Reel Versus Reality
November 5th, 2012
The Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (Nov. 9-18) has used discerning taste to project greatness over the last 38 years. And while popular culture has changed over the last four decades, the festival’s selected movies from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington have consistently pushed the boundaries of the form.
The 10 days of screenings, workshops, discussions and social events kicks off with a night of short films at Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium and goes on to include 15 features — such as the experimental documentary “The Great Northwest,” a recreation of a 3,200-mile 1958 road trip by four Seattle women — culled from more than 400 submissions. There are also three shorts programs, a teen film category, a behind-the-scenes workshop with stop-motion experts Laika on the making of “ParaNorman,” and the kind of artistry that’s become a reality over the last 38 years, here in the Northwest.
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