Portlandia World Premiere in Portland a Big Success

Portland has been buzzing about IFC’s new made-in-Oregon show Portlandia since the series began shooting in the late summer of 2010. The network choose to release the show’s first episode before its official television premiere on Hulu and the official IFC show page, but those lucky enough to get a ticket to last Friday night’s sold-out world premiere screenings at the Hollywood Theater got the chance to see the first and second episodes of Portlandia on the big screen.

Did You Read……….

snow globe — Rob Owen/Special to The Oregonian

……in Oregon Live that “Portlandia” continues to raise awareness for the city? According to Rob Owen, during the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour last week, life in Portland was on topic for those journalist attending the “Portlandia” Q & A with Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen. Read about it.

Did you read…………that there is now a second “Portlandia” screening at the Hollywood Theater on January 14th?

Did you read………Kristi Turnquist’s piece in Oregon Live that Melissa Locker’s posting a couple of days ago on the IFC Blog highlighted an interesting “Portland in the 90’s playlist”?

DIVA’s OpenLens Festival Offers an “Art of the Storyboard” Seminar

Eugene, OR. DIVA’s 2011 OpenLens Festival offers an “Art Of The Storyboard” seminar with Portland film director/ festival host Daniel Schafer from 10:00 – 11:30AM on Saturday, January 29th. Registration is $50. Students: $25. The session will be held at the UO Baker Center Downtown at 325 East 10th, Eugene.

The festival’s visiting filmmaker and host, Dan Schaefer, discusses his career as a storyboard artist, illustrator, and conceptual designer and will share his insights into the intricacies of pre-visualizing a film and TV production in this informative seminar session.

SXSW Hosting a Party in Portland on January 11

Tomorrow at the Doug Fir in Portland, the South by Southwest festival will be hosting an event. I picked this up from Rick Turoczy’s Blog Silicon Florist. SXSW has quickly ascended to become the premiere event that covers Film, Music and Interactive all in one place. In other words, it’s a festival about the future of our industry.

“Portlandia” Premiere Sold out – but afterparty not

Are you bummed to find out that the premiere at the Hollywood Theater is sold out? Well there are still tickets available for the after party. Click here to buy one of the remaining tickets.

News about the “Portlandia” Premiere in Portland!!!!!

UPDATE: WORD IS THAT THE PREMIERE AT THE HOLLYWOOD THEATER IS SOLD OUT. NO WORD ON THE AFTERPARTY TICKETS

At last there is news about the premiere of “Portlandia” in Portland! See below or click on the image for more information. It’s gonna be a great party!

PORTLANDIA premiere

Fri 14 Jan 2011

Official Website…

Presented By:
Film Action Oregon/Hollywood Theatre (FAO)

Tickets are now on sale for Friday, January 14th’s premiere of the new IFC television show PORTLANDIA.

The festivity begins at the Hollywood Theatre at 7:30pm, with emcee Mikey Kampmann and comic Ian Karmel, followed by two episodes of PORTLANDIA’s “dreamy and absurd rendering of Portland, Oregon” a week before it premieres on IFC.

Rogue Makes a Portlandia Beer and Bottle

When Rogue Ales was approached with the idea of creating a special beer bottle to support the IFC show “Portlandia”, without hesitation they said – sign us up! The end result is a special “Portlandia” bottle (bottle artwork is above) which will be available at the “Portlandia” premiere in New York City on January 19. Rogue is also talking to the group planning the Portland premiere next Friday to perhaps provide a few of these limited edition bottles. This is not the first time Rogue has been supportive of the local film and TV scene in Oregon.

Do You Have An Environmental Message, Concern…….Opinion….

……… then this year’s 48 Hour Go Green project is inviting filmmakers to SPEAK UP AND CREATE!

Simultaneously, on February 18th, 2011, in cities around the world , 48 Hour Go Green kicks off. Teams will be given a brief and then have only 48 hours to get their films written, shot, edited and through post (you can secure equipment, actors and choose team members ahead of time but must register prior to the kickoff) before finally submitting for competition. The early bird special expires January 19^th.

Portlandia Sketch from “Live Wire”

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

In December “Live Wire Radio” had Carrie Brownstein on the show and did a fun sketch about “Portlandia”. The full broadcast will air on OPB January 15 and available the day after via podcast.

Put A Bird On It For Charity

Below is some information we picked up from Producer David Cress regarding a fund raising event happening surrounding the local premiere of “Portlandia” on January 14. I’m sure there will be more info on the January 14 Premiere as well as the after party coming very soon so stay tuned. In the mean time, get your bird art out for a good cause!

(From David Cress, Carrie Brownstein, and Film Action Oregon)

On January 14th, we will be having a premier and charity event in conjunction with the new IFC television series Portlandia.

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