ZERO
ZERO 1000
ZERO 1000 THOUSAND. >> WELCOME BACK. TWENTY TWENTY MARKS TWENTY FIVE
YEARS OF THE SEATTLE FILM
FESTIVAL BUT THIS HERO LOOKS A
LOT DIFFERENT THANKS TO COLVARD
IT'S ALL GONE VIRTU.
WELL WE TALKED TO KATHLEEN
MULLIN AND COOPER SEELIE FOR
MORE.
WE ARE AN AMAZING FESTIVAL AS
YOU SAID 20 FIVE YEARS.
WE SHOWCASE LGB T Q I A PLUS
FILMS FOR A RUN OF ELEVEN DAYS
STARTING WITH AN OPENING NIGHT
GENERALLY WE'VE BEEN IN PERSON
BUT THIS YEAR WE ARE OBVIOUSLY
GOING ONLINE AND WE SHOW FILMS
WE DO WORKSHOPS, PANELS, Q&A.
WE HAVE D.J. ZOOME PARTIES THIS
YEAR MANY KINDS OF THINGS WERE
PART OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED
THREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA
VOICES OF THE YEAR AT VARIOUS
EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON AND
PRESENT WE SUPPORT THE VOICES
OF THE COMMUNITY AND AS WELL
AS SUPPORTING FILMMAKERS AND
BRINGING IN DIVERSE AUDIENCES
INCLUDING OUR ALLIES.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
US.
WELL, THAT'S AMAZING AND THE
WORK YOU DO IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> IF I MAY SHARE A PERSONAL
MOMENT WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER
GROWING UP IN L.A. I WENT WITH
A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE TO LOS
ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL.
I DON'T REMBER THE SPECIFIC
NAME BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT
WHEN WE WALKED OUT OF A FILM IS
WHEN SHE TOLD ME FOR THE FIRST
TIME THAT SHE WAS GAY AND SHE
FELT COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT
BECAUSE SHE WAS SEEING THESE
FILMS AND COOPER, I JUST WANT
TO ASK YOU YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN
IT IN ACTION.
WHY IS A FILM FESTIVAL LIKE
THIS SO IMPORTANT?
I MEAN WELL, YOU'VE TOUCHED ON
IT.
>> IT REALLY DOES CENTER VOICES
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PART
OF DISENFRANCHIZED COMMUNITIES
AND IN A KIND OF CROSS-SECTION
IN PERCEPTION.
RIGHT.
SO SO THIS YEAR WE ARE ABLE TO
DO A CUTEY PIE PROGRAM.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD FILMS FROM
PEOPLE OF COLOR BUT NOW IN THIS
PARTICULAR YEAR IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO CENTER OF VOICES
OF TRANS INDIVIDUALS CENTERED
VOICES OFF COLOR SO THAT LIKE
YOUR FRIEND THERE'S A KIND
OF RECOGNITION OF SELF.
THERE'S A RECOGNITION WITHIN A
SOCIAL SPACE THAT THAT WE'RE
HERE THAT WE EXIST AND WITHOUT
THAT KIND OF SOCIAL CODING,
THAT KIND OF RECOGNITION
OF SELF IN THE PUBLIC, I'M NOT
ALONE TERRIBLY HARD.
>> IT BECOMES INCREDIBLY HARD.
AND YOU KNOW AND KEEP IN MIND
TOO THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA
BE ABLE TO REACH AUDIENCES IN
RURAL AREAS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE I'M SO EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS SO KEY BECAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE ALLOWED
TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSE AND
HOPEFULLY MAYBE THIS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE YEARS.
>> WHAT KIND OF FILMS WILL
PEOPLE SEE?
WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT?
ALL KINDS OF STORIES.
>> DRAMAS, COMEDIES,
DOCUMENTARIES.
>> SO I DON'T KNOW OF MANY
BLACK LGBTQ CONDUCTORS AS SHORT
FILMS, LONG FILMS.
>> SO A FEW A COUPLE OF THEM
SOMETHING LIKE GOSSAMER FOLDS
WHICH IS OUR CENTERPIECE DRAMA
AND MAYBE COOPER YOU WANT TO
SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE
ACTUAL FILM?
>> IT'S A REALLY INCREDIBLE
FILM.
FIRST OF ALL, I SAW IT AND I
THINK ENTIRE COMMITTEE FELL IN
LOVE WITH THIS FILM.
IT'S REALLY GREAT.
IT IS A STORY OF A YOUNG TRANS
AND HER FATHER AND HER FAMILY
AND HER NEIGHBORS AND
ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE AND WHAT IT
REALLY MEANS TO FIND BELONGING
AND FAMILY THAT IS TRADITIONAL
AND AND BEYOND THAT IT SORT
OF MEANS TO GO YOUR OWN WAY TO
REALLY BE ABLE TO LOCATE
YOURSELF IN THE WORLD AND
LOCATE YOUR OWN VOICE AND MOVE
ON.
AND THE POWER OF YOUR STRENGTH
,YOUR OWN VOICE.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FILM, VERY
SIMPLE, VERY SORT OF LIMITED
SPACE AND TIME AND AND
BEAUTIFUL AND INTIMATE THIS
BEAUTIFUL LITTLE WONDERFUL
MESSAGE.
>> WHAT A WONDERFUL MESSAGE.
>> YES.
SO ALL THE FOLKS IN OREGON,
WASHINGTON AND IDAHO COME ON.
COME ON LINE.
>> AND NOT ONLY THAT AND SOME
OF THE FILMS ARE NOT GEO BLOCK.
>> SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A
CANADIAN REACH AND AN
INTERNATIONAL REACH FOR SOME
OF THE SCREENINGS.
I'M INCREDIBLY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SPENDING THE TIME TO TALK TO US
TODAY.
EVEN IF YOU HAD TO GET IN YOUR
CAR TO COME TALK TO US.
I DID GET LIKE SO THE 25TH
ANNUAL SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL
IS HAPPENING VIRTUALLY NOW
THROUGH OCTOBER