This is a complete list of films featured in our 2026 festival, which will happen from March through June at the Hollywood Theatre, Cinema 21, and the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon. To learn more about a film, find it in our 2026 Festival Program (dates are listed alongside each film for reference). Click on the link next to a film to purchase tickets directly from the theater.

Our 2026 festival is sponsored by Crag Law Center and Solve—with support from the Clemente Course in the Humanities, Prosper Portland, the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, the Portland Events and Film Office, and Oregon Cultural Trust.

2026 Award Winners

Best Feature Film: COSMOS directed by Germinal Roaux | March 21 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

More award winners to be announced.

2026 Indigenous Voices Series

These official selections are also part of our annual Indigenous Voices series, which centers the wisdom, accomplishments, stories, and struggles of Indigenous people around the living world.

SHORT FILMS

AKABABURU: EXPRESSION OF ASTONISHMENT directed by Irati Dojura Landa Yagarí | March 26 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

LANAWARU directed by Angello Faccini | May 26 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets

OCEANBONE directed by Lani Cupchoy | April 4 at the Hollywood Theatre and May 26 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets (April 4) | tickets (May 26)

RED-SHADED GREEN directed by Johannes Vang | May 26 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets

THE LAST ISLAND directed by Tobias Hansson | April 9 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

VOX HUMANA directed by Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan | May 5 at Cinema 21 | tickets

FEATURE FILMS

BOCA VIEJA directed by Yovegami Ascona Mora | May 14 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

COSMOS directed by Germinal Roaux | March 21 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

CRADLED BY THE EARTH directed by Renata Meirelles and David Vêluz | March 31 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets

THE RIVER REMEMBERS directed by Jordan Riber | May 26 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets

RUNA SIMI directed by Augusto Zegarra | April 28 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets

SEEDS directed by Kaniehtiio Horn | April 4 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

2026 Official Selections

AL BASATEEN (THE ORCHARDS) directed by Antoine Chapon | March 26 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

BALCONADA directed by Iva Tokmakchieva | March 26 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

CHIRP TALKER directed by Audrey He-Qing Cheng | April 28 at the Clinton Street Theater | tickets

DISTANCE TO THE MOON directed by Victoria Watson and Sacha Kyle | March 26 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

EMBODIED directed by Sam Smith | May 5 at Cinema 21 | tickets

FISH FOR THE FUTURE directed by Matthew Benton | April 30 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

HOUSTON'S WHITEBEAM directed by Jake Morris and Alex Darby | April 30 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

HOW A RIVER IS BORN directed by Luma Flôres | May 5 at Cinema 21 | tickets

LIKE FRIEND, LIKE DEER directed by Malek Eghbali | April 30 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

PYROPHILES: ON FIRE AND FUNGI directed by Maya Han | May 5 at Cinema 21 | tickets

REINDALEN directed by Morgan Heim | April 30 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

ROOST 2020 PDX directed by Irene Tejaratchi Hess | April 30 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

THE LITTLE BROWN BIRD directed by KT Bryden | April 30 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

UNFAKING TOYOTA'S FAKERY directed by Keil Orion Troisi | March 24 at Cinema 21 | tickets

WATER SPORTS directed by Whammy Alcazaren | May 5 at Cinema 21 | tickets

WITNESS: AN ORGANIMA FILM directed by Nik Arthur | May 5 at Cinema 21 | tickets

FEATURE FILMS

FIUME O MORTE! directed by Igor Bezinović | April 15 at Cinema 21 & April 18 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets (Cinema 21) | tickets (Hollywood Theatre)

TO THE WEST, IN ZAPATA (AL OESTE EN ZAPATA) directed by David Bim | April 9 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

2026 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

THE GLEANERS AND I directed by Agnes Varda | March 12 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

EARTH WORSHIP directed by Haoyan of America | tickets

HUMANS IN THE LOOP directed by Aranya Sahay | March 24 at Cinema 21 | tickets

THE OCTOPUS directed by Jean Painlevé | March 26 at the Mollywood Theatre | tickets

ONCE UPON A TIME IN A FOREST directed by Virpi Suutari | April 14 at Cinema 21 | tickets

WOMAN IN THE DUNES (in 35mm) directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara | May 21 at the Hollywood Theatre | tickets

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