Sunday, October 26, 2008

puget sound international film festival.

Seriously? I didn't find any information leading to this name being taken. Excuse me for my lame and cliche name, but I have some reason for it. Washington has the largest ferry system in the nation. WSF is the main sponsor of this event.

Concept: A general international film festival containing several genre's and awards. The catch comes at the venues. It promotes use of the main transportation system around the Sound and gives some tourism to a somewhat smaller area.

Venues: Several places in Seattle and Bremerton. With a paid ticket to the festival, you gain free access to a special ferry boat that travels between the two towns. Short films will be shown on the rides over and back.

Audience: While the genres are fairly broad, because of the location many Northwest film makers submit films to the festival. Because of this there would likely be many nature-friendly films which may attract a younger "green" audience (younger, as in young adult-middle aged). However, this will be a family friendly environment so all ages are welcome.

For the website, because it is an event based for family fun, should be fun itself, but still somewhat professional. Many Film Festival websites seem very bland. Let us raise the bar, at least a little bit.

The website will of course give information about the festival itself and the films, but it will also contain a section talking about the culture of the area, and highlight other things worth seeing around the area.

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