The Portland Tribune caught up with Tim Williams to talk Oregon Film’s 50th Anniversary and what #OregonMade shows are making way for now that “Grimm” and “Portlandia” have wrapped.
Read the article here. Continue reading... “Portland Tribune Catches Up With Oregon Film In Its 50th Anniversary Year”
$1m Wages Lost: The Gender Pay Gap Exposed in Episode One of Chasing Grace Project.
The release date and premiere screening for The Chasing Grace Project Episode One: Eighty Twenty, which will take place March 25, 2018 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are free but space is limited. Please reserve your ticket today at this link.
While the women’s movement is experiencing a renaissance, a clear indicator of progress is equal pay for equal work and access to opportunity. Continue reading... “Episode One Of “The Chasing Grace Project” Has A Premiere Screening March 25”
Portland-based Rose City Games announced a new publishing deal with anime adaptation specialist, Viz Media, and the development of a new and original title, “The World Next Door.”
Read more here. Continue reading... “Rose City Games Signs New Deal With Viz Media”
Great work from HouseSpecial on their M&M’s Super Bowl Commerical starring Danny Devito. Thrillist voted it #1 in the lineup from Sunday’s game commericals. Continue reading... “#OregonMade M&M’s Super Bowl Commercial Ranks #1 By Thrillist”
Oregon Film turns 50 this year and to celebrate we commissioned filmmaker & editor Josh Lunden and composer Jake Hull to put together a fantastic new trailer that celebrates more than 109 years of film, television, animation, commercial and interactive production here in the state.
Featuring many, many clips from #OregonMade films sourced edited together by Lunden and a live score specially written and recorded by Hull, the trailer takes a 3 minute journey from the earliest of silent films to the latest Oscar Nomination for “Kubo and the Two Strings” – and everything in between. Continue reading... “Oregon Film’s 50th Anniversary Trailer of #OregonMade Productions Plays Hollywood PDX”
Together with award-winning animation studio ShadowMachine, the #OregonMade Creative Foundation has just launched a unique paid apprenticeship program focusing on hands-on, stop-motion animation production work.
ShadowMachine is about to go into production on a stop-motion series and we have worked together to create two, three month, paid apprenticeship positions on the project.
You can find more info on the OMCF website. Continue reading... “#OregonMade Animation Apprenticeship Now Open for Applications”
The 41st Portland International Film Festival will run February 15- March 1. Passes and tickets are now on sale.
Since 1977, the Portland International Film Festival has been the Northwest Film Center’s annual showcase of new world cinema. Over three weeks in February, through the exhibition of nearly 100 feature films and 60+ short films, PIFF audiences across the City of Portland travel the globe in theater seats through our celebration of the world’s filmmakers and cinephiles. Continue reading... “41st Portland International Film Festival Begins Feb 15”
NW Documentary’s D.I.Y. workshop series prepares students to write, direct, shoot, and edit their own short documentary! No prior filmmaking experience necessary.
Spring Workshops are as follows:
D.I.Y. Story Craft
Develop and workshop an in-depth creative treatment: leave ready to kickstart your next documentary project. Story Craft makes a great pairing with either of our D.I.Y. Documentary workshops!
Class runs Wednesdays, 6-8 pm starting February 28 and ending April 4.
D.I.Y. Documentary
From concept to creation to the big screen: bring your own documentary to life in only 10 weeks! Continue reading... “NW Documentary D.I.Y. Film Workshops Are Open For Enrollment!”
Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) directed the #OregonMade “Leave No Trace” premiered at Sundance at the end of last month. After the rave reviews Sony Pictures Worldwide was quick to acquire international rights, and Bleecker Sreet has aquired North Americn rights. “Leave No Trace,” set in Portland’s Forest Park, tells the tale of Will and his teenage daughter, Tom, who “have lived off the grid, blissfully undetected by authorities in a vast nature reserve on the edge of Portland. Continue reading... “#OregonMade “Leave No Trace” Acquired By Sony Worldwide + Bleecker Street”
