LOCALS ONLY 2025

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Locals Only 2025
Free Admission
Hosted by Olympia Film Society’s Audrey Henley and Rob Patrick
6pm doors / 7pm films
A carefully curated selection of short films from local filmmakers around the Sound! See everything from haunted records to extraterrestrial visitors! Expertly crafted cardboard masks to crispy plates of food! A wild marriage of live action and animation!
Dir: Various / 2025 / 90 min

Three Women and a Possible Fire Next Door
Two roommates (and their friend) must decide whether or not to evacuate their apartment.
Dir. Marcus Baker / 5 min

Cowboy Boots
Jack, a gay cowboy from Nebraska, finds anything but the promised land he envisioned when he visits a San Francisco gay club for the first time.
Dir. Eric K Delehoy / 12 min

life is a gift
What does it mean to be liberated? To be free? For yourself and those you love? In life is a gift, Mu knowles (born & raised on the hilltop in Tacoma, Wa) takes us on a journey through these questions.
Dir. Gloria Joy Kazuko Muhammad & Mu Knowles / 3 min

Storma Lee
A dizzying, gossamer, and hypnotic music video featuring music by Sharp Pins
Dir. Jolie M-A / 3 min

Third
A college student struggles to reconnect with his high school friends after learning they’ve started dating each other.
Dir. Sebastian Zufelt / 7 min

Testosterone Gel 1.62%
Avian de Keizer’s film is direct animation on 16mm film made with laser printing and cyanotype. It is a physical mediation on experiences of transness in our current society, the color blue, and accessing medical care.
Dir. Avian de Keizer / 1 min

Weekend at Maury Island
Two couples spend their evening at a cabin when they are surprised by a fleet of extraterrestrial visitors.
Dir. Bradley Wilkinson / 5 min

Forest of Faces
A series of intricate carboard masks, brought to life through colorful animation and experimental sound.
Dir. Squidems / 3 min

Hemorrhage
Animated agit-prop: against the end of Roe and the evisceration of women’s rights to choose.
Dir. Ruth Hayes / 4 min

Miss Sunday Pork Roast
Feast on your inhibitions
Dir. Isabel Nixon Klein / 6 min

Feed My Flame
When records are valued over relationships, the music doesn’t sound as sweet.
Dir. Jack Collier / 5 min

What’s That Smell?
James is cursed with a terrible affliction right before having to give a presentation at his new job.
Dir. Alex Furnas & Tommy Heffernan / 7 min

A Speedy Demise
This madcap mystery centers on Willow, an outcast college student who gets caught up in a melodramatic, phony court case when it’s found out that the school’s mascot, Speedy, has been murdered. A Speedy Demise is a student short film created on-campus at The Evergreen State College. This multimedia production involves puppetry, contemporary dance, super 8 film, and comic strip drawings.
Dir. Finn Manning & Isabel Nixon Klein / 21 min

SCREENING: FRI 4/26 7PM

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