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Live (or previously recorded) from NYC it’s “Rid of Me”!!!!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afPjn4S2ObY[/youtube]

Do you want to know what it takes now for independent film makers to get the word out for their film? Check out this video. James Westby and Katie O’Grady have taken to the streets to promote their film “Rid of Me” and I can’t sing their praises enough for the effort they’ve put forth. The film screened earlier in the year at the Tribecca film festival and received overwhelmingly positive reveiws. From that they secured a distribution deal for the film through Phase 4 films.

Weiden + Kennedy: The Future of Creative Business – check it out!

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/31817335[/vimeo]

I just came across this interesting talk from two Weiden + Kennedy employees talking about the future of creative business. I found it very interesting and worth watching. Weiden + Kennedy over the past few years have been pushing the envelope of what a creative advertising agency does and the results have been very successful. So check out Dan Hon and Nick Barham and hear what they have to say.

-Vince

3rd Annual Women In Film (WIF-PDX) Holiday Party!

We look forward to seeing you at the Women in Film, Portland OR 3rd Annual Holiday Party! Come celebrate with us!

When: Thursday, November, 17 from 7-10pm
Where: Hotel Deluxe Screening Room / 729 SW 15th Avenue Portland, OR 97205

This event is free and open to the general public, we will be providing free appetizers and there will be a CASH BAR at the event.

We will be introducing our new WIF-PDX Board to the community and announcing the recipient of this year’s WIF-PDX / Faerie-Godmother Grant!

Ashland Independent Film Festival Call for Entries. Regular Submission Deadline, Friday Nov. 18.

Ashland Independent Film Festival Call for Entries 2012 Regular Deadline Friday Nov. 18

A Little More About “Population: 2”

A dead world, a woman surviving alone, and the coffin she brings back every evening to her home.

These are the elements that make up Population: 2, an all-Oregon project that filmed in 2010 and is screening December 8th, 2011, at the Bagdad theater. The information for getting free tickets to the event is in a recent Confluence blog post, but unfortunately the post was a little garbled due to a browser incompatibility. For that reason, I’ll be reposting the information here.

Moon Tribe Studios Invites You to a One-time Screening of “Population: 2”

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13953680[/vimeo]

I am very excited to extend a special invitation to the private, one time screening of the feature film, “Population: 2”. The screening will take place on Thursday, December 8th, 7:30p.m. (theater doors open at 6pm) at the Baghdad Theater in Portland Oregon. I was a writer and producer on the film, and had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with Kenneth Luba of golightlyfilms as Director of Photography and Gil Luna of Moon Tribe Studios as writer/director.

Tickets to the event are FREE.

Hollywood Theatre Receives 600 Donated Seats

In a bold move to increase the comfort level of thousands of patrons in Portland, Oregon, the Hollywood Theatre is rolling out an aggressive, new ergonomic stimulus package called “Creature Comforts”.

The Hollywood Theatre, long recognized as a historic landmark in the centrally located Hollywood neighborhood of Portland, is the recent beneficiary of ergonomic stimulus aid from Regal Cinemas, a national movie theatre chain, in the form of 600 “gently used” seats for its three auditoriums.

Like many stimulus packages, this generous gift of seats (a $100,000 value if the theatre were to try to buy them on their own) comes with a local matching component.

“MIND ZONE” Compelling New Portland Doc Nears Completion

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Jan Haaken, a Portland clinical psychologist, professor and the filmmaker behind the documentaries “Guilty Except for Insanity,” “Moving 2 the Beat” and “Queens of Heart,” has wrapped up filming on her latest feature-length doc. In “MINDZONE: Therapists Behind the Front Lines,” Haaken got extraordinary access to an Army Combat Stress Control Unit while they trained, ultimately following them to Afghanistan in order to investigate the role of psychologists in war zones and the ethical issues they wrestle with.

Call for Oregon Filmmakers – OpenLens Festival, Eugene

Eugene, OR. Oregon filmmakers are encouraged to enter DIVA’s eighth annual OpenLens Festival to be held January 28th, 2012. The competition is accepting short films of 15 minutes or less made by Oregon residents.

The entry deadline is 5PM Friday, December 2nd, 2011. Full entry details are available online at: http://openlens.proscenia.net/.

Awards include: Jury Best Of Show ($500), Jury Honorable Mention ($250), and Audience Choice Award ($100).
The OpenLens Festival has become Eugene’s premier winter film event celebrating the spirit of independent filmmaking in Oregon.

Eastern Oregon Film Festival Announces 2011 Winners

Director Evan Glodell ('Bellflower') & gaffer Paul Edwardson tune into La Grande from their hotel room in Ireland. View the complete Q&A at http://eofilmfest.com/the-archives/2011-videos/

La Grande, OR- Eastern Oregon Film Festival awards five filmmakers with this year’s honors. Bellflower and Dragonslayer received Best Film nods in the narrative and documentary categories, respectively. Cirkus Columbia, and short, Summer Snapshot won audience choice awards. And Bad Fever director, Dustin Guy Defa, was recognized for his ‘Innovation in Directing’.

Now in its third year, EOFF continues to grow at an impressive clip.

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