Two Portland-based artists are bringing their latest film work to our town in the next ten days, starting off with the Portland premiere of Jacob Pander's Selfless, which begins a week-long run at Cinema 21 in the Northwest District. Jacob, son of fine artist Henk Pander and brother of Arnold Pander, with whom he has collaborated on multiple comic book projects, has been touring the festival circuit with Selfless, including winning the Best Feature Award at the BendFilm Festival in 2008, but this is its first appearance in Pander's hometown.
From the official description of the film: Selfless is a psychological thriller about a self-absorbed architect whose world collapses when his identity is stolen. Dylan Gray, a rising young star in the trendy ‘green’ architecture movement, is flying high from winning a prized high-rise commission when he unwittingly plants the seeds of his own destruction during a chance encounter with a deadly stranger. While waiting to board his plane home to Portland, Dylan sketches an unflattering caricature of fellow passenger Wesley Stone to impress an attractive flight attendant. As Dylan soon learns, the stranger he brazenly ridiculed is a master at stealing identities, and he’s just made Dylan Gray his next target!
Selfless will screen with Radius, the Pander Brothers’ first collaborative short, shot in 1988 at the end of the Cold War. The 5-minute film uses architectural abstraction to frame Portland’s Burnside Bridge as it opens and gives way to a lethal military vessel that passes through its gates. The location was chosen for its infamous designation as Portland’s “ground zero”, which was believed to be the target site of a potential Soviet nuclear missile strike.
PORTLAND PREMIERE! November 6th, 7 p.m. Tickets $8. Cinema 21. (21 and over—beer and wine bar)
After Party across the street at The Gypsy, Nov 6, 9 p.m. to Late, with Auditory Sculpture, DJ Drew Groove, and DJ Pan-Am.
Selfless shows nightly through November 12th, 7 p.m. $8. at door. Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m.
Cinema 21
616 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209
503.223.4515
www.selflessthemovie.com
Selfless on Facebook
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Many cinema fans will know David Walker best from his years as film editor for the Willamette Week or his own magazine, currently online at BadAzzMofo.com, but he has also made multiple films of various lengths, including Black Santa and Damaged Goods. His latest is the short Uncle Tom's Apartment.
David Walker's film Uncle Tom's Apartment will be screening at the 2009 Northwest Film and Video Festival. The film will screen Saturday, Nov. 14th at 8:30 p.m. Go to www.nwfilm.org for more information.
Plot description: Tommy Harper is a thirty-something black man who enjoys a carefree life of extended adolescence, playing dominoes with his friends and hanging out with his low-maintenance girlfriend Nina. But when the young daughters of Tommy’s childhood best friend show up unexpectedly at his front door, he is forced to take on a ton of responsibility. With their father missing and no place else to go, Eliza and Eva are dependent on Tommy for their survival. As the days turn into weeks, it becomes increasingly clear that the girl's father may not return any time soon, leaving Tommy to face some tough decisions. His friends and family all want him to step up to the plate and be a real man, but he's not ready to make the sacrifices needed to become a father to Eliza and Eva. But can a grown black man, who has never had to take care of anything in his life, really provide for two white children?
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 8:30–10 p.m.
Location: 1219 SW Park Ave. Portland, OR
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