The Visit
U.S.A.
Dir: Fara Pasarell
OIFF Premiere
Award Winner - Best Actress in a Short Odessa Rae
When a tragic event turns Diana’s life upside down, she receives a
visit from the last person from whom she wants help – her estranged
mother. Can they bridge the gap that divides them?
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Resistance
Australia
Dir: Blake Borcich
World Premiere
Official Selection
In 1944 two frightened women seek shelter underground during
the bombing of their town. A blinded Nazi officer is suddenly
propelled into the cellar. Tragedy eventually unfolds. But where
is the danger least – outside or within?
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Elysian Fields
Singapore
Dir: Ina Conradi
OIFF Festival Choice
Award Winner - Best Animated Film
Inspired by war, Elysian Fields is meditative film about the
paradox of violence. The Elysium of Greek mythology is a
paradise for the souls of heroes. The film is an infinite loop,
weaving in and out from an inevitably doomed air chase, into
death, afterlife and resurrection.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Separation Sonnet
U.S.A.
Dir: Andressa Furletti
Northwest Premiere
Official Selection
The movement and position on the swings explains a
relationship. A rhythmic experimental short inspired by
“Soneto de Separação”, a sonnet by the Brazilian poet,
playwright (and bossa nova composer) Vinicius de Moraes.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Sunken City
U.S.A.
Dir: Ryan McLaughlin
World Premiere
Award Winner - Best Actor / Best Cinematography / Best Editing
Nick Terry is no ordinary Cop. After budget cuts and personal
demons forced him off the streets of San Pedro, Detective Terry's
beat became the classroom, where he patrols the minds of the
community. His less intense schedule allows Nick to enjoy all the
things he loves: like smoking pot. When a mysterious woman
washes up on the shores of Sunken City, Nick is called back to the
streets where his life becomes even more dazed and confused.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Wy'east Shadows
U.S.A.
Dir: David Saiget
World Premiere
Award Winner - Best Documentary - Environmental Category
The snowy slopes and striking beauty of Oregon's highest
peak (11,245') has captured the gaze of humans for millenia,
and lured them into trying to climb it. Known as Wy'east by
the Native Americans who first named it, Mt. Hood is the
second-most climbed volcano in the world. This short film
follows climbers in their quest to reach its summit. Filmed
through the lens of their mountain guide, it captures the
climbers up-close
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Deliver Us
U.S.A.
Dir: John Regalado
World Premiere
Award Winner – Best Student Film
What begins as an average day on the job evolves into a grand
visual odyssey through the mind of a boy trapped in Eden.
We follow the stoic protagonist as he chases his Madonna through
never ending corridors, portals, and concrete mazes. "Deliver Us"
is an operatic depiction of Communion, contradiction, food, and faith.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Heart
U.S.A.
Dir: Stephanie Hough
World Premiere
Award Winner – Best Dramatic Short
Brothers Jonas and Kevin Kierkowzki struggle to navigate their grief
over the death of their younger brother. The brothers process their
grief in two distinctly opposite ways; while Jonas is cold, reptilian and
isolated, Kevin is wild, chaotic and self-destructive. Their shared
boyfriend, Benjamin Walters, helps them through their journey as the
Kierkowzki family reunion looms.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
A Tale of Delight
U.S.A.
Dir: Edd Blott
OIFF Premiere
Award Winner -Best Director / Best Actress / Supporting Actress
A TALE OF DELIGHT follows a young illustrator, who helplessly
witnesses his wife's tragic death. One year later, as his family
celebrates the holiday season, his haunting memories lead him
towards self-destruction. Only his sister recognizes his desperation.
Now, she must convince him that a joy exists, despite horror and
grief, and that it is something worth fighting for.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Room For Rent: Man
U.S.A.
Dir: Ben Lanoha
World Premiere
Award Winner – Best Horror Short
Room For Rent: Man is the story of a mysterious stranger and a
lonely woman, and how their relationship takes seed, blossoms...
and then ends. It's a reminder that we can never judge a book
by its cover.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
The Long Days After
U.S.A.
Dir: Noel Taylor
World Premiere
Award Winner – Best Science Fiction Film
In the days after, a young man holds loosely to what is left of
humanity. He invents and continues routines, but slips more
and more into the void. He becomes part of a surreal and sterile
city of quiet. At a point in his life naturally filled with selfish
questions and awkward realizations, he is forced to also cope
with mass extinction.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
The Room of Darkness
South Korea
Dir: So-Jin Park
World Premiere
Official Selection
Sang-won's mother sent her boy, who suffers from autism, to
a country house.. The janitor of the country house makes his
living from Sang-won's mother. But when the paychecks stop
coming, the janitor plans to mentally torture her boy, in this
dark short.
Clinton Street Theatre
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00