5th Avenue Cinema, Movie theater in Portland, United States
The 5th Avenue Cinema is a movie theater in Portland, Oregon, run by students and faculty of Portland State University. It sits on campus and screens a mix of newer films and older works from different countries.
The cinema opened in 1970, making it one of the longest-running university-run film venues in the United States. Over the decades it has shifted from a simple screening space to a place with a curated program shaped by each new generation of students.
Students and faculty members curate the programming here, selecting films from around the world and across different eras to create shows that reflect global cinema movements.
Screenings happen mostly on weekends, so it is worth checking the current schedule before you go. The venue is on the university campus and is open to the public, not just to students.
The theater has both analog and digital projection equipment, which means it can show films on 35mm film stock that have no digital version available. This makes it one of the very few places in the region where you can still watch a real film print on screen.
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