PDXLAFF 20TH ANNIVERSARY CLOSING NIGHT - FLIES / MOSCAS
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🏆 Winner of two independent jury awards at the 2026 Berlinale
Can an unexpected friendship open a life built to keep the world out?
Olga lives alone in a vast apartment complex, following routines designed to keep attachments safely at a distance. When financial necessity forces her to rent a room to a man who secretly brings along his nine-year-old son, the child’s presence disrupts her carefully controlled world and awakens a bond she never intended to form.
Filmed in expressive black and white and infused with understated humor, Fernando Eimbcke’s Flies is a tender story of solitude, grief, and connection. This quietly radiant film brings our anniversary season to a hopeful and moving close.
WHY WE CHOSE THIS FILM
Because Flies finds the extraordinary within everyday life—and reminds us that companionship can enter quietly, soften our defenses, and transform the way we inhabit the world.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
After our final screening, join us at Sonder Listening Bar, 1925 NE 42nd Ave., one block from the Hollywood Theatre.
Raise a glass with fellow film lovers, friends, artists, and community partners as we celebrate the stories that moved us, the connections we created, and twenty years of Latin American cinema in Portland.
Mexico • Spain | 2026
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Comedy / Drama • 99 minutes
In Spanish with English subtitles
TRAILER:
Can an unexpected friendship open a life built to keep the world out?
Olga lives alone in a vast apartment complex, following routines designed to keep attachments safely at a distance. When financial necessity forces her to rent a room to a man who secretly brings along his nine-year-old son, the child’s presence disrupts her carefully controlled world and awakens a bond she never intended to form.
Filmed in expressive black and white and infused with understated humor, Fernando Eimbcke’s Flies is a tender story of solitude, grief, and connection. This quietly radiant film brings our anniversary season to a hopeful and moving close.
WHY WE CHOSE THIS FILM
Because Flies finds the extraordinary within everyday life—and reminds us that companionship can enter quietly, soften our defenses, and transform the way we inhabit the world.
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
After our final screening, join us at Sonder Listening Bar, 1925 NE 42nd Ave., one block from the Hollywood Theatre.
Raise a glass with fellow film lovers, friends, artists, and community partners as we celebrate the stories that moved us, the connections we created, and twenty years of Latin American cinema in Portland.
Mexico • Spain | 2026
Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Comedy / Drama • 99 minutes
In Spanish with English subtitles
TRAILER:
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Host or PublisherPortland Latin American Film Festival
