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In these sci-fi shorts set in the near future, humanity grapples with its place in the cosmos. Featuring time loops and time travel, truth-telling devices, and a smorgasbord of gadgets and gizmos.

20-year-old Eve (Darby Lee Stack, The Holdovers) has never left her hometown of Spokane, Washington. During an otherwise uneventful summer, she finds just the adventure shes been craving when she meets James (Edouard Philipponnat, Napoleon), a wo...

Since WWII, states have relied on incarcerated labor to fight wildfires. Inmates risk their lives to protect us, and yet they face numerous barriers upon their release, from housing insecurity to discrimination in hiring. Firebreak follows Brando...

Love, loss, and longing take on extra potency when youre a young person navigating a confusing world. These coming-of-age stories explore the turmoil of adolescence and beyond with poignancy and a poetic touch.

These documentary and narrative shorts explore diaspora, belonging, and the search for home across the Pacific Northwest, from a gentrifying Portland neighborhood to the Blackfeet Nations mountain plains.

Join us for a series of short films about beloved Pacific Northwest gathering spaces. In an age of commercialization and gentrification, in which every week seems to bring a new headline about the closing of a beloved bar or theater, these local ...

In a world of right wing pundits and politicians seeking to reclaim manhood, a young queer filmmaker journeys to discover non-toxic masculinity across class, race, and gender in America today, leading him to confront his own religious upbringing,...

Behold the triumphant return of Moving History, a collaboration between Northwest Film Forum and Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS), a local nonprofit dedicated to protecting archival video treasures. For this special edition, well...

Not One Drop of Blood is a haunting exploration of a 50 year old mystery: the killing and mutilation of cattle by inexplicable methods that have baffled ranchers and law enforcement alike.

Not One Drop of Blood is a haunting exploration of a 50 year old mystery: the killing and mutilation of cattle by inexplicable methods that have baffled ranchers and law enforcement alike.

In 2003, three teenagersthe sensitive Cash, his moody girlfriend Teeny, and their new friend Scamp--are being interrogated for their possible involvement in a murder on the rugged Washington coast.

In the early years of the new millennium, 12-year-old Stevie lives with her single mother and gross little brother in a trailer park on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.

From city council meetings to local newscasts, there is a debate raging over wolves in Washington State, which slowly returned in the 2000s after their near-eradication. It is a polarizing issue along class and ideological lines, with Stetson hat...

Presented by Seattle's Northwest Film Forum, the 28th Annual Local Sightings Film Festival is a virtual-and-in-person showcase of creative communities from throughout the Pacific Northwest. The 2025 program, which runs from September 19-28, f...

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.

The cornerstone of cult cinema makes its GRAND RETURN to Mourning Sickness for its ANNUAL SCREENINGS! You read that right, multiple screenings!

The teen you know and love! Don't forget your chapstick!

One Night Only!

Screening of The Opener, followed by live performance by Philip Labes himsef, plus autograph session at the end

To Catch a Predator was a popular television show designed to hunt down child predators and lure them to a film set, where they would be interviewed and eventually arrested. PREDATORS is a chilling, thought-provoking exploration of the scintillat...