Portland International Film Festival

GLOBAL CLASSROOM

TEACH THE WORLD THROUGH FILM

36TH PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

FREE DAYTIME SCREENINGS FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

February 19-22, 2013

Introduce your students to contemporary world cinema while providing 

content that integrates into academic subjects.

Highlighted Films: 

THE PAINTING (France, 2012)
Animation | 76 mins.
In French with English subtitles
Topics: art and politics, class warfare, tolerance

Tuesday, February 19, 12:45 p.m. & Thursday, February 21, 12:45 p.m.

Inside the magical world of a painting, figures divide themselves into three castes: the realistically rendered, highly polished Alldunns, who hold court in a castle; the Halfies, who for want of a brushstroke are denied the privileges of the Alldunns; and the Sketchies, rough and ragged outlines treated as untouchables by the others. A forbidden romance between the Halfie Claire and the Alldunn Ramo leads the two, along with Claire’s friend Lola, to run away—all the way to the edge of their painting, where they hop out of the frame and into the studio of the man who created them. An inventive, animated fable about art and life, appearance and perception. 

A LETTER TO MOMO (Japan, 2011)
Animation | 120 mins.
In Japanese with English subtitles
Topics: identity and belonging, Anime genre

Wednesday, February 20, 12:30 p.m.

From anime master Hiroyuki Okiura comes this touching, fantastical tale of a young girl’s grief and the three mischievous spirits sent to look after her. After the death of her father, 13-year-old Momo and her mother move from Tokyo to the remote island of Shio. Here, Momo is haunted by the discovery of an unfinished letter her father was writing to her—and plagued by the presence of three heaven-sent goblins whose bumbling efforts to protect her tend to cause more chaos than good. 

Winner of the Grand Prize at the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Appropriate for all ages.

For more information and a full listing of films and dates, visit http://festivals.nwfilm.org/piff36/globalclassroom/.