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North Bend Film Festival 2021 Movies & How to Watch

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The North Bend Film Festival is back! After teaming up with a number of genre fests to launch Nightstream last year, NBFF returns in 2021 with a hybrid event set to run July 15-18, including an in-person portion set at the North Bend Theatre in Washington along with a virtual portion for folks who can’t make the trip.

This year’s lineup brings a double dose of Udo Kier, with Todd Stephen‘s Swan Song set to open the festival and Carlson Young‘s The Blazing World closing it. Along with NBFF’s reliably eclectic selection of features and short films, the fest always boasts a killer selection of events, immersive experiences, panels, and discussions – including the return of Collider’s The Witching Hour podcast! Fest favorite Strange Storytelling Hour is also back, both in-person and virtual. Additionally, the fest will offer an in-person screening of Donnie Darko on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary, as well as a conversation with director Richard Kelly,

NBFF is also introducing the Dulac Vanguard Filmmaker Award this year. “Named after French filmmaker, film theorist, and activist Germaine Dulac, her 1928 film The Seashell and the Clergyman is regarded as the defining first film of the surrealist movement. The award will honor an extraordinary achievement in groundbreaking filmmaking with a director’s first or sophomore feature.” The inaugural award goes to Jane Schoenbrun for We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, which will screen in-person as the fest’s Centerpiece Film. “World’s Fair is a beautifully haunting work that captures with surreal relevance the dual sadness and hope of life lived through a screen,” says Senior Programmer Joseph Hernandez. “We’re so excited to see Jane carry this torch and it’s our great pleasure to honor them with the first annual Dulac.”

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North Bend Film Fest virtual programming is geo-restricted to the Pacific Northwest with two types of festival passes currently on sale: a 10 feature or shorts program package for $95 for the public (geo-blocked to Washington, Oregon, and Idaho) and a 12 feature or shorts program package for Industry Members (geo-blocked to the U.S.) also priced at $95. Passes can be purchased on the official website. All panels and podcast programming will be free to pass holders with a limited amount of tickets going on sale for virtual events. Individual ticket options also include a $3 discount for locals attending in-person screenings.

Check out the fest teaser and the full list of features, shorts, events, and panels below.

FEATURE FILMS

OPENING NIGHT FILM

Swan Song

United States | 2021 | 105 Min. | Dir. Todd Stephens | In-Person

A former hairdresser (Udo Kier, Bacurau) escapes his nursing home to style the hair of a recently deceased old friend for her funeral. His passion-fueled odyssey guides him to surprising revelations about a past event that has filled his later years with resentment. A Magnolia Pictures Release.

CENTERPIECE FILM (DULAC AWARD WINNER)

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

United States | 2021 | 86 Min. | Dir. Jane Schoenbrun | In-Person

From the nest of her black-lit bedroom, Casey decides to embark on the World’s Fair challenge; a game that threatens to manifest mysterious change in its participants. Jane Schoenbrun’s narrative debut causes the line between dream and reality to waver in this coming-of-age exploration of identity. A Utopia Release.

CENTERPIECE FILM

Cryptozoo

United States | 2021 | 95 Min. | Dir. Dash Shaw | In-Person

Cryptozoologist Lauren Grey (Lake Bell, In a World…) dreams of the Baku at night—a legendary creature that eats nightmares. As she navigates the underworld of illegal cryptid trades and government schemes in the hunt for the Baku, the future of the Cryptozoo hangs in the balance. A Magnolia Pictures Release.

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

The Blazing World

United States | 2021 | 101 Min. | Dir. Carlson Young | In-Person

Decades after the tragic accidental drowning of her twin sister, Margaret returns to her family home in the hopes of finding her still alive in an alternate reality. Loosely inspired by Margaret Cavendish’s 1666 work of the same name, Carlson Young’s feature debut paints a dream-like world with dazzling arthouse visuals, completed with a chilling performance by Udo Kier.

Donnie Darko (20th Anniversary Remastered Version presented by Arrow Video)

United States | 2001 | 113 Min. | Dir. Richard Kelly | In-Person

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager (Jake Gyllenhaal) is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days 06 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds. Before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielbergian touches, and ‘80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with this debut feature. Restoration courtesy of Arrow Films and the American Genre Film Archive.

Ayar

United States | 2021 | 84 Min. | Dir. Floyd Russ | Hybrid

Actress and singer Ayar finds herself without work in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and decides to reconnect with the estranged daughter she entrusted to her mother while pursuing her career many years ago. This somewhat predictable narrative morphs into a daring and unapologetic study on the creative process weaving through the tapestry of reality itself.

