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International Womens Sport Film Festival

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Fri May 1 2026
Sun May 3 2026
  • Doors: 5:00 pm
  • Start Time: 7:00 pm
  • Age Restriction:  All Ages & Bar w/ID

About the Event

The International Women’s Sports Film Festival is the first global film festival dedicated entirely to stories about women and nonbinary athletes. The festival showcases documentaries, narrative films, and short films that explore the culture, challenges, and triumphs of women in sports. Programming also includes panels, filmmaker conversations, athlete discussions, workshops, and community events designed to expand the conversation around representation and gender equity in sport.

Sponsored by: The Sports Bra, QDOC, The Idea Factory, Papertrees Creative, Bowtie Strateiges, Capone Cousins

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5/1/2026 - FRIDAY PASSES
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5/3/2026 - SUNDAY PASSES
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ALL ACCESS PASSES

Full Court All Access Pass

$195.00

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Includes access to all films in Cinema and special screenings in The Stage.

5/1/2026 - FRIDAY PASSES

5/1 - 7:00 - 8:30PM: Give Me The Ball

$28.50

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An intimate portrait of tennis legend and trailblazer Billie Jean King, revealing the personal cost behind her fight to transform her sport and the world told through rare archival footage and candid interviews with those closest to her.

Ticket Includes: Opening Night Celebration! Hear from a panel of Portland community leaders: Kate Delhagen from Oregon Sports Angels, Jessica Elken from James Beard Public Market, gallerist Elizabeth Leach and Kimberly Veale from the Portland Fire. Talkback following the film between women's sports fan Coach Jackie J and tennis legend Rosie Casals.

5/2/2026 - SATURDAY PASSES

Half Court Pass Saturday AM

$75.00

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Includes all films and special screenings on Saturday before 3pm.
Half Court Pass Saturday PM

$75.00

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Includes all films and special screenings on Saturday after 3pm.
5/2 - 10:30 - 11:50am: Championesses / Mistrzynie

$28.50

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Set against a breakthrough moment for Poland at the Olympic Games, six elite athletes navigate ambition, sacrifice, and life beyond sport, revealing what it truly takes to become a champion. The film also captures a significant moment when women surpassed men in numbers on the Polish Olympic team.
5/2 12:00 - 12:45pm: Unmatched

$28.50

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A panel and sneak peek clip of the upcoming documentary UNMATCHED: The Team that Changed the Beautiful Game, the untold story of the 2005 Portland Pilots: Megan Rapinoe, Christine Sinclair, and the greatest college soccer team of all time.

Ticket Includes: Panel brought to you by the OPB Evergreen podcast, moderated by reporter Kyra Buckley with director Joe Kuffner, reporter Anne Peterson and film subject Becca Meierbachtol.
5/2 1:00 - 3:00pm Off Course

$28.50

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Off Course follows elite ultrarunners Stephanie Case and Sophie Grant as they navigate infertility, pregnancy loss, and the challenges of balancing high-level sport with motherhood. The film highlights their resilience and redefines endurance, featuring their deeply personal journeys to conceive.

Ticket includes: Talkback & Q&A with journalist Anne-Marije Rook and film subject Stephanie Case following the film.
5/2 3:15 - 4:00pm Kling Goes to Referee Camp

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Former Thorns Captain and current host of the US Soccer Podcast, Megan Klingenberg, will join us to share her journey as she went through the rigorous training and tryout to be a professional soccer ref.

Ticket Includes: Talkback with Kling and Q&A following the film.
5/2 4:15 - 6:00pm: Reggae Girlz

$28.50

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The Jamaican women’s national football team, known as the Reggae Girlz, rise from obscurity to compete on the world stage at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Facing financial hardship and institutional neglect, they challenge the odds with resilience and pride in a powerful story of perseverance and possibility, set against the backdrop of stunning Jamaican landscapes and a vibrant reggae soundtrack a joyful celebration of pride and the power of women in sport.

Ticket Includes: Talkback with Trish Dalton and Q&A following the film.
5/2 6:15 - 7:00pm: Fueling The Game

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Fueling The Game Panel: Short film screening followed by a panel discussion with Melanie Strong and women's health leaders. "The Nutrition Gap Holding Women in Sports Back" From the lab to the kitchen to the pitch, Carsan Dittman, Morghan Medlock, and Claire Emslie shine a light on the systemic nutrition gap holding women back in pro sports in this series short. (A Togethxr and A Touch More Production. Executive Produced by Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe)

Ticket includes: Panel and Q&A following the film with Melanie Strong from Next Ventures, Rachael Rapinoe Folx Health and registered dietitian Michelle Tegenkamp.
5/2 7:15 - 9:15pm: The Brittney Griner Story

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WNBA star Brittney Griner's journey from playing abroad to her detention in Russia, her fight for freedom, and her work to help other wrongfully detained Americans.

