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HDFEST Portland High-Definition Film Festival, December 6th-9th

Past festival events have taken place in Sydney, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, Chicago, London… and now PORTLAND! HDFEST Portland is taking place December 6th-9th at the Living Room Theaters. Tickets are $9 and are available at the festival box office and through the web.

Details, trailers and schedule of features, shorts, music video, animations and experimental films screenings are now up. Over 40 films will be screened over the 4 days. The complete festival schedule is available at http://www.hdfest.com/hdfestportland.html.

The Brothers Freeman Begin Production of CELL COUNT.

Portland, OR – November 22, 2010

On November 29th, local Portland-based filmmakers, the Brothers Freeman, commence principle photography on CELL COUNT, the second of two feature films made back to back under the i-OPIF incentive program this fall from their production company Polluted Pictures in association with Wooden Frame Productions.

The film, which was written and directed by Todd E. Freeman will be shot entirely on location in Portland for 3 weeks. It stars an all local cast including Robert McKeehen, Haley Talbot, Ted Rooney, Judd Eustice, Christopher Toyne, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Eric Newsome, Sean McGrath, John Breen.

Fun Film News out of Ashland and Eugene

This past week there were two news articles of note; one in the Eugene Register Guard and the other in the Ashland Daily Tidings. In Eugene writer Mark Baker profiled Katherine Wilson’s efforts to start a film museum in the Willamette Valley. For those of you who have seen Katherine’s photos from the days of “Animal House” and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, you know she’s collected a lot of film history on her own – here’s the article.

Oregon Film Annual Meeting – December 17th

Mark your calendars… the Oregon Film Annual Meeting will be held Friday, December 17th at 7:00PM. This year’s meeting will once again be a state-wide teleconference event thanks to the support of our friends in Bend, Eugene, and Ashland. The Portland location for the meeting will be Portland State University’s Lincoln Hall.

Attending for the last time as Governor, will be Governor Ted Kulongoski. We need a strong turnout to demonstrate our gratitude to the Governor for all he has done to support our industry.

Deadline to list in Oregon’s production industry directory

If you are a professional in Oregon’s commercial, film, TV or new media industry you need to list in SourceOregon.com.

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SourceOregon.com lists crew, cast, and resources in Oregon’s media production industry. Listing deadline is Tuesday, November 30th, so log on to www.SourceOregon.com, click “Get Listed”, and do it today.

Here’s why:

1) Producers, coordinators, agencies and clients use SourceOregon to hire people and contract vendors.

Between the printed and the online directory, you are exposed to hiring authorities around the state and around the globe, and SourceOregon.com

Impact of Film – A local crew member and small business owner’s take

Where does the money go?

I was about to step into a graphics company on Powell for vinyl on Wednesday. Finishing a phone call with Bob at the Film Office he said “contributing to the economy?” yes I guess I am. Thinking about all the people, vendors, services I buy everyday I guess this film incentive is working.

We need to start thinking about the big picture. What happens when a film company comes to Oregon?

3Day Film December

Put a team together and make a film/video in 3 days December 10-13th 2010. Support charity when you come watch the completed films at the Hollywood Theatre. Goto www.3dayfilm.com

Northwest Film Center Announces 37th NW Film & Video Festivalʼs Audience Awards

The 37th Northwest Film & Video Festival, which receives submissions from artists in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, wrapped up its 9 day run Saturday, November 13 after screening 11 features and 28 short films, 12 of which were singled out for special recognition by Gill Dennis, this year’s festival judge and Master-Filmmaker-in-Residence at the American Film Institute.

Audience awards go to the following filmmakers for best feature and best shorts. Portland filmmaker Andy Blubaughʼs first feature film THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM emerged with the Favorite Feature prize.

The iOPIF Program Does Its Job – Funds Fully Committed

In the last few weeks there have been a number of projects that have applied for the Indigenous Oregon Production Investment Program (iOPIF), and now all the available funds have been fully committed. In total 13 projects have been qualified for the program and projects have been produced or are set to be produced in the Portland area, Central Oregon and Ashland. The first project was the Brothers Freeman film “Wake Before I Die” back in January of this year.

Important Infrastructure Equipment Now in Oregon

I was approached several times to take over an established camera car company. After being employed by them for several years, an opportunity presented itself. I didn’t want to go it alone. One phone call to a long time friend and the decision was made. Oregon now had Elite Camera Cars LLC. A new partnership built by four Oregonians.

One thing that stood out, and was part of my decision was a few conversations about safety from crew members. More like complaints, how could we make this safer?

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