The Confluence

POW Film Fest is Portland’s premiere film festival showcasing the work of women and non-binary directors. Now in its 14th year, the festival features some of today’s top directors, while honoring the true pioneers and recognizing the next generation of leading filmmakers. Over the years POW has striven to encourage thoughtful and engaged discourse of the fem perspective while heralding the need for greater parity in the film industry through the keen and discerning eyes of women and non-binary film and media makers. POW was created, in part, to celebrate women in their quest to thrive and grow in the film industry.

The fest also provides a space to strengthen the Portland community of women and non-binary people in film by offering year-found film workshops for youth ages 15-19 with their POWGirls program.

Find out more here.

BendFilm announced today the 75 short films selected to screen during the 18th annual BendFilm Festival running October 7 – 17, 2021.

New this year, BendFilm Festival is now recognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® as one of 64 film festivals in the world (27 festivals in the USA) that is Oscar® qualifying for short films. Following the festival, BendFilm will submit the winning shorts in the following categories to be considered for Oscar® nominations: Best Narrative Short, Best Animated Short, and Best Indigenous Short.

Passes are on sale now for the in-person festival events October 7 – 11 and the streaming events October 11- 17. The film schedule is live with more movie, panel and honoree announcements planned for the coming weeks.

Selin Sevinc, BendFilm Head Programmer, said, ”We are thrilled to be part of a pipeline to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® that champions the short form as an increasingly relevant and important genre of filmmaking. Don’t miss seeing a shorts program that will likely include films that just may show up on Academy® short lists and official nominations. A film festival is the perfect and sometimes only place to showcase the short form genre in theaters and online and we are thrilled to present the largest short film program in BendFilm’s history.”

Audiences will be treated to a special presentation and discussion of the short film Hunger Ward directed by two-time Academy nominated Skye Fitzgerald and produced by Academy nominated Michael Scheuerman. Filmed with unprecedented access within a sensitive conflict-zone in Yemen, Hunger Ward documents two women health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. Skye Fitzgerald, Michael Scheuerman, the film’s lead translator Silvia Fadel, and Middle East foreign policy expert Hassan El-Tayyab will host a discussion following the film at the festival which will also be made available to audiences streaming the film online.

Eastern Oregon Film Festival will be celebrating its twelfth year of independent film and music programming in and from La Grande, Oregon on October 21-23, 2021.

This year’s submission process saw a record number of submissions, of which 52 films were selected for exhibition. Filmmakers whose work was selected are invited to La Grande to celebrate with the EOFF community, connect with other artists, and represent their work in-person. The festival combines three days of film exhibition, live music events, and special community-minded conversations.

The full program, schedule, trailers and ticket options for #EOFF2021 will be available September 17, following a special ‘Sneak Peek’ and Fundraising event in the evening.

EOFF programming champions authentic voices, experimentation with cinematic form, and hilarious, heartfelt, or otherwise curious genre experiments. The program this year brings together a range of genres, formats, thoughts and imaginations, emotions and contemplations into a weekend packed with a life’s worth of storytelling.

The production filmed for 21 days on location in Portland, Clackamas County, Marion County, Multnomah County, and Washington County.

“Lorelei” opens today – find a theatre here.

While it’s true that new COVID cases are increasing in all 50 states and a focus on caution and safety must still be at the forefront of all productions’ planning, SAG-AFTRA, the Directors Guild of America, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Basic Crafts, together with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers updated their return-to-work safety protocols.

Last Monday, they reached and released an updated agreement. Relying on facts and data, and guided by science, the agreement extends the protocols until Sept. 30 and makes modifications on workplace practices, taking into account regional transmission rates and employee vaccination status.

We encourage you to read the full agreement here and the summary here.

#BusterKeatonConference2021   #BusterKeatonTheGeneral   #OregonMade

Join Us For A “Tri-City” Scavenger Hunt For Your Chance To Win A Weekend Away In The Willamette Valley!

How do you play?

• Between 9:00 am PDT on Monday, July 19 and 5:00 pm PDT on Sunday, July 25, visit the Oregon Film Trail signs and SetJetters scenes in and around the cities of Brownsville, Cottage Grove, and Eugene.
• While you visit the filming locations, put yourself in your favorite scenes by using the “ShotSync” feature within the SetJetters app to recreate your own split-screen image.
• Post your “ShotSync” image to the app’s main feed and tag the posts with #OregonFilmTrail and #StandByMeDay.
• Make sure that you’re logged into your SetJetters account on the app in order to get credit for your posts!
• And don’t forget to take your selfie with the Oregon Film Trail signs! (Look for the icon on the map to find them.)

How do you win?

• At the end of the contest period, the FIRST person with the most “ShotSyncs” posted to the SetJetters app is the winner!
• BUT – in case of a tiebreaker, we’ll be asking for your selfies taken with the 7 Oregon Film Trail signs at the following locations (look for the Oregon Film Trail icon in the SetJetters app.)
• Brownsville:

1. Stand By Me sign at City Hall.
2. Stand By Me sign at Linn County Historical Museum.
3. Stand By Me sign at Pioneer Park.

• Cottage Grove:

1. Animal House sign at Opal Whitley Park.
2. The General sign at the Row River Trail and North 14th St.

• Eugene (these OFT markers are not yet installed, but take a selfie at the future location):

1. The future home of the “Tracktown” sign – Across from Hayward Field at 17^th & Agate.
2. The future home of the “Without Limits” sign – Pre’s Trail at Alton Baker Park, Day Island Road.

• SetJetters will tally and verify the results.
• The winner will be notified by 5:00 pm PDT on Monday, July 26.

What do you win?

• The winner will receive a great Prize Package which includes the following:
• One night stay at the Village Green Hotel, Cottage Grove
• One night stay at the Valley River Inn, Eugene
• Gift certificate from Buster’s Main Street Café, Cottage Grove
• $25 gift certificate from Randy’s Main Street Coffee, Brownsville
• Gift certificate for two Stand By Me t-shirts from the Linn County Historical Museum
• OregonMade bandana x2
• OregonMade Orox leather keychain x2

The Prize Package is valid for one year after the contest ends (until July 25, 2022).

The Prize Package must be picked up from the Travel Lane County Visitor Center, located at 754 Olive Street, Eugene, OR 97401. (Visitor Center hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm).

#OregonFilmTrail        #StandByMeDay

The #OregonMade feature film “The Water Man” plays at NW Film Center’s Cinema Unbound Drive-In on July 30.

Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Rosario Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure who possesses the secret to immortality, the Water Man. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local girl, Jo (Amiah Miller), they journey together into the remote Wild Horse forest — but the deeper they venture, the stranger and more dangerous the forest becomes. Their only hope for rescue is Gunner’s father (David Oyelowo), who will stop at nothing to find them and in the process will discover who his son really is.

Get your tickets here, and, as special offer to people booking from seeing this post, here is a code for 20% off of a ticket price –  HOST.

Watch the trailer below:

Below is a brief description quoted from the article in the Oregonian with links to the new standards. Please read through, promote to your crews, and follow these standards on your productions.

Oregon will require employers to provide workers with cool-down breaks and better access to shade and cool water on hot days under new emergency workplace rules adopted Thursday.

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, known as Oregon OSHA, adopted the temporary rules Thursday at the direction of Gov. Kate Brown. The announcement comes after a Marion County farmworker died during his shift on June 26 as temperatures topped 100 degrees amid an unprecedented heat wave.

The temporary rules will go into effect immediately and remain in place for 180 days.