Festival start: 20 March 2027
Festival end: 20 March 2027
POST ALLEY FILM FESTIVAL, presented by Women in Film Seattle, takes place MARCH 20, 2027 at SIFF Film Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
PAFF is a day of woman centric & eccentric short films from around the block and around the world - diverse voices that remind us of our shared humanity: a venue for stories by women of any identity.
Past festivals included early work of Megan Griffiths, SJ Chiro, Lynn Shelton, Robin Wright Penn, and Ana Lily Amipour.
Awards, Q&As, prizes and surprises, and a silent auction. Filmmakers attend an invitational "end of evening" reception. PAFF is sponsored by Laughing Dog Pictures and Women in Film Seattle a 501(c) 3 organization since 1990 … promoting respect for all, on and off set and screen.
www.womeninfilmseattle.org
https://womeninfilmseattle.org/post-alley-film-festival
Ticket sales will be available at SIFF.net.
PAFF has been in existence since 2003 originating in Post Alley, Seattle, WA, (in Pike Place Market) and didn't happen every year between then and now. 2025 was our 15th Edition. And we persevere.
Post Alley Film Festival screens at SIFF Film Center (at Seattle International Film Festival*) which rests on the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People.
Native American and indigenous filmmakers of the Pacific Northwest who identify as women receive a submission waiver. Please contact virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
(*PAFF is not part of SIFF, however Women in Film Seattle is a community sponsor of SIFF.)
Every film is carefully judged. ALL films are screened by the curator, Virginia Bogert, a filmmaker and winner of the Seattle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film. She is President Emerita WIF Seattle and a programmer and judge for multiple national and international festivals.
PS The official PAFF website is still under construction, most information resides here and on https://womeninfilmseattle.org/post-alley-film-festival.
You can contact us via postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com,
https://www.facebook.com/PostAlleyFilmFestival,Instagram, and at virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
Best US Film
Best Foreign Film
Best Documentary
Best Comedy
Best Director
Best Editor
Honorable Mentions
Other Jury Awards in variable categories.
More prizes and cash awards TBD
GUIDELINES FOR POST ALLEY FILM FESTIVAL -PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
Welcome to the Post Alley (international shorts) Film Festival, a day of woman centric and eccentric short films celebrating filmmakers with creative voices.
PAFF is presented and co-sponsored by Women in Film Seattle and Laughing Dog Pictures
Festival venue: The SIFF Film Center, 167 Republican Street in Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Eligibility: PAFF accepts only short films (narrative, documentary, animated, experimental, student) completed by January of two previous festival years. PAFF may accept an earlier produced film of outstanding quality or importance that typically has won festival awards and deserves a new audience/or has achieved archival status. Screening is at the curator’s discretion. (Note: by "film" we mean: film, video, digital, photographic media.)
PAFF seeks films in which women have played important creative roles as director and/or writer. PAFF has screened films by male co-director/writers.
Native American filmmakers of the Pacific Northwest are offered a waiver. Please contact curator for waiver code. virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
This is a women's festival in that we believe this 50% of the population holds a unique and creative perspective and needs a venue.
Film Length: 1-20 minutes
• Not accepted: Industrial/corporate films, music videos, commercials, PSAs, and pornographic material. We know it when we see it.
• All music and other copyrighted material used in films must be properly licensed.
• All films must be in English or subtitled in English.
Indigenous women presenting filmmakers of the Pacific Northwest submit free. Contact virginia@laughingdogpictures.com for CODE
- Early Deadline: General entry fee: $15.00
Women in Film members fee: $10.00
- Official Deadline: General entry fee: $25.00
Women in Film members fee: $13.00
- Late Deadline: General entry fee: $30.00
Women in Film members fee: $15.00
- Absolute deadline: General entry fee: $35.00 and a note from your mother. WIF members: $20.00
We request downloadable links of high resolution.
• One submission per entry fee please. .
• Women in Film members and Indigenous filmmakers contact festival director for submission code. virginia@laughingdogpictures.com - postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com
IF SELECTED, WE WILL NEED A DCP OF YOUR FILM.
Payment: If not using Festhome
Questions? Email the curator. virginia@laughingdogpictures.com; postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com
Submission screeners: Movies can be submitted for viewing via Festhome (preferred), or uploaded on VIMEO and the link (Quicktime, mov.) sent to the PAFF Curator virginia@laughingdogpictures.com - postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com
We prefer you use Festhome.
Final festival screening specs: If selected we need your final film in DCP format.
Note: The time and date of screenings of films are at the discretion of PAFF.
• Foreign language films must have English subtitles.
• To be considered, PAFF must receive:
A request submitted via email IF YOU ARE NOT submitting via our preferred submission site: Festhome.
• The required entry fee. Delivery: If hard copy, Final Masters/DCPs, send to: Curator Virginia Bogert – contact addresses below, otherwise
Notification: Check Post Alley Film Festival Festhome for dates of notifications.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Please contact
postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com
virginia@laughingdogpictures.com and visit postalleyfilmfestival.com
Mailing address:
Virginia Bogert, Curator Post Alley Film Festival (PAFF)
1506 35th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
If you have questions about eligibility, deadlines, possible fee waivers, shipping, or anything else that you can’t Google or Bing, or on PAFF’s FAQ, contact Curator/Festival Director: virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
"My goal as Post Alley Film Festival curator is to program with care and intelligence exceptional work by women filmmakers, provide a venue for female-centric movies, and at the same time, present a balanced lens that includes films by women, for everyone." –Virginia Bogert, PAFF Curator, WIF Seattle President Emerita | Community Liaison
Short Films by Women
Short Films >1' 20'< (2024+)
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Early15$13.8$
24 Aug 26
Standard25$23$
26 Oct 26
Late30$27.6$
10 Dec 26
Extended35$32.2$
10 Dec 26
Submissions deadline
10 Dec 26
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- PAFF seeks films in which women have played important creative roles as director and/or writer. PAFF has screened films by male co-director/writers
- Women in Film members and Indigenous filmmakers contact festival director for submission code. virginia@laughingdogpictures.com - postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com
- IF SELECTED, WE WILL NEED A DCP OF YOUR FILM.
- PAFF accepts only short films (narrative, documentary, animated, experimental, student)
Festhome holds accountable fees festivals by holding the payment of the fees of most newer festivals until they have viewed the submissions, held their festivals and other methods.
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Festhome holds accountable fees festivals by holding the payment of the fees of most newer festivals until they have viewed the submissions, held their festivals and other methods. 