Ticket Includes: Following the screening, executive producer Lindsay Kagawa Colas, longtime agent to Brittney Griner and a key driver of the campaign to bring BG home from her 2022 detention in Russia, will join Karina LeBlanc, Canadian Olympian and EVP of Strategic Growth for RAJ Sports, for a post-film conversation.

5/3/2026 - SUNDAY PASSES

Half Court Pass Sunday AM

$75.00

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Includes all films and special screenings on Sunday before 3pm.
Half Court Pass Sunday PM

$75.00

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Includes all films and special screenings on Saturday after 3pm.
5/3 10:00am - 12:00pm Thorns FC v Chicago Stars

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Join us for an official Thorns Fan Viewing Party! Enjoy a live stream of the Portland Thorns away match vs Chicago Red Stars. Home field advantage is wherever we are!
5/3 10:30am - 12:00pm: Curl Power

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Curl Power follows a team of teenage girls as they pursue their dream of becoming Canadian National Curling Champions, and seek out their own paths amid the legacies of their world champion mothers. This intimate and imaginative coming-of-age documentary tells a story of angst and ecstasy, following the funny and tender evolution of five best friends as they reckon with their bodies, minds, and the great unknown.

Ticket Includes: Talkback with Olympian & film subject Diane Dezura and Jr. Olympian & film subject Ashley Dezura and Q&A following the film.
5/3 12:30 - 1:15pm US Soccer Podcast Live

$28.50

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Live taping of the US Soccer podcast with former former U.S. Women’s National Team player and Portland Thorn, Megan Klingenberg, her former teammate Becky Sauerbrunn and current Thorns, Morgan Weaver and Bella Bixby.
5/3 1:30 - 3:05pm: The Fastest Six Weeks in Sports

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The Fastest Six Weeks in Sports follows WNBA draft prospects Georgia Amoore and Sania Feagin through the whirlwind 45 days between the NCAA Championship and the WNBA tip-off. New teams, new cities, new pressures – an unfiltered look at what it takes to go pro.

Ticket Includes: Talkback with director Lauren Fisher and WNBA legend and current Director of Basketball Strategy for the Portland Trail Blazers Asjha Jones
5/3 3:30 - 5:05pm: Shorts Program

$28.50

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Rise Up Shorts Program: Stories of women claiming space
Girls Move Mountains documents the journey of girls in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan Girls Football League, capturing their challenges and triumphs in a deeply conservative society.

Beauty in a Fall follows Canadian mountain guide Julianna Howatt on her most personal expedition yet, embracing her identity as a trans woman while navigating CPTSD, self-acceptance, and survival.

Breaking Ground captures the leadership, determination, and resilience of Fijian women and girls transforming their communities—and the game—through rugby.

Swim Sistas, narrated by Naomie Harris as Mami Wata, follows three generations of Black British women—from an Olympic trailblazer to a 54-year-old first-time swimmer—in a lyrical celebration of joy, sisterhood, and resilience.

Ticket Includes: A special introduction by trans athlete, author, advocate and Team USA Triathlon member Chris Mosier
5/3 5:30 - 6:20pm: Tender

$28.50

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“Tender” explores the goaltender as the emotional center of a hockey team, balancing immense pressure with quiet, often unseen care and eccentricity. Through the intertwined journeys of Team USA goalies Aerin Frankel and Gwyneth Philips, the film reveals the habits, mindset, and individuality that define elite performance in one of sport’s most demanding roles. It traces their evolving relationship as teammates and competitors, bound by trust and shaped across college, professional play, and the international stage. As their paths converge once more, both look toward their greatest test yet: the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics.

Ticket includes: Talkback and Q&A with Allez! Sports, Deanna Hong, Mary Catherine Finney.
5/3 6:30 - 8:30pm: Stronger Than You Think...

$28.50

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Stronger Than You Think + Swimming With Butterflies

STYT: Just days after her college graduation, a snorkeling trip turned into a nightmare when the accomplished collegiate swimmer was attacked by a shark. The brutal encounter would test every ounce of her strength and will to live. Against staggering odds, Ali survived but her life was forever altered. The loss of her leg marked not just a physical transformation, but an emotional reckoning. Faced with unimaginable trauma, Ali made a powerful choice: to reclaim her story and use her experience to inspire others. Leaning on the values that had always guided her, she set her sights on a nearly unthinkable goal, earning a spot on the 2024 U.S. Paralympic Team… just one year after the attack.

SWB: After missing bronze by 1/100th of a second at the 2016 Paralympic games, Austin-based swimmer Lizzi Smith shares an intimate story of how changing her self-perception didn’t just bring her back to the pool - it’s bringing hope to the next generation.

Ticket includes: Talkback and Q&A with Allez! Sports co-founders Allyson J. Davis and Melissa Forman, Disney/ABC/Hulu Director, producer and editor Janice C. Molinari and Paralympian Lacey Henderson.
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