2017 Events

SATURDAY, JULY 1st, 2017

5-7pm: FILMMAKERS’ RECEPTION at The Electric Lounge  (sponsored by Washington FilmWorks)

Visiting filmmakers and VIPs are invited for wine-tastings, nibbles and networking at Walla Walla’s happiest two hours. 

10pm:  WALLA WALLA AFTER DARK: THE CRUSHENING

at the Gesa Powerhouse Theatre

The weird, the wild, the bawdy, the bizarre come together in a special, adults-only program, hosted by Shriek’s inimitable movie-maven, Heather Marie Bartels. Grab a glass of wine and try not to scream.

Films include:

  • NSFWHALE

  • RUBBER HEART

  • VITAMINS FOR LIFE

  • HOLD ME (CA CAW CA CAW)

  • GREAT CHOICE

  • CATSEYE

  • IN THIS ECONOMY

  • THE CLEANSING HOUR

  • COFFEE VIRGIN

  • HOT DOG HANDS, DEATH METAL

SUNDAY, JULY 2nd, 2017

5-7pm: FILMMAKERS’ RECEPTION at The Electric Lounge (sponsored by Washington FilmWorks)

Visiting filmmakers and VIPs are invited for wine-tastings, nibbles and networking at Walla Walla’s happiest two hours. 

7pm:  WALLA WALLA MOVIE CRUSH CHALLENGE

WORLD PREMIERE! In honor of this inaugural edition of the WWMC, we asked ten of our favorite filmmakers/filmmaking teams to create brand-new shorts in response to this prompt: Your first crush.The only other parameter was that these movies could be no longer than seven minutes. (NOTE: no one, including the organizers of this festival, will have seen these shorts until they hit the screen. And, who knows if they will be seen again. This is truly a World Premiere event.)

New films by:

The Adams Family

Genevieve Anderson,

Wendy Jo Carlton

Rick Castaneda

Mtume Gant

Jadoliv Studios

Josh Lunden

Joshua Seftel

Jacob Strunk

Caveh Zahedi

8pm: THE BEST OF THE WALLA WALLA MOVIE CRUSH & AWARDS CEREMONY

The very best films of the inaugural Walla Walla Move Crush — as selected by a jury of internationally-acclaimed filmmakers and Curator Warren Etheredge — will screen prior to our Closing Night Ceremony during which the winners of the Best Short Narrative, Best Animated Short and Best Short Documentary prizes will be announced. Winners will receive a hand-crafted award designed by local metalsmith Paul Good.