Your Friends and Neighbors
An event I want to highlight in the Little Theatre's ByDesign 04 series (see Emily Hall's review in this issue) is Seattle Moves (Sat Feb 7 at 5:00 p.m.), which gathers professionals from high-end post-production and commercial-graphics houses around town and gives them room to strut their stuff. These companies have been increasingly generous with local filmmakers, making this a good place for both sides to meet.
Also on Thursday, February 5, the group Radical Women is hosting a 7:30 p.m. screening of Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice at New Freeway Hall (5018 Rainier Ave S), in celebration of Black History Month. Fiercely independent, Ms. Wells worked at a series of newspapers at the turn of the 20th century and exposed racial injustice, criticized commonplace lynchings, and eventually fought for voting rights. Dinner (with a vegetarian option) will be available for those who show up at 6:30 p.m. with a $6.50 donation in hand.
Joseph and Dylan Conner are the younger brothers of Gary Lee and Van Conner from the Screaming Trees. Instead of music, they've focused their attention on movies. 911 Media Arts will bring them to town for a show called The Conner Brothers (Fri Feb 6 at 8:00 p.m.), where they will present their genre-based thrillers and action-adventure tales. Included will be their MP3: The Movie, which has received a lot of attention in the online communities.
For those who like to keep the action in their heads, the Seattle Art Museum is reviving their Luminous Psyche series with a screening of Krzysztof Kieslowski's Red (Fri Feb 6), complete with a discussion between a film-studies professor and a psychoanalyst. The next day at SAM, clear your mental palate and bring your kids (or just yourself) to a free screening of Hayao Miyazaki's fantastic and fantastical Kiki's Delivery Service (Sat Feb 7 at 1:30 p.m.).
DEADLINES APPROACH: The Emerald Reels Super-8 Lounge (www.emeraldreels.com/submit.htm) is starting up again for a monthly series of screenings at Re-bar. If you want to be part of it, submissions are due by February 13.
The deadline is February 20 for WigglyWorld Studio's first annual Psychotronic Screamplay Competition (www.nwfilmforum.org/psycho). Write a short film script with sex and blood and monsters, have it judged by celebrity judges, then watch as the makers of Gory Gory Hallelujah bring it to life and set it free on the festival circuit.
Speaking of free, Seattle's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs hosts free workshops to help people fill out applications for its annual funding program. It will fund film projects if the applications are written well enough, so go to the University Library (5009 Roosevelt Way NE) on Monday, February 9, at 5:00 p.m. to learn how to do it right.
