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Based on the New York Times’ bestseller by Donald Miller, “Blue Like Jazz” tells the story of a nineteen-year-old sophomore who “tries to escape his Bible Belt upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at the most godless campus in America”. A passion project from the start, filmmakers Donald Miller, (screenwriter) and Steve Taylor (director/screenwriter) used KickStarter to raise $345,992 to get the project off the ground. Continue reading... “Blue Like Jazz Is Playing In A Theater Near You”
The NW Animation Festival is proud to bring you a special encore presentation of Portland Animation Now!—this weekend at the Cinema Pacific film festival in Eugene, Oregon.
Portland Animation Now!
short films from 20+ Portland animators
Date: April 20 @ 7pm
Runtime: 95min
Venue: Bijou Art Cinemas
Address: 492 East 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Tickets: $8 general public, $6 students/seniors
CLICK HERE to buy advance tickets
Amazing short films from Portland’s powerhouse animation scene! Highlights include…
Kubla Khan by Oscar-winner Joan Gratz: An interpretation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous opium-inspired poem—claypainted by the animator in a drug-free state. Continue reading... “Portland Animation Now! – at the Cinema Pacific Film Festival”
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard: Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 PM* and Saturday 4/14 at 3 PM followed by Q&A with Susan Saladoff in person.
at the White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch Street: Friday, April 13 at 7 PM*, after the Oregon Law Review’s Spring Symposium honoring Professor Arthur R. Miller. (Screening open to the public.) *followed by Q&A with Susan Saladoff in person
at the Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard: Thursday, April 26 at 7 PM (note: following the premiere of Susan Saladoff on Live Wire! Continue reading... “Documentary “Hot Coffee” to be Screened in Portland Next Week”
If you haven’t visited the Oregon Film website in a while, you should stop by and check out some of the new content and features we’ve added. In addition to the newly refreshed “Roads of Oregon” section that we wrote about in an earlier post, we have added two new sections featuring current buzz about the Oregon film/media industry from around the net. These sections are dynamically updated as new content becomes available through a partnership with Oregon based Postano. Continue reading... “Oregon Film Website Update Features Current Film “Buzz””
Fantastic news coming out of Georgia today. The Peabody Awards were announced today and “Portlandia” is one of the recipients. The George Foster Peabody award without question stands out as one of the most prestigous awards that can be given to any radio or television program.
Congratulations to Fred, Carrie, Broadway Video, IFC, and the entire cast and crew who are responsible for making this small show so special. Now let’s all hope that the next award the show gets nominated for is an Emmy! Continue reading... ““Portlandia” wins a Peabody Award”
March 30 was the first night of taping for “Wheel of Fortune” in Portland. KATU did a feature on the show on their 11:00 news. Here’s the link to the feature.
After seeing the video I am somewhat surprised to see the size of the production. Now I know why only two venues in Portland could hold the show. Don’t forget that the shows will air in May! Continue reading... “KATU Piece on the “Wheel Of Fortune” Production”
How many times over the past few years have you seen a road in Oregon featured in a car commercial? The truth is that car commercials are filmed in our state quite a few more times than you would think. For that reason we created a “Roads of Oregon” micro-site featuring photos of roads across the state a few years ago. Today we are unveiling a new and improved site with more photos, higher quality images and a new interface that also organizes the roads by region. Continue reading... “New and Improved “Roads of Oregon” Website Goes Live Today”
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Football (Soccer) insanity is personified in a new 3D collaboration between Santo, (Buenos Aires, London, Milan) and Bent Image Lab, (Portland Oregon). Helmed by mixed-media maestro Carlos Lascano, “Spirit of the Euro” is an outrageous romp through stylized landscapes of Eastern Europe with an eccentric cast of chameleonic characters. The Coke-drinking, silly dancing, trumpet blowing, costume wearing, song chanting, stranger hugging football fans are a unique combination of CG animation and real actors’ eyes—a first for Coca-Cola, and a ground breaking technique for cinema 3D stereo. Continue reading... “BENT Does Coke in Europe”
Once again in April Oregon is home to a series of great film festivals in consecutive weeks. The eleventh annual Ashland Independent Film Festival is happening April 12-16. This year the festival is honoring acclaimed director Julie Taymor. With Ms. Taymor’s experience in both live theater and film, it makes perfect sense that Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch will join Ms. Taymor on stage for a certain lively and engaging discussion. Other filmmakers expected to be in attendance include documentarian Ondi Timor and director Lynn Shelton. Continue reading... “Great Film Festival Programming in Ashland and Eugene Coming in April”
Behind the scenes footage from the making of “Rango”:
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Many of you may know Gary Kout as the president of Southern Oregon Film and Television (SOFAT) and producer of films like “Walk In,” “Calvin Marshal,” “Conversations With God” as well as many commercials. A few years back, he was contacted by Gore Verbinski’s team on the Academy Award winning film “Rango” to be the production supervisor on the live action performance capture shoot for the film. The process was unique to animated feature films, but helped the film makers create something special. Continue reading... “Ashland Producer Gary Kout Talks About His Work on Oscar Winning Film “Rango””
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Fantastic news coming out of Georgia today. 
March 30 was the first night of taping for “Wheel of Fortune” in Portland. KATU did a feature on the show on their 11:00 news. 
