Seattle Black Film Festival 2026

Interior Frequencies Shorts Block - Virtual Screening

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13 films in package
WHAT I MISS
Residents at Echo Glen Children’s Center reflect on what they miss about being “out.” Created through the SHARE screenwriting program at the juvenile detention facility in Snoqualmie, Washington, this short combines images and poetry from students at Echo Glen High School with voiceover performances by students from Renton High School - a collaboration designed both to protect Echo students’ identities and to build an emotional bridge between youth who might otherwise never connect.
SPLIT SECOND
At Echo Glen High School, a juvenile detention facility in King County, WA, students examine the fragile moment between good and bad decisions while building community, as the voiceover traces one student’s early struggles with incarceration. Voiceover performed by a student at Shoreline College.
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(INVISIBLE) Ultra Violet
After several life-threatening health occurrences, a young woman spirals into a world of anxiety, which makes her feel as though she has disappeared from her life.
Shit Sandwich
Following a self-harm incident, a successful but unfulfilled RJ debates the meaning of life with a psychiatrist, confronting whether healing and self-control are earned—or imagined.
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Pink Oz's
A young woman taunted by a Greek chorus reflecting her childhood trauma is forced to confront her hesitancy to intimacy when she develops feelings for a co-worker.
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Subject of Desire
Moses, a twenty-something seasonal worker on Fire Island, navigates the tempestuous waters of pleasure and connection in a journey to become an artist seen on their own terms.
2 of Hearts
Alzira, a retired seamstress, starts having intense dreams about her gambling partner.
Locus
A woman reluctantly searches to find a tree that may turn out to be a site of power - connecting her to the family she drifted away from long ago. Told in a series of inner musings and phone conversations.
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land.scapes notes on exile
A poetic journey of rediscovery and return routes us through shifting landscapes. We follow the reflections of a seeker who is mystically guided by Oshun, the venerated orisha of water and destiny.
Who I'm Trying To Be
When Derrick Coney learns in childhood that the man raising him is not his biological father, it sets him on a journey of identity, belonging, and gratitude. Through candid conversations with his mother, grandparents, and stepfather, Derrick reflects on what it means to be a son, to inherit culture, and to search for roots. While questions about his Puerto Rican heritage and absent father linger, the film celebrates the love and resilience of the family who chose to stay, revealing that fatherhood is defined not by blood, but by commitment.
The Truth About Space
A young man is released from prison and has to face up to the lie that his estranged daughter has been led to believe – that he was in space.
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Stero
A Kung Fu prodigy navigates school with his imaginary Sensei following one simple rule: What would Bruce Lee do?
Chestbound
Following Ray’s top surgery, intimate moments with their chosen family are interrupted by the news of their father’s stroke, but returning home to see him would mean confronting Ray’s estranged mother.
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Take a look into the human psyche of characters and people navigating the quiet battles, desires, and revelations that shape who they are. We present: Interior Frequencies: a dynamic collection of short films that tune into the emotional, psychological, and spiritual landscapes shaping how we love, struggle, heal, and become.


Moving between poetry, humor, dream logic, and raw personal testimony, these films explore anxiety and desire, faith and shame, family ties and chosen identity. Youth reflect on life beyond confinement, lovers wrestle with internalized voices of judgment, and families confront truths that reshape what belonging means.

At Echo Glen High School, a juvenile detention facility in King County, WA, students examine the fragile moment between good and bad decisions while building community, as the voiceover traces one student’s early struggles with incarceration. Voiceover performed by a student at Shoreline College.

  • Year
    2026
  • Runtime
    2 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Drama, Poetry
  • Director
    Lindy Boustedt
  • Screenwriter
    Lindy Boustedt
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