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Three Promises

While the Israeli army retaliates against the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the early 2000s, a mother films her family's daily life. Now, her son revisits this past, delivering a heart-breaking portrait of the anguish of parents who are forced to choose between their children’s physical safety and the emotional upheaval of leaving home.

Psychotronic Afterschool Special

School's out for summer, but the PSYCHOTRONIC AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL is back in session with a collection of vintage TEEN SCARE films! Whether it be reckless driving, drugs or cigarette smoking, this episode leads you through the perils of teen life with a handmade 16mm film program assembled from the collection of Portland film archivist Greg Hamilton.

NUITS ROUGES (Church of Film)

NUITS ROUGES was Surrealist Georges Franju’s final tribute to the silent serials of Louis Feuillade—aggressively and joyfully escalating the absurdity of the bygone fantastique-crime genre, propelling it into a raucous, garish, at times eerie and atmospheric film that somehow blends high camp, anti-fascism, moody dream reality, and winking postmodern détournement!

Cascadia Drag Festival

Marla Darling presents The Cascadia Drag Festival! A love letter to the drag community of the Pacific Northwest. This project has been an idea for the last ten years, produced and curated by Marla Darling (Bjork Friday, The Rocky Horror Lavender Show, Drag Dangerzone). The festival features all kinds of artists from all over the PNW.