Northwest Film Forum

The Film Forum 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 the Film Forum 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-accessioned from educational institutions and donated by private collectors. 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. 

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

Join us in celebrating the unforgettable voices, funky grooves, magic moves and smooth styles of 60s and 70s SOUL MUSIC! Curator Peter Lucas culls classic and rare performance footage and hosts electrifying, all-star Soul shows on the big screen (and cranked up loud!) We also have djs spinning soul records in the cinema between sets and drinks available too. Clapping and dancing in the aisles is encouraged! Bring the good vibes, ‘cause SOUL NITE! is the funkiest good time you’ll have in a movie theater!

Doors open a half hour before showtime.


Sponsored by Light in the Attic

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

Our monthly Film Saloon is a socializing event for the local film community! Enjoy drink specials in the lobby while you chat with friends about our upcoming slate of events.

Join us every third Thursday from 5-6:30pm in our lobby!

We're excited to present this ongoing program of classes for filmgoers and makers interested in broadening their knowledge of cinemas' 115-year history.  Pre-registration is required.

See our past Required Viewing classes here.

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. This exciting program exemplifies how Native American and indigenous filmmakers are at the forefront of the industry, successfully establishing a dialogue and creating images that are challenging and changing long established cultural attitudes towards indigenous culture.