The Confluence

Eastern Oregon Film Festival Astounds, Impresses and Continues to Grow

As Eastern Oregon Film Festival gears up for it’s third year, we take a look at the success of last year with a recap piece by Charles Trowbridge, writer for La Grande Life as well as EOU’s newspaper The Voice.

La Grande’s second annual Eastern Oregon Film Festival came off with few hitches and to raucous, widespread approval.

Though the festival had many sponsors, both local and regional, the main thrust behind the event came from the countless volunteer hours from the seven-member board, headed by Chris Jennings, EOFF board president.

OMPA Tax Workshop

OMPA Presents…

Tax Workshop for freelancers, cast and crew

Saturday, February 12th
9am reception • 10am-12noon workshop
At MotiveSpace Coalition in the Think Tank
in the Olympic Mills Building
107 SE Washington Ave., Suite 253, Portland
(Entrance at Southeast corner of building)

On Saturday, February 12th, 9:00am-12:00pm, OMPA hosts experts to speak and answer questions about taxes for actors, crew, and small businesses. Learn how to save on your taxes by knowing what you can deduct. Understand the difference between “Employee” and “Private Contractor”.

“Meek’s Cutoff” screening to Benefit Oregon Cultural Trust – tickets available

Join us for a special screening of “Meek’s Cutoff,” Tuesday, March 15th at The Historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem.

All tickets are $20 and proceeds benefit the Oregon Cultural Trust. Tickets can be purchased in person (check only) at the Oregon Film office, or at Tickets West or at the Elsinore Theatre Ticket Office. Thanks to many ticket sponsors for this event, the OMPA has free tickets available. For more information, please go to their website.

Veteran Filmmaker Attends Film School

Someone needs to sing their praises: you know, the men and women who mentor, intern and teach film. This last summer, I returned to the University of Oregon to attend classes being offered through the new Cinema Studies Department. I had formerly attended the U of O as a child of the 60’s, who had wanted to be a poet. As a direct result of the people I met there, I became a poetic cinema filmmaker.

In those days we had a 16mm Éclair camera, a Nagra and a Movieola, making experimental films.

Good Washington Post article about “Meek’s Cutoff”

I came upon a link to this article in the Washington Post about “Meek’s Cutoff”. The film is due to be released in theaters in April and I’m very curious to see how it does. The film has already made the rounds at the Venice, Toronto, and Sundance Film Festivals and by in large the critics have given the film very good reviews.

For those of you who would like to see the film in March, stay tuned since we have finalized the plans to screen “Meek’s Cutoff” at the Elsinore Theater in Salem on March 15.

Susan Saladoff’s “Hot Coffee” gets bought by HBO

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What a Sundance Festival for Oregon Films! Today it was announced that Ashland based Susan Saladoff sold her documentary “Hot Coffee” to HBO. This is Susan’s first film and the success of the film is sure to make everyone believe that documentary film making is still viable. Credit does go to Susan’s ability to tell a compelling story but she also created a great on line presence for the film.

“How to Die in Oregon” Wins at Sundance

It was already a banner year for Oregon film makers at Sundance with six films represented at the festival with Oregon ties. At the final day awards ceremony, 2011 became an award winning year for Oregon film makers. Portland based director Peter Richardson won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival which as Shawn Levy described it “one of the most prestigious awards that can be won by a non-fiction film anywhere in the world.”

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard – Eugene SATURDAY

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard
Date: Saturday – January 29, 2011
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: Baker Center 325 East 10th – Eugene
Fee: $50

Description: DIVA’s 2011 OpenLens Festival offers an “Art Of The Storyboard” seminar with Portland film director Daniel Schafer. Schafer will discusses his career as a storyboard artist and illustrator and shares insights into the intricacies of pre-visualizing a film production in this informative seminar session. Pre-register: 541-344-3482. Information: OpenLens Festival, divacenter.org

Contact: Eric Ostlind
Phone: 541-344-3482
E-Mail: diva.programs@gmail.com

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard – Sunday/Eugene

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard
Date: January 29, 2011
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: Baker Center 325 East 10th – Eugene
Fee: $50

Contact: Eric Ostlind
Phone: 541-344-3482
E-Mail: diva.programs@gmail.com

Blue Like Jazz Shooting in Portland

Over four years ago, Steve Taylor and Ben Pearson sat down and wrote “Blue Like Jazz” a feature based on Donald Miller’s New York Times bestselling memoir by the same name.

We caught up with the crew on the set yesterday (they are shooting one more week in the Portland metro area). They were excited to be seeing their project finally come to life and the whole funding route really is a great story in and of itself. After Don Miller announced the project was dead due to lack of funding, a Kickstarter campaign began and after a while they were right there at the top of the leader-board.

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