Gig Harbor Film Festival

NOVEMBER Monday Movie Night- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
2025-11-24 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Mark your calendars for the next Monday Movie Night! Monday, November 24th at 6:30pm, we invite you to a special screening of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.
Based on the best-selling memoir of the same name, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight depicts 8-year-old Bobo’s life on her family’s Rhodesian farm during the final stages of the Bush Wars. The film explores the family’s unbreakable bond with Africa’s land and the war’s impact on the region and individuals, as seen through the eyes of a child.
In her captivating directorial debut, Embeth Davidtz, who also stars in the film, draws a wildly energetic performance from her young lead, Lexi Venter. With the support of an incredible ensemble cast, Davidtz crafts a thought-provoking story that explores a complex chapter in Africa’s history, told— thorns and all—from the perspective of a little girl.
(This film is rated R.)

October Monday Movie Night- FOLKTALES
2025-10-27 18:30 - 21:00 | WA
We are excited to bring back Monday Movie Night on October 27th with a warm, big-hearted crowdpleaser! Join us at 6:30 PM at the Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor for an uplifting evening featuring the documentary Folktales.
Folktales tells the timely and heartwarming story of teenagers who choose to spend an unconventional “gap year” learning to dog sled and survive the Arctic wilderness, in hopes of finding connection and meaning in the modern world. Guided by patient teachers and a yard full of heroic Alaskan huskies, they discover their own potential and develop deep relationships with the land, animals, and humans around them.
Oscar®-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady dazzle with this life-affirming documentary. With intimate storytelling and breathtaking cinematography, Ewing and Grady examine humans on the cusp of adulthood, finding themselves at the edge of the world.

2025 Film Festival
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-28 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us for the next Gig Harbor Film Festival. Always the last full weekend in September every year!
GA and VIP Passes are available! Get yours today!

August Monday Movie Night - SORRY, BABY
2025-08-25 18:30 - 21:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
We are excited to announce the August Monday Movie Night screening of Sorry, Baby. Please join us at the Galaxy Theaters Gig Harbor at 6:30 pm on Monday, August 25th, for this incredible film.
Something bad happened to Agnes, but life goes on for everyone else. When a beloved friend on the brink of a major milestone visits, Agnes starts to realize just how stuck she’s been, and begins to work through how to move forward.
Written, directed, and starring Eva Victor, critics are calling Sorry, Baby one of the best films of the 2020s. In her directorial debut, Victor finds a delicate balance between the heavy subject matter and dark biting humor, which feels honest and truly authentic.

July Monday Movie Night - FRIENDSHIP
2025-07-28 18:30 - 21:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Oh, boy, do we have a wild ride for you this month! On Monday, July 28th, we will be screening the dark comedy Friendship. Join us at Galaxy Theaters Gig Harbor at 6:30 pm for this hilariously twisted film.
Suburban dad Craig (played by the ridiculously awkward Tim Robinson) becomes infatuated with his charming new neighbor (played by Paul Rudd), but when his attempts to make an adult male friend fail, his bids to win him over soon threaten to ruin both of their lives.
The trailer feels like a horror film (brought to you by A24), but the comedy lies in its intensity. The nightmare of trying to make friends as a socially awkward adult and the craziness of family dysfunction create a fine line between insanity, absurdity, and hilarity.

June Monday Movie Night- THE CRY OF GRANUAILE
2025-06-30 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Mark your calendars for the next Monday Movie Night! Monday, June 30th at 6:30pm, we invite you to a special screening of The Cry of Granuaile. Join us at the luxurious Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor for this captivating and haunting film.
A grieving American filmmaker (Dale Dickey) and her Irish assistant (Judith Roddy) tour the west of Ireland, researching a film about Granuaile, the legendary 16th-century rebel and “pirate queen”. The two women develop an uneasy intimacy as they journey towards a remote Atlantic island, where boundaries begin to blur between past and present, myth and history, dream and reality . . .
The Cry of Granuaile masterfully collapses the divide between history and mythology, fact and fiction. Shot on 16mm film with the majestic backdrop of Clare Island, the movie is a cinematic delight. We look forward to sharing this dramatic and beautiful picture with you.

