Eastern Oregon Film Festival Announces New Dates
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Documentary “Hot Coffee” to be Screened in Portland Next Week
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard: Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 PM* and Saturday 4/14 at 3 PM followed by Q&A with Susan Saladoff in person.
at the White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch Street: Friday, April 13 at 7 PM*, after the Oregon Law Review’s Spring Symposium honoring Professor Arthur R. Miller. (Screening open to the public.) *followed by Q&A with Susan Saladoff in person
at the Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard: Thursday, April 26 at 7 PM (note: following the premiere of Susan Saladoff on Live Wire!
Oregon Film Website Update Features Current Film “Buzz”
If you haven’t visited the Oregon Film website in a while, you should stop by and check out some of the new content and features we’ve added. In addition to the newly refreshed “Roads of Oregon” section that we wrote about in an earlier post, we have added two new sections featuring current buzz about the Oregon film/media industry from around the net. These sections are dynamically updated as new content becomes available through a partnership with Oregon based Postano.
“Portlandia” wins a Peabody Award
Fantastic news coming out of Georgia today. The Peabody Awards were announced today and “Portlandia” is one of the recipients. The George Foster Peabody award without question stands out as one of the most prestigous awards that can be given to any radio or television program.
Congratulations to Fred, Carrie, Broadway Video, IFC, and the entire cast and crew who are responsible for making this small show so special. Now let’s all hope that the next award the show gets nominated for is an Emmy!
Portland Mayoral Forum on Creative Economy is this Thursday
This Thursday at 6:30 pm at KGW (1501 SW Jefferson St in Portland): A forum with candidates for Portland Mayor that is *by* and *for* commercial, film, TV and interactive workers! Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith discuss how they will foster local film, television, interactive, commercial, and mobile media ventures as Portland’s next Mayor.
Industry members — including crew, actors, producers, vendors, and post production shops — are encouraged to come and show support for our creative community, while getting to know more about the candidates to be the next mayor of Portland!
New poster and trailer released for The Weather Outside.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Poster from The Dude Designs released for the feature film, The Weather Outside.
PORTLAND, Oregon (April 03, 2012) With the feature film “The Weather Outside” getting ready to go to markets around the world in the upcoming months it is Polluted Pictures and Wooden Frame Production’s profound pleasure to present the Official Trailer and Poster for the upcoming romantic and darkly comedic film noir, The Weather Outside.
PDX/MV: A Night of Portland Music Videos April 9th!
Emmy Winner Leads Film/TV Hair Workshop in Portland
Emmy Winning Hairstylist Joe Matke (All My Children, 90210) will teach makeup artists and other beginner- and intermediate-level stylists the basics of film/TV hair design when Colour Box Makeup Studios returns to Portland for a two day workshop, June 9-10.
The class, titled Hairstyling for Makeup Artists, is designed to broaden working makeup artists’ hairstyling skills. It will allow them to offer potential employers a more complete package as they improve their own hair skills and gain a better understanding of working with other hairstylists on productions.
KATU Piece on the “Wheel Of Fortune” Production
March 30 was the first night of taping for “Wheel of Fortune” in Portland. KATU did a feature on the show on their 11:00 news. Here’s the link to the feature.
After seeing the video I am somewhat surprised to see the size of the production. Now I know why only two venues in Portland could hold the show. Don’t forget that the shows will air in May!
Introducing New OMPA Board President
The Oregon Media Production Association board of directors met last month and elected its 2012 officers, including new president, Michael Bard, owner of recording and post-production facility StudioBard. The board president oversees the activities of the 29-year-old organization to support the mission of growing the commercial, film and television industry in Oregon.
“I am pleased and honored to help direct the OMPA board’s activities to better serve and promote all those involved in Oregon’s vibrant media production industry,” says Michael Bard.