Oregon Film is proud to sponsor an exhibit at Koerner Camera featuring photos from the sets of Gus Van Sant’s “To Die For” and Larry Clark’s “Kids” taken by #OregonMade cinematographer Eric Alan Edwards to celebrate the 30th anniversary of those film’s release.
Born in Portland, Eric Alan Edwards is a veteran of more than fifty narrative projects, including cult favorites like “My Own Private Idaho,” “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” period biopics like “Lovelace,” high-end comedies like “The Change-Up” and “Knocked Up,” as well as John Krasinski’s “The Hollars.” Continue reading... ““To Die For” & “Kids” Film Set Photo Exhibit”
Rise: Community Cinema Showcase is co-presented by Catalyst Film Collective and Women in Film – Portland. The showcase will feature seven short films made by members from both organizations, tied by themes of rising above life’s challenges to uncover our truest selves.
Catalyst Film Collective is a Portland-based nonprofit elevating new voices in film by creating opportunities for members of marginalized communities to tell our own stories—both in front of and behind the camera—at all levels of production.
Women in Film – Portland is a non-profit serving the Portland community whose mission is to elevate woman and non-binary folks through education, outreach, and professional development. Continue reading... “RISE: Community Cinema Showcase”
The Klamath Independent Film Festival continues its run as the leading all-genre, Oregon-centric film festival, presented for the fifth year both in-person and on-demand/livestreaming!
For the 2024 rendition we continue to showcase the best in independent Oregon filmmaking at the historic Ross Ragland Theater. We plan to continue our hybrid online festival presentation and opening night gala honoring one iconic Made-in-Oregon film. The ever-popular custom awards designed by local artists in the Southern Cascade Woodcrafters Guild will also return in 2024, and the second year of the prestigious James Ivory Award for career achievement in film with Oregon roots. Continue reading... “KIFF2024: 12th Annual Klamath Independent Film Festival”
Portland Dance Film Fest returns for its multi-day festival running September 26th – 28th, 2024. Join us for 27 spectacular PDFF Picks, curated from 14 different countries. Each screening is a crafted evening of original and diverse dance film. PDFF 2024 is in partnership with the Portland Art Museum’s Center for An Untold Tomorrow and will be screened at PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater.
PDFF Picks
Tomorrow Theater
3530 SE Division St, Portland, OR
PDFF Picks 1 | September 26th, 2024 | 7:30pm
PDFF Picks 2 | September 27th, 2024 | 7:30pm
PDFF Picks 3 | September 28th, 2024 | 7:30pm
$20 Per Night in advance | $25 at the door
$15 artist/student rate
$50 Festival Pass
Magenta Light Studios will be giving Strange Darling a wide theatrical release in the United States on August 23rd – and a new trailer for the film has arrived online, along with a pair of posters.
Shot in Oregon last year, “Strange Darling” was written and directed by J.T. Mollner (Outlaws and Angels) and was produced by former Miramax CEO Bill Block, Chris Ivan Cevic, Steven Schneider, Roy Lee, and actor Giovanni Ribisi, who also served as the director of photography. Continue reading... “#OregonMade “Strange Darling” in Theatres August 23”
Founded by a Hollywood 30+ year veteran/inventor, Owen Stephens, SOC, CROCJAW company services Pacific northwest studios, commercials and independent film producers with Owen’s custom camera truck, and grip & lighting rentals. These include his award winning soft-lighting systems and his very powerful and versatile Crocjaw clip invention.
Inventing by Necessity
An engineer from S Africa with a creative bent, Owen started his film career in the Motion Picture & TV industry at Pinewood Studios with Superman, and climbed the ranks to Gaffer and Director of Photography on a long list of feature films, music videos, and tv commercials, working alongside some of the top cinematographers in the world.
On July 31, 2024 6:30pm at Vivienne Culinary Books in Portland, OR, you are invited to a sneak peak of exclusive work-in-progress scenes from the forthcoming documentary The Invisible Mammal. Meet and mingle with the film’s director, Kristin Tièche, editor, Heidi Zimmerman, and producers Windy Borman and Eileen Kim. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and wine will be available to purchase (with a percentage of sales donated to the film). A Q&A session with the filmmakers will follow the preview screening. Continue reading... “Bat Movie Benefit!”
The Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation, and Technology (PFCAT) announced that its 2024 event will be held at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) from August 21 to August 25 and will include screenings, panel discussions, parties, and special events in the Empirical Theater, Theory, the Kendall Planetarium, and OMSI’s auditorium.
This year’s festival includes screenings of over 120 films by visionary filmmakers, including over a dozen Portland-based filmmakers and animators. Innovation will also be displayed in the screening methods utilized at the festival. Continue reading... “PFCAT Returns To OMSI August 21st Through 25th”