New Poster for Cell Count from Artist Tom Hodge.

PORTLAND, Oregon (March 09, 2012)  the announcement just earlier this week that “Cell Count” was chosen as the Closing Night Film and to also have it’s World Premiere at this years Fantaspoa Film Festival in Brazil we thought it would be a great time to show our new poster from the amazing Tom Hodge at The Dude Designs.

Cell Count is the story of Russell Carpenter who “reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. Continue reading... “New Poster for Cell Count from Artist Tom Hodge.”

Portland Feature Film “Cell Count” World Premiere May 20th

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”

Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) Announces 2012 Program Highlights

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Portland, Oregon – February 15, 2012 – The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (a.k.a. POWFest) is excited to announce the programming highlights of our upcoming 5th Anniversary festival scheduled to take place March 8 – 11, 2012 at the Hollywood Theatre.

As the only film festival in Portland exclusively dedicated to showcasing films directed by women and encouraging women to take on the director’s chair; we are one of only a handful of festivals in the U.S. dedicated to women-directed film.  Continue reading... “Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) Announces 2012 Program Highlights”

Come Experience The New Seats At The Hollywood Theatre!

The new seats have been installed in the main auditorium of the Hollywood Theatre! We’ve also repainted, and replaced the curtains in the theater. These changes are in addition to our new sound system and new screen. A huge thanks to everyone who supported our seat campaign! We never could have accomplished this without you.

We’re extremely excited, and we have some great films and events in the next few days to experience in this auditorium:

Friday Jan 20 at 7:30pm – RED DAWN IN HECKLEVISION
Friday Jan 20 at 10:00pm – PORTLANDIA
Saturday Jan 21 – Sunday Jan 22 at 3:15pm, 5:15pm, 7:15pm and 9:15pm – CARNAGE
Monday Jan 23 at 7:30pm – SATURDAY MORNINGS AT NIGHT
Tuesday Jan 24 at 7:30pm – Kung Fu Theater presents EASTERN CONDORS (only known 35mm print!) Continue reading... “Come Experience The New Seats At The Hollywood Theatre!”

Official Trailer to the Feature Film “Cell Count.”

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Written and Directed By Todd E. Freeman
Produced By The Bros. Freeman and Lara Cuddy
Executive Producers: Roger and Jen Wood

Release Date:  2012
Genre:  Sci-Fi / Horror
Studio:  Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions

Description:  Feature film currently in Post Production.

Plot Outline:  Russell Carpenter reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. While locked in this prison like surrounding they, along with 6 others, are unknowingly subjected to a cure that might just be worse than the disease itself. Continue reading... “Official Trailer to the Feature Film “Cell Count.””

*Last Call* to list in Oregon’s Media Production Directory for 2012


The final deadline to list in SourceOregon — Oregon’s film, TV, commercial and new media production industry directory — is midnight on January 1st, 2012. If you have not yet renewed or added your listing to Oregon’s 2012 directory of crew & services, visit www.SourceOregon.com today.

Every major producer and coordinator currently shooting in Oregon endorses SourceOregon as the best resource for hiring crew, equipment and services. Print and digital copies are distributed to each commercial, feature and television production company that considers shooting here. Continue reading... “*Last Call* to list in Oregon’s Media Production Directory for 2012”

Colour Box Makeup Studios Announces New Film/TV Workshops

Colour Box Makeup Studios founder Kerry Herta, a 2011 Emmy nominee, returns to the Northwest to teach three workshops geared toward makeup artists seeking expanded knowledge of techniques used on film/TV productions. The following workshops are enrolling now:

Advanced Hairstyling for Film/Fashion
Jan. 27-28–Seattle

Makeup Artist Boot Camp
Feb. 24-27–Portland

Airbrush Makeup Seminar
Feb. 28–Portland

Visit http://www.colourboxmakeup.com for more information. To enroll: 310.360.3992 or [email protected]. Continue reading... “Colour Box Makeup Studios Announces New Film/TV Workshops”

“Rid of Me” After Party Invades “Breaking Dawn” After Party in NYC

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Katie and James are still at it in NYC looking to garner more attention for their film “Rid of Me”.  Along the way they managed to find their way into a “Breaking Dawn” party.  Check it out!

This week the film opens in Chicago so be sure to let all your Chicago friends know about the film.  Here is information on showtimes and tickets in Chicago.

Katie and James also posted this video blog last week. Continue reading... ““Rid of Me” After Party Invades “Breaking Dawn” After Party in NYC”

“Gone” Trailer Available – Starring Amanda Seyfried – Shot in Oregon

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It doesn’t take long to notice in the trailer that “Gone” was shot in Oregon (lot’s of Portland Police cars).  The film was shot here last spring right after the production of the pilot for “Grimm”.  From everything we heard, the production went very smoothly.  If you’re familiar with Portland at all you’ll notice some familiar locations.  Several scenes were shot in the industrial part of inner SE Portland just a few blocks from our office.  The film also used the exterior of the empty U.S. Continue reading... ““Gone” Trailer Available – Starring Amanda Seyfried – Shot in Oregon”

Moon Tribe Studios Invites You to a One-time Screening of “Population: 2”

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I am very excited to extend a special invitation to the private, one time screening of the feature film, “Population: 2”.   The screening will take place on Thursday, December 8th, 7:30p.m. (theater doors open at 6pm) at the Baghdad Theater in Portland Oregon. I was a writer and producer on the film, and had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with Kenneth Luba of golightlyfilms as Director of Photography and Gil Luna of Moon Tribe Studios as writer/director.

Tickets to the event are FREE.  

Continue reading... “Moon Tribe Studios Invites You to a One-time Screening of “Population: 2””