TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN begins it's Seattle run across theaters with Northwest Film Forum, @grandillusioncinema.org, The Beacon, and @siffnews.bsky.social on November 13th at NWFF. Relive one of the most exciting and memorable televised events of the 21st century the way it was meant to be seen.

Love to meet an Oscar winner early in their career! The equivalent for me: chatting with Barry Jenkins in the offices at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social while Medicine for Melancholy was playing. He's pictured here with Adam Sekuler after the screening--both better looking than my photos indicate.

For The Seattle Met, spoke with Ian Bell about his essential documentary WTO/99. It's an astounding, purely archival film that's an essential portrait of Seattle history and urgently relevant to now. Read that below then see it Thursday @nwfilmforum.bsky.social 📽️ www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-cul...

HAPPYEND, the newest film from Neo Sora, comes to Northwest Film Forum THIS SUNDAY! Teeming with angst, rebellion, and a healthy dose of optimistic nihilism, HAPPYEND is a film that asks you to shake authority (and authoritarianism) to its core and have fun doing so, no matter the consequences.

Get your tickets to the short film showcase featuring five films and the people who made them at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social:

🍁 NOVEMBER IS HERE! 🍁 As the winds take down the beautiful fall foliage from the trees and take us swiftly into winter, we’re entering the perfect season for moviegoing! Tickets on sale now! Check out or full calendar on our website!

🟨 LEARN TO CONTROL YOUR STATE OF SIMPLICITY 🟨 TONIGHT! Kicking off our joint series with The Beacon, SUBLIME PERVERSION: 4 FILMS BY JOÃO CÉSAR MONTEIRO, come watch the most absurd film you'll see this year: RECOLLECTIONS OF THE YELLOW HOUSE!

The Engauge Experimental Film Festival returns to Northwest Film Forum NEXT WEEK for its 8th year! The festival celebrates sprocket-driven, artist-made experimental film, presenting six programs of shorts at NWFF’s cinema in Capitol Hill. All work featured in the festival originates on film stock.

The 2025 Collective Power Fund is accepting applications until November 16th! Applications are due November 16th, 2025 @ 11:59PM. Funding available: $10,000 (artist collectives/teams) $5000 (new works/projects) $2000 (research + development)

On Sunday 11/2, celebrate Palestine Cinema Days at Northwest Film Forum with a screening of Elia Suleiman's DIVINE INTERVENTION! Suleiman's wry, deadpan sensibility brings a new perspective to Palestinian life, choosing the route of dark comedy and drama to reveal the absurdity of occupation.

After three years of dedicated service, Derek Edamura is stepping down from his role of Executive Director. Derek’s leadership has been instrumental in helping NWFF navigate the challenges facing arts organizations across the country since 2020.

This November, NWFF and The Beacon are teaming up to bring you four newly restored films from one of Portugal's greatest filmmakers: João César Monteiro.

Good movie week in Seattle: Sun Ra: Do the Impossible and Cover-Up play tonight as part of @siffnews.bsky.social DocFest, Deliver Me from Nowhere opens everywhere tonight, Israel Palestine on Swedish TV opens Sat at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You opens Fri at the Uptown.

This weekend, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PULSE continues its run at Northwest Film Forum! A turn-of-the-century horror film that feels as haunting and fresh as ever, PULSE is a techno-ghost story that pulls back the curtain of online connection and reveals a new kind of existential isolation.

🏆 AND THE AWARD GOES TO… 🏆 The Local Sightings Film Festival 2025 jury has selected award winners for best feature and short films! Congratulations to all of our incredible award-winners and festival filmmakers 🎉

Applications for the 2025 Collective Power Fund are now open until November 16th! Full guidelines and application at nwfilmforum.org/collective-p... #collectivepowernw #collectivepower #warholfoundation #nwfilmforum #nwartists #seattleartists #regionalregranting @nwfilmforum.bsky.social

This weekend, ISRAEL PALESTINE ON SWEDISH TV 1958–1989 starts its run at Northwest Film Forum! Digging deep into the archives of Swedish TV, this sprawling, epic, found footage film is not only a revealing document of the production of international narratives of colonialism for public consumption.

