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21 Landings

Jan 02 - Jan 22

Installation on display at NWFF. 21 Landings is a looping video installation of multiple attempted landings by the legs of a bird-like creature onto an icy, futuristic surface. The stop motion animated actions of the creature and following movements of the camera reveal a relationship between an imaginary photographer and subject.

"The Stranger Suggests: This is a singular opportunity to wander into a movie theater—it plays all day, for free—and sit in the dark with a few other people and contemplate something not of this world." -The Stranger

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The Feature

Sponsored by Henry Art Gallery

Jan 02 - Jan 08

(Michel Auder, Andrew Neel, USA, 2008, DigiBeta, 184 min)

For Michel Auder the truth is certainly stranger than fiction. He was part of the heart of the Warhol Factory and the Soho art explosion, and was one of the first to compulsively exploit the diaristic potential of the Sony Portapak. This fictionalized biography of Auder draws on his vast archive of videotapes, connecting them with a distanced narration and new footage shot by co-director Andrew Neel.

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Green Screen

20 Seconds Of Joy

Jan 02 - Jan 08

(Jens Hoffmann, Germany, 2007, Beta-SP, 60 min)

In Jens Hoffmann's breathtaking documentary, the filmmaker follows the elusive extreme sport athlete for five years through spectacular landscapes in some of the most remote corners of the world. Is the high worth the price when one wrong move means certain death?

"Offers thrilling footage of people parachuting off some of the world's most dangerous cliffs, but the main attraction is Hollekim herself, a beautiful and mysterious figure..." -Seattle PI

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Third Eye Cinema

Channeling

Jan 08

Channeling is an entryway into the spirit realm and the queer body politic: a loose catalogue of experimental moving image work that calls up the ghosts of the past and the specters of the future. The intent of the program is to re-imagine film and video as occult technologies that allow us to connect with the bodies, experiences and emotions that are often invisible—ghostly, even—in everyday life.

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Music Movies
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Easy Rider

Sponsored by the Vera Project

Jan 09 - Jan 15

(Dennis Hopper, USA, 1969, 35mm, 94 min) New 35mm Print!

This low-budget road movie directed by then-unknown weirdo Dennis Hopper and featuring rock music as its score (mostly songs from Hopper’s record collection) turned out to be a huge success that turned Hollywood on its ear.

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

New 35mm Print!

Jan 09 - Jan 15

(George Roy Hill, USA, 1969, 35mm, 110 min)

Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as loveable outlaws Butch and Sundance in George Roy Hill’s funny take on the Western genre. Based on real turn-of-the-century thieves, the train robbers are forced to escape a pursuing posse and flee the shrinking American West. 

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HUMPDAY Extravaganza II: “The Humpening”

Jan 11

Lynn Shelton’s latest opus, “HUMPDAY”, is premiering in competition at Sundance and we need your help to get it there…

Come by for
• A re-enactment of the unveiling of the beautiful HUMPDAY trailer!
• An Exclusive 3-minute Sneak Peak of HUMPDAY gems!
• A reprise of "HUMPUNCH"! Along with our signature drink: "The Swordfight"!
• The ever-popular "DJ HUMP"! (For reals this time!)
• A new, fabulous HUMPDAY raffle!

$5 at the door

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Special Events

Children's Film Festival Seattle Jan 23 - Feb 1, 2009
Now in its 4th year, Children’s Film Festival Seattle is pulling out all the stops with its boldest and brightest celebration of international children’s cinema ever. We’ve searched the globe and come up with a treasure trove of 76 films from 25 countries, full of adventure, surprises, belly laughs and stories that are sure to make kids think and see the world in a brand new way. More>

Series

69 is a reflection of the kinds of issues, dilemmas, creative sparks, contradictions and open future that we face today, in our world and our cinema. NWFF presents an in-depth, yearlong exploration of the films of 1969, presenting a diversity of feature films, documentaries and experimental works that were seen on screens during that tumultuous year. More>

Programs

Don't miss our quarterly celebration of 60s and 70s soul music, featuring vintage performance footage on the big screen and djs and drinks in the cinema! Dancing in the aisles is encouraged!

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