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“PHOENIX, OREGON” Movie’s Namesake, the City of Phoenix, OR, Wiped Out by Wildfire but the Producers Seek Funds to Rebuild

In the evening of Tuesday, September 8, 2020, a fast moving wildfire swept through the town of Phoenix, Oregon burning hundreds of homes and businesses, leaving almost the entire town flattened.

This is an especially monumental blow to the filmmaking team behind the 2020 theatrically-released comedy “Phoenix, Oregon”. Not only is the film named after the town, but several crew and family members of the producers lost homes.

Producer, Luis Rodriguez, who lives in Phoenix, Oregon saw family and friends lose everything and is still himself evacuated.

BendFilm Presents: $7,500 BIPOC Womxn Film Grant

BendFilm is offering a $7,500 production grant for BIPOC Womxn artists.

TIMELINE / DEADLINES:

Grant application launches Wednesday, August 26
Application due Wednesday, September 23.
BendFilm will notify finalists on October 1.
Live pitches will take place during the BendFilm Festival October 8 – 25
Simple application: HTTPS://FORMS.GLE/YEJX8NNA1HMDNF368

On-screen representation affects cultural understanding of BIPOC, women, and LGBTQIA+ characters. Barriers need to be broken down until equal representation is achieved on-screen and behind the camera. Better understanding and exposure between neighboring cultures will help create dialog, cooperation, and partnerships that strengthen the interconnectivity of Central Oregon.

Picture This: LED Volume Live Compositing Utilizing Unreal Engine

Using Unreal Engine, OptiTrack motion tracking systems and full frame camera sensors Picture This are now able to change time of day, camera POV and set locations in minutes.

All with realistic parallax in the backgrounds.

Multiple locations are now possible without company moves.

Volume back wall is 2.6mm with 12 foot side walls and ceiling. These pictures are from the demos from early testing on half size, this will be followed by full volume tests.

Watch these footage tests for your consideration.

#EOFF2020 Sneak Peek & Program Release Virtual Event

Eastern Oregon Film Festival will share the details of its eleventh annual program via a virtual ‘Sneak Peek’ event on the evening of Wednesday September 16. At 7:00pm, guests will be able to log in, buy a pass, and watch the #EOFF2020 ‘Trailer of Trailers’ promo video. Starting at 8:00pm, festival Director Christopher Jennings will be going live on the Eventive platform to outline more details about this year’s lineup, ticketing and membership options.

Visit the website to purchase tickets.

After the ‘Trailer of Trailers’ becomes available on September 16th, attendees will have 4 hours 30 minutes to start watching, and can view the video for the next 24 hours.

SmithRock.Com – An Extra Resource For Filming At Smith Rock State Park

SmithRock.com is an owner-run resource for people wanting to visit Smith Rock State Park, and pitches itself as, “an independent online guide for adventurers” that want to explore the park. For productions thinking of shooting at the Smith Rock State Park, you must first contact the park manager (at 541-548-7501) for all permit requests and questions about filming in the 650 acres that make up the park.

Marcia and Mike Volk are the husband and wife team behind SmithRock.com. They started their business 20 years ago offering resources for rock climbers and have since expanded the site to the “250+ pages it is today, with the goal to “edutain” their audience of 69,000 page views per month to give them a greater appreciation for this special place to keep it intact for generations to come.

Schedule announced for KIFF2020

FF2020 is the premier Oregon-centric film festival. Categories include documentaries, feature-length films, shorts, and student films — all made in Oregon or by Oregon filmmakers.

After an exhaustive judging and selection process, we are coming down the final stretch to the 2020 Klamath Independent Film Festival. The eighth annual festival will be quite different than years past, but still present the best in Oregon filmmaking.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, in-person audience will be restricted to only 100 people total at The Ross Ragland Theater each day.

#EOFF2020 Official Selections Announcement & Update

Eastern Oregon Film Festival will be celebrating its eleventh year of independent film and music programming VIA La Grande, Oregon on October 22-24, 2020. This year EOFF joins a trend that we are all becoming more accustomed to – virtual cinema. Working with Eventive, an event management platform, EOFF now has the means to deliver this year’s program to our growing audience in their homes, but also the potential to reach far more audience members than ever before.

The full digital program, schedule, trailers and ticket options will be available September 17, following a special virtual ‘Sneak Peek’ event on Wednesday evening, September 16 at 8:00pm.

#OregonMade “The Waterman” To Premiere At TIFF

#OregonMade, “The Waterman” is Golden Globe-nominated actor, David Oyelowo’s feature directorial debut and will feature in the Toronto International Film Festival lineup for 2020 as one of the festival’s special events.

“The Water Man” is one of two specially selected family films for the festival and stars Oyelowo alongside Rosario Dawson, Maria Bello and Alfred Molina and is a mystical adventure that recalls family-friendly movies of the 1980s.

A New Sign For The Oregon Film Trail At Silver Falls State Park!

Silver Falls State Park Ranger, Carl Krigbaum

The Oregon Film Trail sign was installed last week at Silver Falls State Park, and it celebrates the starring role the park played as a location in Twilight among other films. This is the 15^th sign on the Oregon Film Trail, it was installed at the Howard Creek Trailhead parking lot near the campground within the Park.

This sign celebrates multiple filming locations related to the popular romantic vampire fantasy feature film, Twilight, that was based on Stephenie Meyer’s novel of the same name.

Northwest Film Center Brings Venice VR Expanded 2020 to Portland

The Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum have been announced as the exclusive U.S. partner for the Virtual Reality (VR) arm of the Venice Biennale through its Venice VR Expanded 2020 programming. This year, since many audiences will not be able to come to Venice for COVID-19 related reasons, Venice will come to them.

For the first time in its 125-year history, La Biennale di Venezia (the Venice Biennale) is offering its programming both online and at select venues around the globe, responding creatively to the travel and in-person gathering challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

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