“What We Lost Along the Way” An #OregonMade Documentary

Travel Oregon recently highlighted a short doc that was funded as part of the Outdoor Adventure Film Grant awarded by both Travel Oregon and Oregon Film. The film, directed by Portlander Devin Boss, highlights friends’ Oregon Coast journey to experience nature and leave anxiety behind.

Devin Boss recalls watching the waves crash against the rocks at Thor’s Well on his recent Oregon Coast road trip with friends. “It’s probably like in the top five things I’ve ever witnessed in nature,” he says of the natural attraction in Yachats, just down the path from Cape Perpetua Visitors Center. “It was like standing at the foot of a volcano, so amazing to witness the raw power of nature. I could’ve stood there forever.”

Boss, a filmmaker in his 30s from Portland, had recruited his two friends, Solamon Ibe and Mat Randol, specifically to appreciate and document moments like this — time spent away from the concrete jungle of the city, untethered briefly from the pressures of their families, jobs, emails and social media.

The film won Best Shorts Award at the worldwide Best Shorts Competition, and was well-received at its screening at the November 2024 Portland Film Festival.

Read more and watch the film on the Travel Oregon website here.

 

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