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• NOW OPEN: Call for Entry Submissions for the 2026 Portland Film Festival
  Filmmakers, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The Portland Film Festival is now accepting submissions for 2026. We are looking for good films with compelling stories. Do you have any suggestions? Please submit your narrative features, documentaries, shorts of all kinds, transmedia, web series, student films, TikToks, Reels, music videos, and more.
• Meet Äsk: Portland Film Festival’s New Customer Services Manager Takes Flight
  We’re thrilled to introduce the newest member of our customer service team – and this introduction comes with a twist that we think you’ll love. Meet Äsk, our customer services manager who happens to be a beautifully crafted moth puppet!
• Portland Film Festival announces 2025 Slate of Films Including Closer by Kristin Stewart
  Portland’s fan favorite indie film festival, Portland Film Festival will be hosting its upcoming edition at the Center of Native Arts + Cultures located at SE 10th and Belmont. Over 90 films from around the world with several local films will be screened from October 1st through the 5th. Tickets are now on sale at… Continue Reading
• Joe Stevens Celebrates Sixth Year as Portland Film Festival Programming Director
  From directing traffic to directing film programming – Joe Stevens has come full circle at the Portland Film Festival, now marking his sixth year as Director of Programming.
• Portland Film Festival’s Future Filmmakers Program & Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Sponsor Youth Film Education
  Aspiring filmmakers from Southwest Washington and Oregon gathered Saturday, September 20th at the Center for Native Arts + Cultures for hands-on movie-making experience through the Portland Film Festival’s Future Filmmakers program. Many participants drove up from the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs to join the day-long workshop.