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Seattle Film Festival
2024
2024 Festival Films
Wednesday, June 26 – Aegis Rogers Park Theater
Former ESPN sports reporter Kenny Mayne seeks to find the truth regarding a day in 1989 when he and then rookie Ken Griffey Jr. threw Wiffle Balls in a speed contest at the Seattle Science Center. Mayne claims to have beaten Griffey and has the 34-year-old video to prove it. The problem is no one has the equipment to transfer the tape. That is until an old friend at Seattle’s KOMO TV emerges. When the contest results prove inconclusive, Mayne sets out on a journey to prove the Truth once and for all. Stars Ken Burns. With music by Pearl Jam, The Head and the Heart, and Seattle hip-hop artist Sam Lachow. (Documentary short)
The free-spirited Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales loses his eyesight and career until finding the surgeon who can give him one last shot. (Documentary short) 14:00
When bandits attempt to rob a bank, an old bank teller warns them that they are about to cross paths with a legendary outlaw. (Animated Short) 5:02
This movie shows how my muscle disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) has affected my life and how I hope people can view kids with disabilities. (Documentary Student Short) 3:52
A famous Japanese-American ballroom dance duo must choose between their passion or their lives as WWII concentration camps begin to rise in the U.S. (Short) 11:00
When Ella gets fired from her corporate job, she decides to purse her childhood dream of becoming an actor. This face-paced, character driven ensemble dramedy takes an unapologetic dive into the gritty world of New York City's entertainment industry. (Comedy web series) 32:00
A famous country singer, who disappeared at the height of his career 30 years ago, tries to make things right with his son before it is too late. (Short) 24:15
While in production on "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and Jean-Marc Vallee's "Dallas Buyers Club", legendary indie Film Producer, Cassian Elwes encountered an unruly passenger on a Jet Blue flight from JFK to LAX. The frightening events tweeted by Cassian the same night, went viral and made headline news. This docudrama reconstructs the mid-flight incident, the traumatizing aftermath and a surprising redemption. (Docu-Drama Feature) 1:31:00
Thursday Aegis Rodgers
A filmmaker searches for the truth about her grandfather Edward Jones, a charismatic African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Depression-era Chicago. In shaping the destiny of a city, Ed Jones could not however escape discrimination. In conflict with both the mob and the Feds, he was forced into a life on the run. (Documentary Feature) 1:38:00
A filmmaker searches for the truth about her grandfather Edward Jones, a charismatic African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Depression-era Chicago. In shaping the destiny of a city, Ed Jones could not however escape discrimination. In conflict with both the mob and the Feds, he was forced into a life on the run. (Documentary Feature) 1:38:00
A teenage environmentalist leads a protest
against a coal mine, setting her on a collision course
with her father, the police and courts. (Short) 13:00
A girl in Seattle attempts to befriend her neighbors and experiences something strange…What will she do when she encounters the Seattle Freeze? Will she press on, or become frozen herself? (Short) 8:40
Boob Cockpit, a long-lost American science fiction television series follows the adventures of a gravity-defying, Double D class spaceship and it’s plucky Pilot; escaping booby traps at every turn. (Short) 2:00
A young female violinist with undiagnosed autism spirals out of control as she works on a new opus with a domineering composer, embarking on a psychedelic journey that both pushes her to the edge of mental collapse and fuels her creative power.
Running for Noah tells the touching story of a young family from Bromont whose life took an unexpected turn when their eldest son was born with Down Syndrome. Ultra-trail runner Marc-Antoine Forand sets himself a major challenge: to run from NYC to Bromont, the equivalent of 17 marathons in 7 days. He aims to show Noah that no physical or mental constraint is insurmountable, and that beauty lies in our differences. (Documentary feature) 60:00
The Russian invasion of Ukraine created an avalanche of abandoned dogs and cats that are now multiplying causing unforseen consequences.
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