Two prolific and Academy Award-winning filmmakers have been added to the Port Townsend Film Festival schedule in the last week, adding more clout to an already packed event.Academy Award-winning …
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Two prolific and Academy Award-winning filmmakers have been added to the Port Townsend Film Festival schedule in the last week, adding more clout to an already packed event.
Academy Award-winning screenwriter, producer and director Jane Campion, who is most well known for her screenplay “The Piano” earning her the prestigious Palme d’Or (making her the first and only woman to win it), as well as an Oscar for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, and a nomination for Best Director. She arrives Sept. 21 for the opening day of the festival with her producer, Tanya Seghatchian (“Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone”).
Campion joins the Festival’s special guest, Danny Glover, and 70 filmmakers and jurors during the festival’s three days of special events, films and food. There are no events planned with Campion, but Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force said, “… We may do something spontaneously.”
During Campion's visit in Port Townsend, she and her production assistant will meet with an award-winning writer to discuss a film project.
Also joining the slate of moviemakers is director Charles Burnett, who was awarded the Academy’s prestigious Governor's Award for lifetime achievement in 2017. His newest documentary, “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution,” will be shown at noon Sept. 23 in the Starlight Room. After the screening, Rose Theatre owner Rocky Friedman will interview Burnett on stage.
Burnett and Danny Glover are longtime colleagues and friends. Burnett wrote and directed “To Sleep with Anger,” which won the Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay and film, best male lead (Danny Glover) and best supporting female, Sheryl Lee Ralph.
Burnett also joins the festival’s event “A Community Conversation with Danny Glover and Rais Bhuiyan” at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Presbyterian Church. The church seats 250 and those in line will be issued tickets at the door until the seats are filled. The event is free and open to the public.
Burnett is no stranger to Port Townsend. He was an honored guest in 2007 to receive the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award. His 1978 film, “Killer of Sheep,” a film structured with short vignettes, was screened. The film originally premiered at the Whitney Museum of Modern Art in New York.