THIS WEEK! Don't miss THELONIOUS MONK: STRAIGHT, NO CHASER for two nights only at Northwest Film Forum! Screening in partnership with Earshot Jazz Festival, this is the seminal documentary about the singular Thelonious Monk with performance footage that will truly blow you away.

THIS FRIDAY! Join us for the final installment of TRAUMA BOND with Michael Haneke's remake of his own film, just for American audiences, FUNNY GAMES! What begins as a seemingly idyllic family getaway unravels into sheer terror when two polite young men arrive at the door.

It's happening again. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN screens across Seattle this November and December. nwfilmforum.org/series/twin-...

THIS HALLOWEEN come start the scariest night of the year off right with another newly restored block of some of the BEST cartoons from Fleischer studios. You’ll laugh, cry, shriek, and shiver, as some of Dave Fleischer’s craziest characters and ideas grace our screen in quality unseen until now!

Presales are now *SOLD OUT* but there will be 10 tickets available at the door!

The second part of Louise Weard's epic comes to The Forum THIS SUNDAY with @seattletransfilmfest.org ! CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY ii: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS trades slice-of-life sensibilities for a world of chaos that can be described as "trans AFTER HOURS on speed."

🩸 KEEP DOUBTING 🩸 Has your fallout settled after last week's screening of THREADS? If so, strap in because Pascal Laugier's MARTYRS, possibly the most controversial film of TRAUMA BOND, is coming your way THIS FRIDAY AT 8PM!

☀️ Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2025 Collective Power Fund! ☀️

🏳️‍⚧️ STUFF IS HAPPENING AND YOU'RE INVITED 🏳️‍⚧️ Starting October 16th, the first annual Seattle Trans Underground Film Festival kicks off at Northwest Film Forum and continues through the weekend!

Hey you freaks tomorrow night is the second Trauma Bond screening, hosted by @nwfilmforum.bsky.social and Miss Monday Mourning, with proceeds to us! 8pm, get tickets now and go melt your mind. nwfilmforum.org/films/trauma...

Ahead of the Washington premiere of CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY II: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS at STUFF 2025, catch yourself up with the stories so far with a screening of Louise Weard's CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY I: THE FEAR OF HAVING NO ONE TO HOLD AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

Thanks for everyone who came out last night to a truly devious and badass screening of SALO hosted by Miss Monday Mourning and NWFF. You supported us and made memories to last a lifetime I’m guessing! See you at the next Trauma Bond! @nwfilmforum.bsky.social

Maybe you've recovered from SALÒ, but this Friday, you may not be the same after seeing Mick Jackson's THREADS. Quite possibly the most horrifying portrayal of nuclear war, THREADS will leave you questioning what you would REALLY do when face to face with man's worst creation

STARTING TONIGHT! Catch the gripping and tense documentary PREDATORS at Northwest Film Forum. Tickets on sale now! More info at nwfilmforum.org/calendar/

🎃 THE SCARIEST TIME OF YEAR IS BACK 🎃 Happy October! This month, we’ve got a lineup of films that’ll have you shaking in your boots, existentially collapsing, and changing you forever. nwfilmforum.org/calendar/

The first in this sick and twisted and totally unmissable series, "Trauma Bond," hosted by the wonderful Monday Mourning and co-presented by us and @nwfilmforum.bsky.social begins THIS FRIDAY! Start your October off with an absolute bang and meet us at Salo 🫡 nwfilmforum.org/films/trauma...

THIS FRIDAY! Start your October off right with the inaugural screening of Trauma Bond with Pier Paolo Pasolini's SALÒ, one of the most-cited films in the canon of "messed up movies." While Pasolini's final film is intense, it's also one of the most provocative attacks on fascism in film history.

