Behind the Olympia Curtain – April 2017
This year we wanted to pull back the political curtain and give our community a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes in Olympia. While it may sometimes seem like […]
Posts In: Legislative Updates
The 30-Day Special Session Has Begun and the Film Bill Is Still Alive!
On Friday, Governor Inslee announced what seemed to be inevitable—a special 30-day legislative session to continue the negotiations of the 2-year operating budget for the State of Washington (which officially […]
Join Us in Seattle on Thursday!
The current legislative session in Olympia is ending soon, so we thought it was a good time to update the community on the current status of the film bill—decidedly not […]
Entertain, Engage, Educate!
You don’t have to be following the news that closely to have heard that funding education is a big issue for our state this year. What may not be as obvious […]
Behind the Olympia Curtain – March 2017
This year we wanted to pull back the political curtain and give our community a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes in Olympia. While it may sometimes seem like […]
Here’s What Happened at Film Day 2017
Film Day 2017 kicked off under the domed ceiling of the Columbia Room in the lower level of the Washington State legislative building, where, by 9 am, hundreds of film professionals from across […]
Senate Bill on the Move & Help in the House
On Tuesday morning at the Water, Agriculture, Trade and Economic Development Committee hearing, Senate Bill 5502 (the bill to renew the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program) was voted out of this […]
Behind the Olympia Curtain – January 2017
This year, we wanted to pull back the political curtain and give our community a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes in Olympia. While it may sometimes seem like […]
The 2017 Legislative Session Launched 1/9: Learn How You Can Get Involved TODAY
The 2017 Legislative Session is HERE! Keep Film in WA is diving in and working hard to get the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program (MPCP) renewed. Read this blog post […]
ICYMI: Legislative Debrief Sessions
Last week Washington Filmworks hosted two legislative debrief sessions in Seattle and Spokane to discuss this year’s Keep Film in WA campaign. In case you missed it, we wanted to […]