Fire Flower | Shadow Side | Local Sightings Film Festival 2023

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**Who are we really? Doppelgängers, alter egos, and alternate-universe selves abound in these introspective, twisty thrillers about our most closely guarded secrets. (58 min TRT)**

Watch this program in person at NWFF, Sep. 17 at 5:30pm. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!

⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

When Ruby is spirited to a religious sect leader's commune for a hasty arranged marriage, she learns that things with her prospective partner may be more complicated than she imagined.

Year
2023
Runtime
10 minutes
Language
English
Country
United States
Premiere
Seattle Premiere

Director
Misty Shipman

7 films in package

Fire Flower

When a young girl is promised in a blind marriage to a member of her prophet's commune, she unearths a secret.

Gänger

A queer Jewish woman wakes up to find herself caught between two versions of her own identity, leading to disorientation, strange encounters, and a chilling revelation.

Closed captions available

Monodialogue.

A surreal encounter with Adam reveals everything about Addison's past, present and future.

Backwoods

A reflection on childhood and growing up in the Pacific Northwest.

VENOM

A young hacker stuck in an endless cycle of dirty business, takes her life into her own hands.

Terror/Forming

Set over the course of one evening, Parker and his boyfriend, Darren, find themselves detoured on their trip and going towards Parker's late kokum's cabin. The men make a disturbing discovery which creates tension within the pair's already unhealthy relationship.

Closed captions available

vingtdeux

vingtdeux is a song and film illustrating a man's relationship with his preferred state of being. vingtdeux was created on the microscopic budget of a part time courier filming almost entirely in his apartment.

**Who are we really? Doppelgängers, alter egos, and alternate-universe selves abound in these introspective, twisty thrillers about our most closely guarded secrets. (58 min TRT)**

Watch this program in person at NWFF, Sep. 17 at 5:30pm. VIRTUAL, IN-PERSON, and HYBRID (virtual AND in-person) Festival Passes and Individual Tickets are available!

⚠️ Please note: NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Read full Covid policies here.

When Ruby is spirited to a religious sect leader's commune for a hasty arranged marriage, she learns that things with her prospective partner may be more complicated than she imagined.

Year
2023
Runtime
10 minutes
Language
English
Country
United States
Premiere
Seattle Premiere

Director
Misty Shipman