OFFICE 934 SW SALMON ST MAIL 1219 SW PARK AVE PORTLAND, OR 97205 TEL 503.221.1156 VISIT NWFILM.ORG

Northwest Tracking The Film Center’s Northwest Tracking program showcases the work of independent filmmakers living and working in the Northwest—, British Columbia, , , , and —whose work reflects the vibrant cinematic culture of the region. Whether presenting single artist retrospectives, new features, documentaries, or inspired collections of short works, Northwest Tracking offers testimony to the creativity and talent in our flourishing media arts community. Join us November 9-15 for the 43rd Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, the Center’s annual survey of new moving image art produced by the region’s filmmakers. Northwest Tracking is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Thursday, September 8, 7 pm Skips Stones for Fudge, Idaho, 2016 dir. Ryan Seitz (52 mins., Documentary, DCP)

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Independent Film Festival Boston, Skips Stones for Fudge follows Russ “Rock Bottom” Byars and Kurt “Mountain Main” Steiner in their quest for stone skipping glory. Tested by physical ailments, emotional hardships and the rise of young talent, these obscure legends of an obscure sport fight to cement their place in the record books. Steiner holds the current record (40), but Byars is the world champion. All comes to a head as the two travel to the 2014 Pennsylvania Stone Skipping Tournament in Franklin, PA.

Thursday, September 15, 6:30 pm Women in Film Portland Member Screening, Oregon, 2016 dir. Various (70 mins with networking event before screening, Digital)

The Northwest Film Center is proud to present a screening of films from members of the meet up group Women in Film Portland. The screening will be preceded by an open networking event in the Andrée H. Stevens room next to the Whitsell auditorium at 6:30pm. Come learn more about Women in Film Portland, whose mission is to elevate women in film through education, outreach, and professional development, then watch a program of fantastic films from some of the group’s members including: Marilyn Zornado and Barbara Tetenbaum’s new movie French Film, an animated film using a Vandercook Press combining imagery from an 1890’s fitness book and language exercises from French text books the directors used in high school; Joan Gratz’s lush new film Primal Flux; and Joanna Priestley’s Split Ends.

OFFICE 934 SW SALMON ST MAIL 1219 SW PARK AVE PORTLAND, OR 97205 TEL 503.221.1156 VISIT NWFILM.ORG Friday, October 14, 7 pm Pillars of Portland, Oregon, 1983 dir. Tom Chamberlin (102 mins., Soap opera, Digital)

Twenty-five years before Portlandia, the idea of a television show capturing the zeitgeist of life in the Rose City became reality when author Larry Colton’s weekly column in Willamette Week, “Pilllars of Portland,” was fashioned into a pilot for a proposed weekly TV series. The characters were stereotypes of their Portland neighborhoods: MAC Club member Wes Hills, bookstore guy Grant Parks, snobby lawyer Al Ameda, wack author Sandy Burnside, along with the likes of Marshall Lovejoy, Laurel Hearst, and Elliot King. With a cast and crew made up by a sizable contingent of Portland’s film and theater scene, Pillars was a singular community happening, and when it aired as a special on KOIN 6 on December 14, 1983, the anticipation was high. But most found it an amateurish mess, and the production—perhaps the first regionally produced television soap opera in the nation–was quickly assigned to the vault, the ambition of the failed project little appreciated. Rarely seen since, tonight we’re joined by many of the creators for a special screening and distanced appraisal, including director Tom Chamberlin, author Larry Colton, cinematographers Jim Blashfield and Eric Edwards, lowly crew member , and many more. Co-sponsored by Willamette Week.

Thursday, October 20, 7pm Klamath Independent Film Festival Best Of Program, Oregon, 2015 dir. Various (90 mins. Digital)

Showcasing films made in Southern Oregon and Northern California, the Klamath Independent Film Festival is presented each year by the Klamath Film Makers Group, a non- profit organization whose mission is to gather local filmmakers, and to nurture and promote a local filmmaking industry in and around the Klamath Basin. This program includes Ross Williams’ Self Inflicted, “a darkly comic look at a sweet masochist who is looking for love in all the wrong places”—dailygrindouse; Mig Windows’ Not a Bench, grand jury prize winner at the 2015 festival about an introvert meeting an extrovert on a park bench; and Klamath Film Makers Group member Jesse Widener’s Bare the Sun, amongst a parade of other wonderful short films. Klamath Film Makers Group President Robin Smith will be in attendance to introduce the program.