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:
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.