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Lights, Camera, Connection Event at Open Signal Nov. 18

Lights, Camera, Connection is a femme & non-binary centered networking affair. All are welcome to attend to support Open Signal’s efforts to advance gender equity in film and video media arts and celebrate!

We are excited to host this open-house style gathering in our newly renovated lobby and community space. Help us warm up the space and enjoy a welcoming atmosphere for all who celebrate diversity and commit to equity!

We invite you to drop in, mingle, take in a showcase of content from femme and nonbinary media makers, and connect!

“Showing Up” Collects Two Nominations – Gotham Awards

We are thrilled to report that Kelly Reichardt’s #oregonmade “Showing Up” (2022) has collected two nominations in the 33rd annual Gotham Awards lineup.

Best Feature: (Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, producers (A24))
Outstanding Lead Performance: (Michelle Williams)

Nominees are selected by “committees of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. Separate juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in making films will determine the final Gotham Award recipients.”

“Mother Of Color” Gets Amazon Prime Deal!

Dawn Jones Redstone‘s #oregonmade “Mother of Color” gets nationwide distribution with Amazon Prime!

Dawn (she/her) is an accomplished Oregon filmmaker and an award-winning queer, Mexican American writer/director. She directed multiple short films including the acclaimed ‘Sista in the Brotherhood” distributed by Collective Eye. Her narratives often feature women of color (in front and behind the camera) and she explores themes of resistance and feminism. Dawn has been the recipient of multiple grants and awards in Oregon, including from; the Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland Art Museum, Seeding Justice, Oregon Futures Lab, Story Changes Culture, and Prosper Portland.

World Premiere Virtual Watch Party

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAY NEVER DIE, BUT IT SURE CAN KILL!

YOU’RE INVITED to the world premiere watch party of the horror tv pilot, John Sunshine’s Lost Rock ‘n’ Roll Tapes, an international award-winning boldly dark comedic horror/supernatural rock-mock series set in the 1970s and present day Pacific Northwest.

4 friends seek out obscure ’70s rock bands to interview in an attempt to be hired by CREEM Magazine. Each episode follows the friends as they descend into a fantastical world where abhorrent creatures emerge from the shadows as a dark force pursues them.

McMinnville Short Film Festival: Film Circus Fundraiser

Join us for short films with an opportunity to meet the filmmakers, games, concessions, live performances, a silent auction including an opportunity to bid on a 2024 MSFF Weekend Package in McMinnville, OR. Each ticket includes a complimentary alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage and snacks.

November 4th – 6:30 PM – Echo Theater in Portland, OR

Get more info and tickets here.

KINO Short Film Fest Open for Submissions

KINO is excited to share with Oregon filmmakers the KINO Short Film Fest. Proudly sponsored by Panavision and Final Draft. Top prizes include the Judge’s Choice Award of $25,000 and the People’s Choice Award of $5,000. Filmmakers also have the chance for KINO (a Film Finance Company) to transform their short film (or another idea) into a full-length feature film. No other film festival offers this.

Additional industry prizes include: The Panavision Award for Cinematography and the Final Draft Award for the Most Original Script, with a series of other awards to also be distributed.

Wow! Don’t miss “Character Mapping” Creator Mariel Pastor At ISA 3rd Thursday 10/19

This month’s very special guest is Mariel Pastor, author and international trainer for IFS therapy (Internal Family Systems) and the creator of CHARACTER MAPPING.
A unique approach to craft for Screenwriters, Directors, and Actors, Character Mapping provides a psychological toolbox for building backstory and authentic characters, while also providing a process for artistic self-discovery. Weaving wisdom from decades of professional experience, Mariel has created a psycho-spiritual approach to character that is transformative for the artist!
WHEN: Thursday, October 19 at 7 p.m.

Oregon Film Office Nomination For The Location Guide’s Makers & Shakers Awards 2023!

The annual Location Guide‘s Makers & Shakers Awards are awarded to a production trade association, member organization, or company that has benefited the community and expanded the local talent and skills pool of the creative screen industries. The Oregon Film Office, with its newly minted Creative Opportunity Program, has been shortlisted in the “Initiative to Grow Local Industry” category, along with 8 other nominees.

Makers & Shakers quoted Jean-Frederic Garcia, Events Director for the Awards, as saying: “This year’s entries have gone above and beyond what we have ever seen.

Creatives of Color Mixer & Union Seminar

Join us on October 24th for a special networking event hosted for the Creatives of Color Oregon. Afterwards, dive into the world of entertainment unions with an informative session on joining a Union, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet and learn from representatives of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 488 (IATSE 488).

From 5-6pm OMPA presents a COCO networking mixer. A vibrant networking social hour designed for Creatives of Color.

DAVID BYRNE // Reasons to be Cheerful & American Utopia

It’s true — David Byrne has reasons to be cheerful about Portland! Join us for the opening of the Tomorrow Theater, where he will chat with folks right here in our community about everything from their creative approach to affordable housing to artists and community leaders changing our world in a myriad of impactful ways.

David will guide audiences through the stories that inspire him to think differently on how to change for whom, by whom, and how we approach the future.

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