About Us

Anderson Island Films was never meant to be just a store. It started as a name scribbled down during a 48-hour film challenge in 2018—a placeholder for a dream that wouldn’t let go. A dream born from a quiet, nearly vacant island in the southern reaches of the Puget Sound.

Years ago, we bought land there for next to nothing. Just woods, water, and the thought of someday building a cabin. A darkroom in the trees. Long walks with a camera slung over the shoulder. Maybe even a small, strange film festival where people gather to watch grainy reels under the stars. Nothing has been built there yet—but the idea stuck, and it carried me here.

Anderson Island Films is about keeping that dream alive while keeping film alive. We sell rare and expired stocks, re-spooled cinema film, and one-off pieces of merch for the analog-obsessed. But more than that, we make things—photography, cinematography, design, and visual experiments—driven by the same restless creativity that started all this.

This isn’t a faceless shop. It’s a personal project, a slow-burning fire, a promise that someday the island and the dream will meet in the middle. Until then, Anderson Island Films is a home for anyone chasing images the old way—grain, silver, and everything that lingers after the shutter clicks. – i.a.