Friday, September 13, 2024
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- Wed 7PM - Reel Oddities
- Thu - Sun 4PM & 7PM
- Sun 1PM - Kids Club Free for 12 under
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September 13th - 20th
Saturday
September 14, 2024
7:00 pm STORYOLY GRAND SLAMSaturday, September 14, 2024 StoryOly Grand Slam Hosted by Elizabeth Lord With Musical Guest Vendredi’s Bag $20 GA & OFS A Portion of the Proceeds Benefit Community Youth Services 6pm doors / 7pm show 14+ StoryOly is Olympia’s premiere Story Slam event. From November to August, community members come together at monthly story slams to share, […] Buy Ticket Sunday
September 15, 2024
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE PRINCESS BRIDE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERSeptember 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Princess Bride Free for Kids 12 and Under In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, and rodents of unusual size. But even death […] 4:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] 7:00 pm THE CONVERSATION: 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 6, 7 & 15, 2024 The Conversation 4K Restoration Lonely wiretapping expert and devout Catholic Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to record a seemingly innocuous conversation in San Francisco’s Union Square between two lovers. Upon re-hearing the tapes, however, Caul believes he may be putting the couple in danger if he turns the […] Wednesday
September 18, 2024
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: VIDEODROMESeptember 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 Reel Oddities: Videodrome 4K Director’s Cut When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new material for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called “Videodrome.” His attempts to unearth the program’s origins send him on a hallucinatory journey into a […] Thursday
September 19, 2024
4:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] 7:00 pm PARIS, TEXAS – 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 19, 20 & 22, 2024 Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Programmed by Olympia Film Society Volunteer Jeff Powell New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows […]
September 20th - 25th
Friday
September 20, 2024
4:00 pm PARIS, TEXAS – 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 19, 20 & 22, 2024 Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Programmed by Olympia Film Society Volunteer Jeff Powell New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows […] 7:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] Saturday
September 21, 2024
8:00 pm DAN SAVAGE PRESENTS: 2024 HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – PART TWOSaturday, September 21, 2024 Dan Savage’s 2024 HUMP! Film Festival – Part Two Hosted by Ms. Hattie Hotpants $20 GA 7pm doors / 8pm film 18+ We’re making HUMP! history in 2024 with another all-new lineup featuring 25 MORE brand-new, adult short films, and there’s something for everyone in the second half of this year’s offerings! You’ll experience smokin’ […] Buy Ticket Sunday
September 22, 2024
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE PRINCESS BRIDE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERSeptember 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Princess Bride Free for Kids 12 and Under In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, and rodents of unusual size. But even death […] 4:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] 7:00 pm PARIS, TEXAS – 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 19, 20 & 22, 2024 Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Programmed by Olympia Film Society Volunteer Jeff Powell New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows […] Wednesday
September 25, 2024
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: VIDEODROMESeptember 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 Reel Oddities: Videodrome 4K Director’s Cut When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new material for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called “Videodrome.” His attempts to unearth the program’s origins send him on a hallucinatory journey into a […] Thursday
September 26, 2024
4:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […] 7:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […]
September 27th - October 2nd
Friday
September 27, 2024
4:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […] 7:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […] Saturday
September 28, 2024
4:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […] 7:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […] Sunday
September 29, 2024
