Blog

SAVE THE DATES! Our 29th Festival kicks off February 1st 2019!
December 14, 2018
Stay tuned for full program updates after January 1st on the website!    
Friday the 23rd Screening of WULU is re-scheduled for tomorrow (the 24) at noon.
February 23, 2018
PCC is closing at 6pm due to the possibility of snow, therefore tonights screening of “Wulu” is unfortunately cancelled. However we will be screening it tomorrow ( Saturday) at noon instead. We hope you can join us then instead, and please stay posted for any other changes due to the weather. Stay warm and see you tomorrow!
Festival is open and movies are on today! Come escape the cold!
February 22, 2018
Don’t let the snow stop you! Matinees are on today!  However we highly encourage taking public transportation to PCC. Join us at 12 for Wulu, 2pm for Vaya and then come back at 7pm for the powerful documentary on the human and environmental impacts of mining in Niger as filmmaker Amina Weira returns to her […]
Join us for this great community event hosted by one of our festival sponsors!
April 24, 2017
An CFAF exclusive interview with Abba T. Makama director of our Student Fest Matinee Green White Green
February 15, 2017
What inspired you to make this film? While I was in New York  studying I realized I knew so much about the western world, its history, its art and even pop culture but the west was completely clueless about me and where I came from. To the western world Africa is only synonymous to war, […]
Get those purple outfits ready! Opening night is almost here!
January 25, 2017
Break out your favorite purple outfit and dancing shoes! This year we are thrilled to present the Portland/Niger film collaboration Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai / Rain the Color Blue With a Little Red In It.  An homage to Prince’s Purple Rain, Akounak takes us on a journey of a musician’s ups and downs in the guitar rock scene […]
Friends of CFAF Preview Party
January 3, 2017
You’re invited to our second annual Friends of CFAF Preview Party! January 6th, 6pm PCC Cascade Campus, Terrell Hall 122 Please RSVP here We hope you will join us for an evening of festive food, new friends and of course movie trailers! As we give our supporters a special sneak preview of our 2017 films […]