The Best of the 37th Northwest Film & Video Festival touring program presents a carefully selected cross-section of the state of filmmaking in the Northwest. The Northwest Film Center presents this showcase in an effort to bring the filmmakers wider exposure and to offer this independent regional work to venues large and small.
The Tour is available for public screenings by contacting:
Thomas Phillipson
thomas@nwfilm.org
Rental fees are on a sliding scale and profits from screening rentals are distributed back to the filmmakers whose work is included.
THE BEST OF THE 37TH
NORTHWEST FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
Total Running Time: 82 mins.
SAVAGE
Lisa Jackson / Vancouver
(NAR) A musical take on the First Nation residential school experience. “A beautiful and surprising Ghost Dance.” —GD (6 mins.)
INTO DARKNESS
John Waller / Portland
(DOC) Breathtakingly beautiful and surprisingly suspenseful, this voyage underground reveals the wonders just under the surface. “A compelling adventure that takes away the need to ever pursue such a pastime oneself.” —GD (15 mins.)
MUMBLES
Rick Raxlen / Victoria
(ANI) Raxlen’s hand-drawn animation sits in with Oscar Peterson. “An abstract, heartfelt illustration of great music.” —GD (2 mins.)
ROBIER TALKS ABOUT LIFE PART 28
Jim Lowry / Portland
(DOC) “ROBIER TALKS ABOUT LIFE...in a memorable fashion while looking for someone like Beckett or Caver or Pinget to transcribe it.” —GD (5 mins.)
SHUT UP AND RIDE
Michael Ward / Portland
(NAR) The time has come for two friends to sell their tandem bike. Braking up is hard to do. (9 mins.)
THE THOMAS BEALE CIPHER
Andrew S. Allen / Seattle
(ANI) Deliciously atmospheric animation embellishes this noir tale of ciphers and fortunes. (10 mins.)
MY VOYAGE TO EGYPT
Ian Berry / Portland
(EXP) A woman moves very slowly through Cairo. “A love letter in search of a...” —GD (3 mins.)
CROSSINGS
Brian Libby / Portland
(EXP) Frolicsome editing turns Portland’s Fremont Bridge into a roller coaster ride. “Celebrates something I do all the time, going and coming—and like doing, more coming than going.” —GD (4 mins.)
DEAR PETER
Orland Nutt / Portland
(EXP) This quick and beguiling tête-à-tête is offered as a musical biography of Peter MacArthur. “The Best of Frittering with a Vengeance Films.” —GD (2 mins.)
THE TRUE BELIEVERS
Nathaniel Bennett / Medford
(NAR) Lukas takes to the woods with his endearing and motley crew to prove the vast government conspiracy that is endangering the Bigfoot. “TRUE BELIEVERS makes you realize once and for all why poor Sasquatch must never be found.” —GD (25 mins.)
Judge: Gill Dennis
A graduate of the AFI Conservatory’s first class in 1971—alongside fellow classmates Terrence Malick, David Lynch, and Caleb Deschanel—Gill Dennis returned to AFI in 1997 as a Master Filmmaker-in-Residence, providing creative guidance for second-year thesis projects. He also co-founded the screenwriting program at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, but is perhaps best knows as a screenwriter for such acclaimed films as WALK THE LINE.
