Vee Hua 華婷婷In July 2020, 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...
Authentic and complex in its storytelling, Kuessipan is a naturalistic portrait of two teenage best friends living on an Innu reserve near Quebec, as they come of age in a colonized country. Loosely based off a book of the same name by First Nations...
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...
Alison Jean SmithIn her 2021 documentary, Film About a Father Who, filmmaker Lynne Sachs recalls how her dad, Ira Sachs, owned two identical red Cadillacs that he swapped out for each other, never letting his family in on his con. While benign, this secret was the...
In Through the Night, a lovely new documentary by first-time director Loira Limbal, daycare owner Nunu coaxes an anxious young boy to put aside his electronic tablet and be more present with the other kids. With a rueful laugh, she asks...
Ivy Pottinger-GlassDespite Kadazia Allen-Perry’s youth, her cystic fibrosis has forced her to confront her own mortality. In her autobiographical documentary, Chronic Means Forever, the African-American first-time filmmaker provides an intimate exploration into...