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“Meek’s Cutoff” screening to Benefit Oregon Cultural Trust – tickets available

Join us for a special screening of “Meek’s Cutoff,” Tuesday, March 15th at The Historic Elsinore Theatre in Salem.

All tickets are $20 and proceeds benefit the Oregon Cultural Trust. Tickets can be purchased in person (check only) at the Oregon Film office, or at Tickets West or at the Elsinore Theatre Ticket Office. Thanks to many ticket sponsors for this event, the OMPA has free tickets available. For more information, please go to their website.

Veteran Filmmaker Attends Film School

Someone needs to sing their praises: you know, the men and women who mentor, intern and teach film. This last summer, I returned to the University of Oregon to attend classes being offered through the new Cinema Studies Department. I had formerly attended the U of O as a child of the 60’s, who had wanted to be a poet. As a direct result of the people I met there, I became a poetic cinema filmmaker.

In those days we had a 16mm Éclair camera, a Nagra and a Movieola, making experimental films.

Good Washington Post article about “Meek’s Cutoff”

I came upon a link to this article in the Washington Post about “Meek’s Cutoff”. The film is due to be released in theaters in April and I’m very curious to see how it does. The film has already made the rounds at the Venice, Toronto, and Sundance Film Festivals and by in large the critics have given the film very good reviews.

For those of you who would like to see the film in March, stay tuned since we have finalized the plans to screen “Meek’s Cutoff” at the Elsinore Theater in Salem on March 15.

Susan Saladoff’s “Hot Coffee” gets bought by HBO

cropped-hotcoffeeweblogo — www.hotcoffeethemovie.com

What a Sundance Festival for Oregon Films! Today it was announced that Ashland based Susan Saladoff sold her documentary “Hot Coffee” to HBO. This is Susan’s first film and the success of the film is sure to make everyone believe that documentary film making is still viable. Credit does go to Susan’s ability to tell a compelling story but she also created a great on line presence for the film.

“How to Die in Oregon” Wins at Sundance

It was already a banner year for Oregon film makers at Sundance with six films represented at the festival with Oregon ties. At the final day awards ceremony, 2011 became an award winning year for Oregon film makers. Portland based director Peter Richardson won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival which as Shawn Levy described it “one of the most prestigious awards that can be won by a non-fiction film anywhere in the world.”

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard – Eugene SATURDAY

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard
Date: Saturday – January 29, 2011
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: Baker Center 325 East 10th – Eugene
Fee: $50

Description: DIVA’s 2011 OpenLens Festival offers an “Art Of The Storyboard” seminar with Portland film director Daniel Schafer. Schafer will discusses his career as a storyboard artist and illustrator and shares insights into the intricacies of pre-visualizing a film production in this informative seminar session. Pre-register: 541-344-3482. Information: OpenLens Festival, divacenter.org

Contact: Eric Ostlind
Phone: 541-344-3482
E-Mail: [email protected]

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard – Sunday/Eugene

Seminar: Art Of The Storyboard
Date: January 29, 2011
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: Baker Center 325 East 10th – Eugene
Fee: $50

Contact: Eric Ostlind
Phone: 541-344-3482
E-Mail: [email protected]

Blue Like Jazz Shooting in Portland

Over four years ago, Steve Taylor and Ben Pearson sat down and wrote “Blue Like Jazz” a feature based on Donald Miller’s New York Times bestselling memoir by the same name.

We caught up with the crew on the set yesterday (they are shooting one more week in the Portland metro area). They were excited to be seeing their project finally come to life and the whole funding route really is a great story in and of itself. After Don Miller announced the project was dead due to lack of funding, a Kickstarter campaign began and after a while they were right there at the top of the leader-board.

Sundance Round Up And Oregon Wine

wine glass — Troon Vineyard, Applegate Valley near Grant's Pass, Oregon

Shawn Levy (The Oregonian) has been busy blogging from Sundance with the roundup of the fantastic showing of Oregon made films and documentaries that have been screening, check it out here.

They were not the only Oregon products featured at Sundance this year – Troon Vineyard (located in the beautiful Applegate Valley near Grant’s Pass) was selected to pour at the Sundance opening ceremonies. They served; Troon 2009 Viognier, 2007 River Guide White and 2009 Druid’s Fluid Red and 2007 Kubli Bench Cabernet Sauvignon.

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