Portland International Film Festival
The 30th annual Portland International Film Festival started on Friday. It runs until February 24th. I recommended you go see a movie.
I just got back from Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce's push to end slavery throughout the British kingdom. Absolutely top notch. I would easily say this was one of the best movies I've seen in a really long time. It plays again Thursday at 8:15. If you don't have tickets, show up early, early.
A lot of movies sell out early. To ensure you have a ticket, you can purchase them online, or PIFF has a ticket office inside the Portland Art Museum that is open 1-7pm daily (I believe). I already loaded up on tickets.
The two movies from Argentina look good. Also, the Iraqi movie seems very interesting. Explore their website and va voir un film international!
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February 11, 2007 |
Jenson Hagen
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Posted by: Jeff Alworth | Feb 12, 2007 8:29:18 AM
I'm with you Jenson--this is one of the best events on Portland's annual arts calendar, and they did a terrible job of promoting it this year. I saw five movies this weekend, including two with pretty interesting political content. That's one thing about foreign movies--they're way less reluctant to go political.
The most interesting was called "Offside," from Iran. It featured a fairly benign topic--women trying to sneak into the World Cup qualifier between the home country and Bahrain. But in they mild way, these women were being remarkably subversive. A good antidote also for Americans who think they know something about Iran because of the US propaganda machine.
I saw movies from Poland, Romania, New Zealand, Iran, and South Korea--it was like a world tour in two days. Fantastic.