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE PRINCESS BRIDE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERSeptember 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Princess Bride Free for Kids 12 and Under In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, and rodents of unusual size. But even death […] 4:00 pm FASHION REIMAGINED w/ POST-FILM DISCUSSIONSunday, September 29, 2024 Surfrider Olympia chapter, Remake and The Chayah Movement present: Fashion Reimagined $13 GA & $10 OFS 3pm doors / 4pm film Post-Film Discussion with JeLisa Marshall, Community Organizer with Remake; WA State Representative, 22nd district, Beth Doglio; local Olympia upcycling clothier, Shari Trnka; Waste Is Out Of Fashion Campaign Associate with PIRG, Kathryn […] Buy Ticket Thursday
October 3, 2024
4:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […] 7:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […]
October 4th - 9th
Saturday
October 5, 2024
8:00 pm SLEATER-KINNEY – SOLD OUTSaturday, October 5, 2024 Olympia Film Society presents: Sleater-Kinney Oh, Rose $50 GA & OFS 7pm doors 8pm show General On-Sale this Friday, August 16th @ 10AM PST Sleater-Kinney returns to the Capitol Theater stage for a very special centennial performance! Join us as we celebrate 30-years of SK and 100-years of the Capitol Theater. […] Wednesday
October 9, 2024
7:00 pm NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: SHANGHAI EXPRESS SCREENING AND AUTHOR TALK W/ KATIE GEE SALISBURYWednesday, October 9, 2024 Not Your China Doll: Shanghai Express and Post-Film Author Talk w/ Katie Gee Salisbury 6pm doors & 7pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS Join us for a special 4K restoration of Shanghai Express. After the film concludes, Katie Gee Salisbury, the author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and […] Buy Ticket -
September 13th - 20th
Sunday
September 15, 2024
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE PRINCESS BRIDE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERSeptember 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Princess Bride Free for Kids 12 and Under In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, and rodents of unusual size. But even death […] 4:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] 7:00 pm THE CONVERSATION: 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 6, 7 & 15, 2024 The Conversation 4K Restoration Lonely wiretapping expert and devout Catholic Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to record a seemingly innocuous conversation in San Francisco’s Union Square between two lovers. Upon re-hearing the tapes, however, Caul believes he may be putting the couple in danger if he turns the […] Wednesday
September 18, 2024
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: VIDEODROMESeptember 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 Reel Oddities: Videodrome 4K Director’s Cut When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new material for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called “Videodrome.” His attempts to unearth the program’s origins send him on a hallucinatory journey into a […] Thursday
September 19, 2024
4:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] 7:00 pm PARIS, TEXAS – 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 19, 20 & 22, 2024 Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Programmed by Olympia Film Society Volunteer Jeff Powell New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows […]
September 20th - 25th
Friday
September 20, 2024
4:00 pm PARIS, TEXAS – 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 19, 20 & 22, 2024 Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Programmed by Olympia Film Society Volunteer Jeff Powell New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows […] 7:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] Saturday
September 21, 2024
8:00 pm DAN SAVAGE PRESENTS: 2024 HUMP! FILM FESTIVAL – PART TWOSaturday, September 21, 2024 Dan Savage’s 2024 HUMP! Film Festival – Part Two Hosted by Ms. Hattie Hotpants $20 GA 7pm doors / 8pm film 18+ We’re making HUMP! history in 2024 with another all-new lineup featuring 25 MORE brand-new, adult short films, and there’s something for everyone in the second half of this year’s offerings! You’ll experience smokin’ […] Buy Ticket Sunday
September 22, 2024
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE PRINCESS BRIDE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERSeptember 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Princess Bride Free for Kids 12 and Under In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, and rodents of unusual size. But even death […] 4:00 pm BETWEEN THE TEMPLESSeptember 15 – 22, 2024 Between the Temples A cantor (Jason Schwartzman) in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Dir: Nathan Silver / 2024 / US / 109 min “It’s lovely to see […] 7:00 pm PARIS, TEXAS – 4K RESTORATIONSeptember 19, 20 & 22, 2024 Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Programmed by Olympia Film Society Volunteer Jeff Powell New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows […] Wednesday
September 25, 2024
