“Green Room”, Jeremy Saulnier’s (Blue Ruin) punk chiller-thriller earned some good reviews at it’s world premiere during the Cannes Director’s Fortnight this year. This Oregon-shot-and-produced feature had Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani and Victor Moyers at the helm, starring Patrick Stewart.
Reviews below:
The Guardian Continue reading... ““Green Room” Reviews are in After Cannes Director’s Fortnight”
INDIA’S DAUGHTER is the story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptional and inspiring young woman. The rape of the 23 year old medical student by 6 men on a moving bus, and her death, sparked unprecedented protests and riots throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mindset. Interwoven into the story line are the lives, values and mindsets of the rapists whom the film makers have had exclusive and unprecedented access to interview before they hang. Continue reading... “POWMonthly Series Presents A Special Screening Of “India’s Daughter””
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its ninth annual festival scheduled to take place March 3 – 6, 2016. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 14, 2015.
Deadlines & Fees
Films must be directed or co-directed by women and can be of any length, style, or genre. Continue reading... “2016 POWFest Call-For-Entries!”
#EOFF 2015 opened last night with “Planetary” – an inspirational and motivating visual documentary that played to a sold out audience at the Granada Cinema in La Grande. (“Planetary was originally released on Earth Day, April 22, on Vimeo On Demand).
#EOFF showcases a variety of shorts, features, documentaries, music and even an on-line program that “through the mediums of independent film and music, aims to enrich and expand the cultural experience within our community. Continue reading... “#EOFF Gets Off To Inspirational Start”
On Tuesday, April 28, Oregon Film, Portland Development Commission, Oregon Storyboard, Intel and NWFilm teamed up with Girls Inc. to show the new feature documentary BIG DREAM to over 100 young women at the Whitsell Auditorium. Continue reading... “#MyBigDream – Inspirational Documentary – Screened At Whitsell”
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VR technology is so much more fun the second time around and with companies like YouTube (360), Google Business View and many new 360º apps to name a few, there are many interesting advancements to explore. 360º Labs, based out of Portland, Oregon, are bringing their own altruistic (and very Oregon) public-spirited take to their technology. They are currently half way through a Kickstarter campaign to fund a 360º VR documentary “As It Is – A 360º Video & Virtual Reality Experience Exploring How A Proposed Gondola Resort Will Impact the Grand Canyon from Rim to River.” Continue reading... “360 Labs Brings Cutting Edge VR Technology to Raise Public Awareness of Contentious Grand Canyon River Project”
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The 5th annual NorthWest Animation Fest begins on Monday, kicking off with the NorthWest Animators Showcase at 7pm. more than 250 films will be showing at the Hollywood Theatre all week. Tix. Continue reading... “5th Annual NorthWest Animation Festival Starts May 4th”
The power of “storytelling” has become a marketing staple across a wide variety of businesses, a common thread that blends real-life experiences with business brands. Storytelling, once reserved for cinema, literature, TV etc. has provided the state of Oregon brand recognition from the ground up, literally. Read more here. Continue reading... “How Tourism Storytelling Converts to Dollars for Oregon Businesses”
The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival is excited to announce the addiiton of two Summer Workshops sessions to the expanding POWGirls program.
Our mission is to help girls 15-19 realize their power, creativity and voice in media production and encourage them to explore opportunities as future media-makers. We want to encourage girls to be creative, tech-savvy leaders who will help realize gender equity in media industries. We want to foster the POWER of WOMEN in MEDIA. Continue reading... “POWGirls Announces Summer 2015 Media Workshop Sessions”
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Above Slater Smith and The Weather Machine play “Wild West Coast” at Peter Skene Ogden State Park . Four more bands will be featured at four other state park locations. (To learn more about this project, listen to OPB’s State of Wonder this Saturday at noon.) You can read more about Slater Smith, and Oregon State parks’ quest to bring music to the outdoors at OPBMUSIC.
Last year Slater traveled to every Oregon state park and featured a shot in each for the band’s creative music video, “Back O’er Oregon“. Continue reading... “Oregon Road Sessions: The Weather Machine – Debuts Music In Five State Parks”