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October 1, 2018
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October 5, 2018(1 event)

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October 5, 2018

Join us October 5-7th for the 23rd Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival! This 3 day event takes place at the Hollywood Theatre and is a celebration of cinema, art, literature, and pop culture surrounding the father of cosmic horror, H. P. Lovecraft. This year's guests include: Japanese Idol band - Necronomidol, Guest of Honor - Chiaki J. Konaka, Special Guest - Richard Stanley, and more! Ticket packages are currently available through Kickstarter (bit.ly/2018hplff). Regular festival passes and single day tickets will be available soon through the Hollywood Theatre.

The Hollywood Theater
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97212
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Posted by Gwen Callahan
October 6, 2018(1 event)

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October 6, 2018

Join us October 5-7th for the 23rd Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival! This 3 day event takes place at the Hollywood Theatre and is a celebration of cinema, art, literature, and pop culture surrounding the father of cosmic horror, H. P. Lovecraft. This year's guests include: Japanese Idol band - Necronomidol, Guest of Honor - Chiaki J. Konaka, Special Guest - Richard Stanley, and more! Ticket packages are currently available through Kickstarter (bit.ly/2018hplff). Regular festival passes and single day tickets will be available soon through the Hollywood Theatre.

The Hollywood Theater
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97212
Map The Hollywood Theater

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Posted by Gwen Callahan
October 7, 2018(1 event)

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October 7, 2018

Join us October 5-7th for the 23rd Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival! This 3 day event takes place at the Hollywood Theatre and is a celebration of cinema, art, literature, and pop culture surrounding the father of cosmic horror, H. P. Lovecraft. This year's guests include: Japanese Idol band - Necronomidol, Guest of Honor - Chiaki J. Konaka, Special Guest - Richard Stanley, and more! Ticket packages are currently available through Kickstarter (bit.ly/2018hplff). Regular festival passes and single day tickets will be available soon through the Hollywood Theatre.

The Hollywood Theater
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97212
Map The Hollywood Theater

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Posted by Gwen Callahan
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October 18, 2018(1 event)

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October 18, 2018 – October 21, 2018

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October 19, 2018(1 event)

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October 18, 2018 – October 21, 2018

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October 20, 2018(1 event)

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October 18, 2018 – October 21, 2018

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October 21, 2018(2 events)

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October 18, 2018 – October 21, 2018

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October 21, 2018

The 7th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival (MSFF) will be held on October 21-22, 2017, in McMinnville, OR.
This festival is open to amateur and professional filmmakers alike. The goal of the MSFF is to provide a venue where short filmmakers can have their films viewed by an audience and to provide a networking opportunity to filmmakers in order to learn and share with each other.

Awards & Prizes

  • Grand Jury Prize - $250 cash prize plus trophy
  • Best Director - trophy
  • Best Story - trophy
  • Best Cinematography - trophy
  • Best Editing - trophy
  • Best Music/Score - trophy
  • Best Actor/Actress - trophy
  • Will Vinton Award for Best Animation - $150 cash prize plus certificate
  • Sunrise Rotary Award (awarded to Oregon-based filmmaker) - $100 cash prize plus certificate
  • Recology Sustainability Award (will go to a filmmaker who demonstrates and promotes environmental sustainability as a major theme) - $100 cash prize plus certificate

The entry fee includes admission to the festival screening events AND to all of the roundtables.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM - https://filmfreeway.com/festival/McMinnvilleShortFilmFestival

For more information on the rules and requirements, categories, and deadlines, please visit http://mcminnvillefilmfest.org.

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October 22, 2018(2 events)

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October 21, 2018

The 7th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival (MSFF) will be held on October 21-22, 2017, in McMinnville, OR.
This festival is open to amateur and professional filmmakers alike. The goal of the MSFF is to provide a venue where short filmmakers can have their films viewed by an audience and to provide a networking opportunity to filmmakers in order to learn and share with each other.

Awards & Prizes

  • Grand Jury Prize - $250 cash prize plus trophy
  • Best Director - trophy
  • Best Story - trophy
  • Best Cinematography - trophy
  • Best Editing - trophy
  • Best Music/Score - trophy
  • Best Actor/Actress - trophy
  • Will Vinton Award for Best Animation - $150 cash prize plus certificate
  • Sunrise Rotary Award (awarded to Oregon-based filmmaker) - $100 cash prize plus certificate
  • Recology Sustainability Award (will go to a filmmaker who demonstrates and promotes environmental sustainability as a major theme) - $100 cash prize plus certificate

The entry fee includes admission to the festival screening events AND to all of the roundtables.

SUBMIT YOUR FILM - https://filmfreeway.com/festival/McMinnvilleShortFilmFestival

For more information on the rules and requirements, categories, and deadlines, please visit http://mcminnvillefilmfest.org.

