Welcome to the 26th Annual Port Townsend Film Festival (Day 3 of 4)
It’s more than a film festival: it’s live music, workshops, filmmaker panels, a parade, special guests, and more. Join the fun!
There are 4 essential time slots for myriad events today, beginning at 10 AM. Choose from: 21 Film screenings and 4 Forum events, 4 Special Events, along with our Saturday traditions…
SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS:
FREE EVENTS
Check out our new offering...
COMMUNITY DISCUSSION - YOUTH
11:30AM, Indoor Festival Lounge (Cotton Bldg)
This is the second of three facilitated conversations throughout the weekend, inspired by films in our line-up. This one is about YOUTH. With so many of this year's films featuring young characters, we'd love to talk more about what growing up meant or means to you. Join us for an informal discussion sparked by films like Speak and Boundary Waters.
FREE
Zoom Into Zoetropes! - Children’s Activity
2-4PM, Indoor Festival Lounge (Cotton Bldg)
Introduce your young ones to magic of the moving image through this hands-on activity exploring a historic pre-cinema technology.
https://ptff2025.eventive.org/schedule/688bba21188ae3fe5c599ac1
(Also on Sunday)
FREE
Daily Dinner Break, 5:30PM
Enjoy FREE live music of the Shawn Schlogel Trio. Grab a picnic meal (for purchase), and settle into Taylor St prior to the outdoor movie.
Taylor Street
https://ptff2025.eventive.org/schedule/688bbdd0d157a24236b7eac0
FREE outdoor movie on Taylor Street, 7:30PM
SOUL
Taylor Street Outdoor Theater
A great family-friendly flick from Pixar…
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
- Bring a chair, if you can
- Bring clothing layers, just in case
https://ptff2025.eventive.org/schedule/6883eea37b6a33712397f041
A FEW OTHER SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS (requires pass or ticket)
Forum event: The Making of The Elephant Whisperers
1 PM, Pope Marine Building.
Join director Kartiki Gonsalves, the first and only Indian to win an Academy Award, and multiple Academy Award-winning editor and producer Doug Blush as they show the film and tell the story of the creation of The Elephant Whisperers, the 2023 winner for Best Documentary Short Film.
https://ptff2025.eventive.org/films/688ba73875c777f8bffc4bf3
Forum event: Script to Screen: Live Table Reads, 7 PM, Pope Marine Building. Join us for live table reads of three standout scripts from our short screenplay competition. Saltfire Theatre will bring these works to life, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how words become cinema.
https://ptff2025.eventive.org/films/688ba7c639c9c67db347aa32
Awards Party, Sat, Sep 20th
8:30 PM @ Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards.
Filmmakers, Presenters, Industry Pass, Patron Pass, and Festival Pass holders are invited to munch, mix, and mingle at this beautiful venue, which features local wines and a gorgeous view of the water.
Jury Awards will be announced at approximately 10pm.
https://ptff2025.eventive.org/films/688bae8accc3103f1d7a2549
PTFF BAR on Taylor Street
Fri-Sat-Sun, 3pm - 9pm
Bar Car offers craft cocktails, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic concoctions
Box Office & Hospitality is open 9AM - 8PM
Pick up your pass (if you don’t have it yet), get assistance with making ticket reservations, and get oriented.
Located at 912 Water St (NEW LOCATION! near Taylor St)
AND MORE about the 2025 season include:
- Special Guests: Tom Skerritt (Top Gun, Alien); Kelli Garner (The Aviator, Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe)
- 70+ film screenings throughout Fri, Sat, Sun
- Daily Dinner Break with FREE Live Music, Fri-Sat-Sun, 5:30PM, Sept 19-21
- FREE outdoor movies on Taylor Street, Fri, Sat, & Sun nights (a beloved Port Townsend tradition!)
- A Women & Film track
- Filmmaker Awards party, Sat night
- The current best indie films you won't see elsewhere
- Filmmakers with national and international acclaim
- Multiple film workshops and panel discussions at the Festival Forum
MORE INFO & PASSES
https://ptfilm.org/