Wildfang presents: “Evan Rachel Would”
You have to love this video. Robin Lopez, Kim Gordon and Beth Ditto star in Wildfang video to raise money for Friends of the Children. Continue reading... “Wildfang presents: “Evan Rachel Would””
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NOW OPEN: Submissions for the 2015 Portland Film Festival
Filmmakers, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The Portland Film Festival is looking for some good films with compelling stories for submission. Do you have any suggestions? Please submit your narrative features, documentaries, shorts of all kinds, transmedia, web series, student films and more. Continue reading... “NOW OPEN: Submissions for the 2015 Portland Film Festival”
KLCC Interview with Oregon Film Exec Dir Tim Williams
Tim Williams is the new Executive Director of Oregon Film—more formally known as the Governor’s Office of Film and Television. He speaks with Eric Alan about the growing and shifting media industry in Oregon, at a time when the word “film” is losing its traditional meaning, as the creative form opens to new digital horizons.
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Ashland Independent Film Festival Opens April 9th
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38i4SUlvmc[/youtube] (Southern Oregon University and AIFF Alum, Austin Halvorsen, put together this promo for #AIFF 2015.)
There is a lot going on at the 14th Ashland International Film Festival this year (view the schedule here). Opening April 9th and running through 13th, will be five days of quality independent films, from shorts to documentaries, screening at the Varsity Theatre, the Ashland Street Cinemas, Ashland Springs Hotel and the Historic Ashland Armory theatre. Continue reading... “Ashland Independent Film Festival Opens April 9th”
Hollywood Theater’s Amazing 70mm Efforts Featured in “State of Wonder”
The Hollywood Theatre Resurrects 70mm Film with “2001: A Space Odyssey” – great story from OPB’s State of Wonder by Aaron Scott.
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Portland’s LOWER BOOM at SXSW 2015
Lower Boom, a new Portland-based micro-budget movie studio and talent incubator, is heading to SXSW to host a filmmakers get-together, this Sunday, March 15th at the Austin Marriott.
Lower Boom will be giving guests a sneak-peek of their inaugural movie, LETTER B, as well as unveiling the prototype of their Discovery app. The app allows users to discover new films, stories and videos in an easy, fun and mobile-friendly way, as well as providing the opportunity and infrastructure to support exciting new storytellers. Continue reading... “Portland’s LOWER BOOM at SXSW 2015”
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival Gets Surprise “Fan Mail” on YouTube
Check out the great testament to the festival from an award winning filmmaker on this video and then make sure you get to Eugene next month to check out the Festival itself which runs at Bijou Art Cinema from April 17 – 19.
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Tom Kane’s Film Production Workshop, April 11 and 12
On April 11th and 12th, Tom Kane is bringing a 2-Day Film Production Workshop to Portland, Oregon. Tom has had a long and distinguished career in the Film and Television industry. As a Producer, Production Manager, and Assistant Director, his clients have included Twentieth Century Fox, Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros., ABC Motion Pictures, Universal Pictures, Turner Network Television, CBS, NBC, ABC, and Hallmark Entertainment.
Tom’s Film Credits include: Kramer vs. Kramer, Prizzi’s Honor, Raging Bull, The Flamingo Kid, Taxi Driver, The Stepford Wives, Crossfire Trail, Swimming to Cambodia. Continue reading... “Tom Kane’s Film Production Workshop, April 11 and 12”
Short Film from Oregon Humanities
Oregon Humanities is proud to debut “Future: Portland,” a short video inspired by Ifanyi Bell’s essay from the Quandary issue of Oregon Humanities magazine, “The Air I Breathe.”
“Wild” Locations Get Recognition At LMGA Awards
Congratulations to Nancy Haecker (“Wild“), who, at the second annual Location Managers Guild of America Awards, won for “Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary Film”. The awards took place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on Saturday night.
According to Variety, Haecker read Cheryl Strayed’s memoir, “Wild”, during a flight, and was so enthused that she wanted to scout the film project. Even though most of the film plays for California, around 60 locations in Oregon were scouted by Haecker; from the high desert in central Oregon, the city of Ashland, Crater Lake, the Portland metro area, to the Bridge of the Gods in the Columbia River Valley Gorge. Continue reading... ““Wild” Locations Get Recognition At LMGA Awards”