The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its ninth annual festival scheduled to take place March 3 – 6, 2016. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 14, 2015.
Deadlines & Fees
Early Bird Deadline: Postmarked by June 19, 2015 ~ $25 Regular Deadline: Postmarked by Friday August 14, 2015 ~ $35 Late Deadline: Postmarked by Friday August 28, 2015 ~ $45 Extended Deadline: Postmarked by September 11, 2015 ~ $55
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival is excited to announce the addiiton of two Summer Workshops sessions to the expanding POWGirls program.
Our mission is to help girls 15-19 realize their power, creativity and voice in media production and encourage them to explore opportunities as future media-makers. We want to encourage girls to be creative, tech-savvy leaders who will help realize gender equity in media industries. We want to foster the POWER of WOMEN in MEDIA. Continue reading... “POWGirls Announces Summer 2015 Media Workshop Sessions”
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival is honored to announce the addition of Academy Award winning documenatry CITIZENFOUR to the 2015 festival line-up. Buy Tickets Here.
CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).
POWFest will host POWGirls in 2015, a unique partnership program with MetroEast Community Media, specifically designed for girls ages 15-18. Over the course of four days in January, a group of selected girls will develop, produce, edit and present a film during the Youth Shorts program at the POWFest March 12-15, 2015.
“We want to serve girls who are passionate about creativity, leadership and technology,” said POWFest Education Manager Barb Myers. “We’ll give them video equipment and training to produce their own stories and screen them in front of an audience at POWFest.” Continue reading... “POWGirls Expands Program to Empower Young Filmmakers”
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its eighth annual festival scheduled to take place March 12 – 15, 2015. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 15, 2015. POWFest places a spotlight on women directors by showcasing their work and empowering the community of women in film. POWFest encourages women to find their voice and to share their stories through innovative and quality filmmaking. We feature the work of today’s top women directors, honoring the true pioneers while providing support and recognition for the next generation of leading women filmmakers. Continue reading... “2015 POWFest Call-For-Entries!”
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its seventh annual festival scheduled to take place March 6 – 9, 2014 at the Hollywood Theatre inPortland,Oregon. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 16, 2013. POWFest places a spotlight on women directors by showcasing their work and empowering the community of women in film. POWFest encourages women to find their voice and to share their stories through innovative and quality filmmaking. We feature the work of today’s top women directors, honoring the true pioneers while providing support and recognition for the next generation of leading women filmmakers.
Portland filmmaker Jackie Weissman is excited to announce the Portland preview of her documentary ROCK N ROLL MAMAS next month on Thursday March 7, 2013 on the opening night of The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest).
ROCK N ROLL MAMAS is a 60 minute documentary about three indie rockers who strive to follow their creative dreams and raise their children. Over the course of six years, director, Jackie Weissman, followed Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses, Zia McCabe of The Dandy Warhols, and Portland hip hop artist, Ms.Su’ad. Continue reading... “Rock N Roll Mamas to Have Portland Preview at POWFest 2013”
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) organizers are excited to host acclaimed director, Penelope Spheeris, (Decline of Western Civilization I-III, Wayne’s World, Suburbia) as this year’s guest of honor, with a Director’s conversation following the screening of three of her films: DUDES, SUBURBIA and DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III during POWFeston Saturday, March 9th at 2pm and 7pm .
A documentary film about America’s first family of country music about to wrap! Benefit for the upcoming documentary film, The Winding Stream – The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music
The Winding Stream – The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music – a feature-length documentary about the musical dynasty at the heart of American roots music is almost done. Vancouver, WA producer/director Beth Harrington and her filmmaking team have completed a fine cut of the film and are dashing to the finish line in time for festival season. Continue reading... “Fundraising Event for THE WINDING STREAM”
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its ninth annual festival scheduled to take place March 3 – 6, 2016. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 14, 2015.
