PLEASE NOTE: Community Language and Culture Bank officially changed its name to Center for Intercultural Organizing in August, 2005 to better reflect our mission, work and values.

The Portland International Nature and Environmental (PINE) Film Festival

The PINE Film Festival is an awareness project of the emerging nonprofit organization Livable Place. Through the power of the moving picture, PINE aims to celebrate the wonders of our world while also showcasing the fragile balance of life and the perilous struggle for survival faced by so many. Ultimately, by connecting people through their common hopes and challenges, PINE strives to create a world of vibrant communities, where natural systems are safeguarded, pollution in its many forms is reduced, and the quality-of-life of all living things is improved.

Community Language and Culture Bank Adopts Two Films
International Nature and Environmental (PINE ) Film Festival

The Never, Never Water (U.S. Premiere)
Saturday, November 13, 2004
2:00 PM
PSU 5th Avenue Cinemas
525 SW Hall (SW 5th Avenue at Hall) 

Children of the Storm
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
7:30 PM
525 SW Hall (SW 5th Avenue at Hall)

From Wednesday, Nov. 10th through Sunday, Nov. 21st, Portland will be privileged to view  over 20 feature films that demonstrate the creative genius, enthusiastic spirit, and compassionate heart of filmmakers from around the world. These films are sure to enlighten, entertain and inspire you! And Community Language and Culture Bank is adopting two of these rare films.

The list of countries represented in the first-ever PINE Film Festival includes Australia, Austria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Peru, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania and the United States. And each feature film is paired with one or more entertaining shorts.

Festival Venues include the Hollywood Theatre on NE Sandy and the PSU 5th Avenue Cinemas at SW 5th Avenue & Hall and the Guild Theatre in downtown. Come and enjoy an intimate visit to special parts of the world ... and leave with a greater sense of connectedness to people, place, and life!

Full Film Schedule

For more information, please call (503) 287-4117.
While the final ticket schedule is still being worked out, tickets will be approximately $5 for adults, $3 for students and free for children under 5. These amounts might vary slightly depending on venue and film. A festival pass will also be available for approximately $50. A final ticket schedule should be available by Wednesday, October 27, with advance ticket sales beginning Monday, November 1.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 

THE NEVER, NEVER WATER
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: PSU 5th Avenue Cinemas
525 SW Hall (SW 5th Avenue at Hall) 
Ticket Price TBA

Alessandra Speciale, Italy/Burkina Faso, Documentary, 48 min, Subtitles, 2002 US Premiere! 

Women line up overnight to fill up their containers so their families can eat and wash, but before they can get to the village tap local businessmen with steel drums have stolen gallons of the precious liquid. And even earlier, a multi-national corporation has wrested control of the country’s water supply. This beautiful and cautionary documentary illustrates why the women call it the “never, never water

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 

CHILDREN OF THE STORM
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: PSU 5th Avenue Cinemas
525 SW Hall (SW 5th Avenue at Hall) 
Ticket Price TBA

Stig Holmqvist, Sweden, Documentary, 91 min, English and some subtitles, 2001 

Six teenagers from different parts of the world were the characters of a documentary series made by Swedish filmmaker Stig Holmqvist in the 1970's. Adawi who lived in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea, Naoto in a suburb of Tokyo, Sahra in a refugee camp in Somalia, Soroji on the savannah in Tanzania, Sheila in Belfast, and Eusebio on a sugar plantation in Guatemala. Over the years Holmqvist tried to keep in touch with them but gradually lost contact. Now, twenty-five years later he goes looking for them. Each of them has a very personal story to tell, and through them the film mirrors the state of the world.