What Our Directors Are Saying About CASCADIA

Listen to what the Burton sisters, Ursula, Maria and Jennifer, 2023 Festival directors and producer, have to say about their experience at CASCADIA and why our festival is important to them. Donate now to CASCADIA’s Centennial Circle to help support the 2024 festival and women filmmakers from around the world like the Burton sisters. Or mail a check to CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival, 1050 Larrabee Ave., Suite 104, #810, Bellingham, WA. 98225.

Now Accepting Script Studio Submissions!

CASCADIA will select four unproduced short film scripts of 20 pages or less will be selected for the festival’s Script Studio to be presented during the festival next spring on Sunday, April 28. Submit your entry through our Film F estival page here.

Book Your Hotel Room Now for 2024 Festival!

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Each year, CASCADIA partners with local hotels to offer special discounted room block rates during our film festival. Festival hotel partners will be announced as they become available. Book your room with our festival hotel partner Four Points Sheraton here!

Our Mission

To present an annual international film festival showcasing films directed by women.
To provide educational opportunities relating to the viewing, making, and distribution of films.
To promote Bellingham, Whatcom County and the surrounding Pacific Northwest area as a destination for filmmakers and film enthusiasts.