Northwest Filmmakers' Festival
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The Northwest Filmmakers' Festival is an annual film festival
in Portland, Oregon
, U.S. It is a juried survey of new moving image arts by independent filmmakers from the Northwest United States (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington state) and British Columbia. It is presented by the Northwest Film Center
, a component of the Portland Art Museum
.
The Festival draws over 400 entries in all genres from shorts and documentaries to feature length films and is judged by a prominent filmmaker, academic curator, or critic. It is attended by more than 35,000 people and draws national attention.
Generally, 30 to 45 shorts, features, and documentaries are screened during the Festival. Ten to 15 shorts are selected for the Best of the Northwest Touring program, which is available for screening at media arts centers, museums, arts councils, libraries and other arts venues.
In 2011, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival changed its name from the Northwest Film & Video Festival. which it had used since 1973.
The festival occurs in the first weeks of November each year and includes an opening night party following a screening of short films and continues for ten days with nightly screenings, workshops, and social events. The Festival also hosts a one-day BarCamp where filmmakers organize their own conferences and discuss issues important to them.
The Northwest Filmmakers' Festival does not charge filmmakers a fee to enter their work.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, U.S. It is a juried survey of new moving image arts by independent filmmakers from the Northwest United States (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington state) and British Columbia. It is presented by the Northwest Film Center
Northwest Film Center
The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource and service organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States that was founded to encourage the study, appreciation, and utilization of film...
, a component of the Portland Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
The Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon, United States, was founded in 1892, making it the oldest art museum on the West Coast and seventh oldest in the United States. Upon completion of the most recent renovations, the Portland Art Museum became one of the twenty-five largest art museums in...
.
The Festival draws over 400 entries in all genres from shorts and documentaries to feature length films and is judged by a prominent filmmaker, academic curator, or critic. It is attended by more than 35,000 people and draws national attention.
Generally, 30 to 45 shorts, features, and documentaries are screened during the Festival. Ten to 15 shorts are selected for the Best of the Northwest Touring program, which is available for screening at media arts centers, museums, arts councils, libraries and other arts venues.
In 2011, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival changed its name from the Northwest Film & Video Festival. which it had used since 1973.
The festival occurs in the first weeks of November each year and includes an opening night party following a screening of short films and continues for ten days with nightly screenings, workshops, and social events. The Festival also hosts a one-day BarCamp where filmmakers organize their own conferences and discuss issues important to them.
The Northwest Filmmakers' Festival does not charge filmmakers a fee to enter their work.