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NORTHWEST FILM CENTER NON-PROFIT ORG 1219 SW PARK AVENUE U.S. POSTAGE PORTLAND, OR 97205 PAID PORTLAND, OR PERMIT NO. 664 T 21 T US G U A ! 17 E N U J SUMMER CLASSES & WORKSHOPS & CLASSES SUMMER ilm F of chool S NEW CZECH CINEMA CZECH NEW JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL FILM JEWISH PORTLAND PORTLAND 21 ST C ilm F enter enter JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2013 JUNE/JULY/AUGUST NW RT MUSEUM RT A ND A PORTL STAFF WELC O ME NORTHWEST FILM CENTER DIRECTOR: If you missed the School of Film’s packed May 1 premiere of the work produced in Project Viewfinder, BILL FOSTER EDUCATION DIRECTOR: you can read about this engaging community outreach project on our website in the Newsroom ELLEN THOMAS (newsroom.nwfilm.org) and find a link to where you can watch it yourself. The short films made by FILMMAKER SERVICES MANAGER: THOMAS PHILLIPSON a dozen young adults from Outside In, New Avenues for Youth, p:ear, and the Bud Clark Commons TV HARRY & ROSE MOYER EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER: Project not only tell moving stories about homelessness and transition on the streets of Portland, PAMELA MINTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES & but also offer compelling testimony to the power of film to give personal voice and communicate to NORTHWEST FILM CENTER MEMBERSHIP & SPONSORSHIP MANAGER: SCHOOL OF FILM KRISTY CONRAD diverse audiences. While learning about Project Viewfinder, you’ll also discover that the Newsroom is 934 SW SALMON STREET EXHIBITION PROGRAM ASSISTANT: MORGEN RUFF a rich resource no matter what your film interest, with articles, class descriptions, exhibition program ALL SCREENINGS TAKE PLACE, PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING ASSISTANT: trailers, interviews, community news, and more. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, NICK BRUNO AT THE EDUCATION MARKETING OFFICER: AARON SCHWARTZBORD Summer means that the Film Center’s classrooms are bursting with young media makers enrolled in NORTHWEST FILM CENTER MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANT: our Film Camps for Kids + Teens. Three hundred young filmmakers ages eight to 18 will be making WHITSELL AUDITORIUM SOPHIA MACKENZIE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM films and friends in over 25 classes. We’ll also be hosting K-12 teachers from around the state for our ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR: 1219 SW PARK AVENUE ANNA CRANDALL annual Media Arts Academy for Teachers, which gives them the tools to bring media making alive in EDUCATION SERVICES COORDINATORS: their own classrooms. MAILING ADDRESS (FOR ALL) JONATHAN DICK 1219 SW PARK AVENUE ANDREW PRICE PORTLAND, OR 97205 MILES SPRIESTMA If helping empower young voices through film resonates with you, funding a tuition scholarship, or EDUCATION PROGRAM ASSISTANTS: CASSIE COHN part of one, could offer a life-changing experience for a young person in need. Contributions received BALAZS HERTLIK STEPHANIE HOUGH through our website this summer will go directly to this important part of our service to the community. FELISHA LEDESMA HAZEL MALONE JARRATT TAYLOR Summer is also the time when we bear down on watching the latest work from regional artists in KAREN WENNSTROM preparation for November’s 40th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival and Fresh Film Northwest, our annual THEATRE MANAGER & PROJECTIONIST: MELINDA KOWALSKA showcase of regionally made films by teens ages 13 to 19. Festival entries are due August 1, and THEATRE STAFF: submission information is on the website