Opening Night Movie & Reception: MY LAST YEAR WITH THE NUNS WITH ACTOR MATT SMITH

Join us for the Opening Night Reception as we eat, drink, and kick off the 31st Olympia Film Festival!

Artesian Rumble Arkestra to perform at the opening night reception!

This night brings our programming full circle and offers something for everyone. Get ready to experience 10 days of the magic of film, music, and art.

Friday, November 7
5:00 PM Doors / 5:30 PM Reception

My Last Year with the Nuns documentary Q&A with Matt Smith

2014 / US / 75 minutes / Format: DCP
Director: BretFetzer Cast: Matt Smith Print Source: Skookum Pictures

My Last Year With the Nuns showcases Seattle’s own storyteller extraordinaire Matt
Smith taking his craft to the next level by combining the media of film and monologue in a fresh and unique way. Smith spent his formative years living in the heavily Catholic Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle and it is here in 1966, Smith’s eighth grade year, that provides the setting for his autobiographical tale. The film doesn’t shy away from the racism, misogyny, and homophobia that was common at the time, and so feels honest and uncensored. Neither does it abandon its frame of reference, that of a thirteen-year-old boy, with dirty magazines, crude stories, and loogie references being frequent. First time director Bret Fetzer adds animations, maps, music, and photographs to further illustrate the story, providing the perfect complement to Smith’s storytelling and producing an experience that is both engaging and thought provoking. Eric Kohn of Indiewire loved the
film, calling it “a hilarious, original approach to portraying nostalgia at the movies.”

Movie Presented by 3 Magnets Brewing Co.

Fine food and nosh provided by: