Saturday Workshop With Mark Orton

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Taught by Mark Orton
Saturday, October 22, 10am-4pm
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The Northwest Film Center is excited to be offering a Saturday workshop with local composer Mark Orton, who composed music for the films Nebraska and Boxtrolls, in addition to a new soundtrack for Buster Keaton’s The General and work on This American Life.

How to find, hire and work with a film composer, from the demo process to finished picture. The instructor’s musical palette and style will guide the discussion, along with real-life case studies from a variety of feature, documentary and fine art films. Continue reading... “Saturday Workshop With Mark Orton”

Central Oregon Thriller to Premiere Halloween Weekend

Official Poster - BESETMENT
Official Poster – BESETMENT

Besetment”, an indie-produced feature film from Barbed Wire Films, will have it’s first public premiere on Sunday October 30th at the Volcanic Theater Pub in Bend, OR at 6pm.

Filmed in Mitchell, Prineville, Ashland, and Bend, OR, the film tells the tale of Amanda Millard, a down-on-her-luck girl, desperate to find a job.  When she gets a call from the Oregon Hotel in Mitchell, things start to look up. Mildred Colvin, the owner of the Oregon Hotel is a kind lady, and her live-in son and local mechanic Billy, though a little slow, seems quite taken with Amanda. Continue reading... “Central Oregon Thriller to Premiere Halloween Weekend”

“SEED: The Untold Story” To Premiere At Portland EcoFilm Festival

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Celebrate food justice at the Portland premiere of the award winning documentary, SEED: The Untold Story! SEED: The Untold Story is the Opening Night Film at the Portland EcoFilm Festival at Hollywood Theater, Thursday, October 20 at 7:00pm. A Q&A with the local Portland filmmakers, Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, will follow. Visit seedthemovie.com/portland for tickets and more info.

SEED: The Untold Story is an eye-opening environmental documentary about the dramatic loss of seed diversity and the movement to future of our food, from the creators of the award winning Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? Continue reading... ““SEED: The Untold Story” To Premiere At Portland EcoFilm Festival”

AIFF- One Of MovieMaker’s “Coolest Film Festivals In The World, 2016”!

coolest-fests-featured-imageMovieMaker Magazine, has, once again, the  Ashland Independent Film Festival on their latest list of “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World“.  They admire that AIFF isn’t “mired in tradition…the 15-year-old fest has recently taken steps to broaden its range, with dives into live cinema, art installations and interactive media offerings, plus a new category called BEYOND…” and one panelist that MM interviewed describe AIFF as a “down-to-earth exhibition of talented filmmaking,” that “treats filmmakers with so much respect.”  Continue reading... “AIFF- One Of MovieMaker’s “Coolest Film Festivals In The World, 2016”!”

Bruce Dern Stars In Movie Filming in Portland

Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern

Oscar and Golden Globe nominee actor Bruce Dern better known for the “Hateful 8”, and “Nebraska”is starring in the Portland produced feature length motion picture “V-Force: New Dawn Of V.I.C.T.O.R.Y.“! Based on the original screenplay by long time Lake Oswego resident D.C. Rahe, directed by Frank E Johnson (“Shannon’s Rainbow”, “Touched By An Angel”, “Palace Guard”), produced by Sean Skelding, Greg Beber, Tyler Benjamin, and D.C. Rahe of the Portland based Revolution Film Group, LLC. Greg Beber wrote the shooting script. Continue reading... “Bruce Dern Stars In Movie Filming in Portland”

Roy W. Dean 2016 Summer Film Grant Accepting Submissions

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Got a unique film project that contributes to society?  The Roy W. Dean Film Grant is looking to award its grant to one that fits that description.  This year’s winner receives $3,500 cash and $30,000 in donated film products and services to help complete their film.  Films can be documentaries, short films, features, TV or web series. Deadline for submission is June 30th, 2016.

In addition to the cash prize, the winner receives a 1TB G-Drive ev ATC with Thunderbolt in Watertight Rugged case from grant donor G-Technology, $1,000 in consultation, marketing material creation, design, and marketing strategizing from Smart Girl Productions., Continue reading... “Roy W. Dean 2016 Summer Film Grant Accepting Submissions”

Historic UO Alumni Filmmakers Receive Grant To Preserve Their Work

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 The National Film Preservation Foundation announced their latest group of historic films that will receive funding to preserve them for record. Among them are; the “Luther Cressman Field Work Films” (1938 – 1954), an important documentation of work done by the UO archaeologist, Luther Cressman; and a feature (1953) by UO alumnus, James Blue, that won a Critic’s prize at Cannes (1962).

Read more here. Continue reading... “Historic UO Alumni Filmmakers Receive Grant To Preserve Their Work”

Buddymoon Film in Theaters & On Demand From July 1st. Starring David Giuntoli (“GRIMM”) and Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect 2). Pre-Order Now on iTunes!

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IN THEATERS & ON DEMAND JULY 1st

David (David Giuntoli) is left by his fiancé days before the wedding, and Flula (Flula Borg), his eccentrically upbeat best man, insists that they go on David’s honeymoon together: a backpacking trip through Oregon’s scenic mountains. Prepare to laugh when  the pair crosses paths with a dazed conspiracy theorist (Brian T. Finney), an attractively charming backpacker (Claire Coffee), and a bloodthirsty predator (an actual wolf) who all partake in a trek that tests their friendship – and their lives. Continue reading... “Buddymoon Film in Theaters & On Demand From July 1st. Starring David Giuntoli (“GRIMM”) and Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect 2). Pre-Order Now on iTunes!”

The Falls: Covenant of Grace IndieGoGo Campaign

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The Falls:Covenant of Grace, the third installment of The Falls series hopes to film in Portland this summer. It is a trilogy written and directed by Jon Garcia about two gay Mormon men and the struggles of LGBT individuals of faith.    We currently have an IndieGoGo campaign going until early July to help us reach our goal. Please share the word if you can to help bring this series to light.

Covenant of Grace

 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-falls-covenant-of-grace#/ Continue reading... “The Falls: Covenant of Grace IndieGoGo Campaign”