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“VFX Revolution” May 17th – Presented by WebVisions

VFX Revolution: How the Internet and Digital Devices are Reshaping Visual Effects and Film

Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)
Location: Bagdad Theatre, Portland, OR

Anyone with an interest in VFX will not want to miss this opportunity to see and hear first hand what is currently going on directly from some current experts in the field. In less than 40 years, computer graphics and digital devices have transformed film experience with techniques such as digital compositing, motion control, computer-generated characters and photo-realistic images incorporated into live-action footage.

Join Us for a “SourceOregon Directory Release Party”

SourceOregon 2012 is here!

The long awaited 2012 version of the SourceOregon industry directory is here, and we want you to celebrate with us! Three SourceOregon Directory Release Parties are scheduled throughout the state:

Fri, Apr 27, 4-7pm at Koerner Camera Systems in Portland
Wed, May 2, 7pm at 4 Daughters Irish Pub in Medford
Thu, May 3, 6:30pm at Roaring Rapids Pizza in Eugene

There are 1,500 crew and professional services included in this year’s directory, reflecting Oregon’s growing resources to serve the commercial, film, television and interactive media production industry.

Portland Oregon Women’s FF, Hollywood Theatre and the NW Documentary Film Series Present: A Night with Director Barbra Kopple and Ellen Ratner – May 4, 2012

Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest), the Hollywood Theatre and NW Documentary are excited to announce “A Night with Barbara Kopple and Ellen Ratner,” taking place Friday, May4^th 2012.

The evening includes a reception; director’s screening of A Force of Nature; and a live Q&A with Academy Award ® Winning Director, Kopple, as well as the subject of the film, philanthropist, Ellen Ratner.

Barbara Kopple is a renowned advocate of social justice and director of documentaries, as well as narrative TV and film.

Blue Like Jazz Is Playing In A Theater Near You

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Based on the New York Times’ bestseller by Donald Miller, “Blue Like Jazz” tells the story of a nineteen-year-old sophomore who “tries to escape his Bible Belt upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at the most godless campus in America”. A passion project from the start, filmmakers Donald Miller, (screenwriter) and Steve Taylor (director/screenwriter) used KickStarter to raise $345,992 to get the project off the ground.

Cell Count Poster Giveaway.

Oregonians! Enter to win a full size Cell Count poster from The Dude Designs.

As a thank you to the state we love and the people we love making movies with we are giving away 10 full size 27×40 posters for our feature film Cell Count.

Click HERE to enter the Contest on Facebook!

New Music Video by Portland’s Day 1000 Films Premiers on Britain’s NME.com

“C’mon Doll” by Seattle’s My Goodness was shot in the Historic Bob White Theater and Academy Theater in SE Portland with the band footage shot in a barn in Scappoose. This is the Second music video in a month by Portland’s Day 1000 Films with a third to be released in May as well as two short films, “The Last 8” and “The Happy Machine”. The video was made to promote the new single in support of the band’s May tour through Europe opening for “We Are Augustines”.

Teen Video Challenge Competition Awards Announced

DIVA’s Youth Visions’ program announced the 2012 Teen Video Challenge Competition winners with a screening and awards ceremony on Saturday, April 14th at the Bijou Theater in Eugene.

The festival’s Jury was please to recognize two first place winning videos this year. Festival Director Steve Newcomb made the awards before a packed theater.

South Eugene High School student Jordyn Roach won a $200 Jury First Place award for her claymation film Jovial Giraffes – a short video in which inanimate objects spring to life from a young boy’s sketchpad.

Portland Animation Now! – at the Cinema Pacific Film Festival

The NW Animation Festival is proud to bring you a special encore presentation of Portland Animation Now!—this weekend at the Cinema Pacific film festival in Eugene, Oregon.

Portland Animation Now!

short films from 20+ Portland animators

Date: April 20 @ 7pm
Runtime: 95min
Venue: Bijou Art Cinemas
Address: 492 East 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
Tickets: $8 general public, $6 students/seniors
CLICK HERE to buy advance tickets

Amazing short films from Portland’s powerhouse animation scene! Highlights include…

Kubla Khan by Oscar-winner Joan Gratz: An interpretation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous opium-inspired poem—claypainted by the animator in a drug-free state.

“Shiver”, Another Oregon Film Production To Premiere at FANTASPOA Film Festival

SHIVER, produced by Bandersnatch FilmCo in association with Cyclone Productions, Inc. on location in Portland, Or will have its South America Premiere at the 2012 Fantaspoa International Film Festival in Porto Alegre, Brasil.

Producer and screenplay author, Robert D. Weinbach and Portland Co-Producer,

A.J. Gordon, produced SHIVER under the Oregon Film Incentive program.

CELL COUNT, another Portland production, produced under the state incentive program has also been selected as the closing night film of the Fantaspoa Film Fest.

Teen Video Challenge – Eugene

Saturday, April 14, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM
Admission: Free
Location:
Bijou Art Cinemas – 429 E. 13th Ave. Eugene

DIVAs Youth Visions program is pleased to host the 2012 Teen Video Challenge Competition with a screening of entries and winning videos. Each year teens from all over Lane County submit work that is reviewed by a panel of video professionals and educators. Winning videos will be awarded certificates and cash prizes at this years event. This year 16 videos representing a wide range of film themes will be screened and include animation, documentary, music video, and narrative film categories.

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VFX Revolution: How the Internet and Digital Devices are Reshaping Visual Effects and Film

Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PT) Location: Bagdad Theatre, Portland, OR

The NW Animation Festival is proud to bring you a special encore presentation of Portland Animation Now!—this weekend at the Cinema Pacific film festival in Eugene, Oregon.

Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)
Location: Bagdad Theatre, Portland, OR