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Film/TV Production Industry Celebrates Legislative Success Friday

Oregon’s film and television production Industry prepares for expansion thanks to 67% increase in funds designed to recruit projects to Oregon – but first, a party with performance from Oregon blues legend Curtis Salgado.

“We throw our fundraiser for OMPA and the Media Arts Education scholarships every year at this time. This turns out to be a particularly good year to celebrate,” says Tom McFadden, Executive Director of the Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA), a group which lobbied for the expansion.

OPIF is Open for Applications – $700,000 is Available For New Projects Now

With the passing of HB 3367 and on to the Governor’s Desk for signature, the Oregon Production Investment Fund now has a little breathing room to consider new projects. The expansion of OPIF (extra $4million a year) will not go into effect until early October but in the meantime the fund does have approximately $700,000 available for new projects. We have received three applications already and are reviewing those applications but we would like to open up the application process for the next week and consider all applications submitted between July 1 and July 19 at the same time.

“Back O’Er Oregon” – A Musician’s Journey through Oregon’s State Parks

Musician Slater Smith Embarks on a Quest to Visit all of Oregon’s State Parks While Shooting His Music Video

Slater Smith, frontman for the band The Weather Machine, began his quest to visit every state park in Oregon over the summer while shooting his music video for the band’s song “Back O’Er Oregon”. The video will be a cinematic homage to Oregon’s beautiful and diverse state parks. While planning this project Slater connected with Oregon’s Governor’s Office of Film and Television (Oregon Film) and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and explored how to expand the project beyond just the music video.

Oregon Legislature Round-Up – Transformational for Oregon’s Film, TV, and Digital Media Industry

On Monday July 8, the 2013 Oregon Legislative session wrapped up, and it has proven to be a landmark legislative session. On Monday morning the House concurred with the amendments the Senate passed for HB 3367 over the weekend resulting in an increase annual allocation for the Oregon Production Investment Fund tax credit. The allocation in OPIF will go from $6million a year to $10million a year. Other important legislation that will positively affect Oregon’s film, television, and digital media industry includes HB 5028 which allows the Oregon Innovation Council to fund the Oregon Story Board, and SB 836 which exempts film, tv and theartical hair, and make-up professionals from certain cosmetology regulations.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS / #EOFF2014

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EOFF invites filmmakers to submit work for consideration in the 5th Eastern Oregon Film Festival, held in La Grande, Oregon February 20-22, 2014.

>> SUBMIT YOUR FILM

EOFF has been graced by many artists and industry professionals—whether in-the- flesh or via Skype Q&A—including Terence Nance, Matt Porterfield, Ornana, Elizabeth Mims, Nandan Rao, Kentucker Audley, Dustin Guy Defa, Zach Weintraub, Lucas Leyva, Tristan Patterson, LAIKA, Evan Glodell, and many more!

Where I travel to the end of Oregon to watch little seen Sophia Takal movies, throw hatchets and watch the blackest of art movies with an all white audience.

New Grassroots Prefontaine Documentary

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/33983651[/vimeo]

After two movies and a documentary, what more can there be said about Steve Prefontaine? Plenty.

We are Pirate films, a group of creatives from Marshfield High School whom have taken up the mission to create a Coos Bay based, Steve Prefontaine documentary. You may read more on the project here: prespeople.com and view our Vimeo trailer (above).

We are in the post production stage and will be kicking off a Kickstarter campaign soon. If interested in the project, send your inquiries to; [email protected]

Intertwine Revisited: One on One with Dylan Wayne Lawrence

On May 5, 2013, I got a chance to sit down with the creator behind Intertwine, Dylan Wayne Lawrence, in response to an article I had written earlier with Eastern Oregon University Alumni, Lindsay Freeland, about the T.V. pilot, Intertwine. The following are excerpts from that conversation:

Chuck: So what’s new with you? What’s all exciting and new with Dylan Wayne Lawrence?

Dylan: Well, it’s mostly Intertwine (laughs). Although I did get cast in a film project shooting in Utah called, “Give Me Children.”

Curtis Salgado Lends a Hand for Media Arts Education Scholarships

Cutis-Live-2-720x480-600x400 — Oregon blues legend Curtis Salgado lights a fire at the OMPA Classic on July 12.

Salgado headlines the OMPA Classic on July 12

Legendary blues man and May 2013 recipient of the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award Curtis Salgado takes center stage at the OMPA Classic, a fundraiser for the Media Arts Education scholarships, presented by Pacific Office Automation. The OMPA Classic takes place on July 12, 2013 at The Resort at The Mountain (Lakeside Lawn) in Welches, Oregon and includes a golf tournament, croquet tournament and awards party with an auction and raffle.

Pander Brothers finance new short film through Kickstarter crowdfunding

From award winning filmmakers, the Pander Brothers, comes a brand new short film, “SUBTEXT”, which explores modern relationships in the era of text messaging.

Funding for the project was raised through Kickstarter. The Pander Bros. are excited to work in this new fund raising format, giving them a chance to work with long time community friends and supporters.

“We are excited to be up and running on a personal vision that is mostly financed by Portlanders who are supporting the arts and film community through crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter.

Actor Bill Oberst Jr. and Producer Christian Burgess and join the ranks of “Love Sick.”

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PORTLAND, Oregon (June 10, 2013)

Polluted Pictures (Cell Count) is proud to announce that, Producer Christian Burgess and horror movie icon Bill Oberst Jr., have been officially attached to be a part of the “Love Sick” production later this fall.

“To say that I’m excited about this movie would be an understatement,” says writer and director Todd E. Freeman. “This is a very personal project that is based in a very real time in my life when I wasn’t sure if I was going to be with the woman that I loved until the day I died.

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Musician Slater Smith Embarks on a Quest to Visit all of Oregon’s State Parks While Shooting His Music Video

EOFF invites filmmakers to submit work for consideration in the 5th Eastern Oregon Film Festival, held in La Grande, Oregon February 20-22, 2014.

>> SUBMIT YOUR FILM

Salgado headlines the OMPA Classic on July 12