SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR 2024 FESTIVAL!

Saturday, April 6th, 2024

EVERETT FILM FESTIVAL SMALL BITES

A unique experience

See through the lens of local women

An enriching experience

Explore ideas with a variety of speakers, from filmmakers to experts

A community experience

Share memorable experiences with your friends and neighbors

A fun experience!

Lite bites and refreshments included, plus a chance to win one of our fabulous raffle prizes featuring gifts and services from local businesses

Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2023 Film Festival a success!

For over 25 years, we’ve had the honor of hosting this special event, featuring women and local filmmakers. 2023 was no exception.

And we couldn’t do it without you

Would you like to support the 2024 Everett Film Festival? There are so many ways to help.

2023 EVERETT FILM FESTIVAL (PAST)

12:30 pm

DOORS OPEN

1:00 pm
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

Documentary: Filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming travels the globe searching for the story of her great-grandfather, the cosmopolitan Long Tack Sam. A celebration of the spirit of Long Tack Sam’s magic and art, this richly textured first-person road movie is an exhilarating testament to his legacy and a tour through the 20th Century.

Directed By Anne Marie Fleming

 2:28 pm
Delia 9 to 5

Short:  A direct and unvarnished – yet tender and humorous – portrait of a typical day in the life of director Délia Gunn at Réservoir-Dozois, Canada while she is eight months pregnant.

Directed By Delia Gunn

2:31 pm
For the Skeptical

Musical Short: There is a new pressure on the media to deliver heat instead of shed light because technology and revenue streams are changing so rapidly. Despite the cultural and economic shifts, one thing will always matter: the truth. BEST MUSIC VIDEO at the Ukrainian Dream Film Fest in Odesa. HONORABLE MENTION at the Europe Music Awards for BEST RAP.

Directed By Dawn Westlake

2:35 pm

FIRST BREAK

2:50 pm
Hard Shell, Soft Shell (Fragile)

Narrative Feature: A sunny and feminist romance that takes place in Sète on the Mediterranean Sea, this debut feature by emerging French director Emma Benestan tells the story of oyster farmer Az, who thinks he has it made. But when an elaborate proposal goes awry and his girlfriend Jess breaks his heart, Az is forced to confront his understanding of what happiness really looks like – both hers and his own.

Directed By Emma Benestan

4:30 pm

DINNER BREAK

5:14 pm
The Bassinet

Introspective Short: When a vintage bassinet appears at filmmaker Tiffany Hsiung and long-time fiancée Victoria Mata’s home, it sets off a chain reaction of emotions. The Bassinet is a gentle and affecting story about Tiffany’s personal struggle with the intersection of her sexual orientation and cultural identity, and the cross-generational burden of having a baby in the context of rigid social constructs of marriage and family.

Directed By Tiffaney Hsiung

5:21 pm
Daughter of a Lost Bird

Documentary: Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, a Native woman adopted into a white family, reconnects with her Native identity as she searches for her birth mother.

Directed by Brooke Pepion Swaney

6:27 pm

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls:
Honoring Our Stolen Sisters

Artistic Short: presented by the Museum of Northwest Art. Presentation by Patricia and Kevin Paul follows.

6:54 pm

LAST BREAK

7:09 pm
Fujitaro Kubota and His Garden

Documentary:  A documentary film about the extraordinary Japanese immigrant behind South Seattle’s beloved Kubota Garden, in Rainier Beach. The beautiful 20-acre public historical landmark, a fusion of traditional Japanese and Pacific Northwest landscaping, is Kubota’s lifetime masterpiece; a testament to not only his artistry but his perseverance in the face of anti-immigrant racism. Q & A follows.

Directed By The Kubota Garden Foundation

8:19 pm
Biggest Little Farm – The Return

Documentary Short: The award-winning documentary The Biggest Little Farm tells the story of Apricot Lanes Farm, a testament to the complexity of nature and an epic odyssey to attempt to farm within a reawakening ecosystem. The story of Apricot Lanes Farm with farmers John and Molly Chester continues in The Biggest Little Farm – The Return.

Directed By John Chester

9:00 pm

CLOSING

CITY OF EVERETT
KUBOTA GARDEN
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
MONA MUSEUM OF NORTHWEST ART
SCHACK ART CENTER
ANTHONYS WOODFIRE GRILL
ANTHONYS HOME PORT
BLUE WATER DISTILLING
KSER RADIO
STAPLES
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Currently previewing films for the 2024 festival

We always welcome local filmmakers to submit their films for our consideration. Our main focus is films made by women; we will consider films by other filmmakers as well.