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Director: Joan Gratz

An Evening With Joan Gratz

Directed by Joan Gratz

The work of Academy Award winner Joan Gratz (Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase, 1992) began as moving paintings, but evolved …

Animated Worlds: Portland Animation Since 2000

Directed by Marilyn Zornado, Chel White, Joanna Priestley, Laura Heit, Joan Gratz

The state of Oregon has played an amazing role in helping to shape the world of animation. This program showcases …

Animation By Design

Directed by Various

Presented in association with Design Week Portland, this short program of abstract animation features a variety of diverse work by …

Best of the 43rd Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival

Directed by Various

The Best of the 43rd Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival features a few of the best short films from 2016. This touring …

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Night Weaver

Directed by Joan Gratz

A tapestry of computer mandalas and intricate animated weavings.

Northwest Tracking: Trailblazing Women of Independent Animation

Directed by Gail Noonan, Rose Bond, Marilyn Zornado, Ruth Hayes, Joan Gratz, Joanna Priestley

As a preview of the Film Center’s post-festival Northwest Tracking series showcasing six independent animation innovators, we are  pleased to …

Primal Flux

Directed by Joan Gratz

Colors and shapes shift and change as images emerge and disperse in a play on the nature of conscious and …

Whitman at the Whitsell

Directed by Marilyn Zornado, Various, Joan Gratz, Devon Damonte

An evening of animation and poetry in celebration of the American poet Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday. Portland-based animator Marilyn Zornado …

Women in Film Portland Member Screening

Directed by Marilyn Zornado, Joan Gratz, Joanna Priestley

The Northwest Film Center is proud to present a screening of films from members of the meet up group Women …

The Northwest Film Center recognizes and honors the Indigenous peoples of this region on whose ancestral lands the museum now stands. These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River. We also want to recognize that Portland today is a community of many diverse Native peoples who continue to live and work here. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities—past, present, future—and are grateful for their ongoing and vibrant presence.