The Olympia Film Society (OFS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, was founded in 1980. Since then, support and funding from all kinds of people have helped us become a fixture in the Olympia arts community, bringing a broad range of films, live performances and educational media programs to the South Puget Sound.
We present film screenings and other events seven days a week inside the Capitol Theater, a grand old 750-seat venue built in 1924, which we lease. Daily operations at OFS are shared between a small paid staff collective and a committed team of nearly 125 volunteer members.
Since 1983, OFS has hosted the annual Olympia Film Festival, a ten day, around-the-clock extravaganza of films, guests, performances and educational workshops. Even though the festival brings visitors from around the world to Olympia, the effort that goes into putting it together is completely local. It attracts an audience of between 5,000 and 7,000 attendees each year.