2026 Vashon Island Film Festival preview A conversation with Vashon Film Institute president Mark Sayre

The fifth annual Vashon Island Film Festival kicks off August 13 with a gala screening of director Matt Johnson’s Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony and concludes on August 16 with presentation of the 2026 Tribeca award-winner Labrador — Autopsy of Silence directed by Rodrigue Jean. In between are a series of shorts, narrative features, and documentaries, all of them showcased in the island’s iconic, single-screen movie palace, the Vashon Theater. This year’s VIFF also boasts the return of the popular ShortCUTZ p