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| Address | 1515 12th Avenue Seattle, Washington United States of America |
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| Coordinates | 47°36′52″N122°19′01″W / 47.6144138°N 122.317071°W |
| Owner | Northwest Film Forum |
| Capacity | 156 |
| Screens | 2 |
| Current use | Film |
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| nwfilmforum | |
The Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) is an nonprofit independent art house cinema and film-focused organization in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. that hosts screenings, multiple film festivals, film workshops, and public events. [1] [2]
In late 1994, filmmakers Jamie Hook and Deborah Girdwood received a King County Arts Commission Grant, to form the non-profit WigglyWorld Studios—the organization which Northwest Film Forum originates from. [3] [4] Launching in 1995, WigglyWorld Studios was a filmmaking artist collective located on Capitol Hill in the Capitol Hill Arts Center, a former Odd Fellows meeting hall. [5] The organization provided film screenings, filmmaking equipment, post-production suites, and workshops to the public and independent filmmakers. [6] [7]
Initially operating as a nomadic organization, screening films at various venues, in 1997 the Northwest Film Forum bought the Grand Illusion Cinema. [8] "WigglyWorld" was now the name of the educational and outreach wing of the nonprofit. In 1998, NWFF bought a space on 19th and Mercer that became The Little Theatre, opening in 1999 as an 64-seat art house dual cinema and live theater. [8] [9]
NWFF began to expand its programming and outreach efforts, with the support of Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and other donors, and in 2008 moved to a 8,000-square-foot facility. [10] [8] [11]
NWFF annually hosts the Local Sightings Film Festival, which programs exclusively films by Pacific Northwest filmmakers. [12] [13]
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