Portland Women's Film Festival 2008

A cinematic interpretation of a poem by Sharon Olds in which the circus is a metaphor for a woman’s performance in and for the world.

Two Ugandan girls with one big dream: to lift themselves and their families out of poverty; to do that they have to challenge cultural traditions and graduate from high school, something all but impossible for most African girls.

An odd-couple, lesbian buddy movie about a market researcher with aspirations of being a TV news field reporter who is shipped off to Little Hope with her butch cameraperson who wants to be a tattoo artist.

Two Oregon teenagers take it upon themselves to eliminate gasoline from their lives – from purchasing used diesel vehicles, to collecting by-product from local restaurants, to making bio diesel in a local barn, they show the average citizen how affordable and rewarding it is to stop the use of petroleum as a fuel.

Presented by Video Verite A low-key, semi-improvised post-punk diary about a singer-songwriter who has stolen loot from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife, a no-nonsense rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends. followed by a Q & A with Allison Anders and the presentation of the 2008 POW Fest Pioneer Award

A quirky, small town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss. 2008 POW Fest Awards Ceremony to follow screening

Part memoir, part fiction, Canada is the story of a young, half-Indian girl who struggles with her New Age mom and her two younger siblings as the family attempts to move from San Francisco to Vancouver in a VW bug.

A young woman revisits the circumstances of her unplanned pregnancy and its impact on her relationship with her daughter.

Every day we sit at the dinner table to satisfy our basic needs, but a simple conversation can suddenly make it the most awkward and devastating place to be.