We're showcasing trans films and flmmakers at Northwest Film Forum Oct 16-19 2025! Thank you @nwfilmforum.bsky.social, Seattle Trans Film Union, all of the amazing filmmakers, and @defsharp.bsky.social for allowing us to use their song "to get older". nwfilmforum.org seattletransfilmfest.org

I REFUSE TO DIE LIKE A DOG Hiroshi Teshigahara's hypnotic and meditative fable WOMAN IN THE DUNES comes to Northwest Film Forum next weekend! Praised as one of the most unnerving and striking films of the Japanese new wave, WOMAN IN THE DUNES is perhaps Teshigahara's opus.

We’ve saved the best for last: Local Sightings Film Festival wraps this Sunday with AFTERIMAGES: EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS! These spellbinding short films feature an array of filmmaking techniques, including abandoned 16mm home movies, stop-motion with recycled cardboard, and eco-friendly processing.

Local Sightings Film Festival features a hometown screening of the deeply personal & relevant doc MASC! 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.

✊🏽 LOOK AT US NOW ✊🏽 Join us this Sunday at 3:30pm for a powerful new documentary, FIREBREAK! The film follows Brandon and Royal, who risked their lives fighting wildfires while imprisoned in California’s penal system.

#LocalSightings Film Festival features a nail-biting collection of shorts, ALL IN MY HEAD! In these horror shorts, characters encounter intergalactic beings, hidden worlds, and haunted houses which make them question reality. DATE: Saturday, Sep. 27 at 4pm TIX: bit.ly/lsff2025horror

👏 ENCORE ALERT 👏 Back by popular demand, we are adding TWO encores to #LocalSightings Film Festival! The coming-of-age film TRASH BABY returns Wednesday, Sep 24 at 7:00pm, and the unforgettable doc NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD returns Thursday, Sep 25 at 6:30pm

🚗 BUCKLE UP 🚗 The road trip movie EVERGREENS is coming to #LocalSightings Film Festival!

👁️ WANNA BE A MEMBER? 👁️ Throughout this year's #LocalSightings Film Festival (Sep. 19-28), anyone who purchases or renews a membership at Northwest Film Forum in person or online will be automatically entered into a drawing for several spectacular prices!

Made some recommendations for what ya should see at this year's Local Sightings Film Festival @nwfilmforum.bsky.social from the classic POLICE BEAT to great new docs like NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD, WOLF LAND, and FIREBREAK plus some stellar experimental short films 📽️ www.thestranger.com/fall-arts-20...

🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESS 🔥 Thanks @thestrangerseattle for the coverage of #LocalSightings Film Festival! The great @hutchthegreat calls our Opening Night film POLICE BEAT “a genuine Seattle classic…a must-see on the big screen” – and we couldn’t agree more

Free next Friday? Northwest Film Forum and SeaDoc are joining forces to host a free meetup for Seattle’s doc community! Join us at 5pm on 9/26 to connect before the 6:30pm screening of @hoffsarah’s incredible film WOLF LAND. Enjoy complimentary food from a local restaurant, plus discounts on drinks!

🐺 MIND THE WOLVES 🐺 #LocalSightings Film Festival features the fascinating doc WOLF LAND! Cascade PBS journalist Sarah Hoffman makes her feature-length debut with this film that injects nuance into a divisive issue: the conflict between ranchers and wolves in Washington State.

Commiserate over workplace woes at 9 TO 5, a bitingly satirical collection of short films playing at #LocalSightings Film Festival! With wit and verve, these documentary and narrative films tackle impostor syndrome, the pressure to perform, and unequal power dynamics in the workplace.

At the @nwfilmforum.bsky.social launch party for this year's Local Sightings Film Festival. The opening night film, on Sept 19, is a 20th anniversary tribute to Robinson Devor and Charles Mudede's Police Beat featuring a Q&A with Unstreamable's Jas Keimig. Pictured: Derek Edamura and Alison Smith.

**DATE CORRECTION** Join Jay Duplass and Megan Griffiths for a conversation on how to create in a landscape that often seems openly hostile to the independent spirit. As a quadruple threat, Jay has spent decades exemplifying how to build a sustainable career in a morphing industry. bit.ly/jayapoc