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Music. Beer. Music.

We promise those aren’t the only themes in this year’s Tacoma Film Festival, but they are what our opening, centerpiece, and closing night films bring to Tacoma in a huge way. Taking on the energy and heart of our pillar films, this year’s overarching theme is FILM IS GO, highlighting the celebration and energy that the art form brings to cinematic audiences worldwide.

We are thrilled to bring festival circuit hit Luther: Never Too Much, delving into the life and legacy of R&B titan Luther Vandross as our first film. At the peak of the festival (pun intended), Tacoma filmmaker Isaac Olsen and producing team the Peterson Bros. (Walk, Don’t Run: The Story of the Ventures) bring us Rainier: A Beer Odyssey, the story of the clever advertisements that built a beer empire rooted in the Pacific Northwest. Closing out TFF, Chris Smith’s (American Movie, Wham!, 100 Foot Wave, Tiger King) Devo will once and for all explain the secret meaning of the band’s hit song “Whip It!”

4 Sponsors 4 Jury 5 Awards 5 Credits 6-9 Special Events 10-12 Narrative Features 13-15 Documentary

Features

15 PNW Docs

Our collection strongly emphasizes NW filmmaking, with programming that celebrates our region’s talent and hard work in the art of film. We’ve also gathered stories that highlight our diverse city, nation, and world. We are local, regional, and global all at once in October.

16-17 Schedule

Filmmakers are going to have a great time at the fest, with fun meetups, helpful workshops and discussions, and a city tour. A director might even be inspired to shoot a film at one of our epic Tacoma locations.

19-25 Shorts Packages

There is a trail for everyone to follow at TFF. See comedies, documentaries, dramas, international films, festival favorites, family films, and classic art house revivals, all with an intentional focus on support for NW talent and artistry. Let’s do this. FILM IS GO at TFF ‘24.

at a Glance

18 Animated Features

26 Shorts Playing

w/ Features

30 Panels

& Live Podcast

Welcome!

Wade Neal

TFF Producer and Grand Cinema Assistant Executive Director

OFFICIAL WEBSITE TACOMAFILMFESTIVAL.COM SOCIAL #2024TFF #TACOMAFILMFEST24 @TACOMAFILMFEST

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Festival Sponsors TITLE SPONSOR:

PRESENTING SPONSORS:

FESTIVAL SPONSORS:

Grit City

Magazine

excuse the intermission

*offical podcast partner

Festival Jury Joanne Clarke Dillman

Max Fosberg

Lisa Fruichantie

Claudia Gorbman

Chase Hutchinson

Britta Johnson

Alex MacAulay

Elidé Malagamba

Charles Mudede

Derek Nunn

Clyde Petersen

Gilda Sheppard

PNW Documentary Features PNW Narrative Shorts Animated Shorts Narrative Features

Late Night Shorts PNW Late Night Shorts

Narrative Features

Late Night Shorts PNW Late Night Shorts

Experimental Shorts Documentary Shorts

Hispanic Heritage Shorts

Pride Short Films

Masahiro Sugano Narrative Shorts PNW Narrative Features

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PNW Documentary Features PNW Narrative Shorts

Animated Shorts

Narrative Features

Documentary Features

Awards 2024 JURY AWARDS Best Narrative Feature

Best Late Night Short

Best Documentary Feature

Best PNW Narrative Feature

Best Narrative Short

Best PNW Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Short

Best Documentary Short

Best Animated Short

Best Animation (short or feature)

Best Pride Short

Best Latino Short

Awards Announcement and Gathering 5:30PM - 6:30PM Sunday, October 13 at THE BLUE MOUSE. No ticket required!

2024 Audience Choice Awards

Filmmakers from BC, WA, OR, and ID are eligible for the PNW Choice Awards. Winners will be chosen based on audience votes.

Filmmakers not from the Pacific Northwest are eligible for these awards.

Winners will be chosen based on audience votes.

Best PNW Film SPONSORED BY:

Audience Choice, Feature Audience Choice, Short

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2024 PNW Audience Choice Awards

Audience Choice Ballots It’s your chance to choose a winner. Be sure to get your ballot upon entering the theater before each screening. Rate each film you see on a scale between 1 and 5 (5 is if you loved it, 1 is if you loved it less). Drop off your ballot with a volunteer as you exit. Audience Choice winners are announced at the end of the festival.

thank you

A huge thank you to our festival volunteers & staff!

