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Pander Brothers finance new short film through Kickstarter crowdfunding
From award winning filmmakers, the Pander Brothers, comes a brand new short film, “SUBTEXT”, which explores modern relationships in the era of text messaging. Funding for the project was raised through Kickstarter. The Pander Bros. are excited to work in this new fund raising format, giving them a chance to work with long time community [...]
Continue reading...OPIF Tax Credit Auction Update – July 8-17
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Governor’s Office of Film and Television along with the Oregon Department of Revenue will be holding three call-in information sessions about the Oregon Production Tax Credit Auction which is happening July 8-17. Previous information about the auction can be found here. The three dates are as follows Wednesday June 19 – 9:00am-10:00am Monday June [...]
Continue reading...Portland (and Oregon) Film Industry Featured in this Month’s Alaska Air Mag
Monday, June 3, 2013
Freelance Writer Eric Gold put together a great piece on our film and TV industry for Alaska/Horizon Air’s June issue. The article features interviews from location manager Roger Faires, Portland Film Office’s Shelley Midthun, Bent Image Lab’s Ray DiCarlo, “Portlandia” producer David Cress, Cast Iron Studio’s Lana Veenker, and Oregon Film Office’s Vince Porter. It’s [...]
Continue reading...AEPDX Presents What’s New Part Deux – June 8
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Don’t forget! The original creators, engineers, and evangelists of Adobe After Effects are coming to Portland to provide a truly unique breakdown of the new features of After Effects. Click here for sign up information. The Lineup Paul Babb: President and CEO of Maxon, The Americas. Steve Forde: Product Manager of Adobe After Effects David [...]
Continue reading...Portland Based Digital Creative Agency @instrument debuts “The Build”
Friday, May 17, 2013
We already tweeted a link to the project but “The Build” deserves more attention. “The Build” is Instrument’s (a digital creative agency in SE Portland) first foray into interactive filmmaking. The company’s resident filmmaker Truen Pence came up with the idea of producing a documentary highlighting three local characters in the custom motorcycle building industry. [...]
Continue reading...Oregon Production Investment Fund Tax Credit Auction – July 8-17
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Oregon Department of Revenue in conjunction with the Oregon Film & Video Office will be auctioning off $6million worth of tax credit certificates beginning July 8. Proceeds from this auction will benefit the Oregon Production Investment Fund. This fund is an important tool in recruiting film and television production to Oregon. The auction will [...]
Continue reading...Media Coverage of Industry Day 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
May 2nd last week saw hundreds of Oregon film and television crew workers, SAG and AFTRA members, as well as executives from NBC Universal’s “Grimm” convene in Salem to lobby for an increase in tax incentives in a bid to bring even more production work to the state. Below is a collection of some of [...]
Continue reading...The Digits is Now Available in PBS LearningMedia
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Portland Oregon, May 7, 2013 . . . Portland-based web series “The Digits” has recently joined forces with education icon PBS to offer educators a free teacher-tested math resource for their elementary school students. Created by Scotty Iseri, The Digits will be part of PBS LearningMedia beginning mid-April 2013 and will offer teachers ten appisodes [...]
Continue reading...Did You Know. . . . .
Monday, May 6, 2013
Did you see these bumpers stickers last week in Salem during “Industry Day”? Did You Know. . . . . is a new awareness campaign, created in partnership with the film community, that aims to illustrate facts that enlighten the public and the business community alike, to the extended benefits of having a thriving film, [...]
Continue reading...Tickets for the NW Animation Festival On Sale Now
Friday, May 3, 2013
The NW Animation Fest is coming up May 17-19 @ The Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR. The NW Animation Fest is a variety show that celebrates the best new work from independent animators around the globe. This is the festival’s biggest year yet. And with “over 150 hilarious, dramatic, strange and inspiring films” screening over the [...]
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Monday, June 17, 2013
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