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Fox 12’s More Good Day Oregon, went behind the scenes to examine the creative excellence that goes into the creation the monsters of “Grimm”. Christina Kortum (Ravenous Studios) creates and assists Barney Burman (B2FX) on the Wesen creature creations using prosthetics. Check out more of their work here.
In it’s 11th year, DisOrient is again hitting it out of the proverbial ball park with the highest number of submitted films to date films for this juried Festival. Over 25+ filmmakers are expected to attend. See you there! www.disorientfilm.org.
[La Grande, OR] Eastern Oregon Film Festival will be presenting its seventh annual event October 20-22, 2016 in La Grande, Oregon. Making the move back to October, where the festival began, has organizers and supporters excited.
“October is a great time for the festival, so we’re glad it found its way back to autumn. Not only is this one of the most beautiful seasons in La Grande, the calendar jump creates a fantastic opportunity for EOU students to engage with the fest, the community and downtown businesses.
Got Green? “The fight and adaptation to climate change, preservation of the biodiversity, energy transition, sustainable agriculture as well as transport and eco-mobility are only some issues of the commercials, image films and documentaries which will be presented at the 5th edition of the Deauville Green Awards on June 15th & 16th. As the largest green showcase in Europe, the festivals shows three competition programs which are dealing with sustainability, eco-innovations and social responsibilty.
Until 2nd of April, directors, producers, TV stations as well as companies and organizations can submit their films in 14 different categories which include eco-tourism and responsible travel, sustainable producing and circular economy, responsible consumption and eco-labels, health and living environment, organizations and social responsibility, handicap, diversity, solidarity, innovations and technological leaps, demographic transition and dependence.
The Hollywood Theatre is coming to the Portland International Airport (PDX) in 2016!
In partnership with the Port of Portland, the Hollywood Theatre is creating a movie theatre space in the airport’s C Concourse. The Hollywood Theatre @PDX will feature short films telling stories specific to Oregon, provide artist residency opportunities inviting collaboration between national/international media artists and local filmmakers, and host special events and visiting guests. Currently slated to open in summer 2016, the Hollywood Theatre @PDX will serve the Portland International Airport’s 16 million annual visitors, who can drop in free of charge to watch films while waiting for their flights.
(PORTLAND, OR) – The Northwest Film Center asks filmmakers based in the Northwest region to submit their recent work for consideration for the 43rd Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (NW Fest). The Festival is the longest running Festival in the region and was named one of Moviemaker Magazine’s Top 20 Coolest Festivals in 2013.
The 43rd Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival continues the Film Center’s tradition of bringing moving image artists of the Northwest together to share ideas, discover resources available to them, inspire, be inspired and to showcase their finest work to greater audiences.
What better way to kick off our new Reverse Angle series, highlighting heroes working behind the lens, than a screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens followed by long time model shop guru Fon Davis joining us from LA to present “The Secret Models of Star Wars.” This is a can’t miss event that gives us one last chance to catch Star Wars on OMSI’s four story Empirical Theater screen, and simultaneously gets us primed for the onslaught of Design Week with some serious film-making shop talk.
Monday, April 18th, 2016 / 6:30-10:00 / Buy Tickets Here
AEPDX, 3DPDX and VFX/PDX are joining forces to bring you a huge double event for Design Week Portland 2016.
Alphabest is an invitational collaborative show where local individuals or teams of talented animators & video artists make a creation (15 – 60 seconds long) based on a word that begins with a randomly assigned letter from the alphabet. The 26 created pieces will be assembled for an amazing presentation.
Reel Review 2016 will be a showcase of the best reels of local talent in motion, 3d and vfx.
Join the Northwest Film Center and the owner of Limbo Films for a nine-session course all about lighting. Starting Thursday April 14th, the class will visit a variety of locations and each week explore a new aspect of lighting typical for a narrative film. Taught by an award-winning working Cinematographer, this relaxed yet informative class takes you far beyond the basics by using modern equipment to illustrate a myriad of approaches to lighting.
Birds of Neptune, by Steven Richter, will be released on DVD and VOD on Amazon on March 22nd, with distribution by Brinkvision.
The film will be available soon after On Demand on Hulu, Google Play, and others to be announced as well as video stores nation wide.
Birds of Neptune was filmed in Portland, Oregon, with an all local cast and crew.
Watch here!