at nwfilm.org/festivals. DAISIES P.16 LILY HUDSON JASON LONGWELL ERIK MCCLANAHAN Of course, summer means Top Down too, and we hope you’ll join us atop the Hotel deLuxe (SW 15th HELMY MEMBRENO NEW CZECH CINEMA ARIKA OGLESBEE at Yamhill) for some lively evenings of music, drink, and cinema alfresco. Indoors at the Whitsell PAGE 3 ILANA SOL MICHAEL STEEN Auditorium, look for New Czech Cinema, the Portland Jewish Film Festival, Global Lens, Northwest 21ST PORTLAND VERONICA VICHIT-VADAKAN JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL JOE VON APPEN Tracking, and films by Véréne Paravel, Jem Cohen, Les Blank, Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Roberto PAGE 4-5 LARISA ZIMMERMAN Rossellini, Andrei Tarkovsky, Vera Chytilová, and much, much more. NORTHWEST TRACKING OFFICE INTERNS & VOLUNTEERS: PAGE 6 ANDREW HASKELL CASEY HOELTING Enjoy. SCHOOL OF FILM DAVID JIMENEZ PAGE 7 NATASHA LOUIE MATTHEW SMITH FILM CAMP LISA WALDO Bill Foster FOR KIDS + TEENS THEATRE VOLUNTEERS: DIRECTOR CENTER PULLOUT YASUE ARAI NORTHWEST FILM CENTER JEAN BELLINGER SPECIAL SCREENINGS LIS COOPER PAGE 15-17 JEANNE DEVON GABRIELLE FOULKES GLOBAL LENS CONNIE GUIST PAGE 18 DOUGLAS HANES PAT HOLMES MISSION TOP DOWN: JESSE IIAMS-HAUSER ROOFTOP CINEMA LEAH ISAAC The Northwest Film Center is a non-profit regional media arts resource and service organization founded to encourage the PAGE 19 INGEBORG MUSSCHE JOHN O’FAOLAIN study, appreciation, and utilization of the moving image arts, to foster their artistic and professional excellence, and to help KAY OLSEN create a climate in which they may flourish. A DMI SSI ON NANDINI RANGANATHAN $9 GENERAL HANNAH VAN LOON AND MANY MORE $8 PAM MEMBERS, STUDENTS, SENIORS PRESENTING FILM WHITSELL AUDITORIUM—Located inside the Portland Art Museum, the Whitsell Auditorium serves as the primary $6 SILVER SCREEN CLUB FRIENDS PORTLAND ART MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR: venue for Film Center programs. Each year, the Film Center presents over 500 programs to over 65,000 people. ALL PROGRAMS ARE SINGLE ADMISSION, JIM WINKLER UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.DOUBLE FILM FESTIVALS—Annual film festivals include the Portland International Film Festival (February), Portland FEATURES ARE AN ADDITIONAL $3. VICE CHAIRS: RICHARD BROWN Jewish Film Festival (June), Reel Music Festival (October), Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (November), and SILVER S CREEN CLUB DIRECTORS, JANET GEARY PRODUCERS, BENEFACTORS & Fresh Film Northwest (ages 13-19, November). SUSTAINERS RECEIVE FREE NW FILM CENTER COMMITTEE: ADMISSION TO ALL REGULAR DON VAN WART, CHAIRMAN ADMISSION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING ALICE WIEWEL TEACHING FILM FESTIVALS. DICK RUBINSTEIN SCHOOL OF FILM—One of the largest community-based media arts programs in the country, the Film Center’s MARY HINCKLEY SEATS FOR ADVANCE TICKET AND DAVID MARGULIS School of Film offers intensive hands-on classes and workshops in film production to 1,500 emerging artists, SILVER SCREEN CLUB MEMBERS ARE LINDA ANDREWS HELD UNTIL 10 MINUTES BEFORE teachers, avocational adult learners, kids, and teens annually. Faculty members are award-winning media SHOWTIME, AT WHICH POINT ANY UNFILLED SEATS ARE RELEASED TO PORTLAND ART MUSEUM artists. Partnering higher education institutions co-offer college credit options in addition to the School’s THE PUBLIC. MARILYN H. & DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN, JR. DIRECTOR: Certificate in Film. BOX OFFICE OPENS ONE-HALF BRIAN FERRISO HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME. YOUNG FILMMAKERS OUTREACH—In K-12 classrooms, after-school settings, School of Film facilities, and on NW FILM CENTER location in the community, the Young Filmmakers Outreach Program promotes media literacy as a core skill SCRIP BOOKS: CORRESPONDENCE TO: for the next generation. Over 2,500 students are served annually—half of them low-income, minority, and/or $50 (10 TICKETS) NORTHWEST FILM CENTER underserved communities. 