Local Sightings Film Festival 2021

Living Memories

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10 films in package
Coffee & Sugar
Reflections on an unbelievable marriage of 62 years are vibrantly portrayed through a mixture of hand-drawn and stop-motion techniques.
Closed captions available
Dear Nanay
A love letter to her grandmother that explores the filmmaker's early memories in the Philippines, and the search for refuge from pandemic anxiety and domestic claustrophobia.
Call Me Back
The last voicemail from the filmmaker’s grandmother forms the foundation of an experimental film meditating on loss and haunted space. Shot on Super 8mm film.
Her Resolve
A young woman uses the lessons left behind by her father to help herself accept his passing, find closure, and reconnect to the creativity that he had helped her foster in life.
Closed captions available
Creak!
Whenever a 10-year-old boy has a bad day, the best way to lighten his mood is to play a VR game his mom made for him before she died. Featuring live-action and animation.
Closed captions available
Family Recipe
Grandfather’s baking lesson teaches a young girl acceptance, as she learns the similarities between ingredients and people.
Closed captions available
Ten Facts
Saddled by the weight of fading memories and aging in place, an elderly man and his daughter share a morning together.
The Meantime
Living with dementia under the care of her family, an 87-year-old woman is able to forget her formative years under wartime occupation and experience something like a second childhood.
Wilson's Market: A Mom and Pop Story
In the small town of Bandon, Oregon, the owner of a beloved lunch deli tries to protect his business, family, and community during the COVID pandemic.
Old News Is So Exciting
To cope with a hereditary disease which causes each member of the Mori family to vanish when they turn thirty, they’ve developed a celebration to attend their own funerals before they vanish.

Heartwarming and heart-wrenching narratives and documentary family portraits speak to memory, loss, and separation, while often providing hope and valuable perspective.


To accommodate evolving public health recommendations regarding COVID-19, we are adopting a hybrid virtual-and-in-person festival model for 2021. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes are available here.


⚠️ Please note: For the sake of public safety, NWFF will require both face-coverings and proof of vaccination from in-person audiences. We reserve the option to shift the festival to virtual-only on short notice.

A love letter to her grandmother that explores the filmmaker's early memories in the Philippines, and the search for refuge from pandemic anxiety and domestic claustrophobia.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    3 minutes
  • Language
    Tagalog, with hardcoded English subtitles
  • Country
    US
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Note
    with English subtitles
  • Director
    Frances Grace Mortel
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