Film Schedule: Friday, September 20th

5:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

The Visit

U.S.A.

Dir: Fara Pasarell
OIFF Premiere

Award Winner - Best Actress in a Short Odessa Rae



When a tragic event turns Diana’s life upside down, she receives a
visit from the last person from whom she wants help – her estranged
mother. Can they bridge the gap that divides them?

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


5:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Resistance

Australia

Dir: Blake Borcich
World Premiere

Official Selection



In 1944 two frightened women seek shelter underground during
the bombing of their town. A blinded Nazi officer is suddenly
propelled into the cellar. Tragedy eventually unfolds. But where
is the danger least – outside or within?

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


5:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Elysian Fields

Singapore

Dir: Ina Conradi
OIFF Festival Choice

Award Winner - Best Animated Film



Inspired by war, Elysian Fields is meditative film about the
paradox of violence. The Elysium of Greek mythology is a
paradise for the souls of heroes. The film is an infinite loop,
weaving in and out from an inevitably doomed air chase, into
death, afterlife and resurrection.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


5:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Separation Sonnet

U.S.A.

Dir: Andressa Furletti
Northwest Premiere

Official Selection



The movement and position on the swings explains a
relationship. A rhythmic experimental short inspired by
“Soneto de Separação”, a sonnet by the Brazilian poet,
playwright (and bossa nova composer) Vinicius de Moraes.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


6:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Sunken City

U.S.A.

Dir: Ryan McLaughlin
World Premiere

Award Winner - Best Actor / Best Cinematography / Best Editing



Nick Terry is no ordinary Cop. After budget cuts and personal
demons forced him off the streets of San Pedro, Detective Terry's
beat became the classroom, where he patrols the minds of the
community. His less intense schedule allows Nick to enjoy all the
things he loves: like smoking pot. When a mysterious woman
washes up on the shores of Sunken City, Nick is called back to the
streets where his life becomes even more dazed and confused.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


7:45 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Wy'east Shadows

U.S.A.

Dir: David Saiget
World Premiere

Award Winner - Best Documentary - Environmental Category



The snowy slopes and striking beauty of Oregon's highest
peak (11,245') has captured the gaze of humans for millenia,
and lured them into trying to climb it. Known as Wy'east by
the Native Americans who first named it, Mt. Hood is the
second-most climbed volcano in the world. This short film
follows climbers in their quest to reach its summit. Filmed
through the lens of their mountain guide, it captures the
climbers up-close

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


7:45 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Deliver Us

U.S.A.

Dir: John Regalado
World Premiere

Award Winner – Best Student Film



What begins as an average day on the job evolves into a grand
visual odyssey through the mind of a boy trapped in Eden.
We follow the stoic protagonist as he chases his Madonna through
never ending corridors, portals, and concrete mazes. "Deliver Us"
is an operatic depiction of Communion, contradiction, food, and faith.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


7:45 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Heart

U.S.A.

Dir: Stephanie Hough
World Premiere

Award Winner – Best Dramatic Short



Brothers Jonas and Kevin Kierkowzki struggle to navigate their grief
over the death of their younger brother. The brothers process their
grief in two distinctly opposite ways; while Jonas is cold, reptilian and
isolated, Kevin is wild, chaotic and self-destructive. Their shared
boyfriend, Benjamin Walters, helps them through their journey as the
Kierkowzki family reunion looms.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


8:30 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

A Tale of Delight

U.S.A.

Dir: Edd Blott
OIFF Premiere

Award Winner -Best Director / Best Actress / Supporting Actress



A TALE OF DELIGHT follows a young illustrator, who helplessly
witnesses his wife's tragic death. One year later, as his family
celebrates the holiday season, his haunting memories lead him
towards self-destruction. Only his sister recognizes his desperation.
Now, she must convince him that a joy exists, despite horror and
grief, and that it is something worth fighting for.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$12.00


10:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

Room For Rent: Man

U.S.A.

Dir: Ben Lanoha
World Premiere

Award Winner – Best Horror Short



Room For Rent: Man is the story of a mysterious stranger and a
lonely woman, and how their relationship takes seed, blossoms...
and then ends. It's a reminder that we can never judge a book
by its cover.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$10.00


10:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

The Long Days After

U.S.A.

Dir: Noel Taylor
World Premiere

Award Winner – Best Science Fiction Film



In the days after, a young man holds loosely to what is left of
humanity. He invents and continues routines, but slips more
and more into the void. He becomes part of a surreal and sterile
city of quiet. At a point in his life naturally filled with selfish
questions and awkward realizations, he is forced to also cope
with mass extinction.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$10.00


10:00 PM - Friday, Sept 20th 2013

The Room of Darkness

South Korea

Dir: So-Jin Park
World Premiere

Official Selection



Sang-won's mother sent her boy, who suffers from autism, to
a country house.. The janitor of the country house makes his
living from Sang-won's mother. But when the paychecks stop
coming, the janitor plans to mentally torture her boy, in this
dark short.

Clinton Street Theatre

2522 SE Clinton Street

Portland, OR 97202

$10.00