May Monday Movie Night- BAD SHABBOS
2025-05-26 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Are you ready to laugh?
We are excited to announce our May Monday Movie Night screening of Bad Shabbos. Join us at Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor on May 26th at 6:30pm.
Oh, boy, we have a hilarious film for you this month! Audience Choice Winner for Best Narrative at Tribeca 2024, Bad Shabbos is an uproariously funny comedy that you won’t want to miss. David and Meg, an engaged interfaith couple, plan to have their parents meet over Shabbat dinner for the first time. This is already stressful enough, but when you add an accidental death (or murder?) into the mix, the laughs keep coming. From the quick dialogue to the strong ensemble cast, this film will keep audiences entertained from start to finish.

April Monday Movie Night- BRING THEM HOME
2025-04-28 18:30 - 21:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
We’re truly excited to share the intimate and beautiful documentary, Bring Them Home, with you this month! We invite you to join us on April 28th at 6:30pm at the Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor for this powerful film experience.
Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya chronicles a decades-long initiative by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring wild buffalo back to the Blackfeet Reservation. Along the way, the initiative faces obstacles from ranchers who see the buffalo as a threat to the cattle ranches that dominate the land and are a legacy of colonization. Bring Them Home examines the deeply meaningful role that buffalo played in Blackfeet life prior to the arrival of settlers, who nearly eradicated these majestic creatures. Regarded as fundamental to a healthy ecosystem and as spiritual relatives, the removal of buffalo resulted in the loss of the Blackfeet way of life and a trauma that continues to reverberate today.

March Monday Movie Night- DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS
2025-03-31 18:30 - 21:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
We are very excited to announce our March Monday Movie Night screening of Diane Warren: Relentless. Join us at Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor on March 31st at 6:30pm.
Diane Warren shaped an entire generation of music, writing more than 400 songs for such iconic artists as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, and Aerosmith. Relentless is the untold story of a legendary songwriter who has been called “the most important songwriter in the world.”
You may not know her name, but undoubtedly you know her music. Warren’s song catalog is estimated to be worth up to a half-billion dollars. She has 16 Oscar nominations (zero wins) and has been named Songwriter of the Year four times, yet she still hustles for each and every song with the eagerness of a new kid on the block. Diane Warren is one of the most influential musicians you’ve never heard of.
Most recently, her song ‘The Journey’ was nominated for a 2025 Academy Award for Best Original Song in the film The Six Triple Eight (performed by H.E.R.), but it lost to ‘El Mal’ in Emilia Pérez.

February Monday Movie Night - 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
2025-02-24 18:30 - 20:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Here is your chance to see the best of the best! Join us on February 24th at Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor at 6:30 pm for a very special Monday Movie Night! For one night only, we will be screening all five of the Oscar-nominated live-action short films. This is a rare opportunity to see the nominees before the Academy Awards telecast on March 2nd.
2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts:
A Lien
USA/15 MINS
Director – David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz
A young couple face up to and deal with a dangerous immigration process.
Anuja
INDIA, USA/22 MINS
Director – Adam J. Graves
Anuja tells the story of a gifted nine-year-old girl who, alongside her sister Palak, faces a life-changing opportunity that tests their bond and mirrors the struggles of girls worldwide.
I’m Not a Robot
BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS/22 MINS
Director – Victoria Warmerdam
After repeatedly failing Captcha tests, music producer Lara spirals into obsession, haunted by the disturbing question of whether she might actually be a robot.
The Last Ranger
SOUTH AFRICA/28 MINS
Director – Cindy Lee
When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
CROATIA/13 MINS
Director – Nebojsa Slijepcevic
1993, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them.

Here’s a special treat: friend of the fest, Matt Haver, sat down with editor Caitlin Carr for an insightful interview about her Oscar-nominated short film, A Lien.
Check it out!