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GRAND CINEMA Philip Cowan

OPERATIONS MANAGER Ken Crowell

TECH & TRAFFIC MANAGER Pat.c Noriega

MEMBERSHIP & ACCOUNTING Gini Liley

FILM TRAFFIC & PROJECTION José Candido, Angel J. Camama, Mikayla Heineck, Dorothy Kent, Ashley Nieves

FESTIVAL PRODUCER / ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TGC Wade Neal

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION Paul Richter

EVENTS MANAGER Marlee Myers

ARTIST Wendell Ratliff

SALES & MARKETING Rachel Marecle, Wendell Ratliff

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Oliver Johnson

thank you

Special thanks to our volunteer screeners!

Peggy Entrop Mary M Menard

Masahiro Sugano

OPERATIONS STAFF Maggie Dahl, Bonne Dorell, Naarah McDonald, Kegan Ross, Neiko Will

Lynda Zalupski Rick Zalupski

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Special Events

OPENING NIGHT:

Family Shorts LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 7:00 PM The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Ave Tickets: $25.00 Members: $22.50

SPONSORED BY:

Luther Vandross always believed he would be a star, but his journey to success was far from overnight. He began his career supporting industry icons like David Bowie, Roberta Flack, and Bette Midler. Despite earning platinum records and accolades, Luther initially struggled to break into mainstream success beyond the R&B charts. Driven by unwavering determination, he overcame personal and professional hurdles, ultimately establishing himself as one of the greatest vocalists in history.

Luther: Never Too Much is a heartfelt and joyous tribute to Luther Vandross and his music, resonating with profound emotion. For some, it will inspire newfound admiration for Luther, while for others, it will transport them to moments when his timeless melodies were the soundtrack to their lives.

Join us after the screening for an afterparty with DJ, a no-host bar, and desserts to celebrate the sweetness of Mr. Vandross’s supreme artistry!

SPECIAL EVENT:

ENO

THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 8:45 PM The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Ave Tickets: $15.00 Members: $12.50

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Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno - known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums - reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that’s different every time it’s shown.

Special Events

MUSIC in FILM:

NOSFERATU WITH RADIOHEAD:

A Silents Synced Film

This event will feature will feature Radiohead’s KID A (2000) / AMNESIAC (2001), paired with F.W. Murnau’s iconic silent masterpiece Nosferatu. This feature mashup is fully authorized by the band.

The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.

THU SAT OCT 10 OCT 12 9:15 PM 8:45 PM The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Ave Tickets: $15 Members: $12.50 sponsored by:

partner :

GUEST ARTIST:

PARIS, TEXAS

w/ photographer Charles Peterson Wim Wenders’ iconic Cannes winner from 1984, exquisitely photographed

by Dutch master Robby Müller, is a powerful statement on self-discovery, loss, redemption and the unbreakable bonds of love. This 40th anniversary remastered release by Janus Films is presented in partnership with TAM and its exhibit “Charles Peterson’s Nirvana: On Photography and Performance.”

Wim Wenders’ remarkable film was a favorite of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and was a foundational influence on Mr. Peterson’s photography. A post-film discussion with the artist will be hosted by by Sub Pop recording artist and TFF producer Wade Neal.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 12 4:30 PM The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Ave Tickets: $15 Members: $12.50

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Special Events

CENTERPIECE:

RAINIER: A BEER ODYSSEY SATURDAY OCTOBER 12 5:00 PM Blue Mouse Theatre 2611 N Proctor Tickets: $20 Members: $18.50 Encore Screenings: Oct 12 8PM Blue Mouse Oct. 13 2PM Blue Mouse director + producers in attendance for post- film q +a at all screenings . sponsored by:

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Crack open a cold one with the epic story of Rainier Beer and the world-famous 1970s advertising campaign—designed by a small, up-and-coming agency with everything to prove—that put the Seattlebased brewing company on the map.

The new television ads, cutting edge in their simplicity and contrarian attitude to accepted advertising practices, immediately captured the imaginations of the entire region. They were quirky, zany, yet dry and underplayed. They mocked themselves. They pulled the curtain back to reveal their own stagecraft.

