The Confluence

Tania Raymonde (Lost, Goliath) leads the ensemble cast of writer-director Taylor Morden’s feature Eat Your Heart Out, which has recently wrapped production, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The cast also includes Jesse Rath (Supergirl), Emily Kimball (Dexter: Resurrection), Breanna Yde (School of Rock), Rob Huebel (Running Point), Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills, 90210), Steve Agee (Peacemaker), Clare Grant (Palm Royale) and Brendan Sexton III (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri).

Hailing from PopMotion Pictures, Eat Your Heart Out is set in a small town that is about to host a major music festival, just as a risky new party drug begins to spread among the young locals.

In just over a year, planners say a new museum celebrating Oregon’s film history will open to the public in the Cottage Grove Armory. The city and surrounding area has served as a backdrop to many notable films since the 1920s.

Recently in the lobby of Cottage Grove City Hall, Katherine Wilson’s voice trembled as a finance clerk handed her and her husband Phillip a $15,000 check.

The money from the Woodard Family Foundation launches a 24-year dream for Wilson, who’s worked on many major film projects in the past half century, including “National Lampoon’s Animal House.”

The submission period opens this week for Tag! Queer Shorts Festival 2027: You’re It! Submissions will be accepted July 1 through December 1, 2026 exclusively at filmfreeway.com/tagqsf. LGBTQIA+ filmmakers are invited to submit films with a runtime of 15 minutes or under for consideration. The two-day festival will take place at the historic Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon on March 20-21 with an official selection of approximately 40 shorts.

The 2027 theme “You’re It!” references the familiar childhood game of tag.

Today, Disney+ announced that the fourth and final season of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder will premiere on Wednesday, July 29, ahead of the original series’ 25th anniversary. In addition, an all-new stop-motion holiday special, A Proud Family Wizmas, will debut later this year on the platform.

A Proud Family Wizmas is a song-filled, stop-motion holiday special produced by Disney Television Animation, part of Disney Kids & Family, with creator and executive producer Bruce W. Smith and executive producer Ralph Farquhar of BaR Productions, alongside co-director David Brooks and Portland-based stop-motion studio HouseSpecial.

Love Is King will host a private advance screening of UNSEEN on June 22 at its Portland office, gathering the veterans, sponsors, board members, and volunteers who supported the film before it reaches a wider audience this summer.

UNSEEN, written and directed by Chad Brown, follows five U.S. veterans on a 200-mile bikepacking expedition through Oregon’s backcountry, where they confront trauma, build resilience, and claim the right to roam freely outdoors.

All updates, future screenings, and showings near you will be posted at: roamunseen.org

#OregonMade “A Simple Machine” released a full length trailer and announced upcoming screening dates.

A coming-of-age story about the cost of wanting less in a world built on wanting more, “A Simple Machine” is written and directed by Mark Alan Hoffman. Inspired by the novel from Evan P. Schneider.

Starring Richard Blackmon, Gabriela Bloomgarden, and Brad Carter.

Original score by Mark Orton (The Holdovers, Nebraska) and John Hancock.

Cinematography by Kevin Fletcher (It’s What’s Inside, Paradise Records)

Winner of 3 Audience Awards – Cleveland International Film Festival, Heartland International Film Festival, Lighthouse International Film Festival.

Chris Elliott (Scary Movie franchise), Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer), Sara Tomko (Resident Alien), Oliver Cooper (Project X) and James Duval (Donnie Darko!) have entered production on Bad Day for Bigfoot, the sophomore feature from Zach Green and Devin O’Rourke on the heels of their cult comedy Foil.

The film follows a Bigfoot hoax that goes horribly wrong in the middle of an actual Sasquatch hot spot, leading to a chaotic struggle between the hoaxers, investigators, and a supernatural force that defies explanation.

PFCAT (Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology) today announced the first programming highlights for its 14th annual festival, taking place August 18–23, 2026 at OMSI. Now in its fourth year in Portland, the festival has expanded to six days in response to record film submissions. This annual event will bring together animators, filmmakers, and audiences for screenings, presentations, and networking events celebrating visionary filmmaking and animation.

Festival programming will take place throughout OMSI, utilizing the Empirical Theater, Kendall Planetarium, Auditorium, and Theory spaces.

A Work-in-Progress Screening of “Sea Rose Ashes”

Join us in celebrating and supporting the continued journey of “Sea Rose Ashes.” Experience an early look at the documentary, hear from the creative team behind it, and connect with others who are passionate about storytelling and independent film.

Friday, June 27th at Desert Island Studios
Doors at 7:00PM
Program at 7:30PM

The event will be produced and emceed by Jessica Daugherty and co-produced by Olivia Bayer.

The evening will feature two screenings:

• A special episode of Oregon Art Beat highlighting filmmaker Vu Pham and the making of Sea Rose Ashes
  An exclusive sneak peek of Vu Pham’s forthcoming docufiction, Sea Rose Ashes
• Following the screenings, Vu will be joined by special guest Jacob Pander, OPB producer and creator of the recent Oregon Art Beat segment on the project.

Oregon Film’s Director of Strategic Initiatives and Community, Jane Ridley recently wrote an guest post for the Oregon Heritage Exchange about her work with creating an Oral History collection as part of the Oregon Film Trail.

She says: “Last year, while participating in MentorCorps, I began shaping an idea that had been on my mind for some time: creating an oral history collection tied to the Oregon Film Trail and Oregon’s rich film history.”

Read the whole article here.