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HISPANIC FILM
SHOWCASE & CINE-LIT 2007
This year’s Festival
offers a broad spectrum of films from Argentina, Chile, Cuba,
Mexico, Peru and Spain reflecting lively national cinemas.
Along with the films is Cine-Lit 2007, February 2124, our
6th International Conference on Hispanic Film and Literature.
Co-produced by the Foreign Language Departments at Oregon
State University and Portland State University in partnership
with the Northwest Film Center and many other area universities,
the Conference will offer a wide range of panels and discussions
by academics, writers and directors from throughout the U.S.
and -participating countries. This year’s 14-film program
is flavored with work by emerging Mexican directors and includes
Blessed By Fire (Argentina),
Chronicle of An Escape (Argentina),
Play (Chile),
Barrio Cuba (Cuba),
The Citrillo’s Turn (Mexico),
The Magician (Mexico),
The Girl in the Stone (Mexico),
In the Pit (Mexico),
The Violin (Mexico),
Madeinusa (Peru),
The Method (Spain),
Obaba (Spain),
Rough Winds (Spain), and
The Secret Life of Words (Spain).
The complete schedule of Cine-Lit Conference
events is available at
www.fll.pdx.edu.
Our thanks go to
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
Mexicana Airlines,
Oregon Council for the Humanities,
Portland Guadalajara Sister City Association and
the Program for Cultural Cooperation, Spanish Ministry of Culture.
OSCAR SUBMISSIONS
This year’s Festival features 16 films submitted for the Best Foreign Language
Film Oscar. Included are:
Days of Glory (Algeria),
Ten Canoes (Australia),
Grbavica (Bosnia),
Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures (Brazil),
The Banquet (China),
Beauty in Trouble (Czech Republic),
Avenue Montaigne (France),
The Lives of Others (Germany),
Perhaps Love (Hong Kong),
Rang De Basanti (India),
Border Café (Iran),
Hula Girls (Japan),
Retrieval (Poland),
12:08: East of Bucharest (Romania),
The Italian (Russia),
King and the Clown (South Korea), and
Pao’s Story (Vietnam).
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES
Viewers of all ages will enjoy these family friendly films:
Treasure of the White Falcons (Germany),
Bonkers (Netherlands),
The Great Match (Spain), and
Winky’s Horse (Netherlands).
Thanks to Tropicana for their support of this
year’s program.
NEW DIRECTORS
This year’s Festival has its share of new works by established masters
Werner Herzog,
Alain Resnais,
Manoel de Oliveria,
Jan Hrebejk,
Claude Chabrol,
Humberto Solás,
Aki Kaurismäki,
Peter Chan,
Jafar Panahi,
Marcelo Piñeyro
to name but a few—most of whose films have been featured in past Festivals. But if you are
looking for the next generation, a great place to start is with these
intriguing new works by 21 first-time feature film makers:
Grbavica (Bosnia),
Cinema, Aspirin and Vultures (Brazil),
Away from Her (Canada),
Play (Chile),
The Lives of Others (Germany),
Red Road (Great Britain/Scotland),
Starter for Ten (Great Britain),
Ahlaam (Iraq),
The Wind Blows Round (Italy),
The Violin (Mexico),
Naming Number Two (New Zealand),
Retrieval (Poland),
12:08: East of Bucharest (Romania),
The Host (South Korea),
Eagle vs Shark (New Zealand),
My Grandmother’s House (Spain),
Nina’s Journey (Sweden),
Hear and Now (U.S.),
War/Dance (U.S.),
Where’s Molly? (U.S.), and
Pao’s Story (Vietnam).
DOCUMENTARY VIEWS
A dozen fresh perspectives on the world we live in and fascinating people and
stories that surround us. Our thanks to the
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation for their support.
Manufactured Landscapes (Canada),
Mystic Ball (Canada),
Into Great Silence (Germany),
37 Uses for a Dead Sheep (Great Britain),
In The Pit (Mexico),
Dreaming by the Numbers (Netherlands),
My Grandmother’s House (Spain),
Hear and Now (U.S.),
War/Dance (U.S.),
Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel (U.S.),
Where’s Molly? (U.S.), and
Zoo (U.S.).
Our thanks to the Paul G. Allen Foundation for
supporting this program.
SHORT CUTS
33 memorable snapshots—animated, live action, documentary, experimental
and narrative—from near and far. Special thanks to
Laika for supporting these programs.
PIFF POSTER RETROSPECTIVE |
FEB 1-28 at PNCA
Come see 30 years of award-winning
variations on a theme. On view in the Swigert Commons, Pacific Northwest
College of Art, NW 13th & Johnson. Join us for a First Thursday opening
reception, February 1, 6 to 9 pm, hosted by Sierra Nevada.
AUDIENCE AWARDS
As always, you get to be the judge. Let us know your opinion
about the films presented in this year’s Festival. Ballots
will be available at screening to rate and comment on the
films that you see. At the conclusion of the Festival the
results of the audience balloting will be announced, with
awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Documentary, Best
Short, the New Directors Awards and other special recognition
that emerges.
VISITING ARTISTS
Thanks to American Airlines and
Alaska Airlines for helping
bring our guests.
Visting artists include:
Director Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck with
The Lives of Others
Director Irene Taylor Brodsky with
Hear and Now
Director Simon de Vries and cartoonist John Callahan with
Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel
Director Greg Hamilton with
Mystic Ball
Director Jeff Daly and Cindy Daly with
Where?s Molly
Directors Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine with
War/Dance
Director Robinson Devor and writer Charles Mudede with Zoo
Director Felipe Cazals with
The Citrillo's Turn
Director Jaime Aparicio with
The Magician
Director Enrique Gabriel with
Sighs from the Heart
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