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