Code Name: Nagasaki

Norway | 2021 | 70 Min. | Dir. Fredrik S. Hana | Virtual

When he was only five, Marius’ mother unexpectedly left his family to return to Japan and broke off all contact. Now twenty years later, he and his best friend Fredrik document their soulful search for her with vignettes ranging from samurai to noir and every genre in-between.

Luchadoras

Mexico | 2021 | 93 Min. | Dir. Paola Calvo, Patrick Jasim | Virtual

A trio of female wrestlers grapple with life in Ciudad Juarez, inside and outside of the ring. The courage they exude in their personal lives is paralleled in the theater of wrestling, as they adopt personas that unmask feminist agency in a world dominated by machismo.

Ninjababy

Norway | 2021 | 103 Min. | Dir. Yngvild Sve Flikke | Virtual

Rakel, a 23-year-old cartoonist, randomly finds out she is six months pregnant. She has many other plans than being a mother and the future father, “Dick Jesus”, is even less prepared. Yngvild Sve Flikke’s film is a raucous pregnancy comedy, with a great balance of humor and emotional depth, and an animated fetus in a bandit mask.

Potato Dreams of America

United States | 2021 | 95 Min. | Dir. Wes Hurley | In-Person

Potato and his mail-order bride mother spend their days obsessing about American films and using their vivid imagination to dream of a better life outside of the Soviet Union. After several letters are exchanged with a man in America (Dan Lauria, The Wonder Years), they both venture out in search of a new life across the Atlantic.

Red Post on Escher Street

Japan | 2021 | 148 Min. | Dir. Sion Sono | Virtual

For the chance to work with popular director Kobayashi, a wave of local aspiring actors send in their resumes through the same red post box on Escher Street. When the production is pushed last minute to cast famous talent, the actors discover another way they can have their time on camera—as extras. An absolutely wild film shoot ensues.

Slate

South Korea | 2020 | 99 Min. | Dir. Jo Bareun | Virtual

Yeon-hee’s dream is to be an action movie star. When she gets an audition for a major role, she’s cast as a stunt double because of her sword-fighting skills. Upon arrival on set, she is mysteriously transported to another reality—a village under attack and desperate for a heroine. But the danger is very real here and it’s going to take a lot more than acting for Yeon-hee to survive stepping into her dream role.

Superior

United States | 2021 | 97 Min. | Dir. Erin Vassilopoulos | Hybrid

Running from an abusive partner, Marian finds refuge in the home of her polar opposite twin Vivian. To better understand each other’s life choices the twins experiment with impersonating one another, to disastrous results when Marian’s past catches up with her.

Tailgate

Netherlands, Belgium | 2019 | 86 Min. | Dir. Lodewijk Crijns| Hybrid

With his wife and kids in the car, a hot-headed father gets involved in a nasty retaliatory bout of road rage with a van. Karma is unforgiving as the other driver is revealed to be a maniacal killer who relentlessly tracks them donning a hazmat suit and a pressurized poison spray. A Film Movement release.

La Veronica

Chile | 2021 | 100 Min. | Dir. Leonardo Medel | Virtual

Veronica (Mariana Di Girólamo, Ema), a soccer wife-turned social media influencer on the cusp of a major brand deal has a problem—her follower count isn’t high enough. When a prosecutor starts investigating the mysterious death of her first daughter, the darkness behind her picture-perfect persona may be exposed to the public.

The Witches of the Orient

France | 2021 | 100 Min. | Dir. Julien Faraut | Virtual

In one of the greatest feats in all of sports history, a Japanese women’s volleyball team won a record 258 consecutive matches and captured Olympic gold. With astonishing archival footage, anime sequences, and electronic music, director Julien Faraut shows how these extraordinary women dominated their sport and rose to international stardom.

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SHORTS

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Image via North Bend Film Festival

Home Transmissions: PNW Shorts

The deeply personal, fanatical, and horrific collide in this buffet of style and form all cooked up by Pacific Northwest filmmakers.

Skinner 1929, dir. Aaron Blanton, Goitre, dir. Anna Weltner, Pool Service Announcement, dir. Dean Dickinson, Zombie Walk, dir. Rollyn Stafford, The Body of Levi, dir. Freddy Cheung, The Altruist, dir. Matt Smith

Something Strange

Stories of the peculiar and outlandish sort are what Something Strange is all about.

