Port Townsend Film Festival offers year-round film programming that explores important topics through film.

In a variety of venues throughout the year, PTFF partners with other local and regional nonprofits to explore the challenges and opportunities in our community. From screening a single film with guided discussion in our intimate 40-seat Balcony Theatre for a PTFF Focus event to collaborating with the historic Rose Theatre for a weekend of films and Q&As with directors as a “spring mini fest” like Black Film in the Pacific Northwest, PTFF is constantly innovating to find new ways to bring people together and into discussion throughout the year. We believe film is a community resource like no other. We can all utilize this tool to amplify the expertise and experience of our local organizations to help make a better place for everyone.

Work with a nonprofit or small business with a community service mission?
Contact us at info@ptfilm.org to explore a collaboration.

PTFF Focus

  • Event collaborations available Jan - June only

    • Organizational partners help market the event and lead discussion

      • An opportunity to deepen understanding of your mission

      • Generating interest in a specific call to action

      • Raising funds through a specific ask at the event

    • PTFF

      • Obtains the public screening rights to a mutually agreeable film

      • Markets the event via media ads, newsletter, website, and social media

      • Provides the Balcony Theatre (capacity 40), ticketing, and event staff



PTFF FOCUS - Previous partners and films

Past Focus events have offered a range of topics, including youth mental health, the opioid crisis, indigenous stories, sexual assault, and LGBTQ+ issues.

  • Jefferson County Public Health, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

  • Jumping Mouse, Kids in Crisis

  • Dove House Advocacy Services, I Am Evidence

  • Port Townsend Public Library, The Rose Theatre, Indigenous Animation Shorts

  • Port Townsend High School Media Lab, Media Lab Short Film Showcase

  • Dove House Advocacy Services, Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates, Don’t Tell Anyone

  • Jefferson County Historical Society, BurkeMobile, The Land Before Time

  • Vespertine, The Dilemma of Desire

  • Olympic Pride, Jefferson County Transgender Support, The Celluloid Closet; Sweetheart

Special thanks to our sponsor, Kristin Manwaring Insurance 

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING

Photo by Viola Ware