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McMinnville Short Film Festival Announces New Executive Director

McMINNVILLE, OR: The McMinnville Film Festival Foundation is proud to announce that Heather Older has been named Executive Director of the McMinnville Short Film Festival (MSFF).

Heather Older takes the reins of the MSFF as it enters its 12th year after working closely with the festival over this past year as a volunteer. Heather has a deep love for film and filmmaking and has served as a voting judge for various short film festivals. As writer and producer, Heather is coming off the 2020-2021 film festival circuit with her six-time award winning comedy short, “AC.”

Portland Post Production Grant 2022 Opens March 15

Attention local filmmakers: The Portland Film Office is happy to announce a Post Production Grant opportunity is opening March 15. Applications will be accepted until March 30.

The Portland Film Office, in partnership with Travel Portland, is proud to offer a grant opportunity for Oregon-based independent film productions to support and offset the cost of the post-production process.

The funding is designed to encourage the completion of a local feature-length film and position local producers to build toward larger, more resourced productions.

The PNW Lens Summit is Back

The Pacific Northwest Lens Summit is the premier cinema-lens celebration, featuring technology, training, and education.

About this event

The long-awaited return of the in-person Lens Summit is finally on the horizon! Join us Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, from 10am – 5pm to see the latest in cinema-lens technology and products from nearly 30 manufacturers around the world.

Register here.

Expected Exhibitors

AbelCine
Angénieux
ARRI
Artemis Prime
Atlas Lens Co.
Band Pro
Canon
Caldwell Optics
Chrosziel
Cooke Optics
Creative Solutions—SmallHD, Teradek, Wooden Camera
Duclos Lenses
Film & Digital Times
Fujinon
Golden Age Lab
Innerspace Cases
Laowa
Leitz Cine Lenses
Lindsey Optics
MasterBuilt
P+S Technik
Preston Cinema Systems
Schneider
Sigma
Tiffen
Tokina Cinema
Tribe7
Vazen
ZEISS Cine Lenses
Zerøoptik

Hotel Discounts

Discounts for local hotels will be provided to attendees after registration.

Applications for Oregon Doc Camp Labs 2022 are now Open!

Oregon Documentary Camp is a program of NW Documentary that is crafted with working documentary filmmakers in mind.

And this year there are TWO ways to participate:

1) Everyone can join us for DOC CAMP ONLINE for a full day of online programming on Friday, May 13th.

The cost to attend is $50, and Registration opens on April 1st. Learn more.

2) Filmmakers can apply to attend DOC CAMP LAB, a 3-day event that expands upon our online programming by offering an in-person experience for up to 24 filmmakers from May 11-13th in Portland, OR.

CINE / SEEN Short Film Submissions

CINE / SEEN is a short film festival showcasing the talents of filmmakers from PNW. We aim to highlight the unique perspective and films of underrepresented artists. Join us in creating a space for artistic celebration for us and by us here in Oregon.

Event Details

Location: Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97212
Date: 4-1-2022
Tickets: Coming soon!

Fill out the submission form and share your short film today with this link!

2022 Cinema Unbound Awards

March 1 is the deadline to purchase tickets for this year’s Cinema Unbound Awards. Only a few tickets remain—including $125 cocktail tables! Don’t miss your opportunity to support the Northwest Film Center.

Celebrating groundbreaking multi-media artists, industry leaders, and activists working at the intersection of art and film, this year’s recipients will be honored at an in-person event at the Museum on March 8: Carrie Brownstein, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Arthur Lewis, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Shirin Neshat, and Roger Ross Williams— with virtual presenters Jeff Goldblum, Dr.

#EOFF2022 Call For Entries Open, Encore Screening Series

It’s February Encore Screening time. Opening up February 13 for our virtual encore series, this month features Lauren Everett’s short doc THUNDAAR LIVES!, Jen Elkington’s JEAN, Rollyn Stafford’s ZOMBIE WALK, and Kerry O’Neill’s short narrative BEA AT REHAB. The short film block will be available until the end of February.

The encore screening series is a way to share #EOFF2021 short films with our community of friends, filmmakers, and audiences alike as we build out our ‘Friends of the Festival’ catalog and make large steps towards our The Liberty Theatre’s opening and our thirteenth annual program scheduled for OCTOBER 20-22, 2022.

Soma SoftWorks, Leading The Charge On Virtual Production

The last couple of years has been a weird double-edged sword for the film industry. On one hand, the global pandemic means that the demand for movies and shows is at an all-time high. On the other hand, production to meet this demand is increasingly more difficult, what with travel restrictions, mask-mandates, and social distancing…If it couldn’t be done in-house, it wasn’t getting done.

Then “The Mandalorian” made virtual production a hit phenomenon. Thousands of studios began building LED walls and even after the pandemic had started to loosen its grip, the AR/XR hype train keeps accelerating.

The Ashland Independent Film Festival Announces New Festival Dates and Plans!

The Ashland Independent Film Festival Announces New Festival Dates and Plans

ASHLAND, OREGON – The Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) announces that its 21st Annual Festival, originally scheduled for April 14 – 28, will now take place virtually on their Eventive Channel from April 1 – 10. Due to the recent circumstances and news surrounding COVID-19, the organization made the decision to postpone their Live Festival to ensure the health and safety of their patrons, in addition to the community at large.

Portland Filmmaker Josh Hoffman’s “UNDER THE KNIFE” Now Slashing!

Bloated Cat Productions and Penguin Films have unleashed “The New Face of Horror.” UNDER THE KNIFE is a psychedelic journey into the vortex of vanity.

“Beverly travels to South Korea to get plastic surgery, but ends up unknowingly getting a computerized implant from a surgeon who maniacally turns his patients into beautiful killing machines.”

Prep for surgery. This film will get implanted in your head! Bloody deaths, exotic locations, atmospheric nightmares, and much more. Inspired by the fun vibe of 80’s American slashers and the hypnotic visual decadence of 70’s Italian giallo films.

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