Press Release 07.06.05

First Clue for Film Guest Is Revealed

Port Townsend–The first clue in the Port Townsend Film Festival's annual "Guess-the-Guest" contest was revealed today as the countdown begins for the sixth annual weekend movie marathon, September 23-25.

Hidden within four clues offered over a four-week period is the identity of festival's featured guest. Previous guests have included such film stars from the fifties and sixties as Tony Curtis, Eva Marie Saint, Patricia Neal, Shirley Knight, Peter Fonda, Jane Powell and Dickie Moore.

The first 2005 clue reads:

Roles include a superhero sibling and a western army man.

The second clue will be issued on July 13, the third on the 20th, and final clue will be announced on July 27. The identity of the guest will be revealed on Wednesday, August 3. The winning contestant will be selected at random from among those who correctly identify the name of the guest by Monday, August 1. The winner will be introduced and have his or her photograph taken with the guest at a special reception during the festival. Entries can be made in one of three ways:

By mail (Port Townsend Film Festival, PO Box 594, Port Townsend, WA 98368),
By email (contest@ptfilmfest.com, write "Guest" in the subject line),
By hand-delivery (Port Townsend Film Festival office, Mount Baker Block, 211 Taylor St., Suite 16, second floor, at the corner of Water and Taylor Streets).

In addition to listing the name of the guest, contestants should include their mailing address, email address (if they have one), and a daytime phone number.

The featured guest will be among several filmmakers attending the sixth festival.

"We anticipate as many as last year, perhaps more," according to Peter Simpson, the festival's executive director who has taken on the responsibilities of programming. In 2004, nearly a dozen filmmakers attended the three-day event, the one coming the farthest being from Bhutan. "This year," Simpson reports, "we will have filmmakers from Canada, and perhaps Germany and Spain, as well as the U.S."

Panel discussions with filmmakers are planned for the festival in a new venue. The featured guest will be interviewed on stage Saturday night along with a screening of one of his (or her) films.