How Ping-Pong Saved The World
U.S.A.
Dir: Ed Mabe
World Premiere
Award Winner – Best Documentary – Historical Category
A feature documentary recounting the events of April 1972 when
a US Table Tennis team became the first Americans invited into
communist China in more than two decades. For eight days
Ping-Pong diplomats captivated the world with their visit behind
the Bamboo Curtain. Ping-Pong Diplomacy soon became a
metaphor for the on-going difficult relations between two
ideological opposites on the brink of detente. Their unlikely
invitation paved the way for President Richard Nixon's landmark
visit to China eight months later
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Working Stiff
Norway
Dir: Jan Vardoen
World Premiere
OIFF Festival Choice
This film poses the darkly comic question: would you prefer to
work for eight hours straight in a boring job, or would you just
like to get it all over at once in one quick burst? Filmed in Oslo,
Norway in winter, by Director Jan Vardoen and Oscar nominated
Director of Photography Karl Erik Brondbo, The style is timeless
and the theme provokes contemplation that follows viewers long
after they leave the theater.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
Demur
U.S.A.
Dir: Michael Devin Greenman
World Premiere
Official Selection
A story of love potential and love lost, Demur picks up with a man
and wife at the breaking point of their marriage. After a final fight
the man leaves and is forced to choose which path he will take.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
Seldom Sunday
U.S.A.
Dir: Mitch Blummer
World Premiere
Official Selection
Theo, a young teenage boy, who out of a loneliness crosses the
road and follows a mysterious girl on a train to New York City
with little hope of finding her again, ends up starting a new
adventure of awkward, adolescent, growth.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
The Countdown
U.S.A.
Dir: Jeff Goldstein
World Premiere
Official Selection
It is easy to forget who your friends are when living a life of crime.
Alvie and Bax are two young gangsters operating a small operation.
Despite a long history and friendship, their respect for one another
dissipates when a stupid move creates serious contempt. As the
'game' escalates, both men refuse to back down, as their friendship
becomes tainted by the drive for power and control.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
The Unspoken
U.S.A.
Dir: D.L. Watson
OIFF Festival Choice
Award Winner – Best Short Film / Best Actor in a Short
A young mother who confronts her boyfriend about his relationship
with her daughter. Is he crossing the line, or does she have her own
insecurities to work out? What isn't said iskey in this powerful and
riveting short film.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
Everything Went Down
U.S.A.
Dir: Dustin Morrow
OIFF Festival Choice
Award Winner – Best Dramatic Film
Everything Went Down is a contemporary musical that tells the
story of a young college professor who has become a shell of a
person following the death two years earlier of his wife. Crippled
by a numbing grief, he's succeeded at shutting himself off from
the world. At the same time, a young singer-songwriter has begun
to lose faith in the struggle to make a name for herself as a musician.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00
Oregon Brewed
U.S.A.
Dir: David Panton
World Premiere
Award Winner – Best Of Oregon
Beer has made a lasting mark in history. Today, Oregon adds to the
history of beer making with its unique array of breweries that are
an integral part of the area's distinctive culture. In fact, the Portland
metro area is the largest craft brewing market in the U.S. Oregon
Brewed takes a closer look at Full Sail Brewing Co., Oregon Trail
Brewery, Laurelwood Brewing Co., and Ambacht Brewing, to find out
what makes local Oregon beer so unique.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$10.00
Motivational Growth
U.S.A.
Dir: Don Thacker
OIFF Premiere
Award Winner – BEST HORROR FILM
After a failed suicide attempt, depressed and reclusive Ian Folivor
(Adrian DiGiovanni) begins taking life advice from a fungal growth
in his filthy bathroom. A surprisingly smooth talking chunk of
aspergillus, The Mold (Jeffrey Combs) works to win Ian’s trust by
helping him clean himself up, remodel his lifestyle and, with luck,
make some headway with the girl next door. When Ian begins
receiving strange messages from his broken television set,
however, the reality of his restyled life begins to crumble.
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202
$12.00