January Monday Movie Night - MARIA
2025-01-27 18:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
We are kicking off the first Monday Movie Night of 2025 on January 27th at 6:30pm with a screening of Maria. Join us in the beautiful Galaxy Theatres Gig Harbor for this absolutely breathtaking film.
Academy Award®-winner Angelina Jolie is Maria Callas, one of the most iconic performers of the 20th century in acclaimed director Pablo Larraín’s operatic Maria. The film follows the American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days as the diva reckons with her identity and life.
The cinematography is nothing short of perfection. When accompanied by the backdrop of Maria Callas’s dazzling voice, Jolie’s superb acting, and Larraín’s expert directing, this film will leave you in awe.
Come join us and see why Angelina Jolie just received the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival for her performance in this film.

November 2024 Monday Movie Night - LEE
2024-11-25 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Kate Winslet delivers a brilliant performance as WWII American war correspondent and photographer Lee Miller. The film centers around a pivotal decade in Miller’s life and career, during which she travels to the frontlines in Europe to capture the fight despite facing constant gender-based barriers to access.

Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century’s most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler’s private bathtub. Her images display both the fragility and ferocity of the human experience. Above all, the film shows how Miller lived her life at full throttle in pursuit of truth, for which she paid a huge personal price, forcing her to confront a traumatic and deeply buried secret from her childhood.

October 2024 Monday Movie Night- Coup de Chance
2024-10-28 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
A story of romance, passion, and violence set against the backdrop of Autumn in Paris. Coup de Chance (Stroke of Luck) revolves around a romance between two young people who are old friends and devolves into marital infidelity and, ultimately, crime. A witty tale from master storyteller Woody Allen.

August 2024 Monday Movie Night
2024-08-26 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Tony Goldwyn’s EZRA follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro), while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife, Jenna (Rose Byrne). When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives.

July 2024 Monday Movie Night
2024-07-29 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Put your knitting needles away, grab your bifocals, and join us for an action-packed comedy that will have you in stitches with its “high-speed” chases and “intense” action sequences.
Thelma is an absolutely hysterical action comedy with an unlikely star. Introducing Hollywood’s newest action hero, 94-year-old June Squibb, as Thelma.
When Thelma Post (Squibb), a feisty yet sweet 93-year-old, gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, taking her for a large sum of money, she is left humiliated. After being dismissed by her family and the cops, she sets out on a treacherous but hysterical adventure to retrieve her stolen money and prove to her family she is still capable of independence. Enlisting the help of her aging friend, Ben (Richard Roundtree), and his prized motorized scooter, Thelma takes off across Los Angeles to hunt down and confront the conman. Her daughter Gail (Parker Posey), son-in-law (Clark Gregg), and grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger) are left panicked when Thelma disappears and must confront their own shortcomings in the relationship. Thelma tackles real issues of aging, family, and independence while hilariously poking fun at every action movie trope imaginable.

June 2024 Monday Movie Night
2024-06-24 18:30 - 21:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Past Lives is a touching romantic drama about Nora and Hae Sung, childhood friends separated when Nora’s family moves from South Korea to Canada. Despite years and distance, they maintain a deep connection, reuniting briefly over the decades. The film explores themes of love, destiny, and identity, questioning whether their bond is fate or coincidence.

Gig Harbor Film Festival Auction 2024
2024-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | Canterwood Golf & Country Club, 12606 54th Ave NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98332, United States
This fundraiser will provide us with the most significant part of our funding and will help us deliver our most successful film festival yet. The GHFF is still ranked as one of the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals in the world on FilmFreeway! We bring compelling cinematic storytelling to the South Sound and we can sustain this with your meaningful support.

May 2024 Monday Movie Night
2024-05-27 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
In this visceral three-year race against time, Tim Carey, a talented, yet unknown LA artist bluffs his way into winning the commission to create the largest stained-glass window of its kind. The problem is, he doesn’t know how to make it. After a desperate search, he finds someone who might have the answer…a world-famous glass maestro named Narcissus Quagliata. As the fates of three communities hang in the balance, Narcissus arrives like a storm and everything changes.

