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Oregon Film Thanks Bob Schmaling For His Contributions

After 20 years of work with Oregon Film, Project Manager Bob Schmaling will be retiring at the end of March. It is hard to really give the proper weight and wording to everything that Bob has brought to our work, but suffice it to say that we are grateful to him, we admire him and we will miss him greatly. It has been a pleasure to work with Bob and we hope that you will agree that he has brought a unique flair to his work and to the work of our office.

CINE / SEEN Comes to the Hollywood Theatre on April 1

CINE / SEEN is a short film festival showcasing the talents of filmmakers from PNW, with an aim to highlight the unique perspective and films of underrepresented artists. Please join this unique event that creates a space for artistic celebration here in Oregon—a showcase of talented, underrepresented filmmakers from the Pacific Northwest.

Get your tickets here!

Oregon’s Film & Media Incentive Program Increases

Thanks to the passing of SB1524 in the short 2022 legislative session, the rebate percentage allowances for the “Oregon Production Investment Fund” (OPIF) have been increased in an effort to keep Oregon competitive with other similar programs in the region. Gov. Brown signed the bill into law this week and the increased rebate percentages will become available to productions on July 1.

SB1524 increases the in-state labor rebate from 10% to 20% and the rebate for goods and services bought or rented from Oregon vendors from 20% to 25%.

Southern Oregon’s theDove TV Named NRB Station of the Year

theDove TV has been honored to be selected by the National Religious Broadcasters to be TV Station of The Year for 2022.

NRB has announced the recipients of the 2022 NRB Media & Special Service Awards, which recognize the most outstanding ministries, organizations, and programs/producers in the world’s largest association of Christian communicators.

“It’s our honor to recognize these NRB members for excellence and effectiveness in Christian media and sharing the Gospel,” NRB CEO Troy A. Miller said. “We look forward to presenting these awards in March at NRB 2022.”

Eksod – Altering the Cinematic Experience

As a sound recordist for film & television in Oregon, I’m responsible for keeping synchronicity between the camera department and my location recordings. Motion pictures demand an unceasing audio stream of dialogue, effects, and music to glue at least 24 frames per second of visuals together. It wasn’t always this way of course. Motion pictures began without audio synchronicity, and without field sound recordings. Silent film provided a rapid stream of still frames that reflected an animated reality that was novel enough for this blog to exist.

DisOrient Asian Film Festival April 1-10

The 17th Annual DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon: “Emergence” runs April 1-10, 2022 but there’s a Sneak Preview on March 12.

You can check out the schedule here and the preview of “Dear Thalia” here.

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.

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About this event

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Expected Exhibitors

Hotel Discounts