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Has anyone ever started a rumor about you? Have you felt left out of a group? Have you seen this happen to someone else? Or, have you done this to someone else? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you must see Finding Kind.

Molly Thompson and Lauren Parsekian traveled cross-country listening to teenage girls talk about their experience with emotional bullying. The result is a compilation of their personal stories in Finding Kind, a documentary that has raised awareness of the devastating effects of bullying, rumors, exclusion and meanness.

Catch one of the local showings this winter:

• Skyline High School - January 31st at 6:30 pm

• Issaquah High School - February 1st at 6:30 pm

Each screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmakers. The screenings are sponsored and made possible by donations from the PTSA's of BLMS, PCMS, Maywood, PLMS, IMS, Skyline  High School, Liberty High School Issaquah High School, the PTSA Council and the Issaquah Schools Foundation.

Learn more about the film and watch a trailer on the film's official site.

(Image from http://findingkind.indieflix.com/media/images/girlsLETTER.pdf.)

Harry Potter fans and frenemies: have you seen the latest HP parody video? (Spotted on the Figment blog.) Have any of you made your own HP parodies? 

SIFF is looking for people between the ages of 8 and 18 to serve on its Youth Jury. Youth Jury members view all of the films in their respective age range (Films4Families for ages 8-12 and FutureWave for ages 13-18) then award by consensus their favorite film in the festival at the Golden Space Needle Awards.

If this sounds good to you, find more information and an application at SIFF Futurewave online. Questions? Contact futurewave@siff.net.

SIFF Futurewave is not affiliated with or sponsored by the King County Library System or The Issaquah Library.

Hey Hunger Games fans: did you know that Gary Ross, the director of the Hunger Games movie was just interviewed in the January 14 issue of Entertainment Weekly? Check it out for details about the film's rating and Ross' attitude about preserving the "heart" of the story. Interestingly enough, he used to be the Los Angeles library commissioner and thinks that "some of the greatest literature is YA," which is nice to hear.

Unfortunately, the article doesn't cover what everyone is dying to know: who is going to play Katniss?(!?!) And it might be awhile. In the meantime, you can watch **gorey** casting clips here. 

As we wait for the release of the film, what are your non-negotiables when adapting the Hunger Games into a film? What do you think will be lost in the translation to film? Gained? Do you have your own ideas about casting? What moments of the story do you think are most important to get right in the movie?