No one who witnessed these groundbreaking ads during their original 12 year run has ever forgotten them.

Rainier: A Beer Odyssey attempts to cement a new genre, that of pure advertising as art, the found footage film as spectacle, the educational case-study as comedy, and the transformation of brand itself into narrative.

This campaign not only redefined and revitalized Rainier Beer, but left an indelible mark on the national advertising landscape, and has come to define the very sensibility of The Northwest itself, now more than ever.

Special Events

CLOSING NIGHT:

DEVO

When a problem comes along, you must whip it. And when a movie about DEVO comes along, you must watch it. Jump back in time with director Chris Smith (“American Movie”) for the unfiltered truth about the radical and deeply political band from Akron, Ohio, whose origins tie back to the vibrant, civic campus of Kent State University.

Charting their entire career from the early days beginning in Akron, Ohio to their rightful place in the American music history books, DEVO looks back at the story of the eponymous band.

Featuring interviews with the band’s living members and a nonstop smorgasbord of their subversive and satirical visuals, this documentary celebrates not only their musical legacy, but also Devo’s spirit of innovation and philosophies about the devolution of the species and the American psyche. Taking a front row seat to their undeniable imprint on the art of music and video on the late 20th century, audiences get to share the story of how Devo was championed and ultimately discarded by MTV, how they challenged the status quo of American idealism, and how they generated unforgettable tracks such as ”Whip It.”

SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 6:30 PM Blue Mouse Theater 2611 N Proctor St Tickets: $25 Members: $22.50 post- film virtual q & a with members of devo

Tacoma All-Star DEVO Karaoke in-theater featuring: Kurt and Bill from Girl Trouble Dave Verellen (Botch) Carrie Akre (Hammerbox) and more! sponsored by:

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film guide (Pages 10 - 12)

NARRATIVE FEATURES A Fantastic Relationship Bridge Stuart US | 2023 | 87 min

After a nasty break up, Brian and Katie have to pretend they’re still in a relationship in order to impress a family member at a dinner party. director q+a following screening.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

9:30 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Asog Seán Devlin US | 2023 | 101 min

Rey, a 40-year-old non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, takes a surreal roadtrip through the Philippines.

SUNDAY

10

OCTOBER 13 8:00 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Narrative Features Egghead and Twinkie Sarah Kambe Holland US | 2023 | 87 min

After awkwardly coming out to her conservative parents, an Asian-American teenage girl takes off on a road trip to meet her online crush with the help of her nerdy best friend.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 FRIDAY OCTOBER 11

9:00 PM 3:30 PM

TGC #2 BLUE MOUSE THEATRE

Failed State

Christopher Jason Bell, Mitch Blummer Colombia | 2023 | 86 min

Dale spends the majority of his time transporting various goods to people while attempting to carve out a social life in-between. Eventually the weight of work, his declining health and decaying social relations become too heavy to bear.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

4:45 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1

Jazzy

Morrisa Maltz US | 2024 | 86 min

A portrait of Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux, a young Oglala Lakota girl growing up in Spearfish, South Dakota from the age of 6 to 12. When Jazzy finds out her best friend is moving, she is confronted with the pains of growing up and the realities of the adult world.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

1:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE THEATRE

Micro Budget Morgan Evans US | 2024 | 88 min

A mockumentary comedy about an absolute moron attempting to make an independent film. director q+a following screening.

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

7:40 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

My Imaginary Life For Someone Molly Wurwand, Ryan McGlade US | 2024 | 76 min

A tour through a labyrinth of mysteriously linked Los Angeles mansions provides a dreamlike glimpse into the lives of five unique women who live behind the front gates. director q+a following screening.

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

7:00 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1

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Narrative Features Paper Marriage Jeff Man US | 2024 | 91 min

A desperate Chinese immigrant and a wayward American strike a marriage pact, navigating around each other to grow a connection for a green card. director q+a following screening.

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

4:45 PM

Paris, Texas

THE GRAND CINEMA #1 presented by:

Wim Wenders US | 1984 | 147 min

Out of nowhere, Travis, a gaunt man in a dark suit and a red baseball cap appears in the burning heat of the desert between the US and Mexico. He might seem to be mute and amnesiac, but he’s driven by the desire to reconnect with his family.

