Upfront: A Quirky Film Festival

Seattle's quirkiest film festival puts couch potatoes in charge

Contrary to popular belief, you do have to leave your living room to experience Seattle’s second annual Couch Fest. But we promise it’s worth it! Over the course of a day, you’ll stroll from host house to host house, plop down next to a bunch of other cinema-crazed adventurers and watch locally crafted short films compiled into 30-minute, themed showings. Last year’s event featured 200 films—including comedies, animated films, music videos and more—at 10 different houses. As the banner on the Couch Fest Web site asserts, “Watching short films in strangers’ houses = awkwardly awesome.” We couldn’t agree more. 11/7. 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Free. Times and locations vary. For film details and map, see couchfestfilms.com.