- Hi-Lo Hotel on Harvey Milk @ SW 3rd will be Festival’s
home
- More than 120 Independent films will be screened
- Films screening include stars Anna Camp, Grace Gummer, Ben
Schwartz, Eloise Mumford, Billy Crystal and James Earl
Jones
The 8th Annual Portland Film Festival, presented by Comcast
NBCUniversal, runs October 14 - 20, 2019 and will screen more than
100 independent films at the Hi-Lo Hotel in downtown Portland.
Portland Film Festival programming includes films, workshops,
educational panels, and parties throughout a six-and-a-half-day
agenda designed to immerse attendees in filmmaking. The Portland
Film Festival is one of Oregon’s largest film festivals, and was
named “one of the coolest film festivals in the world,” by
MovieMaker Magazine.
The opening night feature, “Standing Up, Falling Down,”
is on Tuesday, October 15 at 6:30 PM and is considered
fresh, with an 83 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It stars
Grace Gummer (“Mr. Robot,” “The Newsroom,” and “Frances
Ha”); Ben Schwartz (“Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Parks and
Recreation”); Eloise Mumford (“Chicago Fire” and “Fifty
Shades of Grey”); and Billy Crystal (“Analyze This,”
“Monsters, Inc.,” and “When Harry Met Sally…”).
“Here Awhile,” a movie shot in Portland and also
appearing at the Napa Valley Film Festival in November, is the
closing night feature. It stars Anna Camp (“Pitch Perfect,”
“True Blood,” and “The Mindy Project”), Joe Lo Truglio (“Wet
Hot American Summer,” “Superbad,” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and
others. It will screen on Saturday, October 19 at 5:30
PM.
“We are excited to be the presenting sponsor of the Portland
Film Festival for the third consecutive year,” said David Tashjian,
Regional Vice-President of Comcast Oregon/SW Washington. “This
Festival is a way for us to ensure the voices of independent
filmmakers are heard – for their creativity and innovation to be
shared with Portlanders who embrace the tradition of storytelling
through film.”
The Portland Film Festival headquarters moves to downtown
Portland’s Hi-Lo Hotel, a modern boutique hotel that opened in 2017
in the Historic Oregon Pioneer Building and embodies Portland
luxury. The venue will include two floors of festival activity
spaces: the Xfinity Theater, the Koerner Camera Theater, and the
Workshop Hall in the lower level; and the Festival headquarters,
box office on the lobby level alongside Hi-Lo’s restaurant and bar,
CRAFTpdx. Portland Film Festival gear will be available at The
Merchant, Hi-Lo’s locally-sourced retail store, during and after
the festival through the Fall.
Festival program, passes and individual tickets are available at
portlandfilm.org. Tickets, general info and merchandise will also
be available throughout the festival at the Hi-Lo Hotel.
This year, a special track of films made by veterans with the
Patton Veterans Project will be part of the Festival. Made possible
by Comcast, the project is led by Benjamin Patton, grandson of
General George Patton, who led a three-day filmmaking workshop at
the VA in Portland for veterans who are coping with posttraumatic
stress as a way to reduce social isolation and strengthen family,
community, and professional bonds. The short films will be screened
at the Festival on Sunday, October 20.
In 2018, Governor Kate Brown declared Oregon the State of
“Independent Film” and Mayor Ted Wheeler proclaimed Portland the
“City of Film” during the Portland Film Festival. More than 100
films from around the world will be screened, and more than half
are directed by women. At least one Portland-made film and one
Indigenous Voices film is screened each day, and a percentage of
ticket sales benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Portland.
“This festival has always been dedicated to celebrating the
power of a storytelling from a diverse set of perspectives, and we
are proud to showcase independent voices from U.S. military
veterans, young people, and Native Americans at the festival this
year,” said Josh Leake, Portland Film Festival co-founder and
executive director. “This is a Festival for all, by all, and we
appreciate the support of Governor Brown, Mayor Wheeler and
Commissioner Eudaly in acknowledging the importance of film to
Oregon, Portland and the community.”
2019 PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS & KEY
DATES
Monday, October 14
Filmmaker Welcome Reception and Champagne Toast at Hi-Lo Hotel,
located at 320 SW Harvey Milk Street, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Kick off the
festival with local industry filmmakers and influencers with
champagne and hors d'oeuvres. This event is free and open to the
public for adults 21 and older.