April 2024 Monthly Movie - Live Action Shorts
2024-04-29 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
2024 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts:
The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham, 18 min., UK (in English) Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane, 23 min., USA (in English) Knight of Fortune – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk, 25 min., Denmark (in Swedish/Danish) Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron, 29 min., Canada (in French) The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales, 40 min., US/UK (in English)

April 2024 Monthly Movie - Documentary Shorts
2024-04-29 15:30 - 17:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
2024 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts:
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó– Sean Wang and Sam Davis, 17 min., USA (in Mandarin) The Barber of Little Rock – John Hoffman and Christine Turner, 35 min., USA (in English) Island In Between – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien, 20 min., Taiwan (in English/Mandarin) The ABC’s of Book Banning – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic, 27 min., USA (in English) The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers, 39 min., USA (in English)

March 2024 Monthly Movie
2024-03-25 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
When a hula dancer on the run crashes into a broken spirit of a man, they begin a journey into a hidden world, developing a connection through humanity, nature, and culture.

February 2024 Monthly Movie
2024-02-26 18:30 - 20:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
ROISE AND FRANK follows grief-stricken widow Róise who becomes convinced that a stray dog is her husband Frank reincarnated. As Róise begins to open herself back up to the outside world and regain the happiness that she had lost, she allows her canine companion to coach the local children’s Hurling team.

January 2024 Monthly Movie
2024-01-29 18:30 - 20:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie’s tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t, in Charlotte Wells’ superb and searingly emotional debut film

November 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-11-27 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
From acclaimed filmmaker Nicole Holofcener comes a sharply observed comedy about a novelist whose long standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband give his honest reaction to her latest book. A film about trust, lies, and the things we say to the people we love most.

October 2023 Monday Movie
2023-10-30 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Set in 1996, the film follows tech geniuses Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, portrayed by Jay Baruchel and Matt Johnson, as they embark on the ambitious task of inventing a revolutionary device. Their company, Research in Motion, faces numerous challenges, primarily their lack of business acumen. However, their fortunes change when savvy businessman Jim Balsillie, played by Glenn Howerton, joins forces with them, catapulting the BlackBerry into the hands of millions.
Almost overnight, the BlackBerry becomes an essential tool, transforming the way people work and communicate. The trio’s success knows no bounds as the device gains widespread popularity among celebrities, politicians, and business people. However, the film takes a dark turn as the company’s meteoric rise is marred by shady dealings, personal conflicts, and the emergence of a formidable competitor: the iPhone.
BlackBerry paints a comedic yet poignant picture of the rise and fall of this Canadian company, showcasing the brilliance behind its invention while unraveling the story of its eventual downfall.

2023 Film Festival
2023-09-21 08:00 - 2023-09-24 17:00 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Save the date for 2023 Gig Harbor Film Festival. Always the last weekend in September. September 21-24, 2023!

August 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-08-28 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground) featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN). The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Join Oscar-nominated filmmaker Green as he takes the audience on a journey through time and space — exploring everything from forgotten childhood memories, to the soundtrack of resistance, to subaquatic symphonies — and experience in new ways the astonishing sounds of our everyday lives. 32 Sounds investigates the mysterious nature of perception and the subtle yet radical politics that arise from sensation and being present in one’s body.

July 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-07-31 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
BONES OF CROWS is told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.

June 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-06-26 18:30 - 20:30 | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Laemmle Theaters, the beloved art house cinema chain in Los Angeles has an astonishing legacy, with ties to the origins of Hollywood. This is a story about a 3rd generation family business and their determination to survive.

GHFF 2023 Fundraiser Gala Event
2023-06-10 17:00 - 22:00 | Canterwood Golf & Country Club, 12606 54th Ave NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98332, United States
After a spectacular return in 2022 with one of our best festivals to date, our GHFF fundraiser will take place at the Canterwood Clubhouse on Saturday, June 10th from 5-9pm.
The GHFF is know for epic films and parties and that’s what we’re bringin! We’ll be featuring a live auction with Jim Borgen, elegant plated dinner with open bar, and lots of energy and laughter. We might even have some surprising and exciting news to give about the 2023 festival!
Tickets are $150 each. Come join the party by reaching out to Pamela at director@gigharborfilmfestival.org and we’ll get you on the list!