The Nipple Whisperer, dir. Jan Van Dyck (Belgium), You Wouldn’t Understand, dir. Trish Harnetiaux (USA), Grab Them, dir. Morgane Dziurla-Petit (Sweden), Mustachio, dir. Victoria Warmerdam (Netherlands), Picnic Pals in Dreamland, dir. David Ferino (USA), Swimmer, dir. Jonatan Etzler (Sweden), Today, dir. Andrew Jaksch (Australia)

Cinema Vista

Across the genres, bold and unafraid, Cinema Vista will prove once again that our imagination has no limit.

Sudden Light, dir. Sophie Littman (UK), Solution for Sadness, dir. Marc Martinez Jordán, Tuixén Benet Cosculluela (Spain), Trade Center, dir. Adam B Baran (USA), Flex, dir. Josefin Malmén & David Strindberg (Sweden), Pleasant Valley Drive In, dir. Brian Zahm (USA), The Expected, dir. Carolina Sandvik (Sweden), Kia Summer Sales Event, dir. Brendan Walter (USA), Lips, dir. Nicole Tegelaar (Netherlands)

Beyond the Void

What lies beyond our experience and our psyche? Six short films explore the mystic transition to another world or to another self.

Stuffed, dir. Theo Rhys (UK), Still Together, dir. Christopher Piazza (USA), Goitre, dir. Anna Weltner (USA), Lucid, dir. Deanna Milligan (Canada), The Isolated, dir. Jason Giampietro (USA), Algorithm, dir. Edwina Casey (Ireland)

Ethereal Fantasies

In this selection of eight short films, time and reality melt into a cocktail of transformative stories.

Cracks, dir. Andrea Cazzaniga (Germany), The Cocktail Party, dir. Jessica Sanders (USA),

Atrophy, dir. Nick Hartanto, Sam Roden (USA), A Tale Best Forgotten, dir. Tomas Stark (Sweden), Young Forever, dir. Stevie Szerlip (USA), Golem, dir. Ryan Cauchi (Australia), Bird Lady, dir. Susie Jones (UK), Skinner 1929, dir. Aaron Blanton (USA)

IMMERSIVE EVENTS

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Image via North Bend Film Festival

I Swing, You Swing: A Swinging 70s Mystery Game!

Created by Darren Herczeg & Erica Elson

It’s 1976. You’ve been invited to Dr. Darica Darren & Erica’s North Bend Love Lodge for a therapeutic night of swinging. But what you don’t know is that someone got pregnant at the last party, and The Drs. Darica desperately need your help to find out how it all went down! You’ll hop from “The Jacuzzarium” to “The Soft Media Room” to “The Orgone Accumulator”, interacting with as many swingers as you can to try and piece together this paternity puzzle! And you better believe that nothing is a straight line when it comes to this complex conception…

Marcia Needs Space

Created by Allyson Morgan & Kevin Laibson

You’re invited on a self-guided interactive tour of North Bend, hosted by Fred, the Extraterrestrial. Fred will give you a robust understanding of this historic town while simultaneously using the participants as part of his own secret mission: to find a mysterious figure named Marcia.

Part scavenger hunt, part comedy show, entirely ridiculous, go on this adventure and you’ll learn why Marcia Needs Space. All you need is your smartphone and a sense of adventure! This experience is able to be enjoyed both in-person and online

Strange Storytelling Hour

Presented by Northwest Film Forum & Volition Brewing

In this beloved festival event, emerging storytellers recount peculiar tales and bizarre happenings based on their own real-life experiences. This year’s theme: “Strangetown.” Whether you hail from them or simply passed through, many have felt the warmth, mystery, and familiarity of a bizarre small town. Join our storytellers as they share tales and whispers from the hamlets that haunt their memories.

This event will be hosted by Seattle-based storyteller, comedian, and weirdo Emmett Montgomery — NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Seattle Weekly’s Best Comedian 2015, 2017, 2018, and host and curator of the community based “comedy” show Joketellers Union (with Brett Hamil) and the experimental basement/storytelling show The Magic Hat.

This event will be offered to a limited in-person audience and will be available for virtual viewing.

Strange North Bend Walking Tour

Hosted by local artists Bob & Laura Antone

From the Mt Si Cemetery and stories of tragedy to haunted restaurants, crime scenes, and known film locations, Hidden Northwest Tours features the darker side of North Bend Washington. What eventually brought Hollywood to town? Perhaps the town’s real history is much stranger than you know.

