DIVA’s Youth Visions’ program announced the 2012 Teen Video Challenge Competition winners with a screening and awards ceremony on Saturday, April 14th at the Bijou Theater in Eugene.
The festival’s Jury was please to recognize two first place winning videos this year. Festival Director Steve Newcomb made the awards before a packed theater.
South Eugene High School student Jordyn Roach won a $200 Jury First Place award for her claymation film Jovial Giraffes – a short video in which inanimate objects spring to life from a young boy’s sketchpad. Continue reading... “Teen Video Challenge Competition Awards Announced”
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”
SHIVER, produced by Bandersnatch FilmCo in association with Cyclone Productions, Inc. on location in Portland, Or will have its South America Premiere at the 2012 Fantaspoa International Film Festival in Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Producer and screenplay author, Robert D. Weinbach and Portland Co-Producer,
A.J. Gordon, produced SHIVER under the Oregon Film Incentive program.
CELL COUNT, another Portland production, produced under the state incentive program has also been selected as the closing night film of the Fantaspoa Film Fest. Continue reading... ““Shiver”, Another Oregon Film Production To Premiere at FANTASPOA Film Festival”
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”
This Thursday at 6:30 pm at KGW (1501 SW Jefferson St in Portland): A forum with candidates for Portland Mayor that is *by* and *for* commercial, film, TV and interactive workers! Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith discuss how they will foster local film, television, interactive, commercial, and mobile media ventures as Portland’s next Mayor.
Industry members — including crew, actors, producers, vendors, and post production shops — are encouraged to come and show support for our creative community, while getting to know more about the candidates to be the next mayor of Portland! Continue reading... “Portland Mayoral Forum on Creative Economy is this Thursday”
Emmy Winning Hairstylist Joe Matke (All My Children, 90210) will teach makeup artists and other beginner- and intermediate-level stylists the basics of film/TV hair design when Colour Box Makeup Studios returns to Portland for a two day workshop, June 9-10.
The class, titled Hairstyling for Makeup Artists, is designed to broaden working makeup artists’ hairstyling skills. It will allow them to offer potential employers a more complete package as they improve their own hair skills and gain a better understanding of working with other hairstylists on productions. Continue reading... “Emmy Winner Leads Film/TV Hair Workshop in Portland”
Thursday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m. – Tickets $10
Portland filmmakers! If 200+ people can show up for the premiere of the IFC’s Portlandia, then our locally sourced version should draw an even bigger crowd so come one come all to The People’s Portlandia. Hosted by comic (and sometimes Portlandia cast member) Mikey Kampmann, the evening will feature videos and PRIZES! Not to be missed, let’s show our true Portland spirit. Continue reading... “People’s Portlandia Premiere at the Hollywood Theatre!”
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”
Day 1000 Films presents The 2nd Annual Music Video Showcase in Portland! Just like last year, we will be having the showcase at The Knife Shop within Kelly’s Olympian downtown at 4th and Washington on Sunday, MARCH 25th. The doors will open at 7:00pm and the music videos will start at 8:00pm – $3 at the door. From now until March 19th we will be accepting submissions of YOUR music videos. The program will feature the top selections along with the premier of Whalebones’ video for “I Don’t Wanna Live In The City No More”. Continue reading... “Day 1000 Films Presents: The 2nd Annual Music Video Showcase”
Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” has World Premiere and closes the Fantaspoa Film Festival in Porto Alegre Brazil.
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PORTLAND, Oregon (March 05, 2012) – The Fantaspoa Film Festival announced today that the Portland feature film “Cell Count,” made by Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions, is the Closing Night Film at their Festival in May. Last year’s Closing Night Film, “Stakeland”, was later released in theaters in 2011 by IFC Films and Dark Sky Films.
Cell Count was the third of three feature films shot in 2011 from Wooden Frame Productions that utilized the Oregon state iOPIF rebate program which provides rebates of 20% of goods and services and 10% of Oregon labor for films produced by Oregon filmmakers who spend a minimum of $75,000 but not more than $750,000 on their project. Continue reading... “Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” World Premiere May 20th”
The festival’s Jury was please to recognize two first place winning videos this year. Festival Director Steve Newcomb made the awards before a packed theater.
SHIVER, produced by Bandersnatch FilmCo in association with Cyclone Productions, Inc. on location in Portland, Or will have its South America Premiere at the 2012 Fantaspoa International Film Festival in Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Fantastic news coming out of Georgia today. 
This Thursday at 6:30 pm at KGW (1501 SW Jefferson St in Portland): A forum with candidates for Portland Mayor that is *by* and *for* commercial, film, TV and interactive workers! Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith discuss how they will foster local film, television, interactive, commercial, and mobile media ventures as Portland’s next Mayor.
Thursday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m. – 
