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Join Us of Women in Film’s Annual Holiday Party

Join us this Thursday for our annual Holiday Party at The Governor Hotel and help us celebrate another great year of Women In Film Portland. Meet the new board of directors, the 2013 Women’s Vision Grant recipient, and share some holiday cheer with your fellow industry professionals.

Also, don’t miss our guest speaker for the evening Tsui Ling Toomer, Executive Producer at Bent Image Labs who will share with us stories of her glittering career. Check out her impressive bio!

Tsui Ling Toomer has been the Executive Producer at BENT Image Lab since 2005.

Pelt: Local student horror film now online

After committing murder, Rufus must decide between keeping his dark deed a secret or exposing his crime to save the woman he loves, from the very man he killed.

A year after its filming and film festival run“Pelt” is a supernatural period thriller, written and directed by Rowan Spiers-Floyd and starring Adam Elliott Davis, Jeffree Newman and Jennifer Eastwood, can now be found online.Made by a devoted team of students and independent filmmakers, the film was shot on location at the Fort Clatsop replica, near Seaside, Oregon.

“Wild” Has Been Attracting Public Interest As Well As Local And National Press

Screen Shot 2013-10-30 at 1.31.56 PM — Reese Witherspoon’s caption to go along with her picture, “Good morning from deepest Oregon”.

“Wild” has been getting a lot of public and press attention in Ashland and Crater Lake in the last two weeks. Reese Witherspoon has been adding interest by posting daily pictures from the film’s locations in southern Oregon.

Below is a recent round up of some local, national and international news pieces on “Wild”:

KDRV and KTVL had some video coverage, and the Herald, Mail Tribune and The Daily Tidings also covered the story.

Top Actors Receive Superfine Awards

Oregon’s industry members present awards for excellence in craft and community building

Hundreds of actors, agents, casting directors and industry supporters, including Senate President Pro Tempore Ginny Burdick and AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain were on hand to celebrate the depth, breadth and professional skills of Oregon’s on-screen acting industry at Oregon’s Got Talent in Portland last Saturday. The Oregon film and television industry event included an actor’s expo, workshops and awards show

with musicians Hamilton Cheifetz, Jeffrey Kauffman, Richard Moore, Portland Teen Idol winner Haley Ward, and acclaimed funnyman Darius Pierce as Master of Ceremonies.

Phrenic Invites You to “Go Clone Yourself”

Phrenic–an iOS thriller you watch, read, and play–invites anyone to create a character by uploading a video or writing a very short story from the perspective of a human clone. Videos and stories can be submitted from the Phrenic app itself or on Phrenic’s page on Theatrics. A storyline about liberated clones was designed specifically as a framework for user generated content. Disguises (or Halloween costumes) are encouraged to protect the identity of other clones.

Stories and videos will be published in the Phrenic app and online (one user-submitted story is already live in the app).

Polluted Pictures premieres new film online

Director of last year’s Cell Count makes new short film “M is for Marriage” to be considered as part of the ABC’s of Death 2 anthology film.

PORTLAND, Oregon (October 28, 2013) Polluted Pictures (Cell Count) and Lyon Films (The Tell) are proud to announce their new film “M is for Marriage” is now available for viewing on the ABC’s of Death 2 search for the 26th Director competition page. The film is currently in 4th place in over 250+ entries from around the world.

The 40th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival Packed With Great Events

Below are just a few of the events happening at the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival. Be sure to check out all the screenings here as well.

FRI, NOV 8, 9 PM

OPENING NIGHT PARTY

THE (FORMER) BROADWAY METROPLEX, 1000 SW BROADWAY

Fittingly, the Festival takes over the Broadway metroplex for this 40-years-in-the-making celebration. Belly up to the concession stand for delicious Sierra Nevada beer, Honest Tea, and food, and don’t miss the opportunity to introduce yourself to the dazzling array of talented Northwest filmmakers who will be on hand.

Tips For Renting Your ‘Hot Property’ As A Film Location

Of the five major broadcast television networks’ 23 new one-hour dramas offered up last year, only two were filmed in Hollywood. State tax incentives from outside California have successfully lured many productions to other economies, and created a growing market for a variety of property owners in Oregon as location providers. Indicating the extent to which films are made outside the confines of studio lots in America, about five years ago- when California still commanded the lion’s share of the film location market -Los Angeles County issued permits for over 30,000 film location days, with about 75% of Southern California’s location filming shooting in private residences.

NBC Universal’s, Season 3 of “Grimm” Premieres Strong – More Great Episodes to Come

NBC Universal’s “Grimm” returned for its third season Friday and started up right where it left off. The season 3 premiere was actually up in the ratings from the season 2 premiere and helped launch NBC’s friday night premiere of “Dracula”. Here’s one quick analysis from the Hollywood Reporter. If you were on Twitter during the friday night broadcast, you know that the show is a hit on Twitter as well. During the 9:00pm west coast broadcast the cast was live tweeting and that with the fan interaction made “Grimm” one of the top trending topics on twitter.

We Moved!

Many of you have heard already, but in case you haven’t, we are moving on November 4 into our new offices. We will be in a new suite at the Eastside Exchange building with our friends at the Technology Association of Oregon. The building has been beautifully updated and it should open up new opportunities for events and partnerships.

NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AS OF NOVEMBER 4

123 NE 3RD AVE., SUITE 210

PORTLAND, OR 97232

PHONE – (971)254-4020

Our direct numbers are changing as well:

Vince Porter – (971)254-4021
Bob Schmaling – (971)254-4022
Nathan Cherrington – (971)254-4023
Jane Ridley – (971)254-4024

Also – An early Save the date – We’re planning a joint event with the Technology Association to celebrate our new digs on December 5.

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Oregon’s industry members present awards for excellence in craft and community building

Below are just a few of the events happening at the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival. Be sure to check out all the screenings here as well.

NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER AS OF NOVEMBER 4

PHONE – (971)254-4020

Our direct numbers are changing as well: