The Grand Cinema TFF 2015 Film Schedule Announced
Tacoma, WA – The Tacoma Film Festival schedule is now available online and in print at locations around Tacoma. Hosted by The Grand Cinema, TFF celebrates nearly every genre of independent film from the Northwest and around the world by presenting special screenings and events held in venues across Tacoma October 8-15. Tickets are now on sale for all TFF 2015 films and special events.
With more than one hundred diverse and eclectic films ranging from features, shorts, documentaries, animated films, thrillers, dramas, and comedies, the 10th annual Tacoma Film Festival offers a multitude of entertainment choices over the span of its eight day run in Tacoma.
“This year truly offers something for everyone,” said Laura Marshall, the festival’s director. “Each year the overall quality of films that TFF showcases gets even better as the number of submissions we receive rises dramatically. This year’s films reflect the best and brightest films from the more than 1,000 submissions we reviewed.”
Some of the festival director’s top recommended films include short film packages such as Local Flavor Part I & II, featuring short films from around the Pacific Northwest; Sports Docs, highlighting diversity within sports and athleticism; and Couples Therapy, a collection of shorts that deconstruct passion, attraction, love, and friendship.
Other noteworthy films include a mockumentary about a group of strangers who decide to give up their modern lives to live in a medieval village (The Village of Middlevale), a thriller about a man who suspects the threat of malevolent shape-shifters (They Look Like People), and a large array of documentary features encompassing everything from the artistic, the inspiring, and the weird to the serious.
Two of the featured documentaries share poignant Northwest stories: one film follows a working-class boy who perseveres to become the international drag superstar Jinkx Monsoon (Drag Becomes Him), and the second is the story of Marco Collins, one of America’s last great rock radio DJs and musical tastemakers (The Glamour and the Squalor).
Also unique to TFF this year is the incorporation of 25 New Faces, a festival program that gives attendees the opportunity to not only watch films created by the latest honorees of Filmmaker Magazine, but also to meet and learn from these filmmakers. Some of this year’s 25 New Faces will present films that highlight social justice issues like poverty, race, police conflict, native culture, and family dynamics. Others have created works with a lighthearted bent, like Creative Control, a film about a man who developed an avatar of his best friend’s girlfriend.
Lastly, TFF features exciting secret screenings that give audience members the chance to see films that have not yet premiered anywhere in the United States and will appear at TFF under the radar. Film titles will remain a mystery until the theater lights dim, but tickets are available now.
VIP passes go on sale to the general public on September 18. Passes include unlimited TFF movie nights, some special events, and a TFF swag bag ($150). Complete TFF pricing details are available here.
Applications are being accepted for press credentials must be received no later than Friday, September 25, 2015, and approved press will be notified no later than be notified no later than Thursday, October 1.
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Tickets for Tacoma Film Festival will be available starting September 17 at The Grand’s Box Office (606 S Fawcett Ave, Tacoma 98402), or online at tacomafilmfestival.com
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