Sunday, May 28, 2023
Today's Events
- 1:00 pm - OFS KIDS CLUB: LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER
- 4:00 pm - SHOWING UP
- 7:00 pm - THE DOOM GENERATION: REMIXED & REMASTERED RESTORATION
Film Show Times
- Thu - Sun 4PM & 7PM
- Watch some titles anytime online!
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May 26th - June 2nd
Saturday
May 27, 2023
7:00 pm THE ROOMSaturday, May 27, 2023 The Room w/ Audience Participation! Hosted by Hattie Hotpants We’ll supply the spoons and footballs! 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm film $12 GA / $9 OFS Tickets available online and through box office day of show. Mezzanine Lounge open (21+ w/ ID) The Room Playbook! The Room centers on Johnny, a man […] Buy Ticket Sunday
May 28, 2023
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERMay 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 OFS KIDS CLUB PRESENTS: LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE (2022) FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER Dir: Will Speck & Josh Gordon / 2022 / US / 106 min When the Primm family (Constance Wu, Scoot McNairy, Winslow Fegley) moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to […] 4:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] 7:00 pm THE DOOM GENERATION: REMIXED & REMASTERED RESTORATIONMay 18, 21, 25, 26, 28 THE DOOM GENERATION: 4K Restoration Dir: Gregg Araki / 1995 / US, France / 83 min “My movies are for the outsiders and the weirdos and the punks and the queers. They’re for the people that don’t really fit in. I think it’s why the films have resonated all […] Wednesday
May 31, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: MS. 45 (1981)May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Ms. 45 (1981) Eerie and unforgettable, Ms. 45 is an essential snapshot of New York City in the early 1980s from Abel Ferrara —one of the greatest and most unique living filmmakers on the planet. Thana (Zoë Tamerlis) is a garment worker whose nights are […] Thursday
June 1, 2023
4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […]
June 2nd - 7th
Friday
June 2, 2023
4:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […] Saturday
June 3, 2023
4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm 25TH ANNIVERSARY: RUSHMORE (1998)5/25, 6/3 & 11, 2023 25th Anniversary: Rushmore (1998) The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely […] Sunday
June 4, 2023
1:00 pm OLYMPIA REGIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY PRESENTS: KUBO & THE TWO STRINGSJune 4, 2023 Olympia Regional Learning Academy presents: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) 12pm doors / 1pm film $12 GA & $9 OFS – Free Admission for Kids Under 12 (At the Door Only) An epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan. Clever, kindhearted Kubo’s relatively quiet existence is upended when he accidentally summons […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […] Wednesday
June 7, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: SPEED RACER (2008)June 7, 14, 17, 21 & 28, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Speed Racer (2008) A film that wasn’t everyone’s speed upon its initial release now makes its Reel Oddities debut by popular vote! A spectacle deserving of its reappraisal! Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot […] Thursday
June 8, 2023
4:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […]
June 9th - 14th
Friday
June 9, 2023
11:00 pm OFS PRESENTS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Featuring Riff Raff’s Street RatsFRIDAY, June 9, 2023 OFS PRESENTS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Featuring Riff Raff’s Street Rats The Premier PNW Rocky Horror Picture Show Production 11pm doors / midnight film $12 general / $9 members Prop bags sold separately at event Tickets available online & at the door one hour before the show Mezzanine Lounge open […] Buy Ticket Saturday
June 10, 2023
4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […] Sunday
June 11, 2023
4:00 pm 25TH ANNIVERSARY: RUSHMORE (1998)5/25, 6/3 & 11, 2023 25th Anniversary: Rushmore (1998) The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely […] 7:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] Wednesday
June 14, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: SPEED RACER (2008)June 7, 14, 17, 21 & 28, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Speed Racer (2008) A film that wasn’t everyone’s speed upon its initial release now makes its Reel Oddities debut by popular vote! A spectacle deserving of its reappraisal! Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot […]
June 16th - 21st
Friday
June 16, 2023
8:00 pm JOSH BLUE – LIVE!Friday, June 16, 2023 Josh Blue – Live! $30 GA & $25 OFS members Doors 7pm / Show 8pm Following his groundbreaking win on NBC’s Last Comic Standing in 2006, Josh Blue has risen through the ranks to become a well-established headliner at venues throughout the world. In 2018, Josh crushed his set on The […] Buy Ticket Wednesday
June 21, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: SPEED RACER (2008)June 7, 14, 17, 21 & 28, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Speed Racer (2008) A film that wasn’t everyone’s speed upon its initial release now makes its Reel Oddities debut by popular vote! A spectacle deserving of its reappraisal! Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot […] Thursday
June 22, 2023
8:00 pm BROTHER ALI, DJ LAST WORDThursday, June 22, 2023 OFS presents Brother Ali DJ Last Word 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $25 General Admission / $20 OFS member Tickets are available online beginning on 3/24 @ 10am PST Brother Ali is a highly respected Hip Hop artist, speaker and community leader from Minneapolis, MN. His two-decade resume includes eight critically […] Buy Ticket -
May 26th - June 2nd
Friday
May 26, 2023
4:00 pm THE DOOM GENERATION: REMIXED & REMASTERED RESTORATIONMay 18, 21, 25, 26, 28 THE DOOM GENERATION: 4K Restoration Dir: Gregg Araki / 1995 / US, France / 83 min “My movies are for the outsiders and the weirdos and the punks and the queers. They’re for the people that don’t really fit in. I think it’s why the films have resonated all […] 7:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] Saturday
May 27, 2023