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

4:30 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

The Cowboy (El Vaquero) Emma Rozanski Colombia | 2024 | 93 min

The arrival of a stray horse triggers a series of events in Bernicia’s life that alters her world as she slowly takes on the persona of a cowboy.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11 12:55 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

The Heirloom Ben Petrie Canada | 2023 | 85 min

A neurotic couple is brought to the edge by the arrival of a traumatized rescue dog. director q+a following screening.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

6:35 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1

Why Dig When You Can Pluck Cambria Matlow US | 2024 | 51 min

When a filmmaker brings her family to the Oregon coast, her competing desires to be a good mother and creative artist come to a head. director q+a following screening.

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 12

1:00 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1

Documentary Features (Pages 13 - 14)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Adrianne & the Castle Shannon Walsh Canada | 2024 | 86 min

Alan built a castle in rural Illinois with his late love.

Facing life alone, he revisits their fantasy through musical re-enactments transporting him to the world they shared.

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13 1:30 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Bring Them Home / Aiskótáhkapiyaaya

sponsored by:

Ivan MacDonald, Ivy MacDonald, Daniel Glick US | 2023 | 85 min

The story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’ nearextinction a century ago. director q+a.

FRIDAy

OCTOBER 11 5:15 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Call Me Mule John McDonald US | 2023 | 90 min

A feisty elderly man traveling with three mules struggles against the authorities to maintain his nomadic lifestyle in the American West. director q+a following screening.

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

5:30 PM

Devo

THE GRAND CINEMA #1 presented by:

Chris Smith US | 2024 | 90 min

This spirited irreverent portrait of the legendary new wave band Devo charts the unlikely rise of the musical innovators from Akron, Ohio. virtual q+a with devo following screening.

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13 6:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE THEATRE

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Documentary Features Luther: Never Too Much Christine Caruso US | 2024 | 101 min

sponsored by:

Vocal virtuoso Luther Vandross tells his own story using a wealth of rarely seen archival material, and with assistance from his closest friends and musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack.

THURSDAY

OCTOBER 10 7:00 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1&2

The Dells Nellie Kluz US | 2024 | 72 min

THE DELLS observes the clash between fantasy and reality faced by international student workers newly arrived in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin – the “Waterpark Capital of the World.” director q+a following screening.

Saturday

OCTOBER 12 1:00 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

There Was, There Was Not Լինում է, Չի Լինում Emily Mkrtichian US / Armenia | 2024 | 90 min

The first line of every Armenian fairy tale, THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT tells the collective myth of a homeland lost forever — and four women’s resistance to that loss.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

1:00 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1

They’re Here

Pacho Velez, Daniel Claridge US | 2024 | 74 min

A community of New Yorkers experiences close encounters with UFOs, prompting lifestyle changes as they grapple with the implications.

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13 3:15 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea Leslie Buchbinder US | 2023 | 91 min

The story of a marine veteran who navigated the profound traumas of war by making art, becoming a hero to generations of artists, including his friends Ed Ruscha and Frank Gehry, among others interviewed in this immersive film. director q+a

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SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13 3:15 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

PNW Documentaries Zurawski v. Texas Abbie Perrault, Maisie Crow US | 2024 | 99 min

A group of women denied abortions, even at the brink of death, band together with a fearless attorney to sue the state of Texas in an extraordinary effort to regain their rights and reproductive futures— not only for themselves but millions of others.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 12 2:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE THEATRE

PNW FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES FISH WAR

Jeff Ostenson, Charles Atkinson, Skylar Wagner US | 2024 | 80 min

Indigenous nations fight to practice their treatyprotected fishing rights while also protecting the environment for the next seven generations. director q+a following screening.

Tuesday

OCTOBER 10 7:15 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Isaac Olsen US | 2024 | 124 min

presented by:

Crack open a cold one with the epic story of Rainier Beer and the world-famous 1970s advertising campaign that put the Seattlebased brewing company on the map. director + producer q+a following screening.

THREE SCREENINGS, SEE SCHEDULE!

