Portland Dance Film Festival 2025 Picks 1

Tickets $15. Portland Dance Film Fest (PDFF) is back for its 9th year! This year’s three-day festival will include 25 film shorts showcasing a diverse range of films that use movement to tell stories.

Tickets $15. Portland Dance Film Fest (PDFF) is back for its 9th year! This year’s three-day festival will include 25 film shorts showcasing a diverse range of films that use movement to tell stories.

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COMMUNITY PARTNER
  1. 7:00 pm

FEBRUARY

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COMMUNITY PARTNER
Feb 25

The Sea // Portland Jewish Film Festival
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Feb 26

Rooted in Eastern Oregon // High Desert Tree Identification
ALT AWARDS PRESENTED BY
Feb 27

Father Mother Sister Brother
BIZARRE BAZAAR
Feb 28

Shin Ultraman x Brain Dead
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Feb 28

Among Neighbors // Portland Jewish Film Festival

MARCH

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COMMUNITY PARTNER
Mar 1

Maintenance Artist // Portland Jewish Film Festival
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Mar 1

Bliss (Hemda) // Portland Jewish Film Festival
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Mar 4

Unrivaled Championship Live // Hosted w/ Backcourt Collective
OMGNW!
Mar 5

NW Music Video Showcase
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 6

Rock 'n' Roll High School
MARCH MADNESS UNORTHODOX DOCS
Mar 7

The Moment
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Mar 7

Hanami // Cascade Festival of African Films
UNORTHODOX DOCS
Mar 8

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 12

The Last Waltz x Johnny Franco and his Real Brother Dom
QUEER CINEMA
Mar 13

Six Short Films by Barbara Hammer x Lesbian Cinema Club
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 14

Once Within a Time
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 14

Peaches Goes Bananas
ALT AWARDS
Mar 15

Oscars Watch Party w/ Ry Bred
OMGNW!
Mar 19

Rose Colored Moon: An Evening Tribute to Elliott Smith in Film and Music
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 21

Josie and the Pussycats
QUEER CINEMA
Mar 21

Undertow
CRAFTERNOONS MARCH MADNESS
Mar 22

Almost Famous Crafternoon w/ Ritual Dyes
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 22

Stop Making Sense
SOCIAL CINEMA
Mar 26

Party Girl x Colibri + Frances May
GAME-O-RAMA MARCH MADNESS
Mar 27

Wigstock: The Movie - Movie Bingo w/ Violet Hex
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 28

Selena
PRESENTED BY
Mar 28

Altered Evening: The Pander Brothers’ indie thriller ALTERED EGO & Cross-Media Works
BIZARRE BAZAAR
Mar 29

The Fly x Brain Dead
MARCH MADNESS
Mar 29

Purple Rain

APRIL

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OMGNW!
Apr 2

Tree Fest
NOW + THEN
Apr 3

Demolition Man
SNEAK PEEKS
Apr 4

By Design
MARCH MADNESS
Apr 4

24 Hour Party People
MARCH MADNESS
Apr 5

The Decline of Western Civilization
MARCH MADNESS
Apr 5

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
MARCH MADNESS
Apr 5

The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
SOCIAL CINEMA
Apr 9

Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production
GAME-O-RAMA
Apr 10

Best in Show Movie Bingo w/ Violet Hex
PASSPORTS
Apr 11

My Father's Shadow
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Apr 12

The Short Films of David Lynch
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Apr 12

Eraserhead
PRESENTED BY
Apr 16

Pickles, Pickles, Pickles with Dillon T. Pickle
CRAFTERNOONS
Apr 19

Marie Antoinette Crafternoon x Ritual Dyes
NOW + THEN
Apr 19

Waiting for Guffman
CARTE BLANCHE
Apr 22

Carte Blanche: Sam Green x The Oldest Person in the World
TOMORROW TALKS
Apr 24

Tough Shit with Oregon Humanities
SOCIAL CINEMA
Apr 23

Band of Outsiders x Art & About
UNORTHODOX DOCS
Apr 25

Natchez
MOVIE BOOK CLUB
Apr 26

The Chronology of Water x Movie Book Club w/ Lidia Yuknavitch
UNORTHODOX DOCS
Apr 30

Coexistence, My Ass!

MAY

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GAME-O-RAMA
May 8

Serial Mom Movie Bingo
SOCIAL CINEMA
May 9

Twister: CineWhimsy – An Immersive 4D Extravaganza