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The
Portland Observer
Black-HistOiy Month
February 5, 2014
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International Films Hit Portland
Diverse lineup
promises another
great run
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It’s time for one of Portland’s
highlights of the year: The Port
land International Film Festival.
For the last 37 years, the North
west Film Center has been hosting
PIFF and its diverse array of films to
screen over two glorious weeks in
February. It's such a brilliant oppor
tunity to see films from all over the jU' '
world, most of which you won't ever
see in wide release and many of
which may be hard to find after the
festival runs its course.
Nearly every year at least one
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and often several films from PIFF
end up on my list of the best films
of the year.
This year, there will be more
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than 125 films on offer, with screen
ings at the Film Center's Whitsell Gugu Mbatha Raw stars in the critically-acclaimed feature Belle,
Auditorium inside the Portland Art one of the first attractions presented during the Portland Interna
tional Film Festival, scheduled for screening on opening night on
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Thursday, Feb. 6. The festival runs through Feb. 22.
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