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Portland Art Museum’s PAM CUT program is bringing Hayao Miyazaki’s 'Spirited Away' back to the screen on August 8, with a 2 p.m. screening at the museum’s Whitsell Auditorium in Portland. The Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli film is listed as rated PG and runs 2 hours and 5 minutes.
The event is part of PAM CUT @ The Whitsell’s 'Summer Fantasy Rewind' series, which the museum describes as a lineup of films set in wild worlds, dreamlands and the imagination. The series is framed as a summer escape program, with titles meant for families, solo viewers and groups of friends. For 'Spirited Away', the museum’s description highlights the film’s status as an Academy Award winner and identifies it as a coming-of-age story.
According to the museum’s event page, 'Spirited Away' follows a 10-year-old girl into a magical realm and draws on Japanese folklore and mythic themes. The film is directed by Hayao Miyazaki. No additional live programming is listed for this screening, and the page does not indicate any post-film talk or companion event.
The screening takes place in the Whitsell Auditorium, which the museum’s newsletter notes is one of the venues used for PAM CUT screenings. The Portland Art Museum’s calendar listing gives the location as 1219 SW Park Ave., Portland, and identifies the venue specifically as Whitsell Auditorium. Ticketing is available through the museum’s event page.
The museum’s weekly program email placed 'Spirited Away' alongside other film offerings from PAM CUT and Tomorrow Theater for the week of August 3–9, 2026, but the Whitsell listing itself remains the clearest source for this screening’s details. The same PAM CUT calendar page also notes that the series includes other fantasy titles, including 'The Wizard of Oz' on August 9.
Portland Art Museum presents the screening on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. at Whitsell Auditorium.
