The Post Alley Film Festival Announces the 2014 winners
Seattle, WA (February 17, 2014) – The Last Light has received the Audience Choice Award from the Post Alley Film Festival, a prestigious festival held annually at the SIFF Film Center in Seattle.
PAFF originated in Post Alley in Pike Place Market, Seattle. Its original venue, The Market Theater, was a stable for horses belonging to the farmers who began the Pike Place Public Market back in 1907. The Economy Building, where the Market Theater resides, was later sectioned into warehouses. In 1977, after Pike Place Public Market was saved from development, the Pike Place Public Development Authority, in an effort to encourage an evening trade, leased a warehouse space to cinema entrepreneurs who built a movie house. The house was outfitted with antique movie theatre seats, a brass front door from a New York theatre, and believe it or not, carpet remnants from the original New York City’s Radio City Music Hall lobby. Unfortunately, these cinema speculators were unable to turn a profit and the cinema closed circa 1989. It became home to Unexpected Productions, improv school and theater, and Seattle Theatresports™ in 1991, and home of Post Alley Film Festival from 2003 to 2009.
Proceeds for this film festival benefit Women in Film Seattle, a non-profit organization dedicated to: advancing opportunities for women in film, television, and digital media; working toward pay parity; and to promoting respect for women on and off set and screen. Proceeds go toward presenting WIF’s seminars, workshops, events, the Professional Grant, community support, and continuing Post Alley Film Festival.
