Film Festivals in the Time of Plague (and After)

By Sam Schrader         March 2020 marked the 43rd year of the Portland International Film Festival, managed and hosted by the Northwest Film Center. While the festival has long been a staple of the local cultural scene, this year things were a little different. For the first time in nearly forty years, the NWFC has aContinue reading “Film Festivals in the Time of Plague (and After)”

Shorts Block III: The Good and the Ugly

By Sam Schrader I had the pleasure of seeing the third block of shorts at the 43rd Portland International Film Festival with Charlie Faulker. This was the first screening I attended since the COVID 19 situation really picked up, and the last event PIFF held before cancelling the festival due to concerns of unnecessary exposureContinue reading “Shorts Block III: The Good and the Ugly”

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