The Sun Break
Next week marks the debut of the Bollywood Panorama Outdoor Film Series, which is sponsored by the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The free screenings will take place Friday nights at the Volunteer Park amphitheatre and feature four popular Indian films, including 2007’s The Namesake (starring Kal Penn, Tabu and Irffan Khan) and 1991s’ Taal (starring Aishwarya Rai).
Blog 4 Culture
Join Seattle animators Tess Martin and Stefan Gruber next Saturday, December 11, at the Northwest Film Forum for a free screening of their new works! Martin will showcase Plain Face, her 10-minute stop-frame animated film about a stranger who arrives in a fantastical land only to be met with prejudice, violence and love in a journey through memory. Gruber will perform Psychic Portraiture, a live animation show in which he paints portraits of audience members with animated light on a stage arranged with a large canvas. While bantering with both the model and audience, Gruber will intuit psychic details and symbols from the life of his subject to shape the portrait. Both animators will be asking for feedback about their works from the audience, so come with a discerning eye and an open mind! For more details about the free screening, follow the link.
West Seattle Blog
Local filmmaker Francine Strickwerda and her business partner Laurel Spellman Smith are previewing their latest effort, Oil and Water, this Thursday, October 14 at the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center. According to the film’s official website, Oil and Water tells the story of a Seattle teenager’s fight for environmental justice after the tribal lands and health of his people, the Cofan of the Ecuadorian Amazon, were ravaged by big oil in the late 1990s. Funded by a CityArtist Project grant from the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, the film has been four-years in the making and is still a work in progress—the screening will show about 25 minutes of the piece. The film starts at 7 pm, but the doors open at 5:30 so guests are free to explore the Duwamish Cultural Center beforehand. For more information about the event follow the link.
Freshy’s Cafe
Freshy’s Cafe in West Seattle is hosting a movie night tonight, Wednesday March 24. Admission is free and open to the public. Tonight’s film is Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. The film begins at 7:00 pm. For more information follow the above link to the event page.
