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Orcas Island Film Festival The 12th annual festival will be held October 14-18, 2026. Visit oifilmfest.org.

The Orcas Island Film Festival began in 2012, and screens some of the most buzzworthy new films every fall in one of the most beautiful places in the world: Orcas Island. The Orcas Island Film Festival celebrates and promotes the art of cinema as a catalyst for connection, creativity, and cultural understanding. We are dedicated to amplifying diverse voices, inspiring critical thought, and bringing communities together through the transformative power of storytelling. The Orcas Island Film Festival will screen over 35 brand new films over the course of five days in three venues, that boasts state-of-the-art cinema projection systems. Attendees will see these films before their official theatrical release and the festival provides a unique opportunity for filmmakers and film lovers to connect and share the cinematic experience as well as parties, panels and special events in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Visit www.oifilmfest.org to learn about upcoming films, festivals and or to get involved.

Alice Vial’s polished French romantic comedy brings wit and emotional intelligence to the familiar question of what happ...
10/08/2026

Alice Vial’s polished French romantic comedy brings wit and emotional intelligence to the familiar question of what happens when love arrives at the wrong—or perhaps exactly the right—moment. With a brisk 98-minute runtime and an accessible mix of humor, romance, and character, YOU FOUND ME offers an easy audience entry point into contemporary French cinema.

Tickets available for the Oct 18 screening at bit.ly/youfoundme-fb. The Oct 13 screening is exclusively for Patron and Concierge Passholders.

🔹Tue Oct 13 | 7:00 PM | Sea View - *Patron & Concierge passholders only*
🔹Sun Oct 18 | 6:00 PM | Sea View 🎟️

Winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize, Sandra Wollner’s haunting drama EVERYTIME centers around a family tragedy ...
10/07/2026

Winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize, Sandra Wollner’s haunting drama EVERYTIME centers around a family tragedy that sends its survivors into a dreamlike state of grief, culminating in a strange, sun-drenched journey to Tenerife. Shot by AFTERSUN cinematographer Gregory Oke, EVERYTIME is one of the year’s most formally daring explorations of loss.

🏆 Germany’s Academy Award Submission - Best International Feature
🏆 Best Film, Cannes Un Certain Regard

Tickets still available for the Oct 17 screening. The Oct 16 screening is on standby; any additional seats will be released that morning.

🔹 Fri Oct 16 | 9:30 AM | OC Black Box 🎟️
🔹 Sat Oct 17 | 3:15 PM | OC Black Box - ON STANDBY

See EVERYTIME at the 12th annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Tickets at bit.ly/everytime-fb.

10/07/2026

We are officially ONE WEEK OUT from kicking off the 12th Orcas Island Film Festival. What films are you most excited to see?

Join us October 14-18, 2026 in one of the most beautiful places on the planet for this year’s batch of the most talked-about and award-winning films from recent major festivals. Browse the schedule at bit.ly/OIFFschedule26.

Special thanks to Kris Boustedt for producing our trailer!

Berlin Silver Bear winner Sandra Hüller stars as a woman who lives as a man after the Thirty Years’ War in Markus Schlei...
10/07/2026

Berlin Silver Bear winner Sandra Hüller stars as a woman who lives as a man after the Thirty Years’ War in Markus Schleinzer’s ROSE. This austere black-and-white drama follows Rose into a Protestant community where a male identity allows property, marriage, and freedom—until rumors begin to close in. A gripping fable of gender, faith, and intolerance.

🏆 Austria’s Academy Award Submission - Best International Feature
🏆 Silver Bear winner Best Actor (Sandra Hüller), Berlin Film Festival

⭐ “Not since Sally Potter’s breakout feature ‘Orlando’ has a film explored gender privilege so effectively through a historical lens and via a singularly astounding European actress.” – Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire

See ROSE at the 12th annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Tickets at bit.ly/OIFFrose-fb.

