THE C L A C K A M A S P R IN T
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FEB. 11, 2 0 1 5
| V O L . 48 ISSUE 12
Film from all
around
by Maddy Kays
“The World, Abridged” is this year’s tagline
the wedding scene was incredible.”
for the Portland International Film Festival, or
The opening night screening and after party
PIFF, back for the 38th year. PIFF is held by
took place at the Fox Tower on SW Park Ave.
the Northwest Film Center and takes place
in downtown Portland on Feb. 5. The festival
from Feb. 5 through 21. Over the course of
attracts people from all over the Portland area,
these two and a half weeks, 97 full length films
and there are movies available for all ages. A
and 60 short films will be screened. This year
recent addition to the festival are free screen
the festival will center around a series of His
ings for high school students.
panic language films from 10 different coun
‘W ell be hosting close to 3,000 high school
tries. Kicked off on Feb. 5 with “Wild Tales”
students this year’’ said Ellen Thomas, the ed
directed by D am ián Szifrón from Spain.
ucation director for the Northwest Film Cen
“Wild Tales” tells six different stories, all
centered on different people, but sharing the
ter. “We have 1,900 students registered so for
and the num bers just keep coming in.”
same connecting themes o f the past coming
High school students from all over the metro
back to haunt them: frustration and over-the-
area will come to the Northwest Film Center,
top revenge.
located on the com er o f 10th Ave. and Salmon
The film, which is Argentinas submission
for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, tells the
Shawn Levy, film critic turned author, is ex
gone wrong, one man’s explosive outburst
cited for what the festival has in store this year.
against the Buenos Aires parking patrol, two
“I’m really looking forward to ‘H um an Cap
strangers on a plane with something in com
itol,’ from Italy? Levy said “A nd ‘The Look of
m on, and a waitress facing someone from her
Silence.”
“I really enjoyed it,” said Simon M ax Hill, the
casting director for Portlandia “The actress in
Ub- CXwe^o
Street in SW Portland, to see different movies
from the festival for free.
stories ofabetrayedbride, a road rage accident
past she never thought she would see again.
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