BlUE MOUSE THEATRE

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Schedule at a Glance 10:00 am

11 AM

12 PM

12:30 PM

1 PM

1:30 PM

2 PM

2:30 PM

3 PM

3:30 PM

Grand Cinema Thu The Theater #1 Oct The Grand Cinema 10 Theater #2 The Grand Cinema Theater #3

Grand Cinema Fri The Theater #1 Oct The Grand Cinema 11 Theater #2

There Was, There Was Not

Dramatic

1:00 PM

3:00

The Cowboy

The

12:55 PM

Jazzy

Blue Mouse

1:30 PM

Grand Cinema Sat The Theater #1 Oct The Grand Cinema 12 Theater #2 Blue Mouse

Why Dig When You Can Pluck 1:00 PM

Invitation

2:4

The Dells

Experimenta

2:45 P

1:00 PM

Wallace & Gromit

Zurawski v. Te

PNW Dramatic #2

10:00 AM

Grand Cinema Sun The Theater #1 Oct The Grand Cinema 13 Theater #2

12:30 PM

Animated Shorts

2:30 PM

1:30 PM

The Sporting Life 12:00 PM

Adrianne & the Castle 1:30 PM

Ghost Cat Anzu 11 AM

12 PM

12:30 PM

1 PM

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Rainier: A Beer Odyss

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10:00 am

Hisp Sh

Fem Voices

11:45 AM

Blue Mouse

Oct The Grand Cinema 14 Theater #1 Grand Cinema - The Theater #2 17

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2:00 PM

1:30 PM

2 PM

2:30 PM

3 PM

3:30 PM

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Special Event Documentary

4 PM

4:30 PM

5 PM

5:30 PM

6 PM

6:30 PM

7 PM

7:30 PM

Shorts Program Feature Narrative

8 PM

8:30 PM

9 PM

9:30 PM

10 PM

10:30 PM

Luther: Never Too Much OPENING NIGHT: 7:00 PM

Nosferatu w/ Radiohead: 9:15 PM

Luther: Never Too Much

Egghead & Twinkie

OPENING NIGHT: 7:10 PM

9:00 PM

Eno 8:45 PM

Late Night #1 10:45 PM

Shorts #1

Failed State

0 PM

4:45 PM

The Heirloom

Slide

6:35 PM

8:45 PM

FISH WAR

Bring Them Home

ey’re Here

5:15 PM

3:15 PM

Egghead & Twinkie 3:30 PM

A Fantastic Relationship 9:30 PM PNW Late Night Shorts 9:30 PM

7:30 PM

PNW Comedy Shorts 7:30 PM

PNW Dramatic Shorts #1 5:30 PM

Late Night #2 10:45 PM

n to Laugh

4:45 PM

Rainier: A Beer Odyssey

8:00 PM

Call Me Mule 5:30 PM

Westermann

Asog

Documentary Shorts 5:45 PM

3:15 PM

sey 4:30 PM

9:30 PM

Rainier: A Beer Odyssey

5:00 PM

panic Heritage horts 3:15 PM

Pride Shorts

7:40 PM

4:30 PM

exas

Nosferatu w/ Radiohead: 8:45 PM

Micro Budget

Paris, Texas w/ Charles Peterson

al Shorts

PM

4 PM

My Imaginary Life for Someone 7:00 PM

Paper Marriage

45 PM

5 PM

8:00 PM

Awards

Devo

5:30 PM

6:30 PM + VIRTUAL Q+A

5:30 PM

6 PM

6:30 PM

7 PM

7:30 PM

8 PM

Devo Aftershow: Karaoke All-Stars 8:00 PM

8:30 PM

9 PM

9:30 PM

Peaks & Pints Afterparty 9:30 PM

10 PM

10:30 PM

Thursday!

Repeats and surprises all week long. Times TBD at www.tacomafilmfestival.com.

ANIMATED FEATURES Ghost Cat Anzu

Yôko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita US | 2024 | 94 min

11 year-old Karin has a unique new friend: a phantom feline named Anzu.

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13 12:00 PM

BLUE MOUSE THEATRE

Slide

sponsored by:

Bill Plympton US | 2023 | 75 min

What if Clint Eastwood and Mel Brooks became cartoonists and united to create the wackiest most surreal musical western ever? That’s “Slide.” From veteran independent animator Bill Plympton.