🔹 Wed Oct 14 | 12:00 PM | Sea View
🔹 Fri Oct 16 | 3:30 PM | Sea View

Toronto’s International People's Choice Award winner and a Telluride sensation, ELSINORE is an uplifting true story star...
10/06/2026

Toronto’s International People's Choice Award winner and a Telluride sensation, ELSINORE is an uplifting true story starring Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, whose determination to perform Hamlet while facing his mortality becomes a triumph of courage and artistry. With Olivia Colman, Billie Piper, and Johnny Flynn.

⭐ “This is all but guaranteed to result in an Oscar nomination – and likely a win too – for Scott, and it would be well-deserved for his commitment and craft in making Charleson feel so vivid and real, human and fallible but marvelously charming.” –
Abe Friedtanzer, Awards Buzz

See ELSINORE at the 12th annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Tickets at bit.ly/elsinore-fb.

🔹 Sat Oct 17 | 5:45 PM | Sea View
🔹 Sun Oct 18 | 12:15 PM | Sea View

Emmy-winning filmmaker Marilyn Ness follows scientists confronting disease, climate change, and other urgent threats whi...
10/06/2026

Emmy-winning filmmaker Marilyn Ness follows scientists confronting disease, climate change, and other urgent threats while revealing the political and financial pressures jeopardizing American research—and the discoveries, progress, and lives that depend on it.

See THE ENDLESS FRONTIER at the 12th annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Tickets at bit.ly/endlessfrontier-fb.

🎤 Director Marilyn Ness scheduled to attend.

🔹 Mon Oct 19 | 2:30 PM | Sea View

Pedro Almodóvar’s 24th feature BITTER CHRISTMAS stars Bárbara Lennie, Patrick Criado, and Leonardo Sbaraglia in a witty,...
10/06/2026

Pedro Almodóvar’s 24th feature BITTER CHRISTMAS stars Bárbara Lennie, Patrick Criado, and Leonardo Sbaraglia in a witty, melancholic puzzle about art stealing from life. A celebrated actress begins writing a screenplay inspired by friends and lovers, only to discover she may herself be a character in someone else’s story. Irreverent, stylish, and emotionally piercing, Almodóvar’s latest film expands on his classic themes of desire, memory, and artistic obsession into a playful new form.

“With its moving musical interludes, comic patter and outrageously chic production design, Bitter Christmas is another dazzling, late-period jewel.” – David Jenkins, Little White Lies

See BITTER CHRISTMAS at the 12th annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Tickets at bit.ly/bitterxmas-fb.

🔹 Thu Oct 15 | 10:00 AM | Sea View
🔹 Sat Oct 17 | 8:30 PM | Sea View

In just over a week, join us to kick off the 12th Orcas Island Film Festival in style. 🎉Dress up, step onto the red carp...
10/05/2026

In just over a week, join us to kick off the 12th Orcas Island Film Festival in style. 🎉

Dress up, step onto the red carpet and have some fun with it! Orcas Video will be there to capture the moment. Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres featuring local chefs and restaurants, specialty wines from Doe Bay W**e Company, and the unmistakable energy of OIFF Opening Night.

Tickets: $20, open to the public (free for passholders). Purchase tickets at bit.ly/openingparty26-fb.

🔹Wed Oct 14 | 4:00-6:00 PM | Parish Hall

Legendary filmmaker William Greaves assembled artists, writers, actors, musicians, and thinkers connected to the Harlem ...
10/05/2026

Legendary filmmaker William Greaves assembled artists, writers, actors, musicians, and thinkers connected to the Harlem Renaissance for a remarkable 1972 gathering. Decades later, his son David Greaves has completed the project, creating an intimate living history of Black artistic and intellectual life. This rare archival treasure is both a cultural document and a moving act of preservation across generations.

See ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM at the 12th annual Orcas Island Film Festival. Tickets at bit.ly/ouatih-fb.

🔹 Wed Oct 14 | 11:00 AM | OC Main
🔹 Sat Oct 17 | 12:30 PM | OC Main

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