Portland International Film Festival
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- 2013
- 2012
- Kill List A-
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- The Band's Visit (Hebrew/Arabic) A-
- Beaufort (Hebrew) B+
- Caramel (Arabic) B-
- Chicago 10 B+
- The Counterfeiters (German) B
- In Bruges B+
- Mister Foe B
- Mongol (Mongolian) B+
- Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (documentary) B-
- Priceless (French) B+
- Silent Light (German/Plautdietsch) B+
- Snow Angels A-
- Then She Found Me B
- The Trap (Serbo-Croatian) B-
- The Visitor B+
- The White Silk Dress (Vietnamese) B
- 2007
- Eagle vs Shark C
- Fido B-
- Flannel Pajamas C+
- The Host (Korean) A-
- The Lives of Others (German) A-
- Offside (Persian) B
- Rescue Dawn B+
- Starter for 10 B
- Trade D+
- Zoo (documentary) C-
- 2006
- Art School Confidential C
- C.R.A.Z.Y. (French) A-
- Factotum B-
- The Heart of the Game (documentary) B+
- Kinky Boots C+
- Lady Vengeance (Korean) C
- Lower City (Portuguese) D+
- Merry Christmas (French) B
- Neil Young: Heart of Gold (documentary) A
- The Notorious Bettie Page C+
- The Proposition B
- Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (German) B
- The Sun (Japanese) B+
- Tsotsi (Tsotsitaal) A-
- Wah-Wah B-
- 2005
- 5x2: Five Times Two (French) B
- The Ballad of Jack and Rose C+
- Born into Brothels (documentary) B-
- Cronicas (Spanish) B+
- Dear Frankie B
- The Edukators (German) B
- Head-On (German) C+
- Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese) A
- Ladies in Lavender B-
- Look at Me (French) B
- Mardi Gras: Made in China (documentary) B+
- The Merchant of Venice B
- Millions A-
- Nobody Knows (Japanese) A-
- Notre Musique (French) C-
- Oldboy (Korean) B+
- Saint Ralph B-
- Schultze Gets the Blues (German) B
- The Shape of the Moon (documentary; Indonesian/Javanese) B
- Somersault C
- Take My Eyes (Spanish) A
- Tell Them Who You Are (documentary) B
- Touch the Sound (documentary) B-
- Travellers & Magicians (Dzongkha) B-
- Turtles Can Fly (Kurdish) B+
- 2004
- Blind Shaft (Chinese) B-
- Bright Young Things B-
- Control Room (documentary) B+
- The Corporation (documentary) B+
- Dogville C
- The Dreamers B
- Good Bye Lenin! (German) B+
- Hero (Chinese) A-
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead C-
- I'm Not Scared (Italian) B+
- My Architect (documentary) C+
- Noi the Albino (Icelandic) B+
- Osama (Dari/Pushtu) B
- The Return (Russian) B+
- The Saddest Music in the World A-
- The Story of the Weeping Camel (documentary; Mongolian) B+
- Twilight Samurai (Japanese) B+
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself B-
- 2003
- All the Real Girls A-
- Bend It Like Beckham B+
- The Dancer Upstairs B-
- Divine Intervention (Hebrew/Arabic) B
- The Man on the Train (French) B
- The Man Without a Past (Finnish) B
- Manito B
- Mondays in the Sun (Spanish) C+
- Raising Victor Vargas A
- Russian Ark (Russian) B-
- The Sea (Icelandic) B+
- Soft Shell Man (French) B
- Spellbound (documentary) A
- 2002
- Baran (Farsi) B
- Italian for Beginners (Danish) A-
- Kissing Jessica Stein B+
- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (Hindi/Bhojpuri) B+
- Late Marriage (Hebrew) B-
- Me Without You B+
- Nine Queens (Spanish) A
- Pauline and Paulette (Flemish/French) B+
- The Piano Teacher (French) C
- Rain B+
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing A-
- Time Out (French) B+
- 2001
- 101 Reykjavik (Icelandic) B
- Amores Perros (Spanish) A
- Angels of the Universe (Icelandic) C+
- Bread and Tulips (Italian) B
- Chopper C
- The Dish B
- Divided We Fall (Czech) A-
- The Endurance (documentary) A
- In the Mood for Love (Chinese) B-
- Me You Them (Portuguese) B-
- Memento A
- The Natural History of the Chicken (documentary) B
- Our Lady of the Assassins (Spanish) B+
- Pollock B
- Startup.com (documentary) B+
- With a Friend Like Harry (French) B
- 2000
- The Big Kahuna A-
- Butterfly (Spanish) B
- The Cup (Tibetan/Hindi) C
- East Is East A-
- East-West (French/Russian) B
- The Emperor and the Assassin (Chinese) A
- Me Myself I B-
- Mifune C+
- Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (documentary) A
- My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski (German; documentary) C
- The Prompter (Norwegian) B+
