“The Rental” Topped Nationwide Weekend Box Office – 2nd #OregonMade Movie To Do So This Year!

Last weekend, the Bandon, #OregonMade feature film, “The Rental” – a horror-thriller directed by Dave Franco (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) – topped the nationwide box office. It is available in select theaters and available to watch on a variety of video on demand platforms that began Friday, July 24.

The film stars Alison Brie (“Mad Men,” “Glow”), and Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), in this horror-thriller – a couple looking to get away for a weekend of fun and relaxation with another couple — Sheila Vand (“A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”) and Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”) — but when they retreat to a house seemingly ideal for their vacation…they soon realize maybe it isn’t after all. Continue reading... ““The Rental” Topped Nationwide Weekend Box Office – 2nd #OregonMade Movie To Do So This Year!”

Need A Face-Covering? Want To Also Help Support Local Filmmaker Projects? We Have A Few #OregonMade Bandanas Left.

100% cotton OregonMade bandana $10 (measures 19″ x 19″)

For all of you who love Oregon as much as we do – we have created a limited number of #OregonMade bandanas, which when folded properly can be used as a face-covering.  All net proceeds will go towards grants for low or micro-budget #OregonMade creative content projects initiated in Oregon by Oregonians, or made in Oregon with Oregonians and run by Oregon Made Creative Foundation.

All bandanas are 100% quality cotton, printed in Oregon with a custom #OregonMade design.

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#OregonMade, “Trinkets” – Streaming Now On Netflix

The #OregonmadeNetflix series, “Trinkets” Season 2 is now up and streaming on Netflix.

This season, “a grieving teen finds an unexpected connection with two classmates at her new high school after they all land in the same Shoplifters Anonymous group.

“Trinkets” won two Emmys this year for “Outstanding Young Adult Program” and “Outstanding Writing for a Children’s or Young Adult Program” – Writers: Amy Andelson, Stephanie Coggins, Linda Gase, Emily Meyer, Jess Meyer, Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith, Matt Shire. Continue reading... “#OregonMade, “Trinkets” – Streaming Now On Netflix”

Cinema Unbound Drive-In Theater at Zidell Yards

The Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum are creatively collaborating during these socially distanced times to connect with audiences and bring innovative film and new media exhibitions to our community. The Cinema Unbound Drive-In, running August 6–September 27, 2020, welcomes guests to safely gather and experience the power that truly radical and entertaining cinematic storytelling can bring. This will be the first of many ways to change the archaic paradigm of what cinema can—and will—be.

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#OregonMade Docu-series, “House on Fire” Asks Individuals To Save One Thing If Their House Were Ablaze – What They Choose Tell Entire Stories About Culture & Identity.

 “House on Fire” asks individuals to save one thing if their house were ablaze. The items they choose tell entire stories about culture, identity, and the true value of material possessions.

A new #OregonMade documentary series, “House on Fire” was created and directed, by Heather Hawksford and Reed Harkness. The first four episodes, all filmed in Oregon, are available on Topic.com. (The first episode is free, but the remaining episodes require a subscription to their new streaming service. Continue reading... “#OregonMade Docu-series, “House on Fire” Asks Individuals To Save One Thing If Their House Were Ablaze – What They Choose Tell Entire Stories About Culture & Identity.”

Safe Sets International – #PracticeSafeSets

As many of you may have seen over the last few weeks, Safe Sets launched a simple certification program to help crews get some basic training and insight on set safety in the post-COVID world. Since so many of us signed up and took the course, we wanted to share some further insights into just what SSI is. To that end, we spoke to Founder Alex Kolodkin this week, and he provided some detail and history.
Safe Sets International is a collaborative partnership that encourages the industry to #practicesafesets.
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The OAFG19 Grant Film, “Pedal Through” Premieres Tomorrow!

 

Black Joy is important. Black Healing is important.” –

Director  Analise Cleopatra about her debut film, “Pedal Through.”

Join us (tomorrow (Thurs 7/23 at 12pm PT) for the live online debut of “Pedal Through“, a film about three young black women taking on a week-long bike packing adventure full of joy, healing, and mentorship with mother nature in Oregon’s backcountry. Followed by a panel discussion with the film’s cast and crew. This is the second annual Outdoor Adventure Film Grant – “Oregon’s Outdoors Are For Everyone” (OAFG19) – a co-venture between the Oregon Made Creative Foundation and Travel Oregon. Continue reading... “The OAFG19 Grant Film, “Pedal Through” Premieres Tomorrow!”

#OregonMade Mural And Film Poster Exhibit At The Portland International Airport Gets A Refresh

The #OregonMade Mural and Poster Exhibit has been up in the Portland International Airport’s south pedestrian tunnel for two years now, (located underground between baggage claims 3 and 4, connecting the parking garage to the terminal). The mural and exhibit provide travelers with over 160 uninterrupted feet of art and film posters, representing a small collection of Oregon’s rich film history. Recently four new posters were added to the exhibit, “Shrill”, “Trinkets”, “Phoenix, Oregon” and “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” in a planned “refresh” to add in more projects that recently filmed in Oregon. Continue reading... “#OregonMade Mural And Film Poster Exhibit At The Portland International Airport Gets A Refresh”

#OregonMade “The Rental” – On Video Demand This Friday

The Bandon, OR-shot feature film, “The Rental,” a horror-thriller directed by Dave Franco  (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) and will be available in select theaters and available to watch on a variety of video on demand platforms beginning Friday, July 24.

The film stars Alison Brie (“Mad Men,” “Glow”), and Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”), in this horror-thriller – a couple looking to get away for a weekend of fun and relaxation with another couple — Sheila Vand (“A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”) and Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”) — but when they retreat to a house seemingly ideal for their vacation…they soon realize maybe it isn’t after all. Continue reading... “#OregonMade “The Rental” – On Video Demand This Friday”

“The Last Blockbuster” – World Premiere Screening In Bend At Pop-Up Drive In!

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“The Last Blockbuster” (2020) a feature-length documentary about “the rise and fall of Blockbuster video and how one small town store managed to outlast a corporate giant” is making its World Premiere screening at a BendFilm popup drive-in theatre (in Bend).  The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, Zeke Kamm and Taylor Morden. Additionally, you are being invited to bring your old DVDs and VHS tapes to the screening to donate to the cause of keeping “the world’s last Blockbuster afloat“.  Continue reading... ““The Last Blockbuster” – World Premiere Screening In Bend At Pop-Up Drive In!”