Directed by Various
Films in this Program
The Smiths
Directed by Neely Goniodsky
The story of how a family falls into and is rescued out of homelessness comes to life through hand-drawn animation, …
Beyond Murder
Directed by Zachary T. Smith
This chilling true crime mystery reenacts the modus operandi of the oldest couple in American history to be sentenced to …
Chapel of Rest
Directed by Ben Mercer
Two mischievous young brothers attending their grandfather’s wake experience the surreal ceremony of death.
Commute
Directed by Lou Watson
Watson suggests looking sideways at the everyday to become re-enchanted with place and self.
From the Sky
Directed by Ian Ebright
A humble father and his troubled son struggle to cope with the effect of drones in the Middle East.
Rougarouing
Directed by Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
Eunice, Louisiana, surely a colorful community (here shot in splendid black and white), has a raucous rural Mardi Gras celebration.
The Unclouded Organs
Directed by Rob Shaw
A song from the rock band The Unclouded espouses organ donation with the help of stop motion insects.
The Bear’s Progress
Directed by Malia Jensen
An inhabited bear costume wanders in the landscape doing what bears do and do not do.
One Night in Florida
Directed by Tess Martin
Martin illustrates President Obama’s speech reacting to the case involving George Zimmerman shooting an unarmed black teenager in 2012.
Layover
Directed by Vanessa Renwick
Swirling in flight, the Vaux’s Swifts layover for three weeks in Portland each fall on their migration to South America.
Baling Baling
Directed by Lawrence Johnson
In rice fields of the Indonesian island of Bali, farmers keep the birds away with rhythmic noisemakers, plastic bags, and …
A Love Story
Directed by Brandy Svendson
This moving story of loss in the early days of the AIDS epidemic celebrates the timelessness and universal qualities of …
Appears in: 41st Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival