UPCOMING EVENTS
Sea-Nordic Film Festival
Celebrating queer Nordic cinema in the Pacific Northwest!
The 2026 SEA-Nordic Film Festival showcases LGBTQ+ stories from across the Nordic region. Trace the history of queer representation in Nordic cinema in this week-long festival highlighting queer love, gender exploration, and cultural identity.
This festival includes one of the first overt representations of gay relationships in cinema alongside contemporary films that showcase the diversity of LGBTQ+ experiences. The Nordic landscape sets the stage for beautiful cinematography and memorable stories you will want to revisit.
Learn more and purchase tickets/passes here: https://nordicmuseum.org/events/seattle-nordic-film-festival
Use the code TDBC for $5 off festival passes!
Again Again
Local Sightings 2026 kicks off with the debut feature film from Aberdeen, WA’s own Mia Moore Marchant: Again Again!
“What would you do if this all ended tomorrow?”
If you thought sci-fi couldn’t be romantic, Mia Moore is here to prove you wrong. The time loop is an oft-trotted out device in film—but few films have asked, what actually happens after the time loop ends? And perhaps most importantly, what happens to someone who survives the trauma of an impossible experience? Moore turns the genre trope into an intimate exploration of human psychology, womanhood, transness, and queer love. Aggie (Moore) wakes up one day to discover that she’s finally made it to tomorrow, after 10 years stuck reliving the same day over and over again. And still by her side after all that time is sometimes lover, sometimes friend, Tess (Aria Taylor), whose messy, transformative relationship with Aggie is tenderly brought to life by Moore. Steeped in its Aberdeen location, AGAIN AGAIN is a distinctly Washingtonian film, with gloomy beaches, record stores, pot smoke, and sapphic tumult galore, alternating between moody black and white and color-soaked neon blues and reds. Moore’s debut feature marks the arrival of a singular new voice in American filmmaking.
– Camille Hermida-Fuentes
Our opening night party kicks off at 6pm with tunes from DJ Fern and Mia in attendance!
Using code QueerSightings at checkout will take the general admission price of a ticket down from $15 to $12.
Buy Tickets here: https://nwfilmforum.org/events/local-sightings-2026-closing-night-again-again/
Local Sightings (Queer As In-Shorts)
Local Sightings 2026 – Queer As In (Shorts)
Free your mind and your ass will follow! Join us for films that explore every stage of queer life, from coming out to cruising to commitment.
Using code QueerSightings at checkout will take the general admission price of a ticket down from $15 to $12.
Buy Tickets here: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/local-sightings-2026-queer-as-in/
Sept Reel Queer Film Club
Reel Queer Film Club is back!
Not sure yet what the film will be, but on the last Tuesday of the month at the Regal Cinebarre, we’ll be getting together with queer friends to watch a movie. Watch your newsletters for the announcement about a week before the show to snag your $3 tickets before they sell out!
Bottoms
In this refreshingly unique comedy from Emma Seligman, two girls, PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri), start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. And their bizarre plan works. The fight club gains traction, and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But PJ and Josie find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed.
Three Bewildered People in the Night
Long unseen and hard to find, Gregg Araki’s debut feature film Three Bewildered People In The Night is a stunning example of low/no budget DIY filmmaking at its best. Following a messy and tumultuous love triangle held together by a gay performance artist, his friend, and her boyfriend, Araki (in an early but unmistakably Arakian way) begs the question of where one might find love in the modern world, if that’s even possible.
Three Bewildered People in the Night
Long unseen and hard to find, Gregg Araki’s debut feature film Three Bewildered People In The Night is a stunning example of low/no budget DIY filmmaking at its best. Following a messy and tumultuous love triangle held together by a gay performance artist, his friend, and her boyfriend, Araki (in an early but unmistakably Arakian way) begs the question of where one might find love in the modern world, if that’s even possible.
Showtimes: 4.30pm , 7.30pm
Three Bewildered People in the Night
Long unseen and hard to find, Gregg Araki’s debut feature film Three Bewildered People In The Night is a stunning example of low/no budget DIY filmmaking at its best. Following a messy and tumultuous love triangle held together by a gay performance artist, his friend, and her boyfriend, Araki (in an early but unmistakably Arakian way) begs the question of where one might find love in the modern world, if that’s even possible.
WTF with STUFF: Señorita
After abandoning her life as a sex worker in Manila, transgender woman Donna (played by filmmaker Isabel Sandoval) retreats to a quieter existence in a small town where she is raising her 12-year-old foster son Tomas and working on the campaign of an honest and idealistic underdog mayoral candidate. Sandoval’s debut feature expands on her 2009 short, also titled Señorita, with a heady blend of sex and politics.
