The 35th Portland International Film Festival covers the world and spills out ...
Since 1978, the Portland International Film Festival has whisked adventuresome moviegoers around the world from the comfort of theater seats located, more or less, in our fair city’s downtown.But last summer, one of the festival’s mainstays, the Broadway Multiplex, where it was often possible for hard-core festival geeks to choose from among four titles at the last minute, was shuttered by its operators, Regal Cinemas.
What is a film festival defined by a global perspective and local convenience to do?
The answer was already at hand. In the past couple of years, PIFF has trickling out into the other quadrants of the city. It had always been centered at its home at the Portland Art Museum (first at the Berg-Swann Auditorium (RIP), nowadays at the Whitsell Auditorium). And it had long held special screenings at such film geek-friendly venues as Northwest Portland’s Cinema 21 and Northeast Portland’s Hollywood Theatre . But last year, Southeast Portland came into the mix with screenings at the Cinemagic Theater . PIFF was spreading -- at least geographically.
This year, PIFF truly explodes into a city-wide event. Absent downtown multiplex to call home for its 35th incarnation, the festival, which began last night and runs through February 25, will pop up almost literally all over town: the Whitsell, Cinema 21 and Cinemagic are joined by Regal’s Lloyd Mall and Pioneer Place multiplexes, downtown’s World Trade Center , and, eye-openingly (but not surprisingly given the arty booking policy in recent months), the Lake Twin Cinema in Lake Oswego.
It used to be you went to PIFF to see the world. This year you can attend the festival to see parts of the Portland metropolitan area you’ve only seen on TV.
Of course, the movies themselves still evince a global range.
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Since 1978, the Portland International Film Festival has whisked adventuresome moviegoers around the world from the comfort of theater seats located, more or less, in our fair city’s downtown.
But last summer, one of the festival’s mainstays, the Broadway Multiplex, where it was often possible for hard-core festival geeks to choose from among four titles at the last minute, was shuttered by its operators, Regal Cinemas.
What is a film festival defined by a global perspective and local convenience to do?
The answer was already at hand. In the past couple of years, PIFF has trickling out into the other quadrants of the city. It had always been centered at its home at the Portland Art Museum (first at the Berg-Swann Auditorium (RIP), nowadays at the Whitsell Auditorium). And it had long held special screenings at such film geek-friendly venues as Northwest Portland’s Cinema 21 and Northeast Portland’s Hollywood Theatre . But last year, Southeast Portland came into the mix with screenings at the Cinemagic Theater . PIFF was spreading -- at least geographically.
This year, PIFF truly explodes into a city-wide event. Absent downtown multiplex to call home for its 35th incarnation, the festival, which began last night and runs through February 25, will pop up almost literally all over town: the Whitsell, Cinema 21 and Cinemagic are joined by Regal’s Lloyd Mall and Pioneer Place multiplexes, downtown’s World Trade Center , and, eye-openingly (but not surprisingly given the arty booking policy in recent months), the Lake Twin Cinema in Lake Oswego.
It used to be you went to PIFF to see the world. This year you can attend the festival to see parts of the Portland metropolitan area you’ve only seen on TV.
Of course, the movies themselves still evince a global range.