Barely more than a couple of months after its filming, “Glampire” made its debut at the 25th annual Port Townsend Film Festival. As someone who lurked behind the scenes observing while it was shot, I’d consider the final product proof it was worth the investment.

The establishing aerial views of Port Townsend left me mystified as to why the Hastings building hasn’t been featured on screen more often. The ensuing story stayed cute, clever and brisk, much like leading lady Taniyah Elmore’s tirelessly chatty performance as a social media influencer.

As screenwriters Jordan Lucas and Winda Benedetti have said, “Glampire” is a generation gap tale taken to deliberately absurd extremes. Elmore’s trend-tracking protagonist helps modernize and glamorize a decrepit vampire (played by Tony Doupe) who, like a number of older folks, has long since retreated into himself.

An especially creative and visually compelling sequence sees our out-of-touch count recounting his origins through the use of shadow-puppetry, something that must have qualified as avant-garde storytelling technology when he first encountered it.

Our immortal creature of the night’s makeover montage of jump-cuts is rendered with a fittingly cartoonish flair, while the conclusion of his relationship with his would-be discoverer reminded me of the grim fable of the scorpion and the frog, meaning it’s likely too much of a reach to expect a predator who’s watched centuries pass to change their nature overnight.

I look forward to subsequent short screenplay competitions sponsored as part of ongoing programing by the festival.