From October 1 to 3, 2020, PIFF 2.0 will reimagine the final days of the 43rd Portland International Film Festival, presenting 10 films, talks and more.
Portland International Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Portland International Film Festival
SINCE: 1977
WHERE: Portland, OR, USA
WEBSITE: www.nwfilm.org
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: Drawing an audience of 38,000, the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is the biggest film event in Oregon, premiering more than 140 international shorts and feature films to Portland audiences each February.
Portland International Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup of Over 120 Films
The 43rd Portland International Film Festival announced the lineup featuring 10 days of films, and special events from March 6 to 15, 2020.
2020 Portland Film Festival Reveals First Wave of Films, THE CLIMB, THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT, FIRST COW
The 43rd Portland International Film Festival announced the first wave of films including The Climb,The Giverny Document (Single Channel), and First Cow.
WOMAN AT WAR, OUR BODIES OUR DOCTORS Win Audience Awards at 42nd Portland International Film Festival
Woman at War (Iceland/France/Ukraine) by director Benedikt Erlingsson took the top audience prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 42nd Portland International Film Festival.
Jan Haaken’s OUR BODIES OUR DOCTORS to Premiere at Portland International Film Festival on International Women’s Day
Jan Haaken’s latest documentary feature, Our Bodies, Our Doctors will premiere at the 2019 Portland International Film Festival on International Women’s Day.
42nd Portland International Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with AMATEURS
The Northwest Film Center revealed the 42nd Portland International Film Festival lineup. This year’s Festival begins on Thursday, March 7th and will run through Thursday, March 21st.
AMATEURS, MAYA, TRANSIT, VIRUS TROPICAL Among First Wave of Films for 2019 Portland International Film Festival
The 42nd Portland International Film Festival, begins on Thursday, March 7th and will run through Thursday, March 21st, revealed the first wave of titles at the festival, including the Opening Night selection.
“Ice Mother” and “Science Fair” Win Top Audience Awards at 41st Portland International Film Festival
Ice Mother (Czech Republic) directed by Bohdan Sláma and Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster’s Science Fair (United States) snagged the top audience accolades at the 41st Portland International Film Festival.
Portland International Film Festival Unveils 2018 PIFF After Dark Lineup | Trailers
This year’s 41st Portland International Film Festival will once again include the popular, boundary pushing fare that constitutes the PIFF After Dark program, showcasing late night movies
2018 Portland International Film Festival Unveils Oregon Shorts Programs Lineup
This year’s 2018 Portland International Film Festival’s will present two programs of short films by Oregon-based makers highlighting 14 new projects
2018 Portland International Film Festival Reveals First Wave of Films + Trailers, to Open with THE DEATH OF STALIN
The Portland International Film Festival revealed the first wave of film titles for the upcoming 41st edition which begins on Thursday, February 15th and will run through Thursday, March 1, 2018.
TRUMAN, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI Win Top Prizes at Portland International Film Festival
Truman, I Am Not Your Negro, My Life as a Zucchini, and Incendio were awarded the top prizes at the 40th Portland International Film Festival.
Portland International Film Festival Announces 2017 After Dark Lineup
The After Dark program of the 40th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) will showcase late night movies like Emiliano Rocha Minter’s We Are the Flesh, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s (Pulse) Daguerrotype, André Øvredal’s (Troll Hunter) The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Portland International Film Festival to Open with Oscar Nominated Documentary I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
The 40th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF XL) will open on Thursday, February 9th and will run through the 25th of the month.
2016 Portland Film Festival Winners, SOME FREAKS and JACKSON Win Top Awards
The 2016 Portland Film Festival announced the winners of this year’s awards, and SOME FREAKS and JACKSON are the big winners.
A WAR, LANDFILL HARMONIC, SONITA Voted Audience Award Winners at Portland International Film Festival
The Audience Award winners have been revealed for the 2016 Portland International Film Festival. Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is A WAR (Denmark) directed by Tobias Lindholm. (pictured above)
Portland Intl Film Fest Reveals Dates and Opening Night Film
WILD TALES
The 38th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 38) begins on Thursday, February 5th and will run through the 21st; and opens with Argentinean director Damián Szofrón’s Oscar-nominated film WILD TALES.
Portland International Film Festival Unveils 2015 Poster
The Portland International Film Festival released the poster, designed by Sandstrom Partners, for its 38th annual edition taking place February 5 to 21, 2015.
37th Portland International Film Festival Audience Awards; TWO LIVES Wins Best Narrative Feature, FINDING VIVIAN MAIER Wins Best Documentary
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
The 37th Portland International Film Festival announced this year’s Alaska Airlines Audience Award winners voted on by the 38,000+ attendees on each of the 104 features and 24 shorts screened at the festival. Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is TWO LIVES (Germany) directed by George Maas and Judith Kaufmann. FINDING VIVIAN MAIER (United States) directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel was selected as the Best Documentary Feature. Maloof and Siskel also took home the audience award for Best New Director Award. The PIFF 37 audience chose ERNEST AND CELESTINE (France) as this year’s Best Animated Feature. This year’s Short Film Awards go to directors Asa Blanck and Johan Palmgren for their film GRANDPA AND ME AND A HELICOPTER TO HEAVEN (Sweden) and Irene Taylor Brodsky’s ONE LAST HUG AND A FEW SMOOCHES: THREE DAYS AT GRIEF CAMP was the recipient of the Oregon Short Film Award.
After Dark Program Returns for 2014 Portland International Film Festival
NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN
After taking a break during last year’s Festival, the popular After Dark program will return for this year’s Portland International Film Festival with SIX midnight movies. Among the film selections are new cult director Ti West’s (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL) THE SACRAMENT, the “bold, metaphysical sci-fi satire” THE CONGRESS from animator Ari Folman (WALTZ WITH BASHIR), Zack Parker’s harrowing thriller PROXY, James Ward Byrkit’s “mind-bending sci-fi thriller” COHERENCE, Katrin Gebbe’s “intense and gripping first feature” NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN, and Alex van Warmerdam’s “dark, mischievous, and unsettling fable” BORGMAN.
BELLE and Master Animator Hayao Miyazaki’s THE WIND RISES to Open 2014 Portland International Film Festival
The 37th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 37) opens on February 6th with two films – THE WIND RISES, the final work from master animator Hayao Miyazaki, will screen at at OMSI and Cinema 21, and the critically-acclaimed feature BELLE, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Emily Watson, and Tom Wilkinson screens at the Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum. The festival will run through the February 22nd, 2014.
‘Potiche’ to open 34th Portland International Film Festival
The 34th Portland International Film Festival opens Thursday, February 10, at the Newmark Theater in the Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA) with the French film Potiche from director François Ozon (Under the Sand, Swimming Pool, 8 Women). This light-hearted, sharp-tongued comedy stars two of the most acclaimed and beloved French actors of all time, Catherine Deneuve (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Belle de Jour, Indochine) and Gérard Depardieu (The Last Metro, Jean de Florette, Cyrano […]