Our 2026 Best of the Fest series brings some of this year’s best official selections and award winners to excellent independent cinemas in Florence, Astoria, and Olympia.

Day One features our curation community’s 2026 Black Merlin (Grand Prize) Award winner, David Bim’s immersive documentary about a family’s love and struggle in the Cuban wilderness, TO THE WEST, IN ZAPATA, at Olympia Film Society.

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Screening in conjunction with our free, for-credit Multnomah Clemente Course.