31st NORTHWEST FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT

7PM The Guild Theatre
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING:
SHORTS ONE

See this new work by our finest Northwest filmmakers

PATH
Marilyn Cherenko/Delta, BC

Animated photographs take the viewer on a stop-motion stroll through nature.

MIZPAH
Morgan Currie/Portland, OR

Portrait painting in super-8, AM-radio recordings and interviews.

SALAD SHOOTER
Rob Tyler/Portland, OR

As never seen on TV.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM STORY
Bill Daniel/Portland, OR

Examination of a 30 year-old film; a Graphic, violent response to the Vietnam War. Judges’ Award, Best Documentary. (7 mins.)

MAN FEEL PAIN
Dylan Aiko Smith/Vancouver, BC

When a self-made Christ figure nails his own hand to the wall of his apartment.

NEAR THE END OF AUGUST
Tobin Addington/Bonner, MT

A girl gets caught between love and the truth when she is the only witness to a brutal beating.

TAUBMAN SUCKS
Theo Lipfert/Seattle, WA

Henry Mishkoff just wanted to make a web site about his favorite shopping mall.

FACT #9
Dan Ness/Portland, OR

A handmade film of found imagery painted onto wood.

BIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN HOSTESS
Shilpa Sonthankar/Portland, OR

Our restaurant hostess is courteous even as her guests are arrogant, ignorant and often rude illuminating the many “innocent” forms that racism can take.

CONTINGENT
Nick Peterson/Portland, OR

Interpersonal relationships, emotional distance, infidelity and sexual restlessness.

THE BRAND NEW TRIATHALON
Rick Raxlan/Victoria, BC

The perfect two-step, the proper way to bowl and kung-fu parlor tricks.

MAGDA
Chel White/Portland, OR

Judge’s Award, Best Animation.

 

OPENING NIGHT PARTY @ AURA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Join the filmmakers after the Shorts Program at Aura Restaurant and Lounge (1022 West Burnside) to celebrate the Festival’s Opening with music by Mood Area 52, a “live” film creation by Reed Harkness and a not-to-be-missed View–Master® performance by Vladimir . Hosted by Aura Restaurant & Lounge and Sierra Nevada Brewing.