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January 2006 Newsletter
Contents- The Envelope, Please -- It's Dress-up Time for the Oscars®
- New PTFF Office Space
- Office Assistance
- Goddard College Film Benefit Brings
- Silent Sunday is SRO
1. The Envelope, Please -- It's Dress-up Time for the Oscars®.
The Port Townsend Film Festival is gearing up for it's second annual fundraiser celebration during the Academy Awards®. We would love your help making this a successful fundraiser by donating to our auction.
Donations can be tangible items or gift certificates for services. Examples of things you could donate include: a hand made scarf, an autographed photo of a movie star, a prop from a famous film, an original watercolor, a pair of ruby slippers or a vacation for two in Tahiti. Then again, maybe you want to donate a gift certificate for special skill that only you can offer like an hour deep-tissue massage or a Thai dinner for six. Creative contributions are welcomed.
We will include logos in the auction catalog for all businesses that donate gifts with a retail value greater than $250. Individual contributors will have their name published.
If you or your friends would like to contribute, please call 360-379-1333 or email nancy@ptfilmfest.com. Remember: Donations must be received no later than February 17 to be included online and in the auction catalog.
FYI: Reservations are required as seating is limited to 110. Individual tickets are $50 and include the Champagne reception and eight-course, small plate dinner. Tables of eight are $500. Tickets go on sale February 7, 2006!
2. New PTFF Office Space.
Peter and Nancy are happy campers in the new festival office on the third floor of the Mount Baker Block Building -- turn left at the top of the stairs (or upon leaving the elevator), go through the exposed-brick arch, turn right -- Suite 33.
PTFF offices have reflected the growth of the festival since its inception. For its first year, the festival offices was located in director Sherry Jones's home law office. During its second year, director Linda Yakush found space in the closet-sized office next to the first floor elevator in the Mount Baker Block Building, where Peter Simpson remained for years three and four. We were able to increase our space by half with a move to the second floor in suite Sixteen during years five and xix. But the arrival of Nancy Sendler to the staff and the resultant increase in volunteers soon made that space much too cramped. But no longer!
We thank SAM KYLE, owner of the Mount Baker Block, for helping to make the move possible, and to volunteers MONICA MICK'HAGER, ROBERT HUBER, MARK SARAN, LUKE BOGUES, and the guys from GRAYWOLF RANCH who accomplished the physical move with no muss nor fuss. Come visit. You'll want to stay.
We're planning an open house just as soon as we get all the finer appointments completed. Stay tuned.
3. Office Assistance.
Well, now that we have this great office space we actually have room for volunteers to work at a desk and a computer. And projects are beginning to pile up. So, if you've got a few hours a week to gives us a hand, we'll be forever grateful. Just call Nancy or Peter at 379-1333 to sign up.
4. Centrum and Goddard College Bring Screenwriter to PT .
Jane Anderson, screenwriter and director, has taken a residency in the new Centrum/Goddard College MFA Creative Writing program, and will appear at a screening of her recent film THE PRIZEWINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO starring Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 18 at the Rose Theatre.
THE PRIZEWINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO is based on a true story of a 1950s housewife (Julianne Moore) whose talent for winning jingle contests supports her family while her husband (Woody Harrelson) drinks away his meager wages.
Anderson is a veteran screen and television writer, having written and directed NORMAL for HBO. THE POSITIVELY TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER-MURDERING MOM, which won her an Emmy, WHEN BILLIE BEAT BOBBY, HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT and IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
The screening is Goddard's expression of thanks to the community for its support of their MFA program which is in partnership with Centrum's Writers Conference. Tickets to the screening are free and may be obtained during regular box office hours at the Rose Theatre beginning Monday, Feburary 6. Anderson will appear in Q&A session after the screening.
More information on the Creative Writing program is available at www.goddardcollege.edu.
5. Silent Sunday is SRO.
The four silent one-reelers screened Sunday drew a truly Standing Room Only crowd. The silent film event, sponsored by the Rose Theatre and the Port Townsend Film Festival, was so anticipated that all the tickets had sold by last Tuesday before the main publicity was issued.
The comedies were by such silver screen giants as Charlie Chaplin, Max Davidson, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The films were accompanied on the grand piano by Donald Sosin of New York, one of the best-known silent film accompanists. Each film was introduced by Richie Meyer, past president of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Given the response, plans are already underway for a longer program next year. The 7th annual Port Townsend Film Festival, Sept. 15-17, will also screen one or two silent films again this year.
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