EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT FILM - CORALINE

UNITED STATES | DIRECTED BY HENRY SELICK
Showtime: 2/5, 7:30pm SH

Coraline tells the story of a young girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning) who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home and enters a parallel reality. On the surface, this other world eerily mimics her own life, though it is much more fantastical. It is inhabited by such off-kilter characters as the morbidly funny Miss Forcible and Miss Spink (Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders), as well as a counterfeit mother (Teri Hatcher) who attempts to keep her. Ultimately, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to get back home. Coraline, produced over the last three years by animators, artisans and puppet fabricators at Portland’s LAIKA, is the first stop-motion feature shot in stereoscopic 3-D. (100 mins.)

Filmography: The Nightmare Before Christmas (93), James and the Giant Peach (96), Monkey Bone (01).

LAIKA, Focus Features and Hollywood Video invite you to celebrate the world premiere of Coraline and the opening of the Festival. Join us after the screening for a party with the filmmakers and special guests.

Opening Night Party and Film Tickets: SOLD OUT
Opening Night tickets are available in person at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts Box Office, 1111 SW Broadway, beginning Wednesday, January 28. Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

CLOSING NIGHT FILM - DEAN SPANLEY

NEW ZEALAND | DIRECTED BY TOA FRAZER
SHOWTIME: 2/21, 8:15pm WH

In buttoned-down Edwardian England, Henslowe Fisk (Jeremy Northam) maintains a weary relationship with his misanthropic, curmudgeonly old dad (Peter O’Toole). After the two attend an eccentric lecture on “The Transmigration of Souls,” Henslowe pursues an acquaintance with Dean Spanley (Sam Neill), a reli-gious authority who recounts strange tales of lost souls when under the spell of a rare Hapsburg brandy. Featuring a career--capping performance by Peter O’Toole and a magical mélange of fine wine, canines and outlandish behavior, Dean Spanley provides a wild, tantalizing excursion into the strange world(s) of Edwardian England. (100 mins.)

Filmography: No.2 (06).

After the last screening on February 21, come celebrate PIFF 32 and compare notes with your fellow Festival-goers in the Fields Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum.

CLOSING NIGHT FILM-ONLY TICKETS:

$9 General Admission
$8 Portland Art Museum members
$6 Group Rate (15 or more in advance only)
$6 Children (12 and under)
$6 Silver Screen Club members ($60 annually)

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY-ONLY TICKETS:   $10