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

*8:45 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #1

Wallace & Gromit: The Classic Shorts US | 1993 | 82 min FREE FAMILY SCREENING!

sponsored by:

Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out on adventure in three of the classic shorts: A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 12

10:00 AM

BLUE MOUSE THEATRE

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Short Film Packages 1. Today, I <3 U _ _ _ _

Neely Goniodsky | US | 2024 | 1 min

Animation

2. Le Charade

Erika Totoro | US | 2024 | 3 min

3. The Nectar Instead Yoo Lee | US | 2023 | 4 min

4. Hunky Dory

Steven Vander Meer | US | 2024 | 6 min

5. Nubbinwood

Tim Granberg | US | 2023 | 8 min

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

11:45 AM

TGC #1

74 MIN Animated short films from the US and around the world.

6. Gatsby

Alec Seymour | US | 2024 | 16 min

7. Love & Service

Justin “Unjust” Herman | Turkey | 2024 | 25 min

8. A Kind of Testament

Stephen Vuillemin | France | 2023 | 16 min

1. This is Us

Comedic Shorts:

Kevin Ralston | US | 2024 | 9 min

2. The Understudy

SPONSORED BY:

Invitation to Laugh: e Return Th

Peter Pasyk | Canada | 2023 | 14 min

3. A Summer’s End Poem Lam Can-zhao | China | 2024 | 15 min

4. Fortissimo

Victor Cesca | France | 2023 | 15 min

5. Shit on Your Lip

Elvira Ibragimova | US | 2023 | 15 min

SATURDAY

6. Camping in Paradise

OCTOBER 12

2:45 PM

TGC #1

91 MIN Comedic shorts from the US and around the world.

Eirik Tveiten | US | 2023 | 23 min

1. The School of Canine Massage

Documentary Shorts

Emma D. Miller | US | 2024 | 11 min

2. How May I Help You Ella Harmon | US | 2023 | 15 min

3. By My Side

Vicki Topaz, Wynn Padula | US | 2023 | 30 min

4. Those Next to Us

Bernhard Hetzenauer | Mexico, Austria, Germany, Switzerland | 2023 | 30 min

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

5:45 PM

TGC #2

114 MIN Documentary shorts from the US and around the world.

5. It’s For You: Ephemeral Art

& The Death of the Public Phone Ryan Steven Green | US | 2023 | 28 min

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Short Film Packages Dramatic Shorts

1. Happy For You

Courtney Hope Therond | US | 2024 | 8 min

2. A Family Business

Richard Harrington | US | 2023 | 9 min

3. Sunflower Girl

Holly M. Kaplan | US | 2023 | 13 min

4. Fall Risk

Alex Martini | US | 2024 | 19 min

5. Little Queen (Petite Reine) Julien Guetta | France | 2023 | 25 min

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

3:00 PM

TGC #1

74 MIN A collection of dramatic short films with themes of family and disconnection.

1. Visions of Waves

Desirée Tolchin | US | 2023 | 3 min

2. Wonderful

Experimental Short Films

Daniel Martinico | US | 2024 | 4 min

3. Resonancia

James Choi | Mexico | 2024 | 8 min

4. Why Are You Image Plus?

Diogo Baldaia | Portugal | 2023 | 9 min

5. When We Encounter The World Leonardo Pirondi, Zazie Ray-Trapido | Portugal /US | 2023 | 11 min

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

2:45 PM

TGC #2

79 MIN A collection of experimental short films from the US and around the world.

6. Light of Light

Neritan Zinxhiria | Greece | 2023 | 13 min

7. Map to the Sirens

Demetrius Antonio Lewis | US | 2024 | 14 min

8. Braided Sand

Tracy Abbott Szatan | US | 2024 | 17 min

1. Super High: A Period Piece

Fem Voices

Bianca Lambert | US | 2024 | 9 min

2. Ashes of Roses

Sasha Waters | US | 2023 | 12 min

3. Christmas, Every Day Faye Tsakas | US | 2024 | 14 min

4. Francis Bacon

Darcy Cagen | US | 2024 | 15 min

5. Six Weeks

Eesha Patkar | US | 2024 | 26 min

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SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

