Here It Is!
The 2026 Port Townsend Film Festival Program is now live and available for your online viewing.
We invite you to join us, to gather, to connect, and converse around this year’s superb selection of films, forums and events.
We love you Port Townsend! ❤️❤️
Reservations for Film and Forum events begin as follows:
Patron Pass is Aug. 17.
Festival Pass is Aug 31.
6 Pass and 3 Pass is Sept 8.
Pass sales end on Sept 20.
Standalone tickets go on sale Sept 21.
Standalone ticket price is $15.
Many film screenings and forum events sell out before standalone tickets are available.
PTFF Sponsor Spotlight
Bar Car - Wendy Davis
Why do you support the Port Townsend Film Festival?
Bar Car Mobile Bar and founder Wendy Davis proudly support the Port Townsend Film Festival because we believe great community is built through art, storytelling, and shared experiences. As a locally owned, woman-owned business, we’re honored to help create memorable moments that bring people together while celebrating the creativity and culture that make Port Townsend so special.
What movie had a big impact on you? Why?
Cinema Paradiso...is a film about a coming-of-age story that explores themes of memory, love, loss, and the power of cinema. Along with a powerful musical score, this film is heartwarming, has satisfying lessons about love and grief, and life choices. It hits all the spots for friendship, loss, and relationships!
This Week’s Festival Film Spotlight
Vanilla
Seven strong-willed women fight to save their home from foreclosure while an 8-year-old girl navigates her unconventional family dynamics-a fatherless household with diverse feminine influences.
Directed by: Mayra Hermosillo
Vanilla will screen:
Fri, Sep 25th, 10:00 AM @ Key City Public Theatre
Sat, Sep 26th, 1:00 PM @ Starlight Room
We have news from Erin Miller
2025 PTFF alum Erin Miller brought her film Boundary Waters to us last year for its Washington premiere. Boundary Waters got a name change to IF I TELL YOU and secured theatrical release.
IF I TELL YOU will be screening one night only at AMC ALDERWOOD MALL 16 THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026 7:15 PM.
About
IF I TELL YOU
Set against the rugged beauty of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters region, IF I TELL YOU is a tender, suspenseful family drama anchored by a quietly powerful Carol Kane and a beautifully observed lead performance from young Etienne Kellici.
Based on Lisa O'Donnell's Closed Doors, the film follows a 12-year-old boy trying to solve a mystery he is too young to fully understand.
Volunteer sign-up for the September Festival is in full swing, and we'd love your help reaching our goal of filling every volunteer shift well before Opening Night. Every volunteer earns a pass to the Fest, and now that this year's program has been announced, you can build your volunteer schedule around the films you're most excited to see.