PANELS & DISCUSSIONS

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Image by Newmarket Films

DONNIE DARKO 20th Anniversary Celebration with Richard Kelly

Presented by Arrow Video

Since its release in 2001, Donnie Darko has risen from cult-film status to being widely considered one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time. Propelling the careers of award-winning actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the film also spotlights an early starring role for the great Jena Malone (The Hunger Games, Saved) and the feature debuts of Seth Rogen and Fran Kranz. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his landmark film, director Richard Kelly will look back on his enigmatic classic that remains a puzzle box for fans to this day. Moderated by April Wolfe (screenwriter of Blumhouse’s Black Christmas and former lead film critic for LA Weekly)

Crafting Immersive Experiences during COVID

Presented by No Proscenium

In this in-depth conversation moderated by No Proscenium’s Noah Nelson, the NBFF2021 immersive creators behind I Swing, You Swing and Marcia Needs Space will explore the existing and residual effects of crafting immersive experiences in modern times.

Reinventing the Reel

Presented by Northwest Film Forum

Over the past year, cinemas have been forced to navigate closures, virtual screenings, and hard choices as they’ve nimbly defined and reinvented their business models to stay afloat. In this candid conversation hosted by Northwest Film Forum’s Artistic Director Rana San, we’ll hear from locally-beloved theater houses about the significance of reopening their brick-and-mortar spaces and the cinema-going experience awaiting audiences and filmmakers as we enter the next phase of our hybrid reality.

Elevating the Story with Animation

Paved by the work of Osamu Tezuka, animation—historically regarded as a medium for younger audiences—gained traction among adult filmmakers as a boundless tool to visually and narratively explore the depths of their imagination. Led by Kirk Thatcher, mad genius behind some of the best Muppets shenanigans, Dash Shaw (Cryptozoo), Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King (The Spine of Night), and Kevin McTurk (The Haunted Swordsman) will discuss their inspiration and what drew them to these mediums.

Up Close with Dulac Vanguard Award Winner Jane Schoenbrun

Presented by In Creative Company

For this special virtual event, NBFF’s first annual Dulac Vanguard Awardee Jane Schoenbrun will discuss their groundbreaking feature We’re All Going to The World’s Fair, the internet culture that inspired her, vanguard filmmaking, and their take on the industry’s climate towards boundary-pushing cinema. Moderated by In Creative Company’s Mara Webster.

PODCASTS

Certified Forgotten

Join Matt Donato and Matthew Monagle for a special North Bend edition of Certified Forgotten, the podcast that “rediscovers” horror films of the Rotten Tomatoes era. The Matts are joined by April Wolfe and Katie Walsh—a bit of a Switchblade Sisters reunion—for an even-more-special video episode to discuss the aquatic horror-thriller The Siren (formerly The Rusalka), an overlooked indie darling that once closed the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. Tune in for a conversation that wades into creature-infested waters as the gang analyzes why it was overlooked and how it becomes…well, no longer forgotten!

Dead Beat Film Society

Hosts Emily & Kevin of the DBFS podcast sit with musician Prom Queen to discuss the mysteries of David Lynch’s masterpiece Mulholland Drive (2001).

The Good, The Bad and The What!?

The Good, The Bad, and The What!? Is a weekly podcast in which hosts Ryan Oliver and Chris Thomas discuss through humor and edu-tainment what makes a film “good,” “bad,” or “other” within a certain theme, category, subgenre, filmography, and more! On this special episode for the North Bend Film Festival, the two are going to journey through the late-‘90s/early-2000’s boom of vanguard sci-fi/horror dramas that bend space and time in some way, starting with the 20th Anniversary of Richard Kelly’s 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko, following up with the contentious 2004 Ashton Kutcher vehicle The Butterfly Effect, and finally closing with perhaps one of David Lynch’s most polarizing films, 1997’s Lost Highway.

The Witching Hour

Co-hosted by Perri Nemiroff and Haleigh Foutch, Collider’s horror podcast The Witching Hour digs into all things horror, from the biggest titles at the box office to under-the-radar gems, exclusive interviews, early reviews, deep-dive analysis, and all the need-to-know in genre film from two horror die-hards.

Washed Away

Hosted by Ashley Smith, Washed Away is a true-crime podcast that breathes new life into Washington state’s coldest cases. Host Ashley Smith talks to experts and family members to get the real stories behind unsolved crimes from the Evergreen state. This special episode premiering during the North Bend Film Festival will explore the mysterious unsolved murder of Hazel Drew, whose case served as the inspiration behind David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.

All in-person screenings will be held in strict accordance with state and federal guidelines regarding safety through the ongoing COVID pandemic.

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