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 23, 2018(1 event)

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 24, 2018(1 event)

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 25, 2018(1 event)

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 26, 2018(1 event)

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 27, 2018(1 event)

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 28, 2018(1 event)

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October 22, 2018 – October 28, 2018

Named one of the coolest film festivals in the world by Moviemaker Magazine, the Portland Film Festival (PDXFF) presented by Comcast NBC Universal is one of the biggest and most highly attended industry and film-lover movie events in the Northwest.

This year, the Portland Film Festival will feature:

  • More than 180 independent films and mass audience films as well as workshops, panels, film industry events and parties – more than half directed by women.
  • Monster movies screened daily including digitally-restored films, films never-before screened in public as well as talks with monster movies historians
  • Kids from the Boys and Girls Club, alongside film industry professionals, will go behind the camera and create short monster films and premiere them on the big screen at festival’s Future Filmmakers event.
  • New to the festival and celebrating films and the Latino community, Portland Film Festival debuts its LATINX programming featuring a selection of films, workshops and classes held in Spanish - including a special historic screening of Spanish Dracula and a celebration and community party for Dia de los Muertos.

For a complete festival lineup, passes, and individual tickets, visit www.portlandfilmfestival.com.

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Posted by Heather Villanueva
October 29, 2018
October 30, 2018(1 event)

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October 30, 2018

Guided by experts in the field, this 5-week program will give you a solid foundation of immersive storytelling, shooting, and editing 360 documentaries. You will finish the course with an understanding of fundamental camera techniques, the stitching workflow, editing, and choreography between scenes in a 360 space.

Students work solo or collaboratively outside of class to shoot and edit their films. This workshop will culminate in a friends and family screening of your film on virtual reality headsets!

This workshop is designed for beginners. No experience with 360 video is necessary. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, and Premiere Pro will be helpful, but is not necessary.  Editing software is available at NW Doc. Price of class includes a one year membership to NW Documentary and one free rental of a 360 camera package. Students must provide their own hard drive.

 

5 Tuesdays starting October 30

Start Time: 6:00 pm
End Time: 8:30 pm

Start Date: October 30
End Date: December 4
No Class  11/20/18
Open lab hours on Sundays 2-4

Register Here 

Instructors

Rachel Bracker is a VR filmmaker with a background in multimedia journalism who has produced and edited several 360 documentaries that explore a range of issues, from saving the Grand Canyon to the world’s oldest drag queen. Her work has screened at FIVARS Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories, Boulder International Film Festival, and the Portland Film Festival.

Kerri Lynne Thorp is a Documentary Filmmaker and VR artist who is exploring story and culture through documentary, virtual reality and public engagement with a desire is to expand access to technology and storytelling as a crucial way to affect social change.  Kerri is also the Board VP of NW Documentary and is the creative director for the youth documentary program Produced by Her.

115 SW Ash Street, Suite 620
Portland, OR 97204
USA
503-227-8688
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Posted by Kerri Lynne Thorpe
October 31, 2018
November 1, 2018
November 2, 2018(1 event)

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November 2, 2018

November 2, 2018. 10AM to 3PM. Northwest Film Center. $20-$60.

Visit https://nwfilm.org/classes/a-tale-in-two-minutes-how-to-pitch-your-film-idea/

Pitching is part writing, part strategy, part performance … but above all, it’s storytelling. So your pitch simply boils down to telling a good tale, right? If only it were so easy.  Whether you’re proposing a feature, documentary, commercial or other creative project, you need an engaging, suspenseful and tight pitch of 60-120 seconds at the ready.  Like filmmaking, pitching involves knowing your audience (prospective buyer), but it also involves a whole lot more. How the heck can you describe a feature length film in ninety seconds? What do you reveal and what do you not?  How do you avoid getting mired in detail or lost along the way? How do you get your audience excited enough to actually buy your story? We’ll explore all this and more in a high energy, informal, safe and welcoming environment. The material is helpful not just for in-person pitching, but for proposal writing and other forms of marketing.

Topics include:

  • The art & science of storytelling (where Aristotle meets neuroscience)
  • Finding the essential elements of your story
  • Creating an effective log line
  • Writing and structuring your pitch
  • Memorizing vs. telling
  • Engaging your audience
  • Prepping for the unexpected
  • Tools for overcoming performance anxiety
  • And much more

Register one of two ways. Pitching Participants ($60, limited to 12) will be actively guided in working on one or two of their film ideas, receive expert feedback from instructors and may compete for prizes during PITCH FOR THE PRIZE. Observers ($20, limited to 15) will attend the lectures and watch the in-class pitching practices and critiques.

No previous experience is required.  All levels of filmmaking experience are welcome.

Instructors: DAVID POULSHOCK & NANCY FROESCHLE

David Poulshock’s Red Door Films produces corporate films, web videos, documentaries and features, including Wee Sing, the groundbreaking pubic television series.  Nancy Froeschle is a Nicholl Fellowships Winner who has written produced thrillers, dramatic shorts and serialized pilots including Riders and Lake Crescent.

Northwest Film Center School of Film
934 SW Salmon Street
Portland, OR 97205
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November 3, 2018
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