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: VIDEODROMESeptember 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 Reel Oddities: Videodrome 4K Director’s Cut When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new material for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called “Videodrome.” His attempts to unearth the program’s origins send him on a hallucinatory journey into a […] Thursday
September 26, 2024
4:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […] 7:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […]
September 27th - October 2nd
Friday
September 27, 2024
4:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […] 7:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […] Saturday
September 28, 2024
4:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […] 7:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […] Sunday
September 29, 2024
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: THE PRINCESS BRIDE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERSeptember 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: The Princess Bride Free for Kids 12 and Under In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, and rodents of unusual size. But even death […] 4:00 pm FASHION REIMAGINED w/ POST-FILM DISCUSSIONSunday, September 29, 2024 Surfrider Olympia chapter, Remake and The Chayah Movement present: Fashion Reimagined $13 GA & $10 OFS 3pm doors / 4pm film Post-Film Discussion with JeLisa Marshall, Community Organizer with Remake; WA State Representative, 22nd district, Beth Doglio; local Olympia upcycling clothier, Shari Trnka; Waste Is Out Of Fashion Campaign Associate with PIRG, Kathryn […] Buy Ticket Thursday
October 3, 2024
4:00 pm DIDI (弟弟)September 26 – October 3, 2024 Didi In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival […] 7:00 pm SEEKING MAVIS BEACONSeptember 26 – October 3, 2024 Seeking Mavis Beacon The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence. Dir: Jazmin Jones / […]
October 4th - 9th
Wednesday
October 9, 2024
7:00 pm NOT YOUR CHINA DOLL: SHANGHAI EXPRESS SCREENING AND AUTHOR TALK W/ KATIE GEE SALISBURYWednesday, October 9, 2024 Not Your China Doll: Shanghai Express and Post-Film Author Talk w/ Katie Gee Salisbury 6pm doors & 7pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS Join us for a special 4K restoration of Shanghai Express. After the film concludes, Katie Gee Salisbury, the author of Not Your China Doll: The Wild and […] Buy Ticket -
September 13th - 20th
Friday
September 13, 2024
8:00 pm ON THE BACKSTAGE: THE MESSTHETICS AND JAMES BRANDON LEWIS w/ WINSTON HIGHTOWERFriday, September 13, 2024 On the Backstage: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Winston Hightower $20 General Admission & $17 OFS Member Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm Joe Lally was onstage, playing at full throttle, when he realized that his band had found a true kindred spirit. It was the fall of 2021 and the Messthetics […] Buy Ticket
September 20th - 25th
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September 27th - October 2nd
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October 4th - 9th
Saturday
October 5, 2024
8:00 pm SLEATER-KINNEY – SOLD OUTSaturday, October 5, 2024 Olympia Film Society presents: Sleater-Kinney Oh, Rose $50 GA & OFS 7pm doors 8pm show General On-Sale this Friday, August 16th @ 10AM PST Sleater-Kinney returns to the Capitol Theater stage for a very special centennial performance! Join us as we celebrate 30-years of SK and 100-years of the Capitol Theater. […] -
September 13th - 20th
Saturday
September 14, 2024
7:00 pm STORYOLY GRAND SLAMSaturday, September 14, 2024 StoryOly Grand Slam Hosted by Elizabeth Lord With Musical Guest Vendredi’s Bag $20 GA & OFS A Portion of the Proceeds Benefit Community Youth Services 6pm doors / 7pm show 14+ StoryOly is Olympia’s premiere Story Slam event. From November to August, community members come together at monthly story slams to share, […] Buy Ticket
September 20th - 25th
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September 27th - October 2nd
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October 4th - 9th
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November 9th - 16th
Friday
November 9, 2018
8:00 pm THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival 20TH ANNIVERSARY: THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO Post-film Q&A w/ THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO writer and director Whit Stillman Moderated by Diana Arens, MPA 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm film Alice is such a Scorpio. The Last Days of Disco bridges the carbonated euphoria of music […] 11:00 pm DISCO DANCE PARTY at OCTAPAS CAFE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DISCO DANCE PARTY featuring DJ Mr. Mike LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE 10:30pm doors / 11:00pm dancing $5 general admission or free with your ticket stub from The Last Days of Disco After Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco, join us at Octapas for cocktails, […] Saturday
November 10, 2018
