Midway through interviewing Seattle artist and filmmaker Kolby Rowland, I notice that a building I have walked by a zillion times is now overlooking us, dangling a gigantic red and white sign which reads, “FOR LEASE.” Its upper two...
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) 2021 runs virtually from April 8 to 18 this year and features 220 films from 69 countries! Given its broad range, REDEFINE has done the hard work of sifting through the catalog for you, with a focus on...
Early on in Sophie Jones, a feature film written and directed by Jessie Barr, the high school protagonist says to her guidance counselor matter-of-factly, “At least I’ve been coping well. I mean, I haven’t been cutting...
Seattle writer and director Wes Hurley’s feature debut, Potato Dreams, is at once a colorful pastiche of past memories and an unconventional queer coming-of-age tale. Premiering at
From Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari to Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Asian American filmmakers have gained widespread recognition over the past year for their ability to tell stories that are universal. Running from March 4-14, 2021, the 9th Annual...
“By courageously looking, we defiantly declared: ‘Not only will I stare. I want my look to change reality.'” – bell hooks Launched in February 2021, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities is a short film distribution and...
Hailing itself as Slamdance Film Festival’s “largest and most accessible festival yet,” Slamdance 2021 runs virtually from February 12th through 15th, and can be accessed with an impressively cheap $10 festival pass. With its long...
Two months following the tragic and unexpected passing of independent filmmaker Lynn Shelton — known for such films as Sword of Trust (2019), Laggies (2014), and Humpday (2009) — Duplass Brothers Productions and Seattle’s Northwest...