The Confluence

Gus Van Sant and James Franco to Screen “My Own Private River”

On September 25 Gus Van Sant and James Franco will be at the Hollywood Theater to screen their film “My Own Private River” which is a re-imagined look at Van Sant’s classic film ‘My Own Private Idaho”. After their collaboration on “Milk”, Gus shared with Franco the original dailies from the film and the two came up with the idea of re-cutting the film. For more details on the event go to the Hollywood Theater website.

The film recently was shown at the Toronto Film Festival and received largely positive reviews.

Film/TV Hairstyling Workshop Comes to the Northwest

Colour Box Makeup Studios, which has offered four film/TV makeup workshops in Portland and Seattle over the last two years, returns to Seattle Oct. 8 for a one-day class in film/TV hairstyling. The class will be hosted by 2011 Emmy nominee and Colour Box founder Kerry Herta and veteran celebrity hairstylist Lara Cilento. Discounts are available to previous Colour Box students, licensed artists, beauty school students and working film/TV artists. Contact 310.360.3992 or [email protected] for more information.

Movie Night At Rejuvenation

A fundraiser for p:ear

Sunday September 18, 6:00pm – 9:00 pm

In Rejuvenation’s salvage lot

Sunday September 18th
6:00pm – 9:00 pm
Rejuvenation’s salvage lot
1100 SE Grand Ave PDX, OR 97214
RSVP NOW >

Join us for a night of local short films shown under the stars! Bring chairs, blankets, and your film-loving friends to our salvage lot for good fun and great fundraising.

See short films by local filmmakers (maybe even yours!) on the big screen while sampling some of Portland’s best food and drink – all in the name of helping p:ear, Portland’s premier mentoring program for homeless teens.

“Oregon’s Got Talent” Friday at Indent Studios

OMPA welcomes the Creative Conference and celebrates actors with piano-bar party at Indent. Artwork by Arnold Pander.

OMPA welcomes the Creative Conference with party and Health Care panel for creatives

OMPA welcomes the Creative Conference with the 2^nd annual “Oregon’s Got Talent” event at Indent Studios on Friday night, September 16^th. OMPA is a trade group for professionals in Oregon’s commercial, film, television and new media production business, and has been a supporter of the Creative Conference since its inception, as the event promotes Oregon’s broad creative industry.

“Portlandia” wins an Emmy for Costumes

Today the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that Amanda Needham and Niki Dimitras from “Portlandia” won an Emmy for best Costumes in a Variety or Music Program. We picked up the story from Kristi Turnquist’s post today in the Oregonian. Amanda and Niki won the Emmy for their costume design on the episode titled “Farm” which I believe was the premiere episode of the first season (you know the one with Colin the chicken). Congratulations to Amanda and Niki and the entire cast and crew of “Portlandia”.

LAIKA Acquires Rights to Develop Colin Meloy’s and Carson Ellis’ “Wildwood”

Today LAIKA announced it has optioned the film rights to the recently released novel “Wildwood”. The novel was written by Decemberists front man Colin Meloy with the book illustrations done by Carson Ellis. This announcement is more proof that Oregon’s creative industry is in full swing on many different levels and now those entities are collaborating. The novel is the first of a planned three books set in an alternative version of Portland focusing on Forest Park. LAIKA’s announcement appeared in this Variety article.

LAIKA Acquires Rights to Develop Colin Meloy’s and Carson Ellis’ “Wildwood”

Ashland Independent Film Festival now Accepting Entries

Eastern Oregon Film Festival Begins the Roll Out

The 2011 Eastern Oregon Film Festival is starting the countdown. Festival passes are now available, sponsoring opportunities are being finalized, submissions are closed and the programmers are smiling. Check out the offerings and information below – get your pass (they will go fast) and stay tuned as the music line-up starts spilling out.

FESTIVAL FRIENDS: HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY!

Festival Passes are a way of supporting the Eastern Oregon Film Festival (EOFF) while taking advantage of great offers from local businesses and all-access admission to exciting activities.

Local Film “Rid of Me” Secures Distribution with Phase 4

“Rid of Me”, directed, written, and produced by James Westby and Produced by star Katie O’Grady has been acquired by Phase 4 films. The film has already had great success in several film festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival earlier in the year. As announced today in Deadline Hollywood the film will get a theatrical release through the deal. Phase 4 has a wide array of titles in it’s catalog most recently being Kevin Smith’s “Red State”. No details on the exact release date but the announcement referenced a fall date.

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