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LAIKA Celebrates 10th Anniversary

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Congratulations to LAIKA, who are celebrating their 10th Anniversary this month. LAIKA has continued to hold it’s own over the last decade, producing animated features that are works of art in their own right – beginning in 2009 with “Coraline“, “ParaNorman“, “The Boxtrolls“, and currently in production, “Kubo and the Two Strings“.

President and CEO, Travis Knight, said it best when he talked to Wired Magazine, “We’re an outlier.

“Portlandia” Season 6 – Back January 21st

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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen are back with more “Portlandia” on January 21st, 2016.

TNT Renewed “The Librarians” – Back For Season 3!

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We are excited to announce that the shot-in-Portland TNT series, “The Librarians“, has been renewed for season 3! “The Librarians” has an average of 5.5 million viewers per episode ( digital, mobile and On Demand viewers).

Welcome back Christian Kane (“Leverage”),Rebecca Romijn (“X-Men”), Noah Wyle (“ER”, “Falling Skies”), Lindy Booth (“The Philanthropist”), John Harlan(“Neighbors”) and John Laroquette (“CSI: NY”).

(Read more from the Oregonian here.)

Road’s End Films Looks To Portland Community For Support

From Fox 12 Oregon:
http://www.kptv.com/Clip/12072720/roads-end-films-looks-to-portland-community-for-support

Portland has been called the Hollywood of the Northwest with lots of films and TV shows being made right here in our city. But local sound stage and production company, Road’s End Films, has hit a spot of bad luck and they are asking the community for help. For more information and to help them out, check out their page at https://www.gofundme.com/soundstage

OPB And UO-SOJC To Air “Don’t Wait for the Quake” With Broadcast Audience Engagement Tool

Tonight, OPB-TV will re-broadcast “Don’t Wait for the Quake,” an event hosted by Oregon Public Broadcasting and the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) on Nov. 17. The program will air at 9pm PT, and although tonight’s show won’t be live, A Fourth Act’s audience engagement tool Harvis will be.We invite you to join in.

Some background: To promote public awareness and catalyze conversation, OPB and the SOJC convened a public forum on Nov. 17 about earthquake readiness in Oregon.

LOWER BOOM Releases Soundtrack For Newest Film: JOAN

JOAN original score by Mark Orton from Lower Boom.

LOWER BOOM, a Portland, Oregon based studio that innovates in the production, distribution and marketing of micro-budget films, announces the release of the soundtrack for it’s newest film, JOAN. The score, composed and produced by Mark Orton, is available as a beautifully packaged CD and also available worldwide at all digital stores and streaming services including iTunes.

HouseSpecial Signs Kevin Batten As West Coast Rep

Animated content production studio HouseSpecial (formerly LAIKA/house) President Lourri Hammack announced a new partnership with Kevin Batten, founder of Pop-Arts Management (http://wearepoparts.com), for West Coast representation.

Ms. Hammack: “Kevin brings unparalleled production knowledge and hands-on experience to the art of making animated magic. I’ve followed his career for many years, looking for an opportunity to work together. I can’t think of a better way to close out a great 2015 and break open 2016 than launching a collaboration with Kevin and Pop-Arts Management.”

Congratulations To Todd Haynes ~ Nominated For Golden Globe Best Director (“Carol”)

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Congratulations to Portlander, Todd Haynes, nominated in the category of Best Director for “Carol“. The 76th Golden Globe Award nominees were announced today. “Carol”, a 1950s romance, landed five nominations (including best picture, drama) altogether.

The Golden Globe Awards will take place January 10th in Los Angeles.

POWGirls Announces 2016 Workshops Dates

POWGirls announces four workshops for 2016!

Winter Workshop: INTRO WORKSHOP, January 22 + 28-31, 2016
Spring Break Workshop: MAKE A SILENT FILM, March 21-25, 2016
Summer Workshop I: ADVANCED WORKSHOP, July 25-29 + August 1-2, 2016
Summer Workshop II: INTRO WORKSHOP, August 8-12, 2016

POWGirls started in March 2014 as a weekend workshop for six girls. In 2015, POWFest and MetroEast Community Media partnered to host three filmmaking workshops serving over 35 girls. Watch our past productions here.

“Certain Women” (Kelly Reichardt) To World Premiere At Sundance 2016

Sundance announced today it’s world premiere festival lineup, and the latest Kelly Reichardt film, “Certain Women” (written and directed by Reichardt) is in the mix. Although Reichardt, and her producer Neil Kopp, have shot most of their projects in Oregon (“Night Moves“, “Meek’s Cutoff“,”Wendy and Lucy“, “Old Joy“) this film was shot elsewhere, but post was done here in the state.

“Certain Women” is about the lives of three woman who “intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail”.

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