This event has passed.

Whidbey Island Film Festival

Name: Whidbey Island Film Festival
Start: 2020-01-17T00:00:00-08:00
End: 2020-01-19T23:59:59-08:00
Location: Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

January 17 - January 19

For decades he entertained his audience with movies that very well haunted them for decades. Along the way, he created some of the best television drama ever. And for three days you can explore the world of the cinematic genius, Alfred Hitchcock.

Buy your passes well in advance, because this is your chance to do more than watch, you’ll learn.

7:30 p.m. – Rear Window (1954)

James Stewart stars as a wheelchair bound photographer spying on his neighbors from his apartment window. Did he discover a murder?

The movie also stars Grace Kelly who starred in three Hitchcock movies before retiring from acting and marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco.

The Opening Night Party will follow the screening.

10:00 am – Secret Screening

It’s a mystery what will be shown Saturday morning. It just might stay a mystery. This screening is open to pass-holders only.

12:15 pm – Film Talk – Edith Head

Authors Rosemarie and Vince Kennan will talk about Costume designer Edith Head’s career and her partnership with Hitchcock.

Brown Bag Luncheon to follow.

1:45 pm – Film Talk – Filmmaking and Rural Economies.

A panel discussion about Washington Filmworks and its Incentive program, the opportunities for rural communities in the film industry, and a screening of The Hour After Westerly (a short filmed on Whidbey).

3:30 pm – Rebecca (1940)

This was Hitchcock’s first American film and won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Cinematography.

This story follows the second wife of an aristocrat and how the life (and death) of the first wife still permeates the house.

7:30 pm – Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

What happens when you suspect your visiting uncle of being a serial killer? What happens when that uncle learns of your suspicions?

By some accounts, this was Hitchcock’s favorite film.

Second Night Party follows the screening.

Noon – Film School:Hitchcock/Truffaut

Screening of “Hitchcock/Truffaut” a documentary that explores the craft of filmmaking through the eyes of Hitchcock as discussed with filmmaker Francois Truffaut and commented upon by the top filmmakers of our time.

A brown bag lunch follows the screening

1:00 p.m. – Vertigo (1958)

Some critics consider this movie to be the greatest film ever made. The American Film Institute puts it in their top 10.

The movie follows a former police detective who is hired a a private eye to follow a woman for a client. The detective’s own psychological issues of a fear of heights and vertigo become as much of a challenge as the woman.

Note: ShortFest Awards precede the screening.

4:30 p.m. – North by Northwest (1959)

An advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent and is pursued by agents of a mysterious organization.

The closing night party follows the screening.

+ Google Calendar + iCal Export

Details

Start:: January 17
End:: January 19
Event Categories:: Arts, Film
Website:: https://www.whidbeyislandfilmfestival.org/

Venue

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts; 565 Camano Avenue
Langley, 98260 United States + Google Map
Phone:: 360.221.8262
Website:: http://www.wicaonline.org/

Do you have an event you would like us to consider for our calendar? Please submit it here.

Whidbey Island Film Festival

January 17 - January 19

7:30 p.m. – Rear Window (1954)

Details

Venue

Related Events

Island Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labor’s LostCANCELLED

Island Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labor’s LostCANCELLED

Island Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labor’s LostCANCELLED

Island Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labor’s Lost
CANCELLED

Island Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labor’s Lost
CANCELLED

Island Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labor’s Lost
CANCELLED