4:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

An Old Friend

Dir: Nuk Suwanchote

An imaginary friend (Jason Faunt) finds out his sole purpose is to bring happiness to his child, only to discover his child is a 90 year old man (Tom Skerritt) on his death bed.

4:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Land of a Thousand Dances (UK)

Dir: Jordan Baseman

Dancing is free and freeing. The smallest movement can be understood as dancing. In an increasingly fragmented and isolating world, dance (as participants and/or as spectators) provides us with important fundamentally shared experiences that make us aware of our essential humanity, our connectedness, our community, ourselves.

Instead of creating a position of nostalgia or sentimentality, Land of a Thousand Dances is a political call, a rallying cry to gather and dance, celebrating the past in the present, to encourage a future, dispelling the divisiveness that presently permeates our culture. Linda Cartledge has danced in the city of Derby in the United Kingdom from the 1960s to the present day.

Although the spaces that Linda used to dance in have all been destroyed, she continues to dance daily, regardless. Land of a Thousand Dances features Linda’s recollections of dancing, set against abstract images that were recorded on 16mm film at an illegal rave.

4:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

BRIDGE - My Little Friends (Japan)

Dir: Kazuyuki Ishihara

"I'll take you to see Shiro. That's a promise!" Jin, a cat, promised Mugi, who was saddened by the loss of her beloved dog Shiro. Jin, who loves Mugi, heard an anecdote about the "Rainbow Bridge" from his owner, Aki, and decided to take Mugi to see Shiro at the foot of the rainbow!

Will Jin be able to save Mugi from his grief?

Jin invites the pigeons and squirrels in the neighborhood to join him on his grand mission!

4:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

La Piena (Italy)

Dir: Lorenzo Gonnella

A punk hardcore music video.

The song recounts the flood that struck the Maremma region of Grosseto in November 2012, conveying the sense of abandonment felt by those affected by a system unable to provide the help they needed.

4:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Flow My Tears (France)

Dir: Jean-Christophe Groffe

Dir: Benjamin Hénon

A common denominator across all genres, origins, ages and eras: tears are universal.

Flow my Tears features a timeless composition by English lutenist John Dowland in the version performed by the ensemble Thélème.

Sting and dancer Sarina Panahideh lend their faces to this stopmotion clip, creating an illusion of movement that is discreetly reminiscent of early cinematography.

4:30PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

B. F. Skinner Plays Himself

Dir: Theodore Kennedy

This film revisits the life and works of B. F. Skinner through neverbefore-seen footage recovered from a failed educational film project.

Skinner–a world famous public intellectual in his lifetime who continues to be ranked among the most important psychologists of any era–is now largely forgotten outside a select academic niche.

From Skinner’s early work with rats, pigeon-guided bombs, and airconditioned baby cribs, to Utopian communes and debating Dennis Hopper, B. F. Skinner Plays Himself deconstructs the scientist and the prescience of his warnings about the power of shaping behavior. The failure of the educational film shows that changing behavior, whether for utopian or authoritarian purposes, is both more nuanced and more difficult than his proponents or critics imagined.

6:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Accessible, Inclusive Travel on the Oregon Coast

Dir: Rob Holmes

The Oregon Coast is leading the way in making travel more accessible and inclusive for everyone. From wheelchair-friendly beaches to accessible trails and thoughtful design in coastal towns, this stunning region is ensuring that people of all abilities can experience its beauty.

Join this film as it explores the incredible work being done to create a welcoming environment for all travelers—no matter their needs. Learn about the innovative programs, accessible infrastructure, and community-driven efforts that are changing the travel landscape on the Oregon Coast. All of this intentional investment makes the slogan of “The People’s Coast” more than a tagline, but a reality for everyone.

6:00PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Helpers

Dir: Kelly Clendenon

Dir: J.J. Kirby

"Helpers" is a compelling documentary that weaves director Kelly Clendenon's brutally honest account of recovering from heroin addiction, incarceration, and homelessness with the inspiring work of the 13 Salmon Shower Project, a volunteer-driven program located in downtown Portland.

The film addresses the twin crises of fentanyl addiction and homelessness, told through the lens of Kelly's personal journey and some of the people working on the front lines in Portland - featuring music by Fugazi.

6:45PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Van Damned

Dir: Derek Garrison

Deep in a remote forest, a cursed rental van becomes the center of bizarre and terrifying encounters.

A washed-up action star, its former occupant, has been twisted into a relentless killer, while a stranded woman seeking healing and a fame-hungry influencer are forced into an uneasy alliance. As they sense something stalking them in the Pacific Northwest shadows, a wannabe musician and his partner stumble into the same danger.

Meanwhile, the action star’s desperate agent arrives, believing he alone can stop the carnage. What follows is a horror-comedy where self-help, self-promotion, and self-delusion collide into chaos.

8:30PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Basement Alien

Dir: Jake Thiessen

While visiting a friend's house, a man discovers a sinister secret hidden in the basement–a mysterious alien head in a jar. As the two argue over what to do with it, they soon realize they're not alone in the house.

A tale of friendship, conspiracy, and close encounters.

8:30PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Planet Juice Box: Two of a Kind

Dir: Thaddeus Thompson

Planet Juice Box is a surreal and episodic series that follows Tex, a wanderer navigating a bizarre, otherworldly realm.

Each episode presents Tex with new challenges, from battling strange aliens to overcoming other outlandish obstacles that push him to his limits. Along the way, Tex encounters Nina, a seductive nomad prowling the highways. The series combines humor, suspense, and the unexpected, creating a universe where anything can happen, and no two adventures are ever the same.

8:30PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Budget Date

Dir: Kathryn Soler Beer

In this offbeat spoof of The Bachelor, a shoe-string budget production team wrangles a lineup of hopeful contestants to compete for the affection of a bachelor who’s not quite what they were promised.

What could possibly go wrong?

9:15PM - Tuesday, Sept 23rd 2025

Bampire

Dir: Taylor Morden

A hapless professor and a pack of misfit students venture into the woods to document a mysterious fanged deer sighting. What they find is something much more deadly than any of them could have anticipated in this '90s horror comedy where nobody passes survival class.

Bampire is a blood-soaked thrill ride with elements of VHS found footage and hand-drawn animation that has been described as Evil Dead 2 meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This is not your Grandma's Bambi!