38th Portland International Film Festival: February 5-21, 2015
The 38th Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) is starting on Feb. 5th, 2015. Zeitgeist Northwest and the OSU Language Department once again are proud sponsor of this years GERMAN/ GERMAN...
View Article65th Berlin International Film Festival and the 29th Teddy Awards 2015
The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 5 – 15, 2015 and I was honored to be invited to be on the independent jury for the 29th Teddy Awards, which is an international...
View ArticleHelmut Dietl, 1944-2015
The German film and TV industries were mourning on Monday the death of director, writer and producer Helmut Dietl from lung cancer. He was 70. Once described as “the German answer to Woody Allen”,...
View ArticleArtur Brauner and the CCC Films
Artur Brauner belongs to the few producers who shaped the German film history strongly over the last 60 years. He stands as a symbol for the German Entertainment Film industry of the 50s and 60s and at...
View ArticleClassic German movies at the Portland German Film Festival
While the Portland German Film Festival is always trying to get the newest movies from Germany to Portland and has and will have several US Premieres of modern German movies, one should never forget...
View ArticlePortland German Film Festival Awards
Creative, inventive, courageous and assertive German Cinema is thriving by the work of individuals in the film industry, actresses/ actors, directors, etc. They are providing German movies with...
View ArticleChildren’s movies at this year’s Portland German Film Festival 2015
Zeitgeist Northwest will present the 6th Annual Portland German Film Festival from Sept. 25 – 29, 2015 @ at Cinema 21. Stay connected with us and get updates on the films we are showing with facebook....
View ArticleFilms from Switzerland and Austria at this year’s Portland German Film...
Zeitgeist Northwest will present the 6th Annual Portland German Film Festival from Sept. 25 – 29, 2015 @ at Cinema 21. Stay connected with us and get updates on the films we are showing with facebook....
View ArticleMargarethe von Trotta’s movie THE MISPLACED WORLD is opening the Portland...
This year’s festival kicks of with the American Premiere of THE MISPLACED WORLD (Die abhandene Welt), the latest from legendary director Margarethe von Trotta (director of HANNAH ARENDT) on September...
View ArticleKatja Riemann to receive Portland German Film Festival Award 2015
Katja Riemann, will be in attendance and receive the 2015 Portland German Film Festival Award for her body of work including dozens of movie roles and TV acting credits as this year’s festival kicks...
View ArticleSome films from this years Portland Film Festival will be shown at OSU
If you missed this year’s Portland German Film Festival, you will have a second chance to see some of our films at the Seventh Annual International Film Festival at OSU in Corvallis from October...
View ArticleCelebrating our 1 (one) year anniversary of monthly films in November
In November of 2014 the Portland German Film Festival started to show a variety of GERMAN and GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland on every 2nd Wednesday of each month. Audiences...
View ArticleCinema of the Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
The Weimar Republic period of German history, from 1918-1933, saw economic, stylistic and cultural changes in the German film industry that would have profound effects on the history of German cinema....
View ArticleDEFA turns 70! (1946 – 2016)
In 1946, just a year after Nazi Germany’s surrender, the Soviet Military Administration granted the first post-war license to the newly founded Deutsche Filmaktiengesellschaft (DEFA). Comprised of...
View ArticleTHE PORTLAND GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL AND NORTHWEST FILM FORUM ANNOUNCE KINOFEST...
The Portland German Film Festival, in collaboration with Northwest Film Forum, will present KINOFEST Seattle, October 7-9, 2016 at Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. in Seattle. KINOFEST Seattle will...
View ArticleNEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER at Portland German Film Festival 2016
The 7th annual Portland German Film Festival is introducing their first short film program. In 2015, ELLA a film by Paula Romy Riemann was the first short ever to be screened in our festival. The...
View ArticleChildren’s movies at this year’s Portland German Film Festival 2016
Zeitgeist Northwest will present the 7th Annual Portland German Film Festival from Sept. 23 - 27, 2016 @ at Cinema 21. Stay connected with us and get updates on the films we are showing with facebook....
View ArticleClassic German movie at the Portland German Film Festival 2016
In 2015, the Portland German Film Festival started its series of German classic movies which will be shown at a matinee on Sundays @ 1.00 PM during the festival. This year’s classic film will be “GIRLS...
View ArticleAcademy award winner Xavier Koller to attend the Portland German Film...
Swiss film director and screenwriter, Xavier Koller will attend the screening of his movie SCHELLEN-URSLI (The little mountain boy) (Schellen-Ursli) on Sept. 24, 2016 at CINEMA 21 (schedule permitted)....
View ArticleCelebrating our 2 (two) year anniversary of monthly films in November 2016
In November of 2014 the Portland German Film Festival started to show a variety of GERMAN and GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to give our audience the chance to experience...
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