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Twelve Filmmakers Tell the Stories of Portland’s Leafy Ceiling in Canopy Stories

Northwest Film Center Announces New Director

Amy Dotson will be filling the role vacated last year following the retirement of Bill Foster, who led the organization for almost four decades.

The Filmed Fragments of Seemingly Trivial Daily Life Build to an Offhanded Social History

Extra Ordinary: Short Films & Videos About Everyday Life, shown as part of NW Film Center’s ongoing Northwest Tracking series, which highlights the work of regional independent filmmakers, exhibits the other half of Perini’s oeuvre. Before she focused her lens on the lives of fellow Oregonians, Perini aimed her camera the opposite direction: inward.

Animation With Fallibility is What One Portland Director Aims For

“Animation these days can get so perfect,” says Heit, who lives in Portland and whose film work dating back to 1997 will be showcased Jan. 10 at NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. “I want that fallibility.”

A Portland Filmmaker Demonstrates How Political Opponents Can Build Trust

“I didn’t vote for Trump,” says Portland filmmaker Shilpa Sunthankar. “And I don’t agree with those that did. But I know many. They’re good people and I love them and they’re reasonable.” With the insurmountable political divide in our country, hearing a word like “reasonable” getting thrown around to describe the opposition can be jarring. But Sunthankar is being earnest. “There’s been a fracture,” she says. “People need to re-learn how to be, how to live with the other side.” Her new short film, Working Lunch, is an example of what it could look like if the two camps started to rebuild trust.

North of Blue is a Hypnotic Scene of Winter

North of Blue is like an abstract painting that’s been stretched into a 60-minute movie. If you’re having trouble imagining what that would look like, Joanna Priestley, a native Portlander and animator known for her short films, offers some sage advice for those unsure how to watch her first feature: “Sit back, relax and enjoy the journey.”

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Twelve Filmmakers Tell the Stories of Portland’s Leafy Ceiling in Canopy Stories

Northwest Film Center Announces New Director

The Filmed Fragments of Seemingly Trivial Daily Life Build to an Offhanded Social History

Animation With Fallibility is What One Portland Director Aims For

A Portland Filmmaker Demonstrates How Political Opponents Can Build Trust

North of Blue is a Hypnotic Scene of Winter

A Series of Experimental Shorts Challenges an Art Form Dominated by White Men

A Bloody Mary Festival, “The Color Purple,” and 9 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Sept. 19-24

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A New Documentary Explores the Life and Legacy of Portland Author Ursula K. Le Guin

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