2018 Portland Film Festival, Presented by Comcast NBCUniversal, Announces Film Program
October 09 2018 - 12:51PM
Business Wire
More than 200 Independent Films and Mass
Audience Films Featured at the October 22-28 Film Festival
The annual Portland Film Festival, presented by Comcast
NBCUniversal, brings more than 200 independent and mass audience
films to the city October 22-28, 2018. Featuring films, workshops,
educational panels, networking events and parties, 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.
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Kids from the Portland Boys and Girls
Clubs shoot short monster movies through the "Future Filmmakers"
program with assistance from industry professionals. (Photo:
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“We’re proud to once again sponsor the Portland Film Festival,”
said Rodrigo Lopez, Regional Senior Vice-President of Comcast
Oregon/SW Washington. “Comcast is at the nexus of connectivity and
entertainment, and it’s important to us to help the voices of
independent filmmakers be heard, as well as support our local
community.”
The Portland Film Festival hub and film screenings will be
located at Custom Blocks, the new, for-lease creative office
space located in the heart of the Central Eastside at SE 10th and
Main St. During the festival, the property will
be temporarily transformed into a unique theater and
event venue.
Festival program and passes are available at portlandfilm.org.
Pass-holders will get access to films before individual tickets go
on sale on October 10. Tickets, general info and merchandise will
also be available throughout the festival at Custom Blocks.
Attendees can also enjoy The Comcast Lounge featuring a gallery of
rarely seen images from historic monster movies.
“As a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing filmmakers
and celebrating the power of a good story, we are proud to bring a
robust and diverse community of independent voices to the festival
this year,” said Josh Leake, Portland Film Festival Founder and
Executive Director. “Debuting this year – thanks to Comcast’s
support – is our LATINX programming that features stories and
movies from the Latino community.”
2018 PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS & KEY
DATES
Monday, October 22
Filmmaker Welcome Reception and Champagne Toast at
Gearhead Production Rentals located at 4720 SE 26th Ave. from 5:30
– 7:30 p.m. Kick off the festival with local industry filmmakers
and influencers with hors d’oeuvres and champagne. This event is
free and open to the public for adults 21 and older.
Tuesday, October 23:
Opening night film screenings and party at Custom
Blocks.
Wednesday, October 24 - Sunday, October
28
- Screenings of more than 200
independent and mass audience films – with more than half
directed by women and more than 35 from Portland area filmmakers –
as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and
parties.
- Talks with NBCUniversal Archivist,
Jeff Pirtle, and monster movies screened daily, including a
historic screening of Spanish Dracula as well as digitally restored
horror films like Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy’s Hand,
Dracula’s Daughter, and Creature from the Black Lagoon, among
others.
- New LATINX program features a
selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish -
including the opening night film The Chunta by Portland filmmaker
Genevieve Roundané about a small town in Mexico where men transform
into women once a year. The festival will also host a Dia de los
Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration on October 24 with DJ
collective Noche Libre.
- New Indigenous Voices program
features a selection of films about issues facing indigenous
communities.
- Daily Director Chats from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at Powell’s City of Books 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 and Eli Roth.
Saturday, October 27
- 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.
- Closing Night Monster Bash &
Awards Ceremony: honor the festival’s film competition winners
and bring a close to the festival while celebrating the 200th
anniversary of Frankenstein.
The complete festival lineup and passes will be available at
www.portlandfilmfestival.com. Early festival passes are already on
sale.
About Presenting Sponsor Comcast
NBCUniversal
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s 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 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. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About Custom Blocks, The Hub of the
Portland Film Festival
Custom Blocks, the Central Eastside Industrial District’s newest
creative office space, is located at SE Madison and Salmon streets,
and SE 9th and 10th Avenues. Developer-owners Capstone Partners and
Premium Property USA acquired the property in early 2017 and
transformed eight separate buildings into a 72,000 square foot
high-end creative office space.
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. 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 CustomBlocks, Capstone
Partners, Koerner Camera, Mark Spencer Hotel, Gearhead Production
Rentals, SAG-AFTRA, ABI Insurance, Crank PDX, The Plum Tree
Mortgage, Pro Photo Supply, Powell’s City of Books, Pepsi and
others.
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