Cinema Project and the Northwest Film Center present
Shortcuts VII: She Never Dreams of Places
February 17 / 8:30 PM
Whitsell Auditorium / 1219 SW Park Ave / $12
For the 2015 Portland International Film Festival, Cinema Project brings a program of international short works that delve into personal, familial, and cultural pasts through a variety of formats and modes of experimentation. The memories evoked—explicitly in voice over or implicitly through texture and tone—are both fresh and distant, revealing the difficulty in going back to, or moving between, physical and psychic spaces. Continue reading... “Cinema Project at PIFF 38”
Good news for Oregon, NBC Universal announced today that “Grimm” is being picked up for Season 5. The show, shot on stages and on location in Portland and the metro area, has been doing well on its Friday night time slot, with season 4 garnering over 7.2 million viewers all-told. “Grimm” was one of five dramas NBC renewed for the 2015-16 season.
Cinematographer Harry Dawson recognized at OMPA Annual Meeting Thursday (Photo by NebCat photography)
Approximately four hundred members of Oregon’s commercial, film, television and interactive industry were on hand at Zarr Studios in Portland last Thursday for the annual meeting of the Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA). The professional trade group handed out $3,000 in student scholarships, recognized industry members for their achievements, inspiration, and volunteerism, and introduced newly elected board members.
This year, Ashland, Oregon took the top spot in MovieMaker’s Best Places to Live and Work contest Town category (for populations under 100,000). The award acknowledges Ashland’s focus on the arts, great quality of life, beautiful surroundings, and most importantly, its commitment to film and media activity as a bonafide industry in this community of 20,000. Last January, Ashland placed second behind Asheville, NC, but managed to unseat their east coast counterpart for 2015 by having another banner year of production including features, commercials, corporate films, documentaries, tv shows and more. Continue reading... “Ashland Named #1 Town in the US to Live and Work as a Filmmaker by MovieMaker Magazine”
The Siskiyou FilmFest began in 2002 in Ashland, moving to Grants Pass in 2008, and in 2009 began encompassing small towns in the Rogue Valley into their screening repertoire. Additionally, the festival added the KidFest for elementary aged children, as well as Youth Video contest for middle and high school aged kids.
The 13th Annual Siskiyou FilmFest runs January 30-31st at Grants Pass High School Performing Art Center. The festival focuses on “the the activism, science and history of the environmental movement and features award winning films about people creating real world solutions to today’s environmental challenges on a local, regional and global scale. Continue reading... “Siskiyou FilmFest Begins January 30th, Grants Pass”
Portland based feature film to premier at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, January 23rd and 26th.
Birds of Neptune, a feature film by Steven Richter which was shot in Portland in 2013 will make its World Premier in Park City, Utah at the Slamdance Film Festival. With an all local Portland based cast and crew and a soundtrack from primarily PNW bands this is truly a local production.
