The Portland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival is one of the Pacific Northwest`s premier showcases for film and visual media.

The largest LGBT festival in the Pacific Northwest brings to the screen feature length narratives, short films, experimental work, and documentaries from across the globe.

SJFF has grown to be one of the top Jewish film festivals in the country and the largest Jewish event in the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle Weekly calls SJFF the best ethnic festival, second only to the Seattle International Film Festival.

A juried survey of new moving image arts by independent Northwest film and video makers, the Festival draws over 300 entries in all genres each year and is judged by a prominent filmmaker, curator or critic. Now in it's 36th year, the Festival provides a forum where outstanding independent work receives public recognition, critical appraisal, and an engaged and enthusiastic regional audience. Past judges have included Gus Van Sant, Matt Groening, Todd Haynes, Christine Vachon, Bill Plympton, Dan Ireland, Karen Cooper of Filmforum, B. Ruby Rich, Amy Taubin, Jim Hoberman, and John Cooper, Sundance and Outfest programmer. Generally, 30-45 shorts, features, and documentaries are screened during the Festival, then 10-15 shorts are selected for the Best of the Northwest Tour program which travels the following year throughout the Northwest to media arts centers, museums, arts councils, and universities. Total audience exceeds 6000.

MOPAN is hosting the Film/Video Northwest 2000 short film screening. Now accepting Shorts under 30 min of any genre across Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Entry fee is $10. For more info. Write ambient789@juno.com or visit us at www.mopan.org