THE NORT HWEST FILM CENTER / PORTLAND ART M USE UM PRESENTS 3 6 TH PORTLA N D INTERNA TIONA L FILM FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY: THE OREGONIA N / R E G A L CINEMA S F E BRU A RY 7–23, 2013 WELCOME Welcome to the Northwest Film Center’s 36th annual showcase of new world cinema. Like each November’s Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, which celebrates the creativity and vision of artists in the region’s community, the Portland International Film Festival seeks to explore the diversity of not only the art of film, but of the world around us. On a larger level the Festival also connects community, bringing together culturally diverse audiences, a remarkable cross-section of cinematic voices, public and private arts funders, corporate sponsors, global film industry members, hundreds of individual volunteers, and thousands of audience members. This fabulous ecology not only brings the Festival to life, but also plays a sustaining role in the year-round exhibition, education, and artist service programs that manifest the Film Center’s mission. All of us at the Film Center wish that the recognitions in the program and onscreen could better convey our deep appreciation for the generous investment. On that note also go my thanks for the incredible work and creativity of the Film Center’s staff. This year, we welcome a host of new partners including Mercedes-Benz of Beaverton, Red Giant, King Estate Winery, Stella Artois, and Chipotle, who join dozens of sponsors that have been with the Festival for many years, if not for decades. We hope you will let all of our sponsors—old and new—know about your Festival experience and the collective appreciation for their involvement. Finally, we hope that, no matter the reasons you are initially drawn to them, this year’s 136 films—93 features and 43 shorts— reward with fresh surprise and discovery and that you’ll share your comments about the films and the Festival as you vote in the Alaska Airlines Audience Awards. Enjoy. Steep. BILL FOSTER, Director Northwest Film Center FESTIVAL SPONSORS 36TH PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 3 OSCAR SUBMISSIONS (Italy); More Than Honey (Switzerland); FILM FOR FAMILIES The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (Great Britain); PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS This year’s Festival features the Portland Film lovers from nine to 90 will be charmed Two Years At Sea (Great Britain); Alien Boy premieres of 19 films submitted for the Best by these award-winning films suitable for (US); American Winter (US); A Fierce Green Foreign Language Film Oscar, including: younger viewers depending on subject NEW DIRECTORS Fire (US); How to Make Money Selling Drugs Lore (Australia), Our Children (Belgium), interest and subtitle reading ability. Family- (US); La Camioneta (US/Mexico); Love, Among the surprises in PIFF every year War Witch (Canada), No (Chile), In the Shadow friendly Festival films include: Old Dog Marilyn (US); and Leviathan (US/France). is finding exciting new cinematic voices. (Czech Republic), (Finland), (China), (France), (India), Purge Keep Our thanks go to The Paul G. Allen Family The Painting Barfi! While this year’s Festival has its share of (Georgia), (Greece), (India), Smiling Unfair World Foundation for their support of these films. English Vinglish A Letter to Momo new works by established masters—Ann Hui, A Simple Life (Hong Kong), Just the Wind ( Japan), The Last Shepherd (Italy), Kauwboy Alain Resnais, Ken Loach, Jan Troell, (Hungary), Barfi! (India), Caesar Must Die (Netherlands), La Pirogue (Senegal), and Margarethe von Trotta, Fatih Akin, Sally (Italy), Our Homeland (Japan), 80 Million 3 Million (Uruguay). Thanks to The Safeway Potter, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Jan (Poland), Blood of My Blood (Portugal), Foundation for supporting this programing. Hrebejk, Pablo Trapero, Thomas Vinterberg, Beyond the Hills (Romania), White Tiger ANIMATED WORLDS Kim Ki-duk, Olivier Assayas, and Werner (Russia), Blancanieves (Spain), and Pieta Herzog, to name but a few—and new films (South Korea). Our thanks go to The James In addition to the many award-winning by bright talents like Carlos Reygadas, F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation for animated films in the Short Cuts programs, Cate Shortland, Ulrich Seidl, Xavier Dolan, their support of these films. this year’s Festival includes four animated Cristian Mungiu, Pablo Larraín, Sophie features that have charmed audiences world- Fiennes, Ben Wheatley, and Marco Tullio wide. The selections include Tomáš Lunák’s HISPANIC FILM SHOWCASE Giordana, discovering new directors is part Alois Nebel (Czech Republic), Jean-François The Festival and Portland audiences have of the Festival’s delight too. Looking toward SHORT CUTS Laguionie’s The Painting (France), Hiroyuki long had an abiding interest in Hispanic the next generation, the intriguing new works Okiura’s A Letter to Momo ( Japan), and Ignacio films and filmmakers. This year’s program by 21 first-time directors reveal a wealth of This year’s Festival features five programs Ferreras’s Wrinkles (Spain). Our thanks to has 18 diverse new films from Argentina, new international talent. featuring 40 memorable snapshots—animated, LAIKA for their support of these films. Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Among the 21 filmmakers and films eligible live-action, documentary, experimental, and Uruguay, and the United States that include for this year’s New Director Audience Award narrative—from across the world, including works by both emerging and established are: Benjami Ávila, Clandestine Childhood one program highlighting the outstanding talents. Our thanks to the many cultural (Argentina); Wayne Blair, The Sapphires short work of Oregon filmmakers. Thanks partners who have helped bring these films (Australia); Song Fang, Memories Look At Me to Red Giant for supporting these programs. GLOBAL CLASSROOM to Portland. (China); William Vega, La Sirga (Colombia); The Festival’s Global Classroom program Tomáš Lunák, Alois Nebel (Czech Republic); is a point of introduction for the next Rusudan Chkonia, Keep Smiling (Georgia); VISITING ARTISTS generation of cinema lovers. With support Marten Persiel, This Ain’t California (Germany); from The James F. and Marion L. Miller Gauri Shinde, English Vinglish (India); Andrea Thanks to Alaska Airlines and Delta Airlines Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission, ALASKA AIRLINES Segre, Shun Li and the Poet (Italy); Marco for helping to bring our guests and to our Chipotle, and others, the Festival will AUDIENCE AWARDS Bonfanti, The Last Shepherd (Italy); David hotel partners—Hotel deLuxe, Hotel Modera, screen a number of this year’s selections for Tosh Gitonga, Nairobi Half Life (Kenya); and Heathman Hotel—for their hospitality high school students and teachers at special As always, you get to be the judge. Let us Michel Franco, After Lucia (Mexico); Antonio in providing guest accommodations. weekday times in the Film Center’s Whitsell know your opinions about the films in this Méndez Esparza, Here and There (Mexico); Auditorium. For information on the films year’s Festival. Ballots will be available at Bouewijn Koole, Kauwboy (Netherlands); or to make reservations for these free the screenings for you to rate and comment Patrik Eklund, Flicker (Sweden); Hsu Chao-Jen, screenings, please call Global Classroom on the films. At the conclusion of the To g e t h e r (Taiwan); Ben Rivers, Two Years At Sea DOCUMENTARY VIEWS coordinator Karen Wennstrom at 503-221- Festival, the results of the balloting will be (Great Britain); Rowan Athale, Wasteland announced, with Audience Awards for Best This year’s Festival boasts 18 perspectives 1156 or email [email protected]. Student (Great Britain); Matthew Cook, How To Make groups of 10 or more may also purchase Film, Best Director, Best Documentary, Money Selling Drugs (US); Mark Kendall, La on the world we live in and the fascinating Best Short, Best New Director, and other people and stories that surround us. This discounted tickets to regular Festival screen- Camioneta (US); Jaime Roos and Yamandu ings (Sunday–Thursday only) by calling the special recognitions. We also welcome your Roos, 3 Million (Uruguay). Our thanks to year’s nonfiction selections include: The feedback on your PIFF experience and End of Time (Canada); Happy People: A Year Advance Ticket Outlet at 503-276-4310, Wieden+Kennedy for their support of this beginning January 30. Our thanks go to how we can make next year’s Festival better. New Directors showcase. in the Taiga (Germany); Polluting Paradise (Germany); This Ain’t California (Germany); Chipotle for their support of these films. Men At Lunch (Ireland); The Gatekeepers (Israel); Caesar Must Die (Italy); The Last Shepherd 4 36TH PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PAYMENT OPTIONS THE FESTIVAL SCENE TICKETS Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discovery cards are accepted at the Advance Nel Centro once again plays host to the GENERAL: $11 Ticket Outlet and online. For day-of-show PIFF Lounge (a.k.a. Nel Centro’s bar), our PORTLAND ART MUSEUM MEMBER: $10 sales, theater box offices accept cash or designated hang-out space, where you can STUDENT/SENIOR (65+): $10 check only. Online and phone orders have a $1-per-ticket handling fee. Opening Night grab a quick bite before or after a screen- CHILDREN (12 and under): $8 ing, enjoy featured drink specials from Film & Party tickets have a $3-per-ticket THE FESTIVAL PROGRAM GROUP our Festival partners, and chat up fellow (10 or more, Sunday–Thursday handling fee. screenings only): $8 The Festival program is arranged by country, Festivalgoers who you’ll find poring over with showtimes and locations listed at the their schedules. With a number of PIFF RUSH TICKETS end of each film description. Our programs functions taking place at Nel Centro SILVER SCREEN CLUB Even if advance tickets are no longer of short films follow the country listings. throughout the Festival, there’s likely to be available, rush tickets are offered at each FRIEND ($75 annually): $8 (one discount per To find a film by title, please see the film a PIFF crowd spilling into the bar on any theater’s box office as soon as the number film, per screening) index on page 33.