The Confluence

The Oregon Production Investment Fund (OPIF) annual tax credit auction will take place starting at 9a on Monday, October 20, 2025 and run for 5 days until 5p on Friday, October 24, 2025.

$20.6M of Oregon state tax credits will be available to purchase in $500 increments by auction at a minimum bid of 90% of face value. This means you can purchase a $50,000 Oregon state tax credit at auction for as little as $45,000. This is a great way to pre-pay your state taxes at a discount and direct your tax dollars to an industry that provides jobs, small business growth and ongoing marketing value for the state.

“1968,” a new XR work from award-winning Director and Animator Rose Bond will have its WORLD PREMIERE, in competition at the 82 nd Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. This follows
the success of Bond’s previous work “Earths to Come,”  which exhibited as part of the Biennale College program last year.

“1968 “is ‘communal VR theatre’ that explores the transformative power of protest through allusions to 1968, a year charged with societal, political and cultural unrest . The work interweaves narrative strands in search
of those international interstices of history, power and human connection that become particularly resonant during times of major socio-cultural upheaval.

9iFX went to the moon and back—literally—to launch Columbia’s Omni-Heat™ Infinity and Omni-Shade™ Sun Deflector technologies into space. Partnering with Intuitive Machines and Columbia, we crafted stunning VFX that showcase these award-winning innovations surviving the harshest lunar environments. From the IM-1 Odysseus lander’s historic mission to the ongoing IM-2 Athena journey, our visuals bring this epic story to life.

See more here.

MovieMaker Magazine recently released its list of the Top 30 Film Schools in the US and Canada and Southern Oregon University in Ashland made the list.

Southern Oregon University’s Digital Cinema Program benefits from strong connections to the local production scene: Students can work on commercial shoots, independent feature films, and short films, as well as fill important staff roles at the Ashland Independent Film Festival.

Following a campus reorganization, Digital Cinema is now in the same school as Theater, Design, Fine Arts, Creative Writing, and Emerging Media/Digital Arts, which has created more opportunities for students to collaborate across disciplines.

#OregonMade and St. Helens shot, “Halloweentown” will be screening at the Tomorrow Theater in Portland on October 2.

THE EXPERIENCE
Break out the brooms and the plastic pumpkins—Halloweentown is flying into the Tomorrow to kick off spooky season!

ON SCREEN: Halloweentown
1998. Directed by Duwayne Dunham. Runtime: 84 minutes. Rated G.

On her 13th birthday, Marnie learns she’s a witch, discovers a secret portal, and is transported to Halloweentown—a magical place where ghosts and ghouls, witches and werewolves live apart from the human world.

The Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA) presents Cine | Seen 2025!!

A night of shorts films showcasing the talents of filmmakers based in Oregon! Highlighting the unique perspective and films of underrepresented and underserved artists. Join us in creating a space for creative expression here in Oregon.

Cine | Seen 2024 @ Hollywood Theater, Thursday, September 17th

Doors 6:30pm

Music by Mint Whisper

Event starts 7:30pm-10:00pm
$12 for adults, $10 for senior/student/children, and $9 for Hollywood Theatre.

Present by: OMPA
Produced by: YGB Portland
Graphic by: Good Green PDX
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In partnership with 1803 Fund, MESO is proud to introduce the 1803 Black Filmmakers Grant—a funding opportunity designed to uplift Black filmmakers and support powerful storytelling that reflects the lived experiences, culture, and history of Black Portlanders and Oregonians. This grant aims to contribute to a rooted and prosperous Black community by investing directly in creative projects that center Black voices and narratives.

The fund will be used to support Narrative and Documentary shorts, feature films, and web series at various stages of production — production, post, marketing, and distribution.

A new film, “Drug Holiday,” will be premiere November 14 at the Mission Theater and will be available on streaming afterwards. It features a thinly veiled version of Portland where the opioid crisis is colliding with rapid gentrification, and two sets of best friends head off into the night with nothing but each other and their destructive coping mechanisms. From the director of the rock opera, “Waiting for the Kick” (Ilima Considine) which won an Oregon Fringe Festival’s 2024 Cinema Honorarium.