Three Dollar Bill Wraps Up Successful Translations Festival

May 18, 2016• byMichael Strangeways

Opening night for the 11th annual Translations Film Festival at the Egyptian Cinema. Photo: Seattle Memories.com

Apparently, Three Dollar Bill Cinema had a very successful 11th annual Translations Film Festival…per yesterday’s press release, they happily crowed they surpassed attendance goals by 150%. The four day festival wrapped up this past Sunday, May 15th and the audience award winners for Translations 11 are:

Best Documentary Feature:

MAJOR! (Directed by Annalise Ophelian)

Best Narrative Feature:

HER STORY (Directed by Sydney Freeland)

Best Documentary Short:

ONE WORD: PASSING (Produced by Annesh Sheth for cut.com)

Best Narrative Short:

STEALTH (Directed by Bennett Lasseter)

Best Shorts Series:

WE’VE BEEN AROUND (Directed by Rhys Ernst)

And, you still have time to snag one of Translation’s awesome t-shirts which at $15, are a GREAT deal:

Did you miss out on getting a Translations 2016 t-shirt? Fear naught!

We are special ordering additional T-shirts just for you. T-shirts will be available to order through our website until the end of May.

Purchase yours now! Orders must be placed by midnight on May 31.

Also, check out Some Lovely Photos from this year’s festival HERE!

AND, look out for Three Dollar Bill’s next big events. Coming up in June, they partner up with Seattle Pridefest for the 2nd annual “Twist of Pride Film Festival” which runs June 15 through 19 at various locations around Seattle. More details on that festival in an upcoming post.

Then, this summer, look out for Three Dollar Bill’s annual outdoor movie screening series in Cal Anderson Park.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.