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Video Footage of the NYC Premiere of Portlandia

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It was a great night at the Edison Ballroom Wednesday night as IFC put together a fantastic party for “Portlandia”. The space was decked out in everything Portland – Douglas Fir trees, cocktail tables with bicycle tires, and of course plenty of birds! Local winery Argyle Wines had their 2007 Pinot featured and Rogue Ales was there serving their Dead Guy Ale. Everyone that attended also got one of the signature “Portlandia” bottles. I think the entire SNL cast was there along with Lorne Michaels, Heather Graham, Kyle MacLaclan, and “Kenneth” from “30 Rock”.

OMPA Annual Meeting

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Monday, January 31st, 2011
at Picture This Production Services & Stage
2223 NE Oregon St, Portland

6:00pm Reception
7:00pm Annual Meeting

Free for OMPA Members + 1 Guest
All others: $10

This event always brings out our highest profile industry members so, join us for for the OMPA awards, legislative update from Vince Porter, and the installation of OMPA’s new board of directors.

An “OMPA Member Mixer” precedes the event at 5:00pm at Urban Grind Coffeehouse (across the street from Picture This) where industry members can meet informally.

Chris Paine To Give Public Talk At PSU

Chris Paine with EV, the Chevrolet Volt. Courtesy of Chris Paine

What a great opportunity, PSU’s College of Fine and Performing Arts and PGE are hosting acclaimed director and electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast, Chris Paine for this public lecture on “how the new generation of cars are America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever”.

Paine is best known for his 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car. This year Paine has a new movie coming out, Revenge of the Electric Car, and in it he chronicles how every major car maker is clamoring to make new electric models as well as winning over the public.

Northwest Film Center Offers Two New Community Meet-Up Groups

The Northwest Film Center’s School of Film (934 SW Salmon Street, Portland) has long been a hub on the Portland arts scene, where students interested in creating media come together to network, share tips and techniques, and support each other’s work. In addition to its roster of film production courses and workshops, the School of Film has hosted the long-running Sisters in Cinema group, a quarterly gathering of local women mediamakers which provides a forum for the voices of women as artists and storytellers.

Portlandia In Times Square For A Day

The “Portlandia” east coast premiere is tonight in New York (Edison Ballroom) and is showing a strong Portland presence at 47th and Broadway, right off Times Square. An eclectic variety of Oregon products will make up the goody bags, Rogue Ales created a special “Portlandia” bottle to serve and Portland band, The Thermals, will be playing. All in all, a true Portland experience right there in New York.

Interestingly, some screening events are popping up in and around New York and Portland when the 6 part IFC series begins airing, Friday 21st at 10.30ET/PT.

An Interesting Environmental Film Collection

….will be showing at the Siskiyou Film Festival in Grants Pass, January 28^th and 29^th. This festival is a production of the Siskiyou Project, now in it’s 10^th year. The festival has rounded up a really interesting collection of films, all of which focus on environmental issues and some specific to the Pacific Northwest.

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.

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