1:30 PM

TGC #1

76 MIN A collection of short films featuring female stories and perspectives.

Short Film Packages Hispanic Heritage Short Films

1. Sincero

Robyn Stoop, Jolaya Gillams, Yinzhi (Peter) Pan | US | 2023 | 11 min

2. Gabriela

Evelyn Lorena | US | 2023 | 16 min

3. Estela, Is It You?

Fabian Martin, Victor Martin | US | 2024 | 22 min

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

3:15 PM

TGC #1

4. The Mourning Of

Merced Elizondo| US / Mexico | 2024 | 23 min

72 MIN Stories and perspectives from the Hispanic hemisphere.

SPONSORED BY:

Late Night Shorts 1

1. Pushover

Brian Lederman | US | 2023 | 7 min

2. Burn Out

Russell Goldman | US | 2024 | 13 min

3. Recursive Dreams

Max Vanderspuy | UK | 2023 | 18 min

4. I’m Not A Robot

Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands / Belgium | 2023 | 20 min

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

10:30 PM

TGC #1

58 MIN Funny, scary or odd. Short films from the US and around the world.

Late Night Shorts 2

SPONSORED BY:

1. Still

Rakefet Abergel | US | 2023 | 12 min

2. Superior Subject

J.D. Henning | US | 2023 | 12 min

3. Don’t Fuck with Ba Sally Tran | US | 2024 | 15 min

4. Volition

Ashley George | US | 2023 | 18 min

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

10:45 PM

TGC #1

71 MIN Funny, scary or odd. Short films from the US and Canada.

5. The Door

Alexander Seltzer | Canada | 2023 | 14 min

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Short Film Packages

1. Turbo Sean

Tommy Heffernan | US | 2023 | 3 min

2. Unwrapped

PNW Comedy

SPONSORED BY:

Rishi Raj | US | 2023 | 7 min

3. Cinching Saddles

Kevin Sengara, Aman Pannu | Canada | 2024 | 8 min

4. Monster Therapy

Jonathan Salmon | US | 2023 | 8 min

5. Charity

Scott Phillips | US | 2023 | 9 min

6. Sew Into You

Emma Josephson | US | 2023 | 10 min

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

7:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE

81 MIN Comedic short films from the upper left.

Come for the bear costume, stay for the cringe.

7. Looking Out

Collin Insley | US | 2023 | 8 min

8. Feelings Experiment

Dawn Jones Redstone | US | 2023 | 11 min

9. Patsy

John Valley | US | 2023 | 17 min

1. Wild Dreams

PNW Dramatic Shorts 1

Derek Nunn | US | 2024 | 9 min

2. Jacob’s Ladder

SPONSORED BY:

Donovan Wilson | US | 2024 | 11 min

3. I Think I’d Like to Stay Brianna B Murphy | US | 2024 | 12 min

4. A Human Resource

Sam Chudler | US | 2023 | 14 min

5. Donut Boy

Bunthoeun Real | US | 2023 | 17 min

FRIDAY

6. Under Chef

Nate Fieldson, Sean McGrath | US | 2023 | 17 min

PNW Dramatic Shorts 2

OCTOBER 11

5:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE

80 MIN Six dramatic short films from the Pacific Northwest.

1. Navidad de Reserva

Roberta Cumbianchera | Argentina | 2024 | 12 min

2. Warmest Regards, E

Tina Nowarre, Shireen Dalbey | Canada | 2023 | 5 min

3. Burglar

Colin Simpson | US | 2023 | 13 min

4. One-Minute Mistake Joan Carol Gratz | US | 2023 | 15 min

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

12:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE

65 MIN Five dramatic short films from the Pacific Northwest.

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5. Life After You

Connor Rubin | US | 2024 | 20 min

Short Film Packages

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Special Events

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Short Film Packages

1. Bones

Ed Castañeda | US | 2023 | 3 min

SPONSORED BY:

