WHAT IS KEEP FILM IN WA?
Keep Film in WA is a grassroots advocacy campaign powered by creative professionals across Washington State.
The goal is to communicate how vital the film industry is to Washington State and how the Washington Filmworks Motion Picture Competitiveness Program (MPCP) builds a strong and robust creative economy.
Since launching the MPCP in 2007, over 24,800 jobs have been created for Washingtonians and approved film projects have brought in an estimated $162 million of direct in-state spending.
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How 🎭 Artistic Souls fill my heart with joy. Thank you tcmtalent
for reminding me how I can never leave the world of acting. Loved my time on set of with erynrea phillipkeiman weetuscren . If you have not watched the Scottish Play on Amazon Prime video, there are 6 Episodes available in Season One! Thank you for having me🥰
#actorslife
#acting
#keepfilminwa
#womeninfilm
#thescottishplay
Nov 4
How 🎭 Artistic Souls fill my heart with joy. Thank you tcmtalent
for reminding me how I can never leave the world of acting. Loved my time on set of with erynrea phillipkeiman weetuscren . If you have not watched the Scottish Play on Amazon Prime video, there are 6 Episodes available in Season One! Thank you for having me🥰
#actorslife
#acting
#keepfilminwa
#womeninfilm
#thescottishplay
A little adventure goes a long way //
Going to places that are fading but still standing, and that are loved in their broken resilience //
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. I often wonder how much we as people are reflected in the structures we physically build around us. Watching them constantly being built, torn down, built again, some preserved and maintained, some left to fall apart as we look on at what once was. This isn`t meant to be deep - just what`s on my mind as I look at the art on the walls, hear the local kids playing in the abandoned barn, talk to a gentleman who lives nearby who worries about the constant human vandalism against these structures left to nature`s grasp.
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#everydayanadventure #wanderingwashington #hiddenhistories #abandonedporn #pnw #ruralamerica #adventure #boyfriend #seattle #coupleswhotravel #tourism #localsnotyokels #washington #pacificnorthwest #miramarpictures #keepfilminwa #seattlefilm #skagitcounty
Aug 22
A little adventure goes a long way //
Going to places that are fading but still standing, and that are loved in their broken resilience //
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. I often wonder how much we as people are reflected in the structures we physically build around us. Watching them constantly being built, torn down, built again, some preserved and maintained, some left to fall apart as we look on at what once was. This isn`t meant to be deep - just what`s on my mind as I look at the art on the walls, hear the local kids playing in the abandoned barn, talk to a gentleman who lives nearby who worries about the constant human vandalism against these structures left to nature`s grasp.
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#everydayanadventure #wanderingwashington #hiddenhistories #abandonedporn #pnw #ruralamerica #adventure #boyfriend #seattle #coupleswhotravel #tourism #localsnotyokels #washington #pacificnorthwest #miramarpictures #keepfilminwa #seattlefilm #skagitcounty
I had a fantastic time doing a table read for the seattlehorror group this month!
It was lovely being around so many talented actors and writers.
Writers:
joemjacobs
daniel.hickey.942
supsteng
subliminaledfilms
namescramble
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#seattleshortfilm #seattlefilmmakers #seattlehorror #tablereads #keepfilminwa #transman #transmasc #transactor #actor #tableread
Oct 9
I had a fantastic time doing a table read for the seattlehorror group this month!
It was lovely being around so many talented actors and writers.
Writers:
joemjacobs
daniel.hickey.942
supsteng
subliminaledfilms
namescramble
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#seattleshortfilm #seattlefilmmakers #seattlehorror #tablereads #keepfilminwa #transman #transmasc #transactor #actor #tableread
Such a fun day of filming for the 48hour film festival 🎥🎬💗 we kept things super groovy baby ✌🏼 #the70s #sea48hfp16 #groovy #indiefilm #filminwa #keepfilminwa #actor #actress #seattle
Jul 17
Such a fun day of filming for the 48hour film festival 🎥🎬💗 we kept things super groovy baby ✌🏼 #the70s #sea48hfp16 #groovy #indiefilm #filminwa #keepfilminwa #actor #actress #seattle
From suffocation to breath... I breathe in the new. I breathe out, and release. As I breathe in, I feel what is. I love my darkness mingling with the light; this being: flowing, mixing, incongruous, and ever-evolving. I am still. I let her feel. Breath, body, and energy pulsating through her pores; the shadows shimmering into a delight of warmth; a warmth tasted, felt, devoured, and slowly consumed... The death and decay an energy source transmuting into light. Growing, changing, becoming, breathing, being. A stillness in the currents.
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#35mmblackandwhite#analoguephotographer #ishootfilm#filmcamera #believeinfilm#filmcommunity#analogue#analogphotography🎞📷 #staybrokeshootfilm35mm #thefilmcommunity#keepfilminwa #mediumformat
May 2
From suffocation to breath... I breathe in the new. I breathe out, and release. As I breathe in, I feel what is. I love my darkness mingling with the light; this being: flowing, mixing, incongruous, and ever-evolving. I am still. I let her feel. Breath, body, and energy pulsating through her pores; the shadows shimmering into a delight of warmth; a warmth tasted, felt, devoured, and slowly consumed... The death and decay an energy source transmuting into light. Growing, changing, becoming, breathing, being. A stillness in the currents.
