The Portland Events and Film Office, in partnership with Travel Portland, is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Post Production Grant to four feature films. The funding is designed to encourage the completion of a local feature-length film and position local producers to build toward larger, more resourced productions. Past recipients of the Post-Production Grant include Trash Baby, directed by Jacy Mairs (which premiered at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival), and G. Chesler’s documentary Connection Isolation (which will be hosting several upcoming screenings with interactive programming nationwide).
Four films, selected from a pool of over 27 applicants were awarded $8,500 each. Grant funds must be applied towards Portland based post-production services such as: sound, picture editing, color matching, color grading, closed caption, tech specs for distributors, VFX/animation, and music clearances using local post-production houses.
“This year’s post production applicants were really strong in documentary story telling. This is no surprise to me given the journalistic, activism that is part of a Portlander filmmaker’s DNA. These stories were rich in truth and thoughtfulness, and will make the audiences feel deeply, which is exactly what they did for me.” Film Industry Project Manager Elyse Taylor Liburd. “This grant every year is another opportunity for the post production workforce to stay in our city and create work right here at home.”
The projects were selected based on their commitment to diverse representation in their film and/or in production, the potential impact of the film on local talent and economy; influence of funding on the project and/or career of the applicant, and the potential impact of the film on external markets by way of bringing Portland’s vitality to the big screen.
Congratulations to all of the recipients of the 2025 Post Production Grant. Read more about them all here.
