Win Tickets ($24): 2026 Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology @ OMSI | 170 Films, Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal, Festival Parties & More

We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Sender + a director Q&A @ Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology @ OMSI on August 22. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed August 17.

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From our sponsors:
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology
August 18-23, 2026
Festival Pass for screenings/panels $75
Festival Pass for screenings/panels/parties $110
Individual Screening $12 Adult, $10 Senior, $9 Youth
All Ages Before 5pm
More info: pdxfestofcinema.com
Tickets: omsi.edu

Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI)
1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214

A full list of films and animations along with trailers and descriptions can be found at www.pdxfestofcinema.com. All screenings and events before 5pm are designed to be a good fit for all ages. Films include live action features, animation for kids, animation for adults, sci-fi, comedies and documentaries.

In addition to screenings of films and animations by visionary filmmakers and animators, the festival also includes dome film screenings in the Kendall Planetarium, Virtual Reality showcases, Q&A sessions with 100+ filmmakers, parties, and panel discussions on topics ranging from adapting books into films to making stop-motion animation.

2026 festival by the numbers

170 films from 31 countries
100+ animated films, including 30+ stop-motion works and two stop-motion
features
30+ world premieres and over 120 U.S., West Coast, Pacific Northwest &
Oregon premieres
100+ filmmakers attending to represent their films
4 OMSI venues, 3 official festival parties, 1 Creator Expo

Special guests include:

Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Hellboy) attends Opening Night for the Oregon premiere of Pretty Boys, screening in the 6pm shorts block “Fathers Across Space and Time.”
Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, gives a keynote presentation followed by the Pacific Northwest festival premiere of My Dog: The Paradox, an animated short based on his viral webcomic.
Eleven-time Emmy-winning producer Brian A. Miller (Samurai Jack, Adventure Time, Star Wars: The Clone Wars) joins a fireside conversation on his career and the evolving animation industry.
Authors and filmmakers Abigail Hing Wen (the Loveboat Taipei franchise) and Debra Williams (Church Hat) present “From Short Story to Screen,” a panel and book signing on adapting children’s books into films.