11:00 am Oly Federal Savings Presents Kids Club: SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COWSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings Presents SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COW (ENGLISH DUB) 10:30am doors / 11:00am film An out of commission satellite picks up a lovelorn ballad on her radio antenna and descends to Earth to find the source of such sincere emotions. But on the way […] 1:00 pm THE GYRO SPOT PRESENTS: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS on 35mm w/ AVERY TRUFELMANSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Gyro Spot presents: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS on 35mm Presented by Avery Trufelman of 99% Invisible 12:30pm doors / 1:00pm film Colin (Eddie O’Connell), an aspiring young British photographer and jazz aficionado, falls for Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit), a model on the rise. When she leaves him […] 4:00 pm HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENINGSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Love and Happiness reverberating behind a blinking bulb in a nameless yard. Sweat hitting the concrete like pop rocks. The moon sizzling like wet pancake batter. Pollen and rustling leaves. Comprised of intimate and unencumbered moments of […] 6:30 pm COMPASS ROSE & CAPTAIN LITTLE PRESENT: METROPOLITAN: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Captain Little and Compass Rose Presents METROPOLITAN Post-Film Q&A w/ Whit Stillman Moderated by Michael Radelich 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film An ironically comic look at Manhattan’s endangered debutante scene, Metropolitan chronicles the rise and ultimate decline of a group of young Park Avenue socialites who gather […] 10:00 pm SPEAKEASY Presents: MAKE OUT PARTY: Q&A w/ EMILY ESPERANZA, EVE RYDBERG, MOLLY HEWITTSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival MAKE OUT PARTY featuring a Q&A w/ director Emily Esperanza, producer Eve Rydberg, and actor Molly Hewitt 9:30pm doors / 10:00pm film Make Out Party is a no-budget, high-style comedy of errors that follows three vibrant characters though a day of misadventure as they set out […] Sunday
November 11, 2018
11:00 am OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS Presents: KIDS CLUB: BEST OF NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVALSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings presents: KIDS CLUB: BEST OF NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL 10:30am doors / 11:00am film With a compelling range of styles and themes, this selection from the New York International Children’s Film Festival offers clever, thought-provoking films sure to inspire audiences […] 2:00 pm MAKEUP WORKSHOP @ OCTAPAS CAFESUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival MAKEUP WORKSHOP featuring local makeup artist Abby Hartung LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE 1:30pm doors / 2:00pm event Free Admission Come to Octapas at 2:00pm to see local makeup artist Abby Hartung, the “blood queen.” Ask Abby any questions you want about makeup, what products to use, […] 2:30 pm THE BLACK AND THE GREEN on 16mm w/ VIOLET LUCCASUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival THE BLACK AND THE GREEN on 16mm Introduction by Violet Lucca 2:00pm doors / 2:30pm film Director St. Clair Bourne’s celebrated film documents a conversation between activists. The meeting, held in Ireland, explores similarities between the Black American and Irish liberation strugle. Dir. St. Clair Bourne […] 5:00 pm NEW TRADITIONS Presents: DISCOVERY IN CINEMA: SYMPOSIUMSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DISCOVERY IN CINEMA: SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by New Traditions Featuring Avery Trufelman, Violet Lucca, Isabella L. Price, Molly Hewitt, Eve Rydberg, Emily Esperanza, Chris Day, Kanani Koster 4:30pm doors / 5:00pm discussion Free Admission A discussion about the importance of discovery and independence in cinema, from the viewpoint […] Buy Ticket 7:30 pm DAMSELS IN DISTRESS: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Post-film Q&A w/ DAMSELS IN DISTRESS writer and director Whit Stillman Moderated by Ned Hayes 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm film Led by Whit Stillman’s deliciously sardonic and lemon-wrung dialogue, Damsels in Distress revolves around a troupe of mannered students whose expectations are to […] 11:00 pm ARCHIBALD SISTERS PRESENTS: QUEERAMA + STATE FAIRSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Archibald Sisters presents: QUEERAMA 10:30pm doors / 11:00pm film Director Daisy Asquith’s Queerama is a powerful assembly of shifting images and ethereal compositions. Archival footage ebbs and courses, while music from Hercules & Love Affair, John Grant, and Goldfrapp provide a buoyant chorus of fluttering notes […] Buy Ticket Monday
November 12, 2018
