We are excited to announce the June 21st premiere of an Oregon made puppet film from Toby Froud and Heather Henson. Toby Froud is a sculptor, fabricator, puppeteer and filmmaker based in Hillsboro, Oregon. His love of puppets began at a very young age after playing Toby the baby abducted by David Bowie’s Goblin King in the Henson classic Labyrinth.
That’s right — the original, biggest ,and best of the timed-base competition/festivals is back!
On August 1-3,, hundreds of the area’s most daring and creative filmmakers will hit the streets of Portland to make a movie in 48 hours! Write, shoot, edit and score a short film in 48 hours. Will you be among them? Register your team at www.48hourfilm.com/portland_oregon
August 1-3; Filmmaking:
August 6 & August 7; World Premieres of All Completed Films:
Klik, Amsterdam’s favorite animation festival, concludes their historic first-ever US tour with a stop in Portland. Join Klikkers Tünde Vollenbroek and Mathijs Stegink, and Dutch animation director Joost Lieuwma (Things You’d Better Not Mix Up, Leaving Home) at the Hollywood Theatre for two special screenings on June 1st:
7pm: DUTCH DELIGHTS is a Klik-curated overview of contemporary animation in the Netherlands, proudly presenting striking animated shorts and groundbreaking works. This program is family friendly.
We are so pleased to announce that Oregon’s own “Animal House of Blues” is launching World Wide July 22nd 2014 digitally on Amazon, Amazon Prime and Vimeo; and additionally by preordering physical DVD’s (with a booklet) that will be available on August 26th @ Movies On Demand. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2342022/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1.
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!”
Monterey Mediahas expanded the release of “Redwood Highway” to the following cities:
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 Pelican Cinema, Klamath Falls, OR
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 Mill Creek Cinema, McKinleyville, OR
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 McMinnville Cinema,McMinnville, OR
Friday, June 6th, 2014 Pony Village Cinema, North Bend, OR
Friday, June 13th, 2014, Salem Cinema,Salem, OR
Friday, June 20th, 2014 Living Room Theater, Portland, OR
The feature-length film, made in Southern Oregon and starring two-time Academy Award nominee Shirley Knight and screen legend Tom Skerritt, opened on Friday, May 23rd at Coming Attractions Theatres in Ashland, Grants Pass, and Crescent City, CA. Continue reading... “REDWOOD HIGHWAY Has Expanded its Release”
Join many of Portland’s top non-fiction professionals as they discuss the important issues surrounding the industry. Topics include: storytelling to help raise money, storytelling in production, transmedia storytelling, branded and advocacy storytelling and new distribution models. Come network and get inspired!
Presenters (more to be added):
Irene Taylor Brodsky: Vermillion Pictures
Jon Betz: Collective Eye Films
Amanda Elder: Dir. of Distrib. & Acquisitions – Collective Eye
David Davis: OPB
David Waingarten: Second Story
Kate McMahon: Producer
Laura Fravel: Producer
Ed Jahn: Producer
Jody Turner: Culture of Future
Venue: NW Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Street, Portland, OR 97205
Heads up that VFX/PDX, the local visual effects artist user group, has a meeting on tap for today (April 17) featuring David Jahns of Joint Editorial, Wieden and Kennedy’s in-house post production facility. He’ll be showing off the editing software Smoke from Autodesk and his workflow for the great work coming out of Joint.
OPB has collected 21 nominations for the NW Regional Emmy Awards 2014 from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. OPB’s local TV productions, and individual staff, have been recognized for their work in many categories, (historical and cultural segments, environmental programming and specials, as well as documentaries, arts & entertainment features, individual writing, producer and reporting honors) as well as an overall “Station Excellence” award. You can read the nominations breakdown here.Continue reading... “OPB Nominated For 21 NW Regional Emmy Awards”
International Shorts Friday-Sunday May 16-18
See 174 of this year’s best short films from around the world. Hilarious, dramatic, strange and inspiring… Have you ever watched the Oscars and wondered where those nominees for Best Animated Short are coming from? This is the place to find out!
Klik, Amsterdam’s favorite animation festival, concludes their historic first-ever US tour with a stop in Portland. Join Klikkers Tünde Vollenbroek and Mathijs Stegink, and Dutch animation director Joost Lieuwma (Things You’d Better Not Mix Up, Leaving Home) at the Hollywood Theatre for two special screenings on June 1st:
Monterey Media has expanded the release of “Redwood Highway” to the following cities:
