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.”
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.
“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.
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.
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”
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”
Portland’s out of work production community formed Together4Oregon to produce a live, virtual fundraiser benefiting Oregon residents hit hard by the pandemic.
Our young filmmakers were on the scene, filming skits by local artists for the event. Lydia Rose, an OTF filmmaker, says, “It’s amazing to see creatives coming together and collaborating to raise money for Oregon citizens, especially since artists aren’t the most supported community. I think it’s cool they’re giving back no matter what.”
The Couch Collective presents an event with screenwriter/director/producer Desiree Akhavan on Friday, July 24 at 11a.
In this two hour online workshop, Desiree Akhavan will share insights into her career development, and how to create successful queer content in an industry & country that is “terrified of female sexuality.” We will have an opportunity to analyze a scene from one of her films, as she takes us from concept, to writing, to the finished scene, discussing the writing as well as directing processes.
