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Come join us on Sunday, February 24 for this amazing event benefiting The Northwest Film Center. Many thanks to Portland Monthly for making this event possible and to St-Germain, Hotel deLuxe, and KINK.FM for additional support.
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A mere eight days into the Festival and the PIFF 36 screenings are coming fast and furious. With 10 screenings happening just this evening, it was difficult to choose only one film to highlight, but we ended up landing on MADRID, 1987 as our “trailer of the day.” Check out the trailer below and we think you’ll agree that this is one charming looking film.
Our PIFF 36 screenings of MADRID, 1987 are co-sponsored and organized by PRAGDA with support from the Embassy of Spain, Washington; American Airlines; and the Secretary of State for Culture-Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport. For more info on how to see it at the Festival, follow this link to our PIFF 36 microsite.
This is the place for the latest updates to the 36th Portland International Film Festival exhibition schedule. The PIFF microsite may not reflect the latest updates, so please bookmark this page and check back often. Later in the Festival, the ENCORE SCREENINGS will be listed here.
If you have questions between the times of 12-6 p.m., please call our Advanced Ticket Outlet at 503-276-4310.
Theater Changes:
◦ 2/18 4:30PM Lloyd Center 4 FLICKER New Theater: Lloyd Center 10
◦ 2/18 5:15PM Lloyd Center 10 HANNAH ARENDT New Theater: Lloyd Center 4
Time Changes:
◦ 2/18 4:30PM Lloyd Center 10 FLICKER New Time: 5:15PM
◦ 2/18 5:15PM Lloyd Center 4 HANNAH ARENDT New Time: 4:30PM
◦ 2/18 7:00PM Lloyd Center 10 LA PIROGUE New Time: 7:45PM
◦ 2/18 7:45PM Lloyd Center 4 KEEP SMILING New Time: 7:00PM
◦ 2/18 2:15PM Lloyd Center 4 ENGLISH VINGLISH New Time: 1:30PM
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“While Michel Hazanavicius’s Oscar winner, THE ARTIST, was a playful valentine to pre-talkies Hollywood, Spanish writer-director Berger’s inventive Andalusian tale is a love letter to 1920s European silent film, effortlessly mixing humor and melodrama in delightful fashion.”—Hollywood Reporter
(Portland, OR) – Opening this year’s 36th Portland International Film Festival on Thursday, February 7, 2013 is Spain’s submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, BLANCANIEVES, a silent-set reworking of the Brothers Grimm fairytale “Snow White,” offset by punchy Flamenco rhythms and full of imagination. Due to scheduling difficulties, THE SAPPHIRES (Australia, director Wayne Blair) will be screening instead on Friday, February 8 and Sunday, February 10. Over the last 35 years, the Festival has provided diverse and innovative films to an audience of more than 35,000 annually from throughout the Northwest. [Read more...]
Whether you’re a runner, history buff, filmmaker or you just simply have an adventurous spirit, the feature film The Mountain Runners by Todd Warger and Brian Young of Mt. Vernon, WA is sure to take you along for a wild ride into the wilderness.
This documentary explores the history of the legendary Mt. Baker Marathon (1911-1913) and the unique stories of the select few young men who dared to take part in the trying yet glorified 120-mile race from downtown Bellingham to the icy summit of Mt. Baker and back. With $100 in gold coins and the coveted Herald Cup up for grab, the men were motived to win the race, but there was something else that kept the strongest of the pack going when the logical choice would have been to quit. While the race only lasted three years due to the danger it presented to the runners – treacherous terrain, blazing blizzards, and stripped down model T’s toppling over pot holes – along with a string of bad press, it went on to inspire Bellingham’s widely popular Ski to Sea race, which still takes place today.
The film will screen as part of the Northwest Tracking Series at the Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum on Thursday, January 24 at 7 p.m.
Can’t wait for the screening? Check out the trailer here:
The NW Film Center and Search Party are happy to announce that legendary guitarist and composer Marc Ribot is coming to the Whitsell Auditorium January 11, 2013. He will perform live accompaniment for a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length film, THE KID, preceded by a short set before the film. As Reel Music fans know, Ribot was originally scheduled for a festival performance last October during Reel Music 30 and had to cancel due to a family emergency. We’re very pleased to be able to reschedule this amazing musician!
(NOTE: TICKETS GO ON SALE DECEMBER 21)
Ribot has been just about everywhere and collaborated with just about everyone, from stints playing guitar with Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas, and Chuck Berry, to the downtown Manhattan avant-garde scene, to high-profile work with Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, Ribot’s work can also be heard in films such as WALK THE LINE, THE DEPARTED, and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. Ribot’s work has touched many styles, including no wave, free jazz, and Cuban music.
THE KID is Charlie Chaplin’s sincere and touching tale of the down-but-never-out Tramp (Chaplin) and the adorable ragamuffin (six-year-old Jackie Coogan) who, rescued as a foundling and raised in the School of Hard Knocks by the Tramp, is his inseparable sidekick. Runtime: 60 mins.
Special Admission: $18 general, $14 Silver Screen members – TICKETS GO ON SALE DECEMBER 21
Location: Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNseEVlaCl4
Join us on January 11 and ring in the New Year with Marc Ribot.
Sponsored by MusicFest NW, Music Millennium, and OPB Music.
Lights, camera, teens—in action! The NW Film Center is proud to debut the short PSA titled, “Don’t Throw Trash in the Bay,” by Branson Laszlo of Wheeler, OR as part of the teen division of the 39th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival—Fresh Film Northwest.
In the PSA, a teen boy is walking along a scenic bay while munching on a granola bar. After he casually tosses the wrapper into the bay another teen boy abruptly appears out of the brush, darts over to him, and drenches him with a bucket of water. The boy then proceeds to explain to the perpetrator the harm of littering through drawings of a collection of kooky caricatures.
This upbeat and humorous short is sure to deliver a memorable message about how littering affects our oceans and bays all while making you laugh out loud in your seat.
Along with Laszlo, 19 other talented teen filmmakers from our Oregon and Washington neighborhoods will present winning works ranging from documentaries, narratives, and PSAs. They will also showcase their films, accept awards, and receive support and recognition from their peers, family, friends, and the community. Fresh Film Northwest will be held at the Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium on Saturday, November 17 at 1 p.m.
Can’t wait for Saturday? See the film online here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zctyOGJNio
With only a few days left until the Opening Night of the 39th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, we bet you’re eager to start meeting filmmakers and to take in some of the best works our beautiful region has to offer. The full schedule is online and schedules have hit the streets but we know you like to look at the program the old fashioned way too! So here is the NW Fest 39 program in a PDF format right here! See you on Opening Night!
Click HERE: 39th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival program
Lend us your ears! And take a listen to the REEL MUSIC 30 Spotify playlist!
Enjoy!
What better way to get in the spirit of election season than to gain an understanding of human rights issues around the world by coming to Voices In Action: Human Rights on Film.
Voices In Action is an eye-opening film series that introduces its audience to a wide range of injustice in the world from Israel, India, South America, Egypt, and right back to our own backyard.
Last night was the premiere of the NW Film Center’s Voices In Action: Human Rights on Film. “Radio Unnamable,” a documentary about DJ Bob Fass for WBAI, the late night radio in New York City that gives its citizens a voice over the airwaves, was the kick off the thought-provoking series with many more justice seeking films to follow this month and next.
Come to the Whitsell Auditorium to see how these activists triumph over stereotypes, cultural indifference, chemically processing tyrants, and gain understanding of life through their eyes.
