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The Northwest Film Forum Brings Octubre and Inni to Town

Now that City Arts Fest is over, how about something completely different? By which I mean Octubre, a film about down-on-their-luck Peruvians–is there any other kind?–running through Thursday at the Northwest Film Forum. Brothers Daniel and Diego Vega Vidal received the Un Certain Regard designation at Cannes last year for their debut feature film, the story of Clemente, a two-bit pawnbroker and loan shark, who comes home one day to find a baby, the product of one of his many trips to the local brothel. Of course, Clemente needs help with his new son, and an an unlikely family develops when friends and strangers start pitching in.

And looking ahead to the weekend, the NWFF is sponsoring the screening of Inni, Sigur Rós’ second live concert film, at the Neptune this Saturday night. Unlike their first film Heima which also spent a lot of time exploring the Icelandic vistas from whence the band came, Inni is comprised of concert performances in London last year, as filmed by French-Canadian director Vincent Moon, here going as Vincent Morisset (as he did for Arcade Fire’s Miroir Noir).

Overall, Inni does a great job of depicting how it feels to experience Sigur Rós live, while also interspersing archival footage from the band’s history as far back as 1998, when they were just little Icelandic babies. Tickets are going to be all sold out before Saturday, so hurry up and get yours already. Added bonus: if you preorder Inni in any format (2 cd/dvd, blu-ray/2 cd, or 3 lp/dvd) at Easy Street or Silver Platters, you’ll get a free ticket to the screening at the Neptune. Of course, tickets for this pre-order promotion are also limited.