PTFF Seeking Local Films and Screenplays
Here in Port Townsend, we have survived the January Ice-and-snopocalypse. Now, on with our lives! PTFF ratchets up support for local filmmakers, and our Focus Film Series continues. Here are the highlights…
🎬 Seeking Local Short Films
📗 Short Screenplay Contest
🎥 February Focus Film: PTHS Media Lab Short Films
🎉 Celebrating Our Volunteers (by showing a film!)
Seeking Local Short Films. PTFF is now accepting film submissions. In the 2024 season, we will highlight short films produced locally (among other films). PTFF encourages short film submissions from Puget Sound Islands and Olympic Peninsula-based filmmakers. While PTFF presents films from around the globe, the organization also has the goal of supporting local filmmakers.
PTFF will feature the chosen films in the festival program and in other marketing materials. As an additional support, submission fees have been reduced for this category.
For more details and to submit, click on the button. In FilmFreeway, look for the “LOCAL Short Film” category. Our deadline for submission is April 19th.
We look forward to viewing your submission!
Photo by Etienne Girardet
Island & Peninsula Short Screenplay Competition. Are you a storyteller? We want to see your five-page screenplay! This contest is part of our ongoing mission to cultivate a vibrant film community in the Olympic Peninsula region, and it’s a fantastic opportunity for local storytellers to see their creative visions come to life on the big screen.
The winning script will receive full production by a dynamic team of regional filmmakers, including members of the Port Townsend Film Festival, Jefferson County Filmmakers Collective, and Port Townsend Film Studio. The film will debut at the Port Townsend Film Festival, September 19 to 22, 2024.
Deadline for submission: March 1, 2024
COMING SOON!
Port Townsend High School Media Lab Short Film Showcase
Wednesday, Feb 15th, 6:30pm
Balcony Theatre, 211 Taylor Street, Suite 401A
Port Townsend, WA
Put 2/15 on your calendar and get your ticket to our second Focus presentation of 2024: PTHS Media Lab Short Film Showcase – A diverse collection of short films, created by the students of the Port Townsend High School Media Lab, under the direction of David Egeler. Plus, a silent auction to support the Media Lab. And popcorn!
Tickets are FREE for students and their families.
PTFF Focus is a year-round film series which supports local nonprofits and small businesses and explores important topics using film. Join us for a warm, meaningful evening.
Celebrating PTFF Volunteers. As a thank you to our amazing Volunteers and Reviewers, we're opening up our archives for a quarterly screening party. On Wednesday, Feb 7th, we’ll show Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives.
Film Description: A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.
Located at the Balcony Theatre (211 Taylor Street, Suite 401A, Port Townsend WA 98368).
Tickets are free but seating is limited so RSVP is required!
Photo by Elizabeth Becker | #ptff2023
Signing off with the help of filmmaker Amy Glazer.
Festive regards,
~ Keith
Keith Hitchcock
Marketing & Development Director
Port Townsend Film Festival
211 Taylor Street, Suite 401A
Port Townsend, WA 98368
