What is the Northwest FIlm Center?
The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource and service organization founded to encourage the study, appreciation and utilization of the moving image arts, foster their artistic and professional excellence, and to help create a climate in which they may flourish. The Center provides a variety of film and video exhibition, education and information programs primarily directed to the residents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
For more details, visit our about page.


How do I contact the Northwest Film Center?
Festival information is available daily 12-6PM January 30th-Feburary 23rd through our Festival Ticket Outlet at 1119 SW Main St inside of the Portland Art Museum's Mark Building. They can be reached by telephone at (503) 276-4310.
More contact information can be found here.


How and where can I purchase tickets?
All tickets go on sale Wednesday January 30th.

Tickets are $9 general admission, $8 Portland Art Museum members, $6 Northwest Film Center Friends.
Opening Night film and party tickets are $30 General admission and $25 Film Center and Portland Art Museum members. Closing Night party tickets are $10.

FESTIVAL TICKET OUTLET
open January 30th - February 23rd | 12-6PM
503-276-4310
1119 SW Park Ave at Main
in the lobby of the Portland Art Museum's Mark Building

Passes and Advance Tickets
Please keep in mind that many Festival screenings sell out and there are often limited tickets available at the door. Advance tickets ensure you get to see the films you want without waiting in theater ticket lines. Please note that advance tickets only guarantee admission until 10 minutes before showtime.
Silver Screen Club passes and advance tickets for all programs are on sale daily, 12 to 6 pm, January 30-February 23 at the Festival Ticket Outlet, located in the lobby of the Portland Art Museum’s Mark Building, 1119 SW Park Avenue at Main. Advance tickets are not sold on the day of the screening. Same-day tickets are only available at the theater 30 minutes before showtime.

Online and Phone Orders
Beginning January 30, tickets and passes may be purchased online at www.nwfilm.org, or by calling 503-276-4310 from 12 to 6 pm daily. Online and phone orders have a $1 per ticket service fee. For online tickets, click on the BUY TICKETS button beneath any film listing after January 30th.

Same-Day Tickets
Same-day tickets are only available for -purchase at the theater 30 minutes before showtime. Tickets at the door may be purchased with cash or check ONLY. Advance tickets are not sold on the day of the screening at the Ticket Outlet, online, or by phone.

Opening Night Film & Party 
Opening Night Party and Film Tickets:
          $30 General
          $25 Film Center and Portland Art Museum Members.
Starting January 30th, Opening Night tickets will be available at all TicketsWest locations, TicketsWest by phone, (503) 224-TIXX (subject to service charges), or in person at the PCPA box office, 1111 SW Broadway, 11 am to 5 pm, Monday-Saturday. Opening Night admission is included with Silver Screen Director, Producer and Benefactor passes.

More ticket information is available here.


Where do the screenings take place?
B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 - REGAL BROADWAY METROPLEX
1000 SW Broadway - Portland, OR 97205
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FIELD'S BALLROOM - OPENING NIGHT PARTY
1119 SW Park Ave
inside the Portland Art Museum's Mark Building
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NT - NEWMARK THEATER
1111 SW Broadway at Main
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TONDERO - CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
835 SW Park Ave inside the Fox Tower
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WH - WHITSELL AUDITORIUM
1219 SW Park Ave. - Portland, OR 97205
NO FOOD, BEVERAGES, OR BAGS ALLOWED INSIDE THIS VENUE. SORRY, NO EXCEPTIONS.
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The Portland Art Museum, as security policy, requires a bag check and food and drink are not allowed in the theater. We appreciate your observation of this request and the desire to keep the Whitsell Auditorium as clean as possible.

Full venue details can be found here.


What is the 10-minute rule?
Advance ticket, Sponsor Passes and Silver Screen Club member seats are held until 10 minutes before showtime, at which time any unfilled seats are released to the public. Thus, advance tickets or passes ensure that you will not have to wait in the ticket purchase line, but do not guarantee a seat in the case of arrival after the 10-minute window has begun. Your early arrival also helps get screenings started promptly. We appreciate your understanding. Advance ticket holders who arrive, but are not seated may exchange their tickets for another screening, or obtain a cash refund, at the Festival Ticket Outlet within 72 hours of showtime. There are no refunds or exchanges for late arrival.


Where do I get a Festival Pass?
Festival passes can obtained by joining the Northwest Film Center's Silver Screen Club. Please visit the Silver Screen Club FAQ for more information.


Are there parties planned?
OPENING NIGHT FILM AND PARTY- THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7th | 7:30 PM
at the NEWMARK THEATRE (1111 SW BROADWAY at MAIN)
Hollywood Video invites you to celebrate the opening of the Festival.Join us after the screening in the Field's Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum for live music by The Brothers of the Baladi, drinks and Middle Eastern fare.

OPENING NIGHT FILM - THE BAND'S VISIT
ISRAEL | DIRECTED BY ERAN KOLIRIN
at the NEWMARK THEATRE
The winner of eight Israeli "Oscars," Kolirin's wry film follows the comic plight of the bewildered members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra. On their trip to perform at an Arab Cultural Center, no one shows up to meet them at the airport. So they head out on their own, but wind up stranded in a remote and almost empty Israeli village. Their powder-blue uniforms standing out against the desert landscape, the band is greeted by the curiously amused and generous-hearted locals, who take them in for a memorable night. Kolirin's low-key, deadpan visual humor recalls both Jacques Tati and Jim Jarmusch, but moves beyond situational comedy to find characters unexpectedly confronting what one refers to as "tons of loneliness" and an almost existential sadness. With its precise portions of tact, irony and sweetness, this charming film gives "humanist cinema" a good name, finding hope in the smallest moments of cross cultural understanding, and in the unity found in diversity. In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. (90 mins.)
Director Eran Kolirin will be in attendance to introduce the film and answer questions afterwards.
Co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.

Opening Night Party and Film Tickets: $30 General
$25 Film Center and Portland Art Museum Members.

Opening Night tickets are available in person at the PIFF box office, 1119 SW Park, 12-6pm daily from Jan. 30th, at the PCPA box office at 1111 SW Broadway, 11am-5pm Monday thru Saturday, by phone at 503 276 4310 and on-line after January 30th. Tickets will also be available at the door on February 7th.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23RD:
On Closing Night we bid a warm and teary-eyed farewell to the 16 days of brilliant films that make up the 31st Portland International Film Festival. Join us after the last screenings on the 23rd and come celebrate with fellow Festival goers. Party admission is $10 in advance or at the door, which includes admission, food, and drink. The Closing Night Party is held at Pinocchio Bar, 1005 SW Park at Salmon.Tondero, the original location of the Festival's Closing Night Party, has closed its doors for good - leaving the Festival without a host on closing night. Stepping in to save the day, Pinocchio Bar and Restaurant has generously offered to host the Festival's closing party.

Party Tickets: $10

Full party details can be found here.


Who should the media contact? Media should contact Jessica Lyness, Northwest Film Center PR/Marketing manager at jessica@nwfilm.org.

Press releases are available for download here.