(Tagalog and English with English subtitles)
Cabaret with Charlie's Queer Books
Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York)–whom she shares with a homosexual German baron. This iconic 1972 musical garnered eight Academy Awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role – Liza Minnelli, Best Director – Bob Fosse, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Joel Grey.
Co-Presented with Charlie’s Queer Books
Showtimes: 4.30pm, 7.15pm
Cabaret with Charlie’s Queer Books
Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York)–whom she shares with a homosexual German baron. This iconic 1972 musical garnered eight Academy Awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role – Liza Minnelli, Best Director – Bob Fosse, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Joel Grey.
Co-Presented with Charlie’s Queer Books
Showtimes: 4.30pm, 7.15pm
Cabaret with Charlie’s Queer Books
Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York)–whom she shares with a homosexual German baron. This iconic 1972 musical garnered eight Academy Awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role – Liza Minnelli, Best Director – Bob Fosse, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Joel Grey.
Co-presented with Charlie's Queer Books
Beacon of Flesh
A doomed transgender creature becomes psychically entangled with a medieval nun in this Super 8 rock opera.
Synopsis courtesy of Biff Hartwell (Biff Hartwell, 2026, United States, 65 min, in English)
SCREENS WITH THE SOUL SNATCHER (Biff Hartwell & Mitchell Pollitt, 2024, United States, 15 min, in English)
After unearthing the skeleton of a priest, a group of debaucherous youngsters are punished for their sins.
A co-partnership with STUFF, NWFF and Three Dollar Bill Cinema
Tickets available here: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/beacon-of-flesh/
Reel Queer Film Club - The Odyssey
Come see The Odyssey with your queer film friends!
Let's check out one of the biggest movies of the year together. Meet up before the show to grab a drink (movie will start at 7p), hang out in the lobby, and get to know some fellow film lovers. Then settle in, order some food, and enjoy the movie.
Afterward, stick around and nerd out about what we just watched. Whether you loved it, hated it, or can't stop thinking about it, let's talk about it all!
Tickets are only $3 and there are only 40 so get them while you can!
Please note: This is a 21+ only theater
Ticket link: https://tdbcmovienights26.eventive.org/schedule/6a528ecc0af3608f53999ba6
WTF with STUFF - Transexual Menace
(Rosa Von Praunheim, 1996, United States, 75 min, in English)
Transexual Menace takes its title from the name of “the most exciting political action group in the USA”—transgendered people who are defining themselves, demanding their legal rights, and fighting for medical care and against job discrimination. Considered by von Praunheim to be the “most fascinating [project] in my long life as a filmmaker,” Transexual Menace is a sensitive and carefully crafted portrait that deals with issues openly and honestly. “I was able to earn the trust of many who are often reluctant to be interviewed. Courageous people talked to me, who transitioned in such problematic professions as law enforcement and firefighting.” Transexual Menace gives viewers remarkable insight into the home and work lives of transsexuals from many cultures and countries, including female-to-male transsexuals and those with families and children.
Synopsis courtesy of Video Data Bank
Tickets here: https://nwfilmforum.org/films/wtf-with-stuff-transexual-menace/
Unstreamable - By Hook or By Crook (4K Restoration)
(Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001, United States, 103 min, in English)
Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a “life of crime.” He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of “poise under pressure” in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
Discount: Use code 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
Unstreamable - By Hook or By Crook (4K Restoration)
(Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001, United States, 103 min, in English)
Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a “life of crime.” He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of “poise under pressure” in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
Discount: Use code 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
Unstreamable - By Hook or By Crook (4K Restoration)
(Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001, United States, 103 min, in English)
Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a “life of crime.” He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of “poise under pressure” in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
Discount: Use code 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
Unstreamable - By Hook or By Crook (4K Restoration)
(Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001, United States, 103 min, in English)
Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a “life of crime.” He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of “poise under pressure” in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
Discount: Use code 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
Unstreamable - By Hook or By Crook (4K Restoration)
(Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001, United States, 103 min, in English)
Groundbreaking when it was made and still fiercely innovative today, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK is a trans and butch buddy film that chronicles three weeks in the life of Shy, a handsome, gender-bending, small town dreamer with a nagging messiah complex. Emotionally defeated after the death of his father, Shy heads to the big city to sink himself into a “life of crime.” He is quickly distracted by Valentine, a deliriously expressive, wise-acre adoptee on a misguided search for her birth mother. The two freaky grifters join forces and learn the true meaning of “poise under pressure” in this visually stunning and wonderfully acted, anti-authoritarian tale of friendship, trust and redemption.
