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Belongings
Exploring real human connections to the material world
Tell Your StoryAbout Belongings
Belongings explores the emotional lives of ordinary objects. A watch. A chair. A photograph. A stone. The things people keep are rarely just things. They carry memory, grief, identity, history, and love.
Through intimate documentary storytelling, Belongings invites people to share the objects that have stayed with them and the stories those objects still hold.
The Team
Nate Fieldson
Director/Producer
Nate is a Seattle-based filmmaker with a focus on making the small moments in everyday life feel big. He likes old things that are built well and last a long time.
Bella Brown
Producer
Bella Brown (she/her) is an arts worker, film producer, and writer born and raised in Seattle. She currently works for the Seattle Art Museum’s Creative Studio leading design, photography, and video projects across their three locations. Beyond her 9-5, you can find her in the pit at a concert, reading on the roof, running, practicing backbends, or hosting her next semi-elaborate dinner party.
Ed Castañeda (SubliminalEd Films)
Producer
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Submit Your Story
Every object carries a life. If you have something that holds meaning — a gift, an heirloom, a relic — we'd love to hear its story and consider it for the film.
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