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About the Festival
That's a wrap on 2025! Thank you SO much to everyone who attended and supported the fest this year. We are so grateful to all of the amazing filmmakers who make it such a worthy event each year.
The mission of the Poulsbo Film Festival Foundation is to bring independent film and filmmakers to the city of Poulsbo, Washington for a weekend of celebrating diverse stories produced from all across the United States.
This three day festival will include parties, filmmaker Q & A's, networking, small town vibes, and beautiful scenery. We're excited for everyone to get together for the love of storytelling in our community!
The Poulsbo Film Festival Foundation is an arts nonprofit based out of Poulsbo, WA. Thank you for your donation!
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Highlights
Festival Dates
October 9 - 11, 2026
Historic Downtown Poulsbo
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“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.”
- Chief Seattle 1854
We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the aboriginal territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855.