Join us to celebrate local independent film makers with our Indie Film Night, presented by Portland Film Festival. Each month we'll feature a different series of independent films by local directors, with a Q&A to follow.

The Portland Film Festival's Indie Film Series is proud to present two films highlighting the importance of mental health awareness: Could You Pick Me Up, Please?, a short film about addiction, recovery and pain, and feature film This Is Not a War Story, a story of trauma and life after combat. Stick around after the screening for a Q&A.

About the films:

Could You Pick Me Up, Please? • Director: Octavian Kelly
Newly discharged from rehab, Will calls a string of friends and family to pick him up. While he may be ready to move on, those he hurt can't easily forget the past.

This Is Not a War Story • Director: Talia Lugacy
This Is Not a War Story tracks a ragtag group of combat veterans in New York whose anti-war art, poetry and papermaking keep them together, despite the spectre of their friend's suicide and the ever-crystalizing fact that healing from war is sometimes an impossible mission.