The digital revolution

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Adam

Last summer as I festival globe-trotted, I began to really understand the shrinking timeline of the digital cinema transition. Festival after festival featured new restorations of some of cinema’s finest moments, not in glorious 35mm, but in (gulp) DCP (digital … Continue reading →

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Local Filmmakers Making History

Posted on April 16, 2013 by NW Film Forum

Film Forum instructor Bernard Mann talks about the genesis and development of a recent local film project for MOHAI’s “History Is _____” competition… A lot of people might have seen the Film Forum marquee passing by on Capitol Hill, or … Continue reading →

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Cine Independiente: Discovery in Context

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Jay Kuehner

No Gauchos. No Futbol. No Tango. Tonight Northwest Film Forum opens a series of independent films from Argentina, and in keeping with its promise of ‘discoveries,’ a diverse slate will be revealed (in which audiences may encounter nothing more native … Continue reading →

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A new cinema: decolonizing film language in the L.A. Rebellion

Posted on March 18, 2013 by NW Film Forum

This week, Film Forum program assistant Lauren Hohle discusses how the L.A. Rebellion film movement created a “new” black cinema. . . The L.A. Rebellion film series (running through March 24 at Northwest Film Forum) was paired during its initial … Continue reading →

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Keeping things real at the True/False Film Festival

Posted on March 11, 2013 by NW Film Forum

Roving reporter Courtney Sheehan sends us a dispatch from the 2013 True/False Film Festival… For the past ten years, the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, has served up fantastic non-fiction fare to locals and filmmakers alike. The fest began … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Charles Burnett Day, Film Forum Style

Posted on February 20, 2013 by NW Film Forum

It’s February 20th, and like every in-the-know film fanatic we are celebrating Charles Burnett Day, declared in 1997 by then-Seattle mayor Norman Rice. Burnett is one of the true legends of American filmmaking (you can read more in this in-depth … Continue reading →

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Eye on the Film Forum

Posted on February 15, 2013 by NW Film Forum

Are you curious to know what Northwest Film Forum is all about? Listen in, as our executive director Lyall Bush chats with The Seattle Channel‘s Eric Liu on Seattle Voices, and get some insight into our views on independent film, … Continue reading →

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Proud to be a dinosaur Top 10 list

Posted on December 20, 2012 by NW Film Forum

It’s that special time of year at Northwest Film Forum when our staff shares with you their “Top 10 Lists” from the past sun-round.  Some are styled on the more traditional “top-10 best films” list we see regularly in the … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Things I Will Miss When Film Expires

Posted on December 19, 2012 by David Hanagan

The end may be soon or it may linger for another decade, but the writing is on the wall. Film is quickly passing into obsolescence. This year, the only two manufacturers of motion picture film revealed how close the medium … Continue reading →

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A Vivat Mudede Top 10 List

Posted on December 18, 2012 by NW Film Forum

It’s that special time of year at Northwest Film Forum when our staff shares with you their “Top 10 Lists” from the past sun-round.  Some are styled on the more traditional “top-10 best films” list we see regularly in the … Continue reading →

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