Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Festival

Four films that arrange the people of Britain in order of Age, Birth, Love, and Income. Interspersed throughout the program.

Glass, Concrete and Stone explores images of building demolition, touching on the theme of impermanence while raising questions about the notion of progress.

The Livelong Day is a portrait of one of the largest and most realistic model railroads in the world. A perpetual work in progress, built and operated by three generations of train enthusiasts, many of whom have worked on the real railroads. The older members of the club lament the disappearance of railroad culture and craftsmanship while the younger members long to be part of a profession that scarcely exists anymore.

Hay Daze is the first in a series of micro shorts exploring rural traditions and celebrations in the American West. Each autumn in central Montana hay growers celebrate cutting season by creating hay bale sculptures for display in their fields.

What do you do when you’re stopped at an intersection and someone with a sign asks you for money? Do you give or do you stare straight ahead pretending they’re not there? How do you sum up a person in the span of a red light? When the Light’s Red is a poignant and humorous take on one motorist’s experience with intersection panhandling.

Laxmi at the Gate is a portrait of Ahmedabad, the filmmaker’s hometown in India. It tells the story of a barely known local legend where in ancient times Laxmi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth, was trapped at the city’s gates. The film unfolds through a series of vignettes that take the viewer on a journey of intimate encounters with the scenes, sounds and residents of the city.