4:00 pm TRANS YOUTHMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival TRANS YOUTH 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film This feature length documentary trails a handful of young trans Austinites as they forge and fortify their adult identities. While trans identity is more visible than ever — the subject of television shows, talked about in the media, and tied […] 6:30 pm I WANT MORE, I WANT LESS: POST-FILM Q&A w/ BRYCE RICHARDSON, VIOLET LUCCA & CHRISTOPHER DAYMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival I WANT MORE, I WANT LESS Post-film Q&A w/ director Bryce Richardson, producer Violet Lucca & composer Christopher Day 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film An accountant in Queens rents out the front of her store to a young man who repairs cell phones…and sometimes pickpockets them […] 9:00 pm PACIFIC STAGE Presents: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Pacific Stage Presents SHORT FILM SHOWCASE Introductions by filmmakers Sophy Romvari, Devan Scott, and Megan Hattie Stahl 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film NORMAN NORMAN A young woman grapples with the declining health of her beloved dog in this film about mortality, cloning, and Barbra Streisand. […] Tuesday
November 13, 2018
4:00 pm THE PET WORKS Presents: OLD DOG + LONESOME WILLCOXTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Pet Works presents OLD DOG 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film New Zealand farmer Paul Sorenson has a unique connection with his colleagues — a team of sheep dogs. For 40 years, he’s worked to develop smarter and more intuitive training methods for fellow farmers, while grappling […] 6:30 pm FAKE TATTOOS + SILVERLAKE AFTERNOONTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival FAKE TATTOOS 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film A film about music, the ephemera of meet-cutes, and the trauma of living. Director Pascal Plante’s Fake Tattoos revolves around Theo (Anthony Therrien) and Mag (Rose-Marie Perreault), two teenagers who ascend into the void of friendship and flirtation in […] 9:00 pm OLYMPIA COFFEE ROASTERS PRESENT: WHEN SHE RUNS + ROOM TONETUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Coffee Roasters presents: WHEN SHE RUNS 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film A young mother of limited means puts everything on the line to pursue her dream of becoming a competitive runner. Her marriage failing, exhausted and broke, Kirstin has left her husband, Ivan, and their very […] Wednesday
November 14, 2018
4:00 pm COMMENCEMENT BANK PRESENTS: HAL + THE VELVET UNDERGROUND PLAYED AT MY HIGH SCHOOLWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Commencement Bank presents: HAL 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s — Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Coming Home, Being There — he is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from […] 4:00 pm LOCAL FILMMAKER PANEL at OCTAPASWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival LOCAL FILMMAKER PANEL at Octapas Featuring Jason Connelly, Jonah Barrett, Rachel Millena Saul, Emme Williamson, Cody Castillo, Sylas Dall, Nat Murphy 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm discussion Free Admission Itching to tell a story, but don’t know where the hell to start? Local filmmakers in the South […] 6:30 pm FOREST AVENUE PRESS PRESENTS: VIRUS TROPICAL + IN A LONG ABSENCEWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Forest Avenue Press presents: VIRUS TROPICAL 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film Adapted from the graphic novel memoir by Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist Powerpaola, Virus Tropical is a thoughtful and deeply affecting coming-of-age story that begins on the night Paola is conceived – in a stylized but anatomically complete sequence […] 9:00 pm BROWSERS BOOKS PRESENTS: BOOGER + ABSENT: POST-FILM Q&A w/ JONAH BARRETT, ISABELLA CUEVAS PIERSON, RACHEL MILLENA SAULWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Browsers Books presents: BOOGER Post-film Q&A with Booger director Jonah Barrett, Absent director Isabella Cuevas Pierson, and filmmaker/moderator Rachel Millena Saul 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film Child of the Boogeyman, Mehitable Pachad (Meh for short) is a 109 year-old demon who is tired of living a life […] Thursday
November 15, 2018