1219 SW PARK AVENUE ADVANCE PURCHASE AT THE PORTLAND, OR 97205 NORTHWEST FILM CENTER BOX OFFICE. SUPPORTING FILMMAKERS EMAIL: [email protected] IDENTIFICATION STATEMENT PHONE: 503-221-1156 FILMMAKER SERVICES—In addition to its exhibition and teaching opportunities for regional artists, the Film PUBLICATION TITLE: FAX: 503-294-0874 Center circulates traveling exhibition programs featuring work by regional artists, administers The Oregon Media NORTHWEST FILM CENTER Arts Fellowship, conducts the regional jurying of the Academy Student Film Awards, serves as a fiscal agent for MAY 2013 WWW.NWFILM.ORG ISSUE DATE: independent producers in need of non-profit sponsorship, and offers low-cost equipment access and consulting STATEMENT OF FREQUENCY: PUBLISHED 6 TIMES PER YEAR services to community producers—with over 750 artists served annually. AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS: NORTHWEST FILM CENTER PORTLAND ART MUSEUM THE NORTHWEST FILM CENTER IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, OREGON ARTS COMMISSION, 1219 SW PARK AVENUE OREGON CULTURAL TRUST, REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL, THE TED R. GAMBLE FILM ENDOWMENT, THE PAUL G. ALLEN FAMILY PORTLAND, OR 97205 FOUNDATION, THE JAMES F. AND MARION L. MILLER FOUNDATION, AND THE SUPPORT OF NUMEROUS CORPORATE AND EDUCATION ISSUE NUMBER: VOL. 41; ISSUE 3 PROGRAM SPONSORS, MEMBERS, & FRIENDS. PAGE 02 NORTHWEST FILM CENTER JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 2013 503-221-1156 WWW.NWFILM.ORG ALOIS NEBEL FLOWER BUDS THE HOUSE Czech filmmakers have long been recognized for their innova- tive contributions to international cinema. The legacy of the Czech New Wave, the period of stylistic experimentation and social critique that accompanied political and social reforms in mid-1960s Czechoslovakia, still resonates in a new gen- eration of voices offering skilled takes on diverse genres from comedy, gritty realist drama, and stylish period thrillers to animation and more. They share, however, a deft eye for lyric beauty and absurdist humor even among the most mundane NEW or difficult circumstances, as they probe social and economic conditions, the legacy of Communism, and questions of Czech identity and culture. We are pleased to present this six-film selection of influen- CZECH tial and emerging voices in Czech cinema in conjunction with the nationally touring program “Czech That Film” presented by CINEMA Staropramen. Our special thanks go to Michal Sedlacek, Consul General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles, for making JUN 8 SAT 6:30 PM JUN 9 SUN 6 PM their Portland presentation possible. FLOWER BUDS ALOIS NEBEL CZECH REPUBLIC 2012 CZECH REPUBLIC 2011 DIRECTOR: ZDENEˇK JIRÁSKÝ DIRECTOR: TOMÁŠ LUNÁK JUN 6 THURS 7 PM—VISITING ARTIST Winner of four top Czech film prizes, FLOWER BUDS is a grimly Based on the graphic novel trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír IN THE SHADOW comedic family drama set in a small, blue-collar town. Jarda Svejdík, this superbly atmospheric rotoscope animation employs noir- CZECH REPUBLIC 2012 finds his family on the brink of a breakdown with each member ish black-and-white images and an evocative soundtrack to portray DIRECTOR: DAVID ONDRˇÍCˆEK going in different directions.