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A new stop-motion world from Hillsboro’s LAIKA Studios will arrive in theaters this fall. The award-winning animation studio announced that “Wildwood,” its sixth feature film, will open nationwide Oct. 23. Directed by LAIKA President and CEO Travis Knight, the epic fantasy follows a young girl’s quest to rescue her baby brother, leading her into a forbidden forest inhabited by enchanted creatures, uneasy allies and dangerous adversaries.

The voice cast includes the likes of Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, Awkwafina, Jake Johnson and Charlie Day, among others.

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OPB’s “Oregon Experience” team for the premiere screening of their new film, “Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in Portland” on Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland).

About the film: Portland in the 1980s was a hotbed of racist, skinhead violence, which reached a boiling point in 1988 when three neo-Nazis murdered Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw. Was it homegrown hate or did it come from outside?

Following the screening, we’ll host a Q&A with the film’s producers and hear from some of the people featured in the film.

If you remember Reese Witherspoon throwing her boots off a mountain ridge in the 2014 movie “Wild,” or recognize familiar places in “Animal House,” “The Goonies,” “Twilight,” “Stand By Me” or “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” then you know Oregon is home to many big-screen moments. How fitting, then, that we even have the world’s last Blockbuster store, in Bend. (There’s a film about that, too.)

Since 2020 alone, more than 50 films have been produced in Oregon, including big-screen favorites “Pig,” “First Cow” and “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” — a stop-motion animated feature film that was named the Golden Globes’ best animated film of 2022.

On Saturday, April 4, there will be a special sneak preview of the new film from Bruce Campbell, with Bruce in attendance for a Q&A!

“Ernie and Emma” tells the story of widowed pear salesman Ernie Tyler (Bruce Campbell) traveling to scatter his wife’s ashes in places she specified, each location stirring memories that help him process their marriage, his work life, and his future.

Bruce Campbell is an actor and director, most well known for his role as Ash in the EVIL DEAD series, as well as his appearances in the cult films BUBBA HO-TEP and MANIAC COP.

Get Ready for the 15^th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival: A Four-Day Extravaganza of Independent Cinema with Special Guest Director Michelle Garza Cervera and the Oregon premiere of the 2026 Oscar nominated “The Singers.”

The excitement is building as the McMinnville Short Film Festival (MSFF) gears up for an unforgettable celebration of independent cinema from February 26 to March 1, 2026. With a dazzling selection of 94 short films and four screenplay finalists representing over 15 countries, showcasing a rich array of Oregon and Pacific Northwest premieres that are sure to captivate audiences!

#OregonMade “A Simple Machine” was written up in MovieMaker magazine recently. Directed by Mark Huffman and based on a book by Portland writer Evan P. Schneider it tells the story of a young man who adopts radical thrift to try to get out of debt.

According to MovieMaker “The film fascinatingly addresses, with precision and detail, something that most movies gloss over: the finances of its protagonist. Nick’s biggest early move is to sell his car in favor of a bike, which becomes a metaphor for self-sufficiency.”

#OregonMade “Ernie and Emma,” directed and starring Southern Oregon’s Bruce Campbell, has released a trailer. You can check out the film at the Holly Theater in Medford on Feb. 14.

Get tickets at the Holly Theatre box office but check out the trailer below:

Erich Cannon’s thriller, “His Monster,” story follows a struggling alcoholic, played by “Killers of the Flower Moon” actor Gabe Casdorph, whose daughter is attacked and mysteriously swept into the ocean, Casdorph’s James Streeter, remains living in the woods, alone, hunting for what he believes is responsible.

The feature was shot in Mt. Hood, Astoria, Hug Point and parts of Portland. Local cast and crew had a large part of the production, including a lead role for Ashley Song, and creature design by Scott Foster, a local sculptor with production design by Andee Hess of Osmose Design.