32nd Portland International Film Festival


32nd PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OREGONIAN AUDIENCE AWARDS

The 31,000 audience members at this year's 32nd Portland International Film Festival have selected their favorite films from among the 78 feature and 36 shorts screened February 6-22.

Tying for first place for Best Feature Award are Toa Frazer's DEAN SPANLEY (New Zealand) and Dorie Dörrie's CHERRY BLOSSOMS (Germany). Two films also tied for the Best Documentary Award—Festival guest Jennifer Grausman's film PRESSURE COOKER (US), co-directed with Mark Becker, and Agnés Varda's THE BEACHES OF AGNÉS (France), both of which tied for second place in the overall balloting. The winner of the Best New Director Award is Amin Matalga, for CAPTAIN ABU RAED (Jordan).

This year's Short Film Award goes to Portland filmmaker Heather Harlow for NOUS DEUX ENCORE.

 
FEATURES
1. DEAN SPANLEY / New Zealand / Toa Frazer - BEST FEATURE AWARD WINNER
  CHERRY BLOSSOMS / Germany / Doris Dörrie - BEST FEATURE AWARD WINNER
2. PRESSURE COOKER / US / Jennifer Grausman, Mark Becker - BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD WINNER
  THE BEACHES OF AGNÉS / France / Agnès Varda - BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD WINNER
3. THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE / Canada / Benoît Pilon
4. REVANCHE / Austria / Götz Spielmann
5. CAPTAIN ABU RAED / Jordan / Amin Matalqa - BEST NEW DIRECTOR AWARD
6. THE ENGLISH SURGEON / Great Britain / Geoffrey Smith
7. SUGAR / US / Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
  WORLDS APART / Denmark / Niels Arden Oplev
8. WOLF, THE LAWS OF WILDERNESS / Sweden / Daniel Alfredson
9. SEREPHINE / France / Martin Provost
10. EVERLASTING MOMENTS / Sweden / Jan Troell
11. HOME OF DARK BUTTERFLIES / Finland / Dome Karukoski
12. KATYN / Poland / Andrzej Wajda
13. LEMON TREE / Israel / Eran Riklis
14. HUNGER / Great Britain / Steve McQueen
15. MOSCOW, BELGIUM / Belgium / Christophe Van Rompaey
  MILKING THE RHINO / US / David E. Simpson
16. THE BAADER-MEINHOF COMPLEX / Germany / Uli Edel
17. O’HORTEN / Norway / Bent Hamer
18. THE GARDEN / US / Scott Hamilton Kennedy
19. THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD / US / Sean McGinley
20. THE BLACK BALLOON / Australia / Elissa Down
 
SHORTS
1. NOUS DEUX ENCORE / US / Heather Harlow - BEST SHORT AWARD
2. TOYLAND / Germany / Jochen Alexander Freydank
3. THE WEDNESDAYS / Ireland / Conor Ferguson
4. PROCRASTINATION / Great Britain / Johnny Kelly
5. THE LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY / US / Byrd McDonald