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#OregonMade “Alma and the Wolf” is now available on most streaming platforms. Set on the Oregon coast, and shot in and around Tillamook, “Alma and the Wolf” follows troubled police officer Ren Accord as he investigates a mysterious wolf attack. Matters escalate when his estranged son vanishes during the case.
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Writer: Abby Miller
Starring: Ethan Embry, Li Jun Li, Jeremie Harris
Watch the trailer:
#OregonMade and Portland shot “Night Always Comes” has released a trailer and set a release date on Netflix. Vanessa Kirby plays Lynette, a flawed, yet determined, anti-heroine who embarks on a dangerous, one-night odyssey through Portland’s criminal underbelly in a desperate attempt to gather enough cash to keep her family from eviction. Based on the best-selling novel by Willy Vlautin, Night Always Comes is directed by Benjamin Caron and debuts only on Netflix, August 15.
Watch it here:
Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke will join forces for the surrealist relationship comedy “Wishful Thinking,” Variety can report exclusively.
Writer-director Graham Parkes will helm the film, about a volatile couple who discovers their emotional state has supernatural consequences on the world around them. The pair must decide whether to fight for their relationship or accept that their powerful connection might be doing more harm than good.
The project will be shooting in Portland.
Read more on Variety.
Although we aren’t lucky enough this year to have any projects that were shot here in Oregon being nominated for an Emmy award, we do have several people who live here in Oregon that have been part of the nominations. In fact, that is one of the stronger selling points of Oregon, our talent. Sometimes that talent isn’t able to work in our state but we like to celebrate them anyway.
[If you know if other nominees this year that we have not yet recognized, please let us know!]
#OregonMade “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” will be returning to theatres 50 years after its initial release. The Miloš Forman film will celebrating its anniversary with a nationwide theatrical re-release. The film has become a bit of a sensation — the second highest grossing picture of 1975, behind “Jaws,” while receiving nine Oscar nominations.
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” would go on to sweep the “big five” — screenplay, director, actor, actress and picture — the first film to do so in 41 years, (“It Happened One Night,” in 1934) which only “The Silence of the Lambs” has done since.
“Capturing the Wild with Photographer Jody MacDonald” features rock climbing, epic views, and wild adventure and it was shot in Smith Rock, Fort Rock and Steelhead Falls in Central Oregon.
Follow award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Jody MacDonald as she scales new heights on her latest expedition. Whether she’s exploring rugged landscapes or navigating off-road terrain, she’s always chasing the perfect shot, no matter how far off the beaten path.
Watch the full segment here:
1859, Oregon’s Magazine, recently featured several iconic locations on the Oregon Film Trail as part of an article entitled “Ready, Set, Action.” With a focus on projects using locations like Portland, Ashland, Crater Lake, Astoria, McMinnville, Burns, Eugene, Salem and Depoe Bay, 1859 guides you through how and where to stay to experience the locations for films like “Twilight,” “Wild,” “Lean on Pete,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and, of course, “The Goonies.”
Read the full article here.
Case Study: Navigating the Film Festival Circuit with H. Nelson Tracey
Introduction
Film festivals are often the gateway to an indie filmmaker’s success – at least, that’s the dream. But the reality is that submitting to festivals, especially the A-list ones like Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Cannes, is a long shot. As H. Nelson Tracey, director of Breakup Season, will tell you, getting into these festivals is akin to winning the lottery. After all, the odds of making it are slim, and the process is more competitive than most realize.
Future Cosmos Flow, a 25-minute fantasy narrative film which features fashion and dance, is in the last month of post-production.
The fate of two parallel realms is in the hands of a precocious girl. Journey through a fantastical world of fashion, dance and stunning natural landscapes! This film is modern mythology that brings us a fresh perspective of hope and inspiration to our current climate crisis.
We’ve launched our fundraising campaign through Seed & Spark to raise the final funds to finish this film of eleven years.
Oregon based animation company Laika recent spoke to Indiewire about its past, present and future. We’re looking forward to that future and “Wildwood” especially.
From that article:
“Wildwood” is as good of a re-introduction as any. The fantasy film is based on the first in a trilogy of YA novels by Colin Meloy, better known as the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland-based indie rock band The Decemberists. But the project is also right at home for Laika, as it’s set in a secret forest just outside of Laika’s home in Portland and follows a girl whose baby brother is taken into the forest, only to discover an exotic world of talking animals and bandits.
