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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.

Atlas Obscura and Land Rover Explore Central Oregon

Athlete and sports caster, Jessica Mendoza, recently appeared in a commerical for Atlas Obscura and Land Rover that featured beautiful Central Oregon. The Central Oregon film office worked with the production company finding locations, crew and helped with permitting at locations such as the National Forest, Clear Lake and Sahalie Falls.

TAG! Queer Shorts Festival 2022

TAG Queer Shorts Festival

TAG! Queer Shorts Festival is back at full length (albeit virtual…) for its 2022 run.

Featuring 60 films from 20 different countries, the TAG! program highlights the work of both established and emerging creators with a special focus on intersectional queer storytelling from BIPOC directors. The 2022 lineup offers 6 all-new thematic blocks ranging from queer origin stories in The Source to exotic and fanciful pieces in Otherworldly. Blocks premiere each evening at 6 pm from February 21-26 with encore screenings from February 27-March 6.

#OregonMade The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival

Film screenings for the nineteenth annual edition of TAC International Film Festival, Lane County’s longest running film festival, will take place May 12-15, 2022, at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, Oregon. Having received 77 entries from 21 countries, we believe that this year’s selections are some of the best films in the world for the cultural heritage genre. What once was primarily an exhibition of film has become a meeting place for those with stories to tell and audiences to reach.

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