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Friday, June 9, 2006

The Seattle School

Posted by on June 9 at 11:09 AM

Apparently Vancity, the home base of the Vancouver International Film Festival as well as a year-round movie theater, has decided that the recent spate of films coming out of Seattle constitutes—if not a Seattle school of filmmaking—than at least a cohesive topic worthy of collective consideration.

The program, called Seattle Beat, kicks off this July with (what else?) Police Beat, written by our very own Charles Mudede.

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The schedule follows:

“Police Beat is a real-world vision of what American indies could be if they dared to recognize the drama in our own neighborhoods.—Rob Nelson, The Village Voice

POLICE BEAT
July 28-August 1, 3

Fri: 7:30; Sat: 7:30; Sun: 7:30; Mon: 7:30; Tues: 7:30; Thurs: 7:30

Director: Robinson Devor // Cast: Pape S. Niang, Anna Oxygen // USA 2005 // 80 minutes // DigiBeta // website:www.policebeatmovie.com

WE GO WAY BACK
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE WINNER, BEST FEATURE, SLAMDANCE 2006
July 28: 9:15; August 2: 7:30; August 3: 9:15

Director: Lynn Shelton // Cast: Amber Hubert, Maggie Brown, Robert Hamilton Wright // USA 2006 // 80 minutes // 35mm // Produced by The Film Company

MONEY BUYS HAPPINESS
July 29: 9:15

Director: Gregg Lachow // Cast: Megan Murphy, Jeff Weatherford // USA 1999 // 109 minutes // 35mm // Produced by Northwest Film Forum

BUFFALO BILL’S DEFUNCT: STORIES FROM THE NEW WEST
July 30: 9:15

Director: Matt Wilkins // Cast: Earl V. Prebezac, Frances Hearn, Keith Fox//USA 2004 // 84 minutes // Beta SP // Produced by Northwest Film Forum

THE TELEPHONE POLE NUMBERING SYSTEM
August 1: 9:15


Director: William Weiss // Cast: Ricahrd Arnold, Mark Wilt, Elizabeth Arnold // USA 2006 // 82 minutes // DigiBeta Produced by The Film Company

HEDDA GABLER
July 31: 9:15; August 2: 9:15

Director: Paul Willis // Cast: Heidi Schreck, Matt Ford, Tricia Rodley // USA 2004 // 90 minutes // MiniDV // Produced by Northwest Film Forum