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Eugene’s 3rd Annual EFS 72 Hour Horror Film Contest

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“The Eugene Film Society and Ninkasi Brewing present the 3rd Annual EFS 72 Hour Horror Film Competition. From October 22-25, regional filmmakers will compete to make the best short horror film within 72 hours incorporating a mandated line of dialogue and prop.

Films submitted by deadline will be screened by a jury of media professionals and an audience at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts on Halloween night. The filmmaker awarded the “Jury Prize” will receive a $1,000 award and the filmmaker given the “Audience Award” will also receive a $1,000 prize.

A Seasonal Crop of Oregon- Made Fall Shows

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NBC Universal’s “Grimm” begins season 5 just in time for Halloween, and will premiere October 30 (Fridays 9/8c). The first episode, “The Grimm Identity” promises that “vengeance rises from the ashes”, and this season will contain the 100th episode that Silas Weir Mitchell (Monroe) suggests will finally explain the ramifications of the “keys and coins”. Stay tuned!

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TNT’s “The Librarians” will be rolling out their season 2 premiere November 1 (8/7c). “Returning to the universe of TNT’s hit movie franchise, The Librarian, this new series centers on an ancient organization hidden beneath the Metropolitan Public Library dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality hidden all around.

Historic Oregon Theater Is Added to HPLO’s “Most Endangered Historic Places” List

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The Historic Preservation League of Oregon (Restore Oregon) just released their list of the “most endangered historic places” in Oregon. Communities nominated their top choices and the HPLO chose ten. Of that ten, one is the 85 year old Egyptian Theatre, in downtown Coos Bay. Inside is an original Wurlitzer organ, hand-painted backdrops. According to OPB, the City of Coos Bay “purchased the theater in 2006. After it was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, a required structural inspection revealed that the building is unsafe to occupy; repairs and other renovations will cost about $3.7 million.”

Catherine E. Coulson Dies At 71

Coulson_Catherine_color_2012 Catherine E. Coulson passed away at her home in Ashland on Monday.Coulson has spent 22 seasons acting in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but perhaps she is best known as the “log lady” in David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks”. Read more about Coulsons life and career in the OSF release here.

Catherine Coulson played the Log Lady on the television series "Twin Peaks." Credit ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images — Catherine Coulson played the Log Lady on the television series “Twin Peaks.” Credit ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images

Save the Date! Women In Film Portland’s Annual Holiday Party

Women In Film Portland Holiday Party!

When: Thursday, November 19th 2015 at 6:00pm – 9:30pm

Where: University Place Hotel 310 SW Lincoln Street Portland, OR 97201

Join us for Women In Film Portland’s biggest networking event of the year, our annual Holiday Party! Meet the new board of directors and enter a drawing for fabulous door prizes (more details soon). This isn’t just a holiday soiree, it’s a fun networking event!

*Free admission for members current on dues.

* Catered event.

Portland Opera And OMSI To Expand “Opera On Screen” Film Series

Portland Opera and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will expand their collaborative “Opera on Screen” film series this fall. “Opera on Screen” began in September 2014 with high-definition screenings of four San Francisco Opera productions.

The 2015 series will include four new San Francisco Opera titles—Verdi’s Aida, the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov—as well as two bonus screenings—a Halloween weekend duo of The Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney and Brian De Palma’s cult classic, Phantom of the Paradise, a contemporary adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera.

Nike and U of O Create Parody Of “Animal House”

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Nike has released a video parody of the (in)famous toga scene from “Animal House” (originally shot on the University of Oregon campus in 1978) that showcases a collection of athletes and U of O VIP’s dancing to Otis Day and the Knights’ “Shout”. It’s fun to see the lines between a classic film and such sporting legends blur. Read Oustide’s article here.

Google Trekker Brings It’s Camera Technology To The Oregon Wilderness

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Google’s Trekker Camera is slowly bringing it’s technology to the trail. This summer volunteers from the Oregon Wild organization (formerly the Oregon Natural Resources Council or ONRC) offered to carry the Trekker and hike some of Oregon’s most beautiful trails in order to bring a “street view” to the public and is so doing, bringing attention to conservation lands in Oregon. OPB covered the story and you can read more here.

Update: Also, Oregon Wild have a film festival that kicks off September 9th “Speaking For The Trees” at the Bijou Arts Cinemas in Eugene.

1859 Profiles Four Oregonian Documentarians

1859 Magazine profiled four Oregon documentary directors and highlighted what drives their passion to bring their stories to the screen, and what they have to do make that happen.

Oregon has seen an uptick in documentaries in the last few years, with such projects as Brian Lindstrom’s “Mothering Inside“, Melissa Lowry’s “Black Girl in Suburbia“, John Waller’s “Mending The Line“, and Irene Taylor Brodsky’s “Open Your Eyes“.

Hinge Produces Launch Spot For Inspired Health Campaign

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The anthemic “This is Inspired Health” :60 commercial was directed by Hinge Director Slater Dixon to launch Florida Hospital‘s new campaign. The Hinge team shot the spot in Florida, and did the Post in Portland. Learn more at hingedigital.com.

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