Films on the Green 2026 | Portland
Film, Outdoor Film Series
Persepolis (Sony Pictrues Classics)
Garden of Mother Foucault's Bookshop
Nathaniel West Building No. 1
715 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 8:00 pm
On Saturday, September 26, Films on the Green will make its Portland debut with a special screening of Persepolis.
Join us in the garden of Mother Foucault’s Bookshop for an evening celebrating French culture across borders, as part of the inaugural fall French program of L’École Buissonnière. The evening will open with a French-language Café Littéraire exploring Francophone literature, exile, identity, and artistic expression, followed by the outdoor screening of Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed animated film.
Persepolis
Directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux
In French with English Subtitles.
2007, PG-13, 1h35, France
A coming-of-age story told through the eyes of Marjane, a young Iranian girl growing up in Tehran and Vienna. She avidly follows the events that lead to the Iranian revolution and the downfall of the Shah’s regime. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Marjane comes to see herself as a revolutionary…
Based on the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, L’Association, 2000, France.
Free and open to the public (no ticket needed).
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Albertine Foundation
Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French American relations through innovative cultural and educational programs. In close partnership with Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, Albertine Foundation administers grant programs across diverse creative disciplines including visual and performing arts; cinema; and literature, while also supporting exploratory residencies for creative professionals and thinkers across the United States. Albertine Foundation also contributes to promoting French language learning in the United States and funds new opportunities for students, professors, and researchers in the spheres of secondary and higher education. Albertine Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation by Internal Revenue Service determination. Contributions from corporate, foundation, and individuals are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
L’école buissonnière
L’école buissonnière is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating the conditions for art, literature, music, and subversive play to thrive. Its mission is to build, hold, and promote spaces for art, literature, literary translation, and scholarship, with the goal of increasing expression, connection (spiritually, emotionally, communally), and other forms of relational action, and to encourage the development of new writers, artists, photographers, scholars, translators, and, most crucially, readers.
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
Located on the border of Portland’s inner southeast industrial district, Mother Foucault’s specializes in used, rare, and vintage books.
JCDecaux
JCDecaux operates coordinated street furniture franchises in major cities across the U.S., including here in New York. It is continuously working to connect information to stakeholders and identify municipal innovations to enhance the livability and sustainability of streetscapes. A member of the JCDecaux Group, the number one outdoor advertising company in the world, which through its three business segments – street furniture, transport and billboard, has engaged in a virtuous, sustainable business model since its founding in 1964.
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TV5MONDE
TV5MONDE is the world’s leading French-language media company. It operates ten channels distributed to over 400 million households worldwide, subtitled in 12 languages, and available in 200 countries and territories. The network also offers the streaming platform TV5MONDE+, FAST channels, and mobile apps. TV5MONDE’s initiatives also include TV5MONDE EDU, a free educational offering with thousands of audiovisual-based resources designed to support the learning and teaching of French.
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