Congratulations to LAIKA, who are celebrating their 10th Anniversary this month. LAIKA has continued to hold it’s own over the last decade, producing animated features that are works of art in their own right – beginning in 2009 with “Coraline“, “ParaNorman“, “The Boxtrolls“, and currently in production, “Kubo and the Two Strings“.
Animated content production studio HouseSpecial (formerly LAIKA/house) President Lourri Hammack announced a new partnership with Kevin Batten, founder of Pop-Arts Management (http://wearepoparts.com), for West Coast representation.
Ms. Hammack: “Kevin brings unparalleled production knowledge and hands-on experience to the art of making animated magic. I’ve followed his career for many years, looking for an opportunity to work together. I can’t think of a better way to close out a great 2015 and break open 2016 than launching a collaboration with Kevin and Pop-Arts Management.” Continue reading... “HouseSpecial Signs Kevin Batten As West Coast Rep”
Congratulations to Portlander, Todd Haynes, nominated in the category of Best Director for “Carol“. The 76th Golden Globe Award nominees were announced today. “Carol”, a 1950s romance, landed five nominations (including best picture, drama) altogether.
Winter Workshop: INTRO WORKSHOP, January 22 + 28-31, 2016 Spring Break Workshop: MAKE A SILENT FILM, March 21-25, 2016 Summer Workshop I: ADVANCED WORKSHOP, July 25-29 + August 1-2, 2016 Summer Workshop II: INTRO WORKSHOP, August 8-12, 2016
Sundance announced today it’s world premiere festival lineup, and the latest Kelly Reichardt film, “Certain Women” (written and directed by Reichardt) is in the mix. Although Reichardt, and her producer Neil Kopp, have shot most of their projects in Oregon (“Night Moves“, “Meek’s Cutoff“,”Wendy and Lucy“, “Old Joy“) this film was shot elsewhere, but post was done here in the state.
The annual 2015 Oregon Actors Awards took place at the Portland Center Stage, to a packed house over the week end. The awards recognized outstanding members of Oregon’s film, video and multimedia industry. Four awards were given to film, TV and commercial actors, and one for community service.
We are looking for storytellers for the LAUNCH Student Film Competition with short films that are innovative, creative, original, inspiring, relevant, compelling, entertaining, thought-provoking, funny, and unique.
Do you have a great story to share? Here’s what you need to know:
No entry fee—it’s FREE!
Films need to be 5 minutes or under.
Genres include animation, claymation, documentary, or narrative—it’s up to you!
Five categories: grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12, college undergrads, and PridePrize.
The US Commercial Service Office and their counterparts in the U.S. Embassy in Brazil, are supporting U.S. firms participation in the Rio Content Market (RCM) next March. They would like to get the word out to the Oregon creative community who has content they may be interested in offering internationally. The exhibition is the largest event of its kind in Latin America (3500 attendees last year).
Who: Producers of content for television: companies which produce TV series, individual shows, animations, documentaries, independent productions, feature length movies for TV, reality shows, stage or movie adaptations, complementary TV digital media, scripts What: Meet with Brazilian & international broadcast & cable network executives to pitch your programs to their networks in 1-on-1 meetings & learn about the market in keynotes, lectures, & round-tables;.
