MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF:
The Wells Fargo Foundation
The Bamford Foundation
The Norcliffe Foundation
YOUTH INITIATIVE PROGRAM
At Gig Harbor Film Festival, we believe that the art of storytelling, especially through film, has the power to draw people together. In our very own community, we saw this principle come to life at this year’s 72 Hour Film Competition.
Always a popular event with the younger crowd, the 2018 72 Hour Film Competition saw an unprecedented number of submissions from teams of local school-aged kids. These kids blew us away with their enthusiasm and drive for their projects. The films they created were incredibly well planned, creative and thoughtful. It was extremely touching to see the excitement on their faces as they arrived on screening day to share their creations on the big screen with the many family, friends and community supporters who filled 3 sold out theatres at the Galaxy.
The huge success of this event is what inspired us to develop the Gig Harbor Film Festival Youth Initiative. If you’re familiar with the theory of change, you’ll know that when optimally stimulated, a young mind is capable of busting out of its box and reaching new creative and imaginative heights. It is at these elevated peaks of creativity and imagination through engagement in the arts, that new pathways for more sophisticated thought and ability are paved. With the arts in crisis in our schools, we feel strongly compelled to employ the theory of change, in collaboration with local educators, to enhance the lives and learning experiences of our children.
We have committed to build an educational component into the 72-Hour Film Competition, add a student media festival to our annual fall event, add a scholarship program to our budget, establish film camps for summer school breaks, and help with the creation of film clubs at our schools. In support of our belief in the power of film, we’ll also offer full-time students free admission to our festival films. As Steven Spielberg says, “It’s all about making kids feel like they can do anything”, and that’s how we want our kids in Gig Harbor to feel. We will strive to ensure that each and every one of our children has access to the transformative power of the arts through film, and equip them for a very bright future indeed.
At Gig Harbor Film Festival, we believe that the art of storytelling, especially through film, has the power to draw people together. In our very own community, we saw this principle come to life at this year’s 72 Hour Film Competition.
Always a popular event with the younger crowd, the 2018 72 Hour Film Competition saw an unprecedented number of submissions from teams of local school-aged kids. These kids blew us away with their enthusiasm and drive for their projects. The films they created were incredibly well planned, creative and thoughtful. It was extremely touching to see the excitement on their faces as they arrived on screening day to share their creations on the big screen with the many family, friends and community supporters who filled 3 sold out theatres at the Galaxy.
The huge success of this event is what inspired us to develop the Gig Harbor Film Festival Youth Initiative. If you’re familiar with the theory of change, you’ll know that when optimally stimulated, a young mind is capable of busting out of its box and reaching new creative and imaginative heights. It is at these elevated peaks of creativity and imagination through engagement in the arts, that new pathways for more sophisticated thought and ability are paved. With the arts in crisis in our schools, we feel strongly compelled to employ the theory of change, in collaboration with local educators, to enhance the lives and learning experiences of our children.
We have committed to build an educational component into the 72-Hour Film Competition, add a student media festival to our annual fall event, add a scholarship program to our budget, establish film camps for summer school breaks, and help with the creation of film clubs at our schools. In support of our belief in the power of film, we’ll also offer full-time students free admission to our festival films. As Steven Spielberg says, “It’s all about making kids feel like they can do anything”, and that’s how we want our kids in Gig Harbor to feel. We will strive to ensure that each and every one of our children has access to the transformative power of the arts through film, and equip them for a very bright future indeed.
MONDAY MOVIE NIGHT
MONDAY MOVIE NIGHT IS BACK!
Join us on the last Monday of each month at 6:30pm at the Galaxy Theater!
We will be screening a double feature of Every Little Thing (93 min) and The Bird in my Backyard (20 min) on Monday, January 26th. Two documentaries about the tiniest of subjects — Hummingbirds.
Every Little Thing offers profound truths in a deceptively simple story. What does it mean to care for another, and what impact does this act have on us? In tending to these fragile yet resilient hummingbirds, Terry Masear finds a sense of healing from her own past. Her diminutive patients — brought into sharp focus through breathtaking, beautifully detailed photography — become memorable protagonists in their own right.
The Bird in my Backyard – In an urban backyard on Canada’s West Coast, a window salesman has created a living laboratory for investigating hummingbird behavior. Citizen scientist Eric Pittman documents the journeys of two female Anna’s hummingbirds as they attempt to raise their young in his urban garden. It’s a story about the childlike curiosity in all of us, the wonders it can reveal, and the doors it can open if we just lean in a bit closer.
We hope you can join us!
2025 GHFF PHOTOS ARE HERE!!
Thank you, Angie Mitchell Photo, for capturing the weekend in all its beauty!
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TUESDAY TRIVIA IS BACK!
2022 FESTIVAL
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 THEATRE SPONSORS
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 SUPPORTING AND IN-KIND SPONSORS