Tuesday, October 15 – Sunday, October
20
- Screenings of more than 100 independent films, with more than
half directed by women.
- Subject matter tracks for 2019 include: Portland filmmakers,
settings and people; Indigenous Voices, which encompasses films by
first nation citizens; and veterans both through festival
submissions, and in partnership with the Patton Veterans
Project.
- Daily Director Chats from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. in The
Exchange at the Hi-Lo Hotel, where attendees can listen to film
directors from around the world discuss their movies the day they
premiere at the festival while enjoying a complimentary lunch. Hear
behind-the-scenes stories and get the inside scoop on everything
that went right (and wrong) in making their movie. Special guests
(to be announced) will moderate the daily director chats. Past
guests include Jason Momoa, Haley Joel Osment, Eli Roth, Aisha
Tyler, Vanna White and others.
Tuesday, October 15:
Opening night film screenings and party in The Exchange, located
in the lobby of the Hi-Lo Hotel.
Thursday, October 17
City Hall Celebrates Independent Film with Oregon Film,
SAG/AFTRA, and commissioner Chloe Eudaly welcoming filmmakers,
sponsors and festival attendees to celebrate the film industry in
Portland. Music by the band Django Files, a DJ, food, drinks and
Moscow Mules by GT’s Kombucha will help celebrate. 7:30 – 10:00 at
City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave.
Friday, October 18
At The Portland Business Journal’s October Power Breakfast,
Portland Film Festival co-founder Josh Leake and writer Bruce
Feirstein (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the
James Bond franchise) will dive into the business of film with
publisher Craig Wessel, including its local impacts, developing
local interests, and where the industry is headed. 7:30 – 9:00 AM
at Sentinel Hotel, 614 SW 11th Avenue. This event is not part of
Portland Film Festival programming. Tickets can be purchased
separately through the Portland Business Journal.
Saturday, October 19
Future Filmmakers Movie Premiere Event: kids from the Boys and
Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will premiere
their monster-themed short films on the big screen.
Sunday, October 20
Made possible by Comcast, the Patton Veterans Project will
screen films resulting from its three-day filmmaking workshop at
the VA in Portland. The films are made by veterans who are coping
with posttraumatic stress as a way to reduce social isolation and
strengthen family, community, and professional bonds. The short
films will be screened at the Festival on Sunday, October 20 and
military veterans are admitted free of charge.
About Presenting Sponsor Comcast
NBCUniversal
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable,
NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States’
largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides
these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and
security and automation services to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also provides
communications services, including residential high-speed internet,
phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast
network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original
content, and has exclusive content rights. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com or more information.
About the Hi-Lo Hotel, Autograph
Collection – home of the Portland Film Festival
The Hi-Lo Hotel in Portland, part of Marriott’s Autograph
collection, offers comfortable, modern and stylish accommodations
in dynamic downtown Portland. With 120 rooms and suites, plentiful
meeting space, a fitness center and newly opened CRAFTpdx and Lo
Bar, Hi-Lo offers a central location for weekend visitors to
Portland and corporate events. Located in the historic Oregon
Pioneer Building in downtown Portland, just steps from Pioneer
Square, the property offers a hip enclave in the midst of a vibrant
neighborhood. For more information, or to book, visit
hi-lo-hotel.com.
About the Portland Film
Festival
The Portland Film Festival is one of Oregon’s largest film
festivals, and was named “one of the coolest film festivals in the
world,” by MovieMaker Magazine in 2014. One of the 100 best
festivals It is a non-profit, year-round organization dedicated to
nurturing filmmakers and audiences, and to celebrating the power of
a good story. The festival focuses on the people, ideas,
technology, skills and artistry behind filmmaking, and provides
both entertaining and educational opportunities for the public.
Supporting sponsors in addition to the festival’s presenting
sponsor, Comcast NBCUniversal, include Koerner Camera, SAG-AFTRA,
Oregon Film, Portland Film Office, PepsiCo, Pacific Grip &
Lighting Inc., Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Gearhead Production
Rentals, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland, Tito’s Vodka and
others.
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