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#35mmblackandwhite#analoguephotographer #ishootfilm#filmcamera #believeinfilm#filmcommunity#analogue#analogphotography🎞📷 #staybrokeshootfilm35mm #thefilmcommunity#keepfilminwa #mediumformat
#SIFFRAFF huddled at Harbor Island Studios.
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#SIFF #SIFFRAFF #HarborIslandStudios #HarborIsland #Seattle #filmstudio #keepfilminwa #filminwa #pnwfilm
Nov 18
#SIFFRAFF huddled at Harbor Island Studios.
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#SIFF #SIFFRAFF #HarborIslandStudios #HarborIsland #Seattle #filmstudio #keepfilminwa #filminwa #pnwfilm
POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA—an alum of #SIFF2021—is an autobiographical coming-of-age dark comedy from local filmmaker Wes Hurley. It’s about a young closeted Russian boy in the disintegrating USSR who moves to Seattle with his prison doctor-turned-mail-order bride single mother. Hurley is scheduled to do Q&As on 2/25 and 2/26! 💭
Plays Fri 2/25-27 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
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#SIFF #SIFFCinema #SIFFFilmCenter #PotatoDreamsofAmerica #PotatoDreams #WesHurley #Queerfilm #LGBTQfilm #LGBTQ #QueerCinema #LGBTQCinema #keepfilminwa #pnwfilmmaker #filminwa #film #movie #cinema #movietheater #seattle
Feb 22
POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA—an alum of #SIFF2021—is an autobiographical coming-of-age dark comedy from local filmmaker Wes Hurley. It’s about a young closeted Russian boy in the disintegrating USSR who moves to Seattle with his prison doctor-turned-mail-order bride single mother. Hurley is scheduled to do Q&As on 2/25 and 2/26! 💭
Plays Fri 2/25-27 ▪️ SIFF Film Center
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#SIFF #SIFFCinema #SIFFFilmCenter #PotatoDreamsofAmerica #PotatoDreams #WesHurley #Queerfilm #LGBTQfilm #LGBTQ #QueerCinema #LGBTQCinema #keepfilminwa #pnwfilmmaker #filminwa #film #movie #cinema #movietheater #seattle
INTERVIEW TONIGHT WITH VT RADIO UNIVERSAL with grand_hugh and #gusano_foto2 about my latest film, ELLOS GRITAN LIBERTAD (THEY SCREAM FREEDOM). The veil was lifted. On July 11, 2021, thousands put their life on the line by taking to the streets in cities and towns throughout Cuba, shouting in unison Libertad! (Freedom!), showing the world the consequences of empty promises made from a 62-,year-old Revolution. #soscuba #patriayvida #july11 #cubadocumentary #beavoicesuiproductions #melindaraebynefilms #keepfilmalive #keepfilminwa #hapa #hapafilmmaker #femaleartist #femalefilmmaker
Mar 8
INTERVIEW TONIGHT WITH VT RADIO UNIVERSAL with grand_hugh and #gusano_foto2 about my latest film, ELLOS GRITAN LIBERTAD (THEY SCREAM FREEDOM). The veil was lifted. On July 11, 2021, thousands put their life on the line by taking to the streets in cities and towns throughout Cuba, shouting in unison Libertad! (Freedom!), showing the world the consequences of empty promises made from a 62-,year-old Revolution. #soscuba #patriayvida #july11 #cubadocumentary #beavoicesuiproductions #melindaraebynefilms #keepfilmalive #keepfilminwa #hapa #hapafilmmaker #femaleartist #femalefilmmaker
Basking in the red glow of the downstairs level as I left City Hall today after the Film Commission`s inaugural meeting. I am proud to serve on Seattle`s first Film Commission in Position 7, representing film production crew, (including but not limited to props, sets, wardrobe, make-up, hair, camera, grip, and electric.) I will also serve as chair of the commission. Seattle is a beautiful place, and a unique city with outstanding talent. I am looking forward to working with my fellow commissioners, who come from many parts of our industry, but who all share a love of Seattle. #noplacelikehome #EmeraldCity #SeattleFilm #KeepFilminWA #SeattleFilmmakers #SeattleCrew #Filmmaker #seattlefilmcommission
Apr 25
Basking in the red glow of the downstairs level as I left City Hall today after the Film Commission`s inaugural meeting. I am proud to serve on Seattle`s first Film Commission in Position 7, representing film production crew, (including but not limited to props, sets, wardrobe, make-up, hair, camera, grip, and electric.) I will also serve as chair of the commission. Seattle is a beautiful place, and a unique city with outstanding talent. I am looking forward to working with my fellow commissioners, who come from many parts of our industry, but who all share a love of Seattle. #noplacelikehome #EmeraldCity #SeattleFilm #KeepFilminWA #SeattleFilmmakers #SeattleCrew #Filmmaker #seattlefilmcommission
Attended the open house of Washington’s first ever (and much needed) film studio last night. Felt appropriate to wear my Lynn Shelton shirt. #keepfilminwa #watchlynnsheltonmovies #harborislandstudios
Jun 30
Attended the open house of Washington’s first ever (and much needed) film studio last night. Felt appropriate to wear my Lynn Shelton shirt. #keepfilminwa #watchlynnsheltonmovies #harborislandstudios
