Northwest Film Forum
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Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is an organization established in 1995 to promote cinema in Seattle. NWFF operates a two-screen movie theatre year-round, and also offers workshops, equipment rentals, and filmmaking grants and sponsorships. NWFF also presents Seattle's biggest showcase for local filmmakers every fall with "Local Sightings," a week-long festival for the best in Northwestern film and video.
NWFF was founded as a 501(c)(3) charitable trust in 1995 by filmmakers Jamie Hook and Deborah Girdwood. Working on a film of their own, they decided to donate the equipment and facilities purchased for that project to a "filmmaker's collective" that would benefit the entire city.
NWFF's "Start-to-Finish" grant, through which the organization assists in all levels of production from fundraising to filming to exhibition, has received national attention in such publications as Filmmaker Magazine and Indiewire. The latest grant recipient, Robinson Devor's Police Beat, premiered as one of only sixteen films in Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2005.
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