7:00 pm THE ROOMSaturday, May 27, 2023 The Room w/ Audience Participation! Hosted by Hattie Hotpants We’ll supply the spoons and footballs! 6:00pm doors / 7:00pm film $12 GA / $9 OFS Tickets available online and through box office day of show. Mezzanine Lounge open (21+ w/ ID) The Room Playbook! The Room centers on Johnny, a man […] Buy Ticket Sunday
May 28, 2023
1:00 pm OFS KIDS CLUB: LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE – FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDERMay 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023 OFS KIDS CLUB PRESENTS: LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE (2022) FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER Dir: Will Speck & Josh Gordon / 2022 / US / 106 min When the Primm family (Constance Wu, Scoot McNairy, Winslow Fegley) moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to […] 4:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] 7:00 pm THE DOOM GENERATION: REMIXED & REMASTERED RESTORATIONMay 18, 21, 25, 26, 28 THE DOOM GENERATION: 4K Restoration Dir: Gregg Araki / 1995 / US, France / 83 min “My movies are for the outsiders and the weirdos and the punks and the queers. They’re for the people that don’t really fit in. I think it’s why the films have resonated all […] Wednesday
May 31, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: MS. 45 (1981)May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Ms. 45 (1981) Eerie and unforgettable, Ms. 45 is an essential snapshot of New York City in the early 1980s from Abel Ferrara —one of the greatest and most unique living filmmakers on the planet. Thana (Zoë Tamerlis) is a garment worker whose nights are […] Thursday
June 1, 2023
4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […]
June 2nd - 7th
Friday
June 2, 2023
4:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […] Saturday
June 3, 2023
4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm 25TH ANNIVERSARY: RUSHMORE (1998)5/25, 6/3 & 11, 2023 25th Anniversary: Rushmore (1998) The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely […] Sunday
June 4, 2023
1:00 pm OLYMPIA REGIONAL LEARNING ACADEMY PRESENTS: KUBO & THE TWO STRINGSJune 4, 2023 Olympia Regional Learning Academy presents: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) 12pm doors / 1pm film $12 GA & $9 OFS – Free Admission for Kids Under 12 (At the Door Only) An epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan. Clever, kindhearted Kubo’s relatively quiet existence is upended when he accidentally summons […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […] Wednesday
June 7, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: SPEED RACER (2008)June 7, 14, 17, 21 & 28, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Speed Racer (2008) A film that wasn’t everyone’s speed upon its initial release now makes its Reel Oddities debut by popular vote! A spectacle deserving of its reappraisal! Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot […] Thursday
June 8, 2023
4:00 pm SHOWING UPMay 21 – June 8, 2023 SHOWING UP A sculptor (Michelle Williams) preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends, in Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft. Dir: Kelly Reichardt / 2023 / US / 116 min “The piercing […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […]
June 9th - 14th
Friday
June 9, 2023
11:00 pm OFS PRESENTS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Featuring Riff Raff’s Street RatsFRIDAY, June 9, 2023 OFS PRESENTS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Featuring Riff Raff’s Street Rats The Premier PNW Rocky Horror Picture Show Production 11pm doors / midnight film $12 general / $9 members Prop bags sold separately at event Tickets available online & at the door one hour before the show Mezzanine Lounge open […] Buy Ticket Saturday
June 10, 2023
4:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] 7:00 pm BEAU IS AFRAIDJUNE 2, 4, 8, 10, 2023 BEAU IS AFRAID Dir: Ari Aster/ 2023 / US, UK, Finland / 179 min Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home. SCREENING: FRI 6/2 7PM; SUN 6/4 7PM; THU 6/8 […] Sunday
June 11, 2023
4:00 pm 25TH ANNIVERSARY: RUSHMORE (1998)5/25, 6/3 & 11, 2023 25th Anniversary: Rushmore (1998) The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy’s most extracurricular student—and its least scholarly. He faces expulsion and enters into unlikely friendships with both a lovely […] 7:00 pm POLITE SOCIETYJune 1 – 11, 2023 Polite Society A merry mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all […] Wednesday
June 14, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: SPEED RACER (2008)June 7, 14, 17, 21 & 28, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Speed Racer (2008) A film that wasn’t everyone’s speed upon its initial release now makes its Reel Oddities debut by popular vote! A spectacle deserving of its reappraisal! Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot […]
June 16th - 21st
Wednesday
June 21, 2023
7:00 pm REEL ODDITIES: SPEED RACER (2008)June 7, 14, 17, 21 & 28, 2023 REEL ODDITIES: Speed Racer (2008) A film that wasn’t everyone’s speed upon its initial release now makes its Reel Oddities debut by popular vote! A spectacle deserving of its reappraisal! Born into a family business of race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is one of the track’s hot […] Thursday
June 22, 2023
8:00 pm BROTHER ALI, DJ LAST WORDThursday, June 22, 2023 OFS presents Brother Ali DJ Last Word 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $25 General Admission / $20 OFS member Tickets are available online beginning on 3/24 @ 10am PST Brother Ali is a highly respected Hip Hop artist, speaker and community leader from Minneapolis, MN. His two-decade resume includes eight critically […] Buy Ticket -
May 26th - June 2nd
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June 2nd - 7th
More music event details coming soon.
June 9th - 14th
Friday
June 9, 2023
11:00 pm OFS PRESENTS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Featuring Riff Raff’s Street RatsFRIDAY, June 9, 2023 OFS PRESENTS THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Featuring Riff Raff’s Street Rats The Premier PNW Rocky Horror Picture Show Production 11pm doors / midnight film $12 general / $9 members Prop bags sold separately at event Tickets available online & at the door one hour before the show Mezzanine Lounge open […] Buy Ticket
June 16th - 21st
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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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