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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"Know Your Place" Seattle, Fall 2018

#knowyourplacefilm #grip #griprigs #carrigging #classiccars #musclecar #processtrailer #film #filmmaking #seattle #pnw #setlife #rigging #pacificgripandlighting #wileycameracars #modernstudioequipment #keepfilminwa #woodspowrgrip

"Know Your Place" Seattle, Fall 2018

#knowyourplacefilm #grip #griprigs #carrigging #classiccars #musclecar #processtrailer #film #filmmaking #seattle #pnw #setlife #rigging #pacificgripandlighting #wileycameracars #modernstudioequipment #keepfilminwa #woodspowrgrip
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🎬Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the kick-off to the upcoming production of “Taco Man” produced by @[414427559360973:Zeta-Maya Entertainment] at @[100038759984853:The Loose Wheel Bar & Grill] from 3pm to 10pm, and support Washington State film making! 

🌟A few seats left on the celebration bus provided by @[1487014431512900:LyonPride Music] and get picked up anywhere along the I-5 corridor from Everett to Olympia. 
Cost is $100 and includes, “The TacoMan Special” meal deal at The Loose Wheel Bar & Grill in Tacoma, access to the VIP beer garden where you can sample @[107246595967596:Sparkle Donkey Tequila] all night long, win prizes and giveaways. 

👉🏽Call or text (253) 495-1462 to RSVP! 

#zetamayaentertainment, #thetacomanmovie, #cincodemayo2022, #cincodemayo, #keepfilminwa, #indiefilm, #representationmatters

Thank you to our sponsors: Seattle Latino Film Festival, Seattle Film Summit, EDABS, Zeta-Maya Entertainment and VT Radio Universal

🎬Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the kick-off to the upcoming production of “Taco Man” produced by @[414427559360973:Zeta-Maya Entertainment] at @[100038759984853:The Loose Wheel Bar & Grill] from 3pm to 10pm, and support Washington State film making!

🌟A few seats left on the celebration bus provided by @[1487014431512900:LyonPride Music] and get picked up anywhere along the I-5 corridor from Everett to Olympia.
Cost is $100 and includes, “The TacoMan Special” meal deal at The Loose Wheel Bar & Grill in Tacoma, access to the VIP beer garden where you can sample @[107246595967596:Sparkle Donkey Tequila] all night long, win prizes and giveaways.

👉🏽Call or text (253) 495-1462 to RSVP!

#zetamayaentertainment, #thetacomanmovie, #cincodemayo2022, #cincodemayo, #keepfilminwa, #indiefilm, #representationmatters

Thank you to our sponsors: Seattle Latino Film Festival, Seattle Film Summit, EDABS, Zeta-Maya Entertainment and VT Radio Universal
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#SIFFRAFF huddled at Harbor Island Studios.
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#SIFF #SIFFRAFF #HarborIslandStudios #HarborIsland #Seattle #filmstudio #keepfilminwa #filminwa #pnwfilm

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#SIFF #SIFFRAFF #HarborIslandStudios #HarborIsland #Seattle #filmstudio #keepfilminwa #filminwa #pnwfilm
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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

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
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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

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.




#35mmblackandwhite#analoguephotographer #ishootfilm#filmcamera #believeinfilm#filmcommunity#analogue#analogphotography🎞📷 #staybrokeshootfilm35mm #thefilmcommunity#keepfilminwa #mediumformat
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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

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 ...

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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

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 ...

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