4:00 pm OLD SCHOOL PIZZERIA Presents: HOW THEY GOT OVERL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Old School Pizzeria Presents HOW THEY GOT OVER 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film The story of how African American gospel quartets like the Soul Stirrers, Dixie Hummingbirds and the Blind Boys developed a spirit and style that were hugely influential on early rock and roll. […] 6:30 pm LUKENS TREE PRESERVATION PRESENTS: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Lukens Tree Preservation presents: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal. Yet in a province that is 75% mountains, most of us seldom venture into true wilderness. Living amongst us is a special breed of people. They […] 8:00 pm SideWalk Presents: LIVE LOCAL COMEDY with SAM MILLER at OctapasThursday 11/15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival SideWalk Presents LIVE LOCAL COMEDY with Sam Miller, Nathaniel Wolfe, Khadija Hassan, Kento Azegami, and more! at Octapas Cafe 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $10 suggested donation Proceeds benefiting SideWalk Come early for dinner! Headlined by Olympia’s own (unfortunately) Sam Miller, you’ll be sure to bust up laughing […] 9:00 pm THE BROTHERHOOD PRESENTS: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO + TWILIGHTTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Brotherhood present: 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo is a fresh and genre-defying film about the life of radical Chicano lawyer, author and countercultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta — the basis for the character Dr. Gonzo in Fear and […]
November 16th - 21st
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November 16, 2018
4:00 pm OLYMPIA FOOD CO-OP PRESENTS: FOOD FOR CHANGEFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Food Co-op presents: FOOD FOR CHANGE with opening comments by Ramon Torres of Cooperativa Tierra Y Libertad. 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Food For Change is an 82-minute documentary by filmmaker Steve Alves, focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm WTF IS A PRODUCER WORKSHOP at OCTAPAS CAFEFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival WTF IS A PRODUCER WORKSHOP LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE Sponsored by They Reach 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm event Free Admission What is a film producer? And why would a production need one? Those are questions answered in the workshop, WTF is a Producer, with local producers Jason Connelly, J Arthur […] 6:30 pm DUMPSTER VALUES & PSYCHIC SISTER PRESENT: LGBTQ REPRESENTATION IN FILMFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Dumpster Values and Psychic Sister presents A Panel on LGBTQ Representation in Film Moderated by filmmaker Jonah Barrett and featuring Danny Tayara, Ricky German, Mary Anne Carter, Eliaichi Kimaro, and Stacy Peck 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm discussion Free Admission Danny Tayara Danny is a film director, writer, […] 9:00 pm RAINY DAY RECORDS Presents: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Rainy Day Records presents: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s Sundance award winning MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically […] 11:59 pm THEY REACH Presents: MIDNIGHT MAYHEM – ONE CUT OF THE DEADFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival ONE CUT OF THE DEAD Sponsored by They Reach 11:30pm doors / 12:00am film One Cut of the Dead opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film. Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the […] Saturday
November 17, 2018
11:00 am OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS PRESENTS: KIDS CLUB – THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALESSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings presents THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES 10:30am doors / 11:00am film The countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of […] 4:00 pm Olympia Farmers Market Presents: SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM: POST-FILM Q&A w/ PAUL ESPINOSASATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Farmers Market presents: SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM Post-Film Q&A w/ director Paul Espinosa 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film “Singing Our Way to Freedom” is a vibrant, multilayered look at the life of Chicano musician, composer and community activist, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. The film chronicles […] 6:30 pm CULTURAL SPACES: THIS PLACE MATTERSSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Cultural Spaces: This Place Matters 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm show Free Admission Cultivating communities through cultural space is perhaps the most effective method of invested, interested engagement. Through its preservation and promotion, you expose people to new opportunities for exploration, as well as bringing together vastly […] 8:30 pm Marijuana Mart Presents… BOOM: A FILM ABOUT THE SONICS Post-film Skype Q&A w/director Jordan AlbertsenSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Marijuana Mart Presents… BOOM: A FILM ABOUT THE SONICS Post-film Skype Q&A w/director Jordan Albertsen Moderated by Jimmi Davies; Sonics songwriter and local musician 8:00pm doors / 8:30pm film ‘Boom’ tells the untold story of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s wildest and most influential bands, The Sonics. For […]
November 23rd - 28th
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November 30th - December 5th
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