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Lifelong best friends Emma and Phoebe make a pact to get pregnant at the same time. But when only one conceives, their plans to enter motherhood together begin to unravel, threatening to pull their lives in different directions and tear them apart.
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In partnership with Travel Portland, the Portland Events and Film Office at Prosper Portland is excited to offer a grant opportunity created to amplify stories of Portlanders. The Amplify Portland: Local Filmmakers Production Grant aims to create opportunity for filmmakers utilizing local talent, crew and vendors during production. Our focus is on fostering outcomes that support a robust local film economy via the professional development of the local industry; and, bringing exposure to Portland through storytelling from an authentic Portland perspective.
PLUS PLUS is a 4-day festival celebrating bold storytelling across mediums. It is an exploration of art forms converging, where art + music + comedy + film + conversation collide! Join PAM CUT at the Portland Art Museum, the Whitsell, and the Tomorrow Theater for this yearly festival of unbound storytelling.
PLUS PLUS returns to the Tomorrow Theater on November 19 – 22, 2026.
2026 Lake Oswego Film Festival! You can see the Film Screenings Lineup on our website on the first page and under Film Guide.
Join us at the Award Galla with the guest speakers multi-Emmy award winners special make up artists Tom and Bari Burman and Festival Award Artist Donnie Wanner!
Find out more and book your tickets here.
ECFF is where the world’s most awe-inspiring storytellers meet equally adventurous audiences. Events include film screenings, dynamic forum events, a community street party, and wilderness excursions over the course of three full days. Building a sense of shared experience among filmmakers, audiences, and the local community is at the heart of everything we do.
Find out more on https://www.eaglecapfilm.com/
PAM CUT was recently featured in an article in one of Europe’s leading publications, XR Magazine, dedicated to XR and immersive media.
This long-form story was crafted from an interview at the Venice Film Festival and we’re so proud that PAM CUT is being seen as global leaders in this exciting new space.
More than 75 years before Astoria became widely known for The Goonies, Short Circuit, and Free Willy, it was already the site of an important early motion picture: The Fisherman’s Bride (1909), directed by Francis Boggs for the Selig Polyscope Company.
On September 23, I premiered a short trailer inspired by that lost silent film, timed to coincide with the ribbon-cutting for Astoria’s new Duane Street Film Mural. That pairing felt especially fitting, since the mural honors Oregon’s screen history, including The Fisherman’s Bride.
HIS MONSTER, the haunting new feature from Writer and Director Erich Cannon, will make its steaming premiere Monday, October 5th on Apple TV and Fandango At Home, introducing a whole new audience to a chilling, character-driven genre film that blends psychological horror with raw emotional realism.
HIS MONSTER had a successful limited theatrical and festival run winning the Best Feature Award at the Old Towne Film Festival, winning the Best Narrative Feature at the Unisphere Film Festival in Queens, New York and also screening abroad at the 45th FantaFestival in Rome, Italy, Cine De Terror in Valparaiso, Chile, and MICMXIFF in Mexico City, Mexico.
When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past. Shot in Astoria “The Cycle” comes to Shudder on October 23.
Director: Jordan Downey Written by: Jordan Downey and Kevin Stewart Cast: Deborah Ann Woll, Jeffrey Donovan, Will Hochman, Jack Doolan, Carl W. Crudup, Jeb Berrier, Gretchen Corbett, David Myers Gregory
On Shudder October 23 #Shudder #TheCycle
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is proud to reopen the Portland Arts Project Grant Program (PAPG), which will grant out $1,200,000 to support the creation and sharing of artistic work in Portland. This will be the third annual cycle of this opportunity presented in partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture. RACC invites applications from organizations, schools, and individual artists spanning all creative disciplines.
PAPG grants are awarded through a competitive process, including peer review panels composed of cohorts of esteemed members of Portland’s creative communities.
