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July 21, 2024 Olympia Film Society and Olympia Timberland Library present: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest Ginger Snaps 6:30pm doors / 7pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS and Olympia Timberland Library Cardholders Puberty is hell. Ginger Snaps was conceived as a horror film filtered through the lens of menstruation at the […]
July 21, 2024 Olympia Film Society and Olympia Timberland Library present: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest Maggots and Men 3:30pm doors / 4pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS and Olympia Timberland Library Cardholders Cary Cronenwett’s Maggots and Men was a multi-year undertaking of D.I.Y. cinema that dramatizes the real-life 1921 Kronstadt […]
July 20, 2024 Olympia Film Society and Olympia Timberland Library present: Corpses, Fools and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest Crash 6:30pm doors / 7pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS and Olympia Timberland Library Cardholders In Corpses, Fools and Monsters, we argue for Cronenberg’s filmography as a comprehensive source to understand trans visual language and […]
July 20, 2024 Olympia Film Society and Olympia Timberland Library present: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest Vera 3:30pm doors / 4pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS Predating Boys Don’t Cry by over a decade, Sergio Toledo’s Vera is an unflinching look at a young Brazilian poet (loosely based on the real-life […]
July 19, 2024 Olympia Film Society and Olympia Timberland Library present: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest Tokyo Godfathers 6:30pm doors / 7pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS Tokyo Godfathers presents a Christmas miracle for its trans lead in this anime classic from director Satoshi Kon. It is adapted from the same […]
July 19, 2024 Olympia Film Society and Olympia Timberland Library present: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Trans Film Fest The Queen 3:30pm doors / 4pm film $13 GA & $10 OFS Frank Simon’s The Queen is a lightning in a bottle documentary that captures the pageantry around the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. Made […]
May 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2024 OFS Kids Club presents: Children’s Film Festival Seattle: Best of the Fest Animation Showcase Free for Kids 12 and under! This colorful collection of animated short films will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy! In these festival favorite films you will meet furry friends and embark on adventures […]
May 12, 16 & 17, 2024 30th Anniversary: Chungking Express The whiplash, double-pronged “Chungking Express” is one of the defining works of nineties cinema and the film that made Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai an instant icon. Two heartsick Hong Kong cops (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung), both jilted by ex-lovers, cross paths at […]
May 16 – 23, 2024 Civil War From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Dir: Alex Garland / 2024 / US / 109 min “Alex Garland embeds us […]
June 2 – 13, 2024 Evil Does Not Exist In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a talent agency’s plan to build an opulent glamping […]