Wednesday, June 05
The 8th Annual Summer Movie Madness
Come down to Linda's Tavern to kick off one of Seattle’s most popular and longest running outdoor film series. Hosted under the stars on the back patio, by Seattle’s filmmaker extraordinaire: Jon Behrens. The first film will be the drag strip AIP classic Fireball 500 (1966) starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello. | Linda’s Tavern (21+) | 707 E Pine | 206.325.1220 | sunset | free
Thursday, June 06
Aftermath
presents An Amalgam of Unusual Cinema
Featuring A special performance by members of Naoism & Motion Detector. Other Highlights include: Super 8 selections with DJ accompaniment by Igor Peev (Seattle), Tom Moore (Seattle), & Reverend John Quackenbush (Boston). Plus Gone Tomorrow (2002) by Heather Rogers, Mustard Secret (2000) by Rich Kapenas, amazing shorts by David N. Donihue, The Girls of BiPolar Disorder, and a sneak preview of The Humanity Experiment. Refreshments Served. | Aftermath Gallery (all ages) | 928 12th Ave | 9pm | $5
Friday, June 07
Galaxaco Underground Film Night
All digital. All local. All hilarious. Featuring the first-ever public screening (at midnight) of scenes from Galaxaco's upcoming dark comedy feature Hell Hole High. Also George Clark's The Dumbass starring Tad, disturbing videos including the new Worst of Galaxaco tape, and a special meeting of the Seattle Anti-Surveillance Society. Come early (8:30 pm) to catch Galaxaco's 2000 digital comedy feature, Doomed Planet.
| Rendezvous Jewel Box Theater (21+) | 2320 2nd Ave (in Belltown) | 9pm | free
Saturday, June 08
Indieclub.com presents a Feature Directors Panel
Five local directors who shot movies on film and DV present clips from their shorts along with discussions and an audience Q&A. | 911 Media Arts Center | 117 Yale Ave N. | 425.750.1399 | 7-10pm | free
Sunday, June 09
The Best of the Seattle IMC Screening Room
Since June of 2000, the Seattle Independent Media Center has been screening documentaries produced by grassroots activists from around the world. This mini-festival will present the best of two years of programming, including: This is What Democracy Looks Like, A Storm From the Mountains, Fear & Favor in the Newsroom,
Nobody Knows My Name, Advertising and the End of the World, and clips from Indymedia Newsreal. | 1415 3rd Ave (between Pike & Union) | 1-9pm | $5-10 sliding scale
Monday, June 10
Emerald Reels Super-8 Lounge (ERS8) at the Sit & Spin
ERS8 explores the combination of experimental, animated and creatively-narrative short films complimented with soundtracks and ambience mixed live by Kid Hops, dj for KEXP Expansions. Though presented at a music club, the event is cinema in a nightclub, not nightclub in a cinema. | Sit & Spin (21+) | 2219 4th Av | 206.441.9484 | 9pm | $6
Tuesday, June 11
TheWarrenReport at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM)
Tony Leahy's Mulletville appears as part of TheWarrenReport's Distinguishing Features Series. Experience the joy of skullets and shlongs, beer kegs and bongs, followed by a screening party (Appetite for Film) at the Alibi Room. | SAM | 100 University St. | 206.675.8730 | 7:30pm | $7
Wednesday, June 12
2002: A Super-8 Odyssey,
WigglyWorld Open Screening
WigglyWorld filmmakers collective hosts a super-8 open screening with the theme of Science Fiction! Local filmmakers are called to submit short flickering visions of the future, space travels, mutant monsters, and evil technology. As always, audiences should be prepared for some truly unique DIY filmmaking, and should arrive early before the shows sell out! Program 1 at 7pm, Program 2 at 8:30pm |
Little Theatre | 608 - 19th Ave. E. | 206.675.2055 | $7 / $4.50 (members)