On October 7, HB 3367 becomes law. This is significant in several ways for Oregon’s film, television, and digital media industry. The most obvious change is the increase in the annual amount of OPIF tax credits to $10million a year. (By the way, we’re selling the remaining $4million of tax credits for 2013 beginning on October 21. Here are the details of the tax credit auction.)
“Night Moves” was written by Kelly Reichardt and Jon Raymond (“Mildred Pierce”, “Meek’s Cutoff”, “Wendy and Lucy”) and Executive Produced by Kim Saerom, Brett Cranford, Lourenço Sant’Anna, Alejandro De Leon, Todd Haynes, and Larry Fessenden, and starring Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), Dakota Fanning (“The Secret Life of Bees”), and Peter Sarsgaard (“Blue Jasmine”).
“SHIVER” is now set for a one week run at the Living Room Theatre in Portland, OR commencing on September 20th. There will be a Special Event Premiere of the film at the theatre on September 19th.
“SHIVER” based on the acclaimed thriller by New York Time , bestselling author, Brian Harper will have a Southern Oregon Premiere at Coming Attractions Theatres, VARSITY THEATRE in Ashland, Or on Friday, September 13. The film stars Danielle Harris (“Halloween”, ” Hatchet”) John Jarratt (“Wolf Creek” and Casper Van Dien (“Starship Troopers”, “The Pact”).
SHIVER, produced under the Oregon Film Incentive Program and now an Official Selection in 22 International Film Festivals has garnered three Best Actress Awards, a Best Screenplay Award, a Most Shocking Feature Award and Nominations for Best Actor and Best Film. Continue reading... ““SHIVER” Premiere in Ashland ,Oregon on Fri. September 13th”
PanderBox.TV Launch in the PanderBox Transmedia Lounge
The 2013 TechFest NW will host the PanderBox Transmedia Lounge where the Pander Brothers will launch their new web channel, PanderBox.TV. The Portland based filmmaker and graphic novel team will present their array of web media story worlds in comics, music, digital video and give a sneak peek of what to expect on their new digital entertainment channel, PanderBox.TV.
Polluted Pictures is now accepting online submissions for their most current project which is currently “Untitled.” We are shooting this project in accordance with the SAG SHORT FILM guidelines with deferred pay. This film is being produced as a “proof of concept” for a feature film shooting later this year. Our previous three feature films were financed through similar “proof of concept” pieces. None of the footage from this short will be used in the actual feature film that is produced subsequently. Continue reading... “Open Casting call from Polluted Pictures.”
Oregon has just expanded its film incentives, which will bring 67% more film and television work to the state. There’s a need for actors to be able to do their own action. Get trained and get an edge over the competition.
Hi All– I’m the new intern here at the Governor’s Office of Film & Television. I love all things film and Oregon, as well as baking and studying communication theory. If you want to talk about the entertainment industry, I’m practically a walking IMDb.
Have a good one! -Katlyn Prentice
You can learn quite a bit by the clothes you wear. Walking around my campus in Boston, sporting my new Portlandia sweatshirt, I learned a lot about the impact that Oregon filmmaking has on rest of the country. Continue reading... “The Impact of Oregon Film”
On October 7, HB 3367 becomes law. This is significant in several ways for Oregon’s film, television, and digital media industry. The most obvious change is the increase in the annual amount of OPIF tax credits to $10million a year. (By the way, we’re selling the remaining $4million of tax credits for 2013 beginning on October 21. Here are the details of the tax credit auction.)
“SHIVER” based on the acclaimed thriller by New York Time , bestselling author, Brian Harper will have a Southern Oregon Premiere at Coming Attractions Theatres, VARSITY THEATRE in Ashland, Or on Friday, September 13. The film stars Danielle Harris (“Halloween”, ” Hatchet”) John Jarratt (“Wolf Creek” and Casper Van Dien (“Starship Troopers”, “The Pact”).
Polluted Pictures is now accepting online submissions for their most current project which is currently “Untitled.” We are shooting this project in accordance with the SAG SHORT FILM guidelines with deferred pay. This film is being produced as a “proof of concept” for a feature film shooting later this year. Our previous three feature films were financed through similar “proof of concept” pieces. None of the footage from this short will be used in the actual feature film that is produced subsequently. 
