA Z LIVE |
Nov 24, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Pamela Z will perform an evening of solo works for voice, electronics, and video. This program will combine short, stand-alone pieces with excerpts from many of Ms. Zâs full-evening intermedia performance works. |
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| Panasonic DVX100 Camera |
Nov 18, 2009 6:30 PM - Feb 24, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Get trained on NWFF's Panasonic 24p digital camera, the most glamorous camera in town! This certification is required for anyone interested in using our DVX100 without having prior experience on the camera. Learn how to take full advantage of the ca |
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| Panasonic HVX200 Camera |
Jan 25, 2010 6:30 PM - Mar 03, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Similar in feel to the DVX100, the HVX shoots in a wide variety of frame rates and it offers the revolutionary P2 solid-state memory cards.This workshop will continue where the DVX leaves off, and cover advanced camera features, menu settings, and wo |
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| Rebel Without A Cause |
Jan 15, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| James Dean achieved iconic status for his starring turn; all coiled tension and Method-inspired angst, the perfect embodiment of restless, troubled youth |
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| Red Shoes |
Feb 12, 2010 7:00 PM - Feb 18, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| New 35mm print: Based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale, Red Shoes has become a landmark in film style and themes, a touchstone to cineastes, lovers of dance and filmmakers ranging from Vincente Minnelli to Martin Scorsese. |
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| RR |
Feb 03, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| James Bennings RR promises a unique kind of cinematic experience for audiences; it presents a visually stunning portrait of the role of railroads in American history and culture. |
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| Screenwriting 101:The Eight Week Screenplay |
Jan 12, 2010 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Whether you want to pitch your film to Hollywood or make your independent feature, students will learn the substance of a good screenplay. With his decades of experience writing (as well as acting) for television and films, Walter will lead frank dis |
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| Self-Serve Film Transfer |
Dec 08, 2009 6:30 PM - Feb 15, 2010 6:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Learn how to transfer your own 16mm and Super-8 movies to digital video using NWFFs Supd-Up-Bad-Ass-Optical-Printer-From-Hell. This certification class is required to use our low-cost, flicker-free, rock-solid-registration telecine. After being tau |
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| Soul Nite! |
Dec 10, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This installment of Soul Nite features vintage gems from The Staple Singers, Sly & The Family Stone, Ike & Tina Turner, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and Stevie Wonder up on the screen and cranked up. |
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| Stephanie Maxwell Visual Music |
Nov 23, 2009 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Stephanie Maxwell specializes in hand-painted experimental abstract animation. This screening will feature selections from Maxwells work, as well as a short documentary about Maxwells filmmaking process, with footage of the artist at work. |
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| Stingray Sam |
Nov 20, 2009 7:15 PM - Nov 20, 2009 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| STINGRAY SAM, a six-episode musical-western mini-series in outer space. A dangerous mission reunites Sam with his old accomplice, as they attempt the rescue of a girl held captive by the genetically designed figurehead of a very wealthy planet. |
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| Stongman |
Jan 08, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 14, 2010 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Zachary Levy's documentary chronicles the life of a South Brunswick, NJ, idealist and philosopher who twists horseshoes with his bare hands and leg presses trucks. |
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| Symposium with Codula Brown |
Dec 09, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A symposium on Yesterday Girl [Abschied von Gestern, 1966], which is at its center, an examination of the beginnings of the new West Germany cinema. |
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| Symposium with Eric Ames |
Dec 16, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join Eric Ames as he discusses one of the very last films from East Germany, The Wall (1990) a film made by the artist, director, and political dissident Jurgen Bottcher. |
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| The Passion of Anna |
Nov 20, 2009 7:00 PM - Nov 25, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| In Bergmans second foray into color film, his inventive application of the new technology resulted in added layers of emotional depth and visual beauty. |
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| The Sun |
Jan 08, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 14, 2010 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| The Sun offers a hypnotic and tragic account of the fall of Japans Emperor Hirohito following the end of World War II, wherein the Emperor renounced his status as divine ruler during the American occupation of his Japan in 1945. |
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| The Vanished Empire |
Jan 02, 2010 7:00 PM - Jan 07, 2010 9:15 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| The collapse of the Soviet Union as an inevitable conflation of the younger generations natural impulse to reject the past for the seductive power of popular culture, with a surrealist touch. |
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| The Wall |
Dec 14, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 15, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| This unconventional documentary highlights the Berlin Wall, its last days and its highly anticipated destruction. |
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| They Came To Play |
Dec 18, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 23, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A documentary about the International Amateur Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, many of whom have overcome extraordinary challenges like drug addiction, AIDS, heartbreak, even political asylum. |
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| The Yes Men Fix the World |
Nov 27, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 03, 2009 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Join the Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, as they battle the free market mentality with their politically charged hijinks. |
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| True Grit |
Dec 11, 2009 6:00 PM - Dec 17, 2009 6:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| A teenager hires Rooster Cogburn (Wayne) to track down her fathers killer. An unusually intimate character study for John Wayne, True Grit showcases John Wayne's ability to convey compassion and gruffness at the same time. |
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| Visual Acoustics |
Jan 29, 2010 7:00 PM - Feb 04, 2010 9:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the worlds greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream. |
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| When It Was Blue |
Feb 10, 2010 8:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| When It Was Blue presents an experience of a world that is both visceral and fleeting; photographed in 16mm over many years in various waters and terrains, an elaborate montage connects diverse ecosystems. |
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| Wings of Desire |
Nov 30, 2009 7:00 PM - Dec 01, 2009 7:00 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Shot in black and white and color, this film has a hypnotic, dream-like quality as it alternates between human and angelic points of view. |
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| Yesterday Girl |
Dec 07, 2009 9:30 PM - Dec 08, 2009 9:30 PM |
Seattle, WA |
| Alexander Kluge launched the movement known as the New German Cinema with this film about a young East German woman who passes through the Berlin Wall looking for a better life in the promised land of West Germany. |
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