Portland, OR — On Thursday December 8, 2022 at 7pm the third annual Fungi Film Festival kicks off at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon. With fungi-focused films running over two hours in total, this year’s iteration of the FFF represents filmmakers from 10 countries, including Poland, Argentina, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, and Canada. This kick-off event will conclude with award winner announcements (including a live vote for the Audience Choice Award) and Q&A sessions with two film directors: XX from XX and XX from XX.
This year’s FFF lineup brings a mix of experimental, narrative, documentary, and animated films, with lengths ranging from 2 to 32 minutes. Some are moving odes to molds and mushrooms, as seen in the abstract visuals and poetics of Beneath by Beth Walker (U.K.) or the unsettling stop motion and narration of Mikoryzator by Maria Subczyńska (Poland). Other films explore the comedic nature of fungi, as found in the animation Shroom Mates by Rosie Windsor (U.K.) and the 14-minute narrative of Pharmakon by Jean-Martin Gagnon (Canada) and 16-minute story of Who’s Who in Mycology by Marie Dvorakova (Czech Republic). The Fest’s documentaries include a cultural exploration of mushroom usage in India (Mushroom: The Magical Fungi) and an examination of the most potent psychedelic mushroom in the world, which grows in a small region at the mouth of Oregon’s Columbia River (Azeurescens: Through the Blue Lens).
A second live showing of the Fest will take place at Cinema 21 on Sunday, December 11 at 4 pm. This showing will also be followed by a filmmaker Q&A session with XX from XX.
After the Fest’s launch, the whole program will be viewable on demand via Vimeo from December 9, 2022 - January 3, 2023. The Fest’s full program is now viewable at https://www.fungifilmfest.com/2022-program. To learn more, visit http://fungifilmfest.com.
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