2016 Portland Film Festival Announces Line-Up; 54 Feature Films; 89 Shorts Selected from Nearly 4000 Entries

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Published on Thursday, 11 August 2016 18:20

TRIBUTE: VISIONARIES

Screenings and discussions with icons of cinema, celebrating visionary filmmakers and their work. This year we celebrate two iconic screenwriters and two of their most accomplished works.

Choke / U.S. (Director: Clark Gregg), 2008

Includes screening of Fight Club 2 graphic novel trailer.

A sex-addicted con man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

Q&A with screenwriter / novelist Chuck Palahniuk.

Logan's Run / U.S. (Director: Michael Anderson), 1976

An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at the age of 30.

Q&A with screenwriter William F. Nolan

MILESTONES

A curated selection of classic films and crowd pleasers (many with Oregon connections.)

Aliens / U.S. (Director: James Cameron), 1979

The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Blue Velvet / U.S. (Director: David Lynch), 1986

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

The Fly / U.S. (Director: David Cronenberg), 1986

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

The Man Who Fell To Earth / United Kingdom (Director: Nicolas Roeg), 1976

An alien arrives on Earth and quickly sets about creating enough wealth to allow him to return to his own world.

My Own Private Idaho / U.S. (Director: Gus Van Sant), 1991, Shot in Oregon!

Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self-discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.

Stand By Me / U.S. (Director: Rob Reiner), 1986, Shot in Oregon!

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Short Circuit / U.S. (Director: John Badham), 1986, Shot in Oregon!

Number 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.

About the Portland Film Festival

Established in 2013, the Portland Film Festival is Oregon's largest film festival, and was named "one of the coolest film festivals in the world," by MovieMaker Magazine in 2014. It is a non-profit, year round organization dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and audiences, and to celebrating the power of a good story. The festival focuses on the people, ideas, technology, skills and artistry behind filmmaking, and provides both entertaining and educational opportunities for the public.

Previous and current festival partners include the City of Portland, Portland Parks & Recreation, Art Institute of Portland, Oregon Film: Oregon Governor's Office of Film and Television, Women in Film, Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA), Willamette Writers, SAG Aftra (Actor's Guild/Union), I.A.T.S.E. (Film Union), Directed by Women, and others.

Although the festival began in 2013, its history goes back to 2009, when the Portland Film Club was founded as a film club to bring film lovers together to view and discuss films. The club now boasts over 2300 members and is one of the largest movie clubs on the west coast. It screens typically one movie a week including new and independent features.