Discount: Use code 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
Seattle is Burning
Three Dollar Bill Cinema & the Seattle Film Society are proud to partner for SEATTLE IS BURNING: A One-of-a-Kind Celebration of Queer Cinema & Ballroom Culture!
Join us as we present the winner of Three Dollar Bill’s first-ever Queer Cinema Fellowship, followed by a local short film and a screening of PARIS IS BURNING.
After the film, SWACE Health will lead a special ballroom presentation and community Q&A exploring the history, impact, and current state of ballroom culture in Seattle – an opportunity to learn, connect, and celebrate the legacy and future of the scene.
Then we’ll keep the energy going with a late-night party to celebrate together into the night.
Hidden Hall. 6pm – Late.
Queercrow Archive
Join Scarecrow for the 4th annual installment of the Queercrow Archive on June 14th!
Presented in partnership with Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound, come prepared to be delighted as we present a newly digitized treasure trove of LGBTQ+ VHS tapes from Scarecrow's collection.
This year we'll have a special Q&A session that includes friends and colleagues of the late lesbian filmmaker Ingrid Wilhite in conversation about Ingrid's work, independent queer filmmaking, and the preservation of LGBTQIA+ history.
This public event is FREE with RSVP! Use the link to secure tickets on NWFF’s page.
She's The He
Opens June 12, 2026 @ SIFF Cinema
First-time director Siobhan McCarthy put together a cast and crew of almost entirely trans, nonbinary, and queer people to make this Bottoms-esque teen satire about two seniors who pretend to be trans during their last week of high school, only for one of them to find it suits them just fine.
Featured in 2025 Seattle International Film Festival.
A Body To Live In
A Body To Live In
Angelo Madsen, 2025, United States, 97 min, in English
A BODY TO LIVE IN offers an uncompromising look at the rise of BDSM performance art, body modification and the ‘modern primitives’ cultural movement through the agonies and ecstasies of transgressive artist Fakir Musafar and the communities that surrounded him. Blending rare archival footage with the voices of queer and artistic trailblazers, the film shows how pain, ritual, and transformation became tools of identity, survival, and self-expression. Weaving from early experiments and secret gatherings to the emergence of a global subculture shaped by the AIDS crisis and spiritual reinvention, director Angelo Madsen (NORTH BY CURRENT) reveals not just the story of one artist, but a collective history of bodies in revolt – asking what it truly means to live freely in one’s own skin.
Use code: 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
THE FIRST LADY
We’re excited to partner with the Seattle Jewish Film Festival for this screening of The First Lady.
The film tells the story of Efrat Tilma, one of the first trans people in Israel. Growing up in the 1960s, Tilma endured violence, police persecution, and exile. Her journey took her from Paris to Morocco to Berlin before she ultimately returned home to a changed Israel and became the first transgender volunteer on the Israeli police force. Despite Netanyahu’s rise, Tilma will no longer run away and chooses to fight for necessary social change head-on.
Rather than make a historical documentary, directors Udi Nir and Sagi Bornstein breathe life into Tilma’s emotionally layered story, where the hero’s odyssey surges her forward into visibility and urgent activism in Israel and across the globe.
Discount: Add your ticket for The First Lady to your cart. At checkout, enter code THREE$BILL in the Discount Code field on the payment page to receive $2 off any ticket.
He Never Dies: The Films of Kalil Haddad (18+)
He Never Dies: The Films of Kalil Haddad (18+)
Kalil Haddad, 2020-2025, Canada, 70 min, in English
Northwest Film Forum is excited to present the Seattle debut of the work of Toronto-based filmmaker Kalil Haddad. HE NEVER DIES: THE FILMS OF KALIL HADDAD collects six of Haddad’s short films, each a display of his idiosyncratic and radical approach to the depiction and use of queer subjectivities in visual media. Seamlessly moving between narrative, documentary, and archival approaches to filmmaking, Haddad’s films interrogate notions of desire and exploitation across lines of sexuality, race, and class in order to uncover often hidden truths about how we use and abuse those that we see, but often do not know.
Use code: 3$B4Ever to unlock $7 tickets
Pillion
Pillion
March 27th & March 28th is Gear Night! Dress to impress in your finest leather and stick around for a post-film discussion with local leatherfolk!
Harry Lighton, 2025, United Kingdom, 107 min, in English
A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.
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THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING
Tasveer Film Center presents a new restoration of the Spokane-shot classic The Business of FANCYDANCING, followed by a Q&A with director Sherman Alexie.
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Native American poet from Spokane whose carefully constructed life is disrupted when he returns to his childhood reservation for the funeral of a dear friend. As he reconnects with his past, he must confront unresolved relationships, identity, and the distance between where he came from and who he has become.
Discount: Use code 3DOLLARBILL for 15% off tickets