PNW Late Night

2. Echos

David Over | US | 2023 | 7 min

3. Echo

Haley McCoy | US | 2022 | 7 min

4. Vines

Luke Zwanziger | US | 2024 | 18 min

5. The Scalpel

Richard H Lyford | US | 1936/2024 | 20 min

6. Fishmonger

FRIDAY

Neil Ferron | US | 2023 | 23 min

OCTOBER 11

9:30 PM

BLUE MOUSE

93 MIN It gets spooky in the evergreens. Scary and funny short films from around the PNW.

7. Ghost Town

Molly Muse, Britt Harris | US | 2023 | 15 min

The Sporting Life

SPONSORED BY:

1. Out of the Dark: Jaleen Roberts

Tom Mason, Sarah Klein | US | 2024 | 8 min

2. Dirt Pride

Christina Rosetti | US | 2023 | 11 min

3. The Sugarman

Michael Husain | US | 2024 | 14 min

4. Another Eight Seconds Keith Malloy | US | 2024 | 16 min

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

12:00 PM

TGC #2

65 MIN Short films about sports in the Pacific Northwest.

5. Almost Perfect: The 99th Pitch John Benjamin Terrell | US | 2024 | 16 min

1. The Yellow Sponge is the Dish Sponge

Michele Noble | US | 2024 | 17 min

2. Du Bist So Wunderbar (Paradise Europe)

Pride Shorts

Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes | Germany / Brazil | 2023 | 17 min

3. You can’t get what you want but you can get me

Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh | Netherlands | 2022 | 13 min

4. Matinee Baby

Thom Hilton | US | 2024 | 18 min

5. Some Kind of Paradise Nicholas Finegan | US | 2024 | 21 min

6. Sew Into You

Emma Josephson | US | 2023 | 10 min

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

9:30 PM

TGC #2

96 MIN Short films featuring queer stories and perspectives from the US and around the world.

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Shorts Playing w/ Features How the Land Remembers Us Jared Wahkinney US | 2024 | 20 min

Amidst an unprecedented event, Indigenous artists gather in Yellowstone National Park to celebrate their connection with place.

PLAYS BEFORE “BRING THEM HOME”

FRIDAY

OCTOBER 11

5:15 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Liquid Highway Kyle LaMontagne US | 2024 | 7 min

One river’s journey from America’s purest lake as it drifts into wild industrial madness.

PLAYS BEFORE “FISH WAR”

FRIDAY OCTOBER 11

7:30 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Gath & K’iyh: LISTEN TO HEAL Princess Daazhraii Johnson US | 2024 | 7 min

In Alaska, a community comes together to create music with Yo-Yo Ma as a critical part of collective healing and radical hope for the future.

PLAYS BEFORE “FISH WAR”

FRIDAY OCTOBER 11

7:30 PM

THE GRAND CINEMA #2

Weree

Tal Amiran US | 2024 | 15 min

Having fled the Liberian Civil War, renowned selftaught artist Johnson Weree creates otherworldly portraits while seeking asylum in the Netherlands.

PLAYS BEFORE “WESTERMANN”

SUNDAY OCTOBER 13

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THE GRAND CINEMA #2

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Workshops / Podcasts Industry Showcase

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM FREE !

A wide-ranging and inspiring conversation with film industry leader Steak House (Founder of the award-winning Steak Haus Productions) to inspire filmmakers’ short and long-term career goals.

Excuse the Intermission: Live Episodes Excuse the Intermission, the film discussion podcast, will be recording live from the Grand Lounge throughout the festival. Stop by to listen in on interviews and discussions with hosts Alex, Grant and Max. Check the TFF website or look in the lobby for updates on dates and times.

Calling all Filmmakers Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and Cartoon Meetup SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM FREE !

All filmmakers at the festival: join us for AYCE breakfast cereal (regular and alternative milks naturally w/ at least one gluten free option) and some great cartoons from all eras in The Grand Lounge. Your new favorite networking event! 606 FAWCETT AVE, TACOMA WA 98402

Washington Filmworks SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM FREE! Our favorite filmmaker-supporting organization will give us the latest updates on filmmaker support ($), opportunities for new filmmakers, and incentives to base your production in Washington State.

Let’s Get Real Pro: For Beloved Locals SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM FREE !

Renowned NW cinematographer James Winters will lead a lively discussion and presentation on how newer directors and crew can optimize their time on set, communicate well with their team, and provide a tour through the latest gear news hitting the film production scene.

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