Northwest Film Forum

NWFF offers year-round programming sure to delight and dazzle family audiences. Quarterly collections of films include award-winning features and shorts, historically important children's films, director retrospectives, documentaries from around the globe, interdisciplinary programs including performances of new scores for classic silent films, and exciting hands-on filmmaking workshops.

Third Eye Cinema is a quarterly film program dedicated to experimental film and direct animation. Each program features films from up and coming filmmakers along with long established legends of the field. The screenings are followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers. 

Films are  screened in super 8, 16, & 35mm there will also be a small very small amount screened on Video. If you wish to submit your work you may do so by simply sending a VHS or DVD pre screening copy of your work for consideration. Please contact Luke Sieczek for more information.

Check out who's coming to NWFF this quarter...

If you love some music with your movies, mark your calendar for these upcoming screenings, where the soundtrack is a character of it's own.

Search and Rescue is a quarterly public investigation designed to showcase discarded archives of over 7000 films de-acessioned from Educational institutions. Ranging from political propaganda to educational reels to scientific documents to the unclassifiable, this collection is full of surprises, accidental poetry, intentional mistakes, and random moments of enlightenment.

Search Rescue offes the greatest commodity in cinema today, the unexpected. For more information about the Search & Rescue program, please click here.

To read the article "Archiving the Future" by Andy Spletzer, please click here.

To read about a recent presentation of Search & Rescue in Pittburgh, please click here.

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!

Presented by Emerald City Soul Club and Northwest Film Forum.


Sponsored by Café Racer

Northwest Film Forum supports a sustainable Seattle! We encourage all movie-goers to carpool, take the bus, walk, bike, PoGo stick, or find their own eco-friendly way of getting to our cinemas.

We sponsor several events each quarter with localism and sustainability in mind. Take a gander at these offerings and watch local!

NWFF's quarterly Film Saloon is a panel discussion and socializing event for the local film community.