Gig Harbor Film Festival

March 2024 Monthly Movie
2024-03-25 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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!

June Tuesday Trivia O'Looney's
2023-06-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Looney’s Irish Pub, 3222 56th St., Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Come join the first Tuesday of every month at O’Looney’s Trivia sponsored by the Gig Harbor Film Festival.

May 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-05-29 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
A group of women in an isolated Mennonite religious colony in Bolivia as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a string of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men.

May Tuesday Trivia O'Looney's
2023-05-02 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Looney’s Irish Pub, 3222 56th St., Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States

April 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-04-24 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Turn Every Page is a fascinating documentary that explores the lives and work of two of America’s greatest storytellers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro and legendary editor Robert Gottlieb. The film provides humor and insight as Caro and Gottlieb discuss their fifty-five-year relationship and the challenges they faced while working on Caro’s critically acclaimed biographies of Lyndon B. Johnson.

Tuesday Trivia at O'Looney's
2023-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | O’Looney’s Irish Pub, 3222 56th St., Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Hey Gig Harbor film lovers! Get ready for a night of fun and trivia at O’Looney’s this Tuesday the 4th from 7pm-9pm. Bring your friends and family along and compete for the chance to win two general admission tickets to the Gig Harbor Film Festival!!

This is a great opportunity to enjoy a night out, have some drinks and food, and bond with fellow movie enthusiasts. See you all there!

March 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-03-27 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Set in 1952 London, the film will follow Williams, a veteran civil servant, who has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding post-WWII England. As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Thus begins his quest to find some meaning to his seemingly grey, monotonous life before it slips away. He first attempts, with limited success, to throw himself into debauchery during a wild night in Brighton in the company of a bohemian writer he befriends there. Then, arriving back in London, he ignores family and work responsibilities for days on end. But soon he becomes intrigued by Margaret, a young co-worker in his office, who appears to exemplify exactly what life and living is – and what may so far have passed him by. As their friendship grows, she – inadvertently – shows him a way to face down his mortality; how to harness his years of experience and dedication into a final supreme effort to push through, against all odds, a modest, much-delayed project for children in a poor district of East London.

February 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-02-27 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
We will be screening the five DOCUMENTARY SHORTS that have been nominated for an Oscar this year at the 95th Academy Awards.
We’ll start at 6:30pm sharp and screen the first three:

Haulout
Stranger at the Gate
How Do You Measure a Year?

At the 20-minute intermission, you’ll have time to grab an adult beverage or a snack and then we’ll get to preview two more provocative films:

The Elephant Whisperers
The Martha Mitchell Effect

January 2023 Monthly Movie
2023-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Three Minutes – A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage, mostly in color, are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust. The existing three minutes are examined to unravel the human stories hidden in the celluloid. The footage is imaginatively edited to create a film that lasts more than an hour. Different voices enhance the images. Glenn Kurtz, grandson of David Kurtz, provides his knowledge of the footage. Maurice Chandler, who appears in the film as a boy, shares his memories. Actress Helena Bonham Carter narrates the film essay.

November 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-11-28 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us Monday November 28th at 6:30 pm for “HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song.” A definitive exploration of singersongwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: The songwriter and his times; the song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit; and moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom “Hallelujah” has become a personal touchstone. Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen’s personal notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage, and extremely rare audio recordings and interviews.

October 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-10-31 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia & Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unravelling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded. A doomed love triangle between Katia, Maurice and volcanoes, told through their archival footage

2022 Film Festival
2022-09-22 17:00 - 2022-09-25 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Save the date for the 2022 Gig Harbor Film Festival. Always the last weekend in September. Although we had to postpone for the 2021 season, we are actively planning our 2022 return. Please stay tuned for more information as we get it.

August 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-08-29 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us for the last Monday Monthly Movie before the annual Film Festival! “Parallel Mothers” at 6:30pm at the Galaxy on August 29th.

July 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-07-25 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Our July movie will be “We Are The Thousand”

Auction 2022
2022-07-01 17:00 - 21:00 UTC | Canterwood Golf & Country Club, 12606 54th Ave NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98332, United States
Our long intermission has come to a close! We are celebrating with our first auction in three years and hope that you can join us. Our GHFF fundraiser will take place at the Canterwood Clubhouse on Friday, July 1 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.
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!

June 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us Monday June 27th at 6:30pm for “Montana Story”
From the acclaimed writer/directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel comes a neo-Western with an emotional tremor hiding beneath it. Two estranged siblings (Haley Lu Richardson, Owen Teague) return home to the sprawling ranch they once knew and loved, confronting a deep and bitter family legacy against a mythic American backdrop.

May 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-05-30 18:30 UTC | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us on Memorial Day Monday March 30th for “Small Town Wisconsin”

April 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-04-25 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us for the April Monthly Movie: “The Worst Person in the World”

March 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-03-28 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us for our 3rd film in 2022 on March 28th at 6:30PM!

February 2022 Monthly Movie
2022-02-28 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us for our 2nd film in 2022 on February 28th at 6:30PM!

January 2022 Monday Movie
2022-01-31 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Galaxy Uptown Theatre, 4649 Point Fosdick Dr NW, Gig Harbor, WA, 98335, United States
Join us for 2022’s first Monthly Movie Night!
