Established in 1977, The Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is a creative, multi-media feast spotlighting artists both around the corner and across the globe—embracing bold, original, future-forward storytellers making cinema in all its forms.
The Future/future competition highlights boundary-pushing new cinema from emerging filmmakers and representing some of the most exciting new voices in global cinema. Winners are chosen by a panel of guest judges.
The Winners from 2020 are:
The Fever
Directed by Maya Da-Rin
This is Not a Burial it is a Resurrection
Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Guest Judges were:
Brandon Harris, Development Executive at Amazon Original Movies
Emily Woodburne, distribution for Janus Film
Susan Lewis, Senior VP of Original Programming at Starz Encore Group LLC.
PIFF also honor artists, curators, and industry leaders who inspire new ways of seeing through The Cinema Unbound Awards.
The 2020 Cinema Unbound Award Recipients were:
Astonishing Auteur TODD HAYNES (Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning writer and director; Carol, Far from Heaven, Mildred Pierce)
Creative Powerhouse JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL (Tony Award-winning writer, director, and actor; Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Anthem: Homunculus, Hulu’s Shrill)
Documentary Doyenne JULIE GOLDMAN (Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning producer of over 50 feature documentaries, including Life, Animated, Buck, Weiner)
Immersive Maestro MICHEL REILHAC (Filmmaker, Experiential Artist and Head of VR, Venice Biennale)
Animation Arts Wizard ROSE BOND (Internationally-recognized, large-scale, site-specific animations)
Curatorial Mastermind RAJENDRA ROY (The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, MoMA)
Costume Designer Extraordinaire AMANDA NEEDHAM (Emmy-winning costume designer; Portlandia, Shrill)