Film: Spring Arts Preview 2012
A bird's eye view of the best film festivals and film series in Seattle this spring.
By Seattle Mag February 16, 2012
This article originally appeared in the March 2012 issue of Seattle magazine.
FESTIVALS
Seattle Jewish Film Festival (3/15–3/25), seattlejewishfilmfestival.org
Irish Reels (3/17–3/18), irishreels.org
Seattle Deaf Film Festival (3/30–4/1), deafspotlight.com/SDFF
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (4/26–4/29), nffty.org
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival (4/14–4/22), lhaaff.tumblr.com
Seattle International Film Festival (5/17–6/10), siff.net
SPECIAL SERIES
IF IT’S MONDAY, IT’S THE ’80s
On Monday nights in March and April, SIFF is screening 1980s blockbusters and cult classics at the Uptown (titles TBA). siff.net
BROADS, GRIFTERS AND BOBBIES
The Seattle Art Museum’s film program presents “Shadow Street: The Best of British Film Noir,” including These Are the Damned and A Deadly Affair. seattleartmuseum.org
IT’S A KEEPER
On weekends in April and May, the Northwest Film Forum is elucidating the importance of film preservation by screening all new prints of classic films—such as Douglas Sirk’s Sleep, My Love and Cecil B. DeMille’s The Crusades—best seen on the big screen. nwfilmforum.org