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POWGirls Announces Three Workshops For Spring And Summer 2019

The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival is excited to announce the POWGirls workshops for spring and summer of 2019. The POWGirls Media Education Program launched in March of 2014 and has hosted thirteen successful workshops, producing 19 films and serving over 100 girls and non-binary youth in the Portland metro area.

Our mission is to help girls and non-binary youth, 15-19, realize their power, creativity and voice in media production and encourage them to explore opportunities as future media-makers. We want to encourage participants to be creative, tech-savvy leaders who will help realize gender equity in media industries.

ISA Third Thursday With Mike Rich 1/17!

Screenwriters & Filmmakers —
Don’t miss 2019’s first ISA THIRD THURSDAYS event – January 17! This month’s mixer for Portland area screenwriters and filmmakers features guest speaker and award-winning screenwriter, MIKE RICH, whose credits include: Finding Forrester, The Rookie, Secretariat, Cars 3, and The Nativity Story. Mike recently published his first novel, The Skavenger’s Hunt.

WHEN: Thursday, January 17th – 7pm
WHERE: NW Film Center Office & South Park *
934 SW Salmon, Portland OR, 97205
* We begin at NW Film then migrate across the street to South Park.

From The Couch Film Collective – Script To Screen Grant Program Still Open For Applications

Have a story to tell?
Are you working on your short film script?
An amazing opportunity is here for local women and non-binary filmmakers…

Our SCRIPT TO SCREEN GRANT PROGRAM is OPEN until January 20th.
Members of the Couch Film Collective can enter the 2019 Script to Screen Grant Program for an opportunity to win a $4,000 grant (our biggest grant yet!), massive production and outreach support from our filmmaking collective, and in-kind donations!
The final deadline for submissions is January 20, 2019 at midnight.

Robert Blanche Fundraiser Now Accepting Raffle Donations

From Northwest Labor Press:

This year’s SAG awards watch party will raise money for a union actor who’s fighting for his life

Actors Awkwafina and Laverne Cox announce the nominees for the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Every year, the union performers in the Portland SAG-AFTRA local gather at the Lake Theater in Lake Oswego to watch their union’s televised annual awards event. This year, the event is open to all local union members and supporters, and is doubling as a fundraiser for local SAG-AFTRA president Robert Blanche, who’s fighting for his life after a double lung transplant.

Submission Deadline – December 31, 2018 – McMinville Short Film Fest

The McMinnville Short Film Festival wants YOUR film! Our regular submission deadline is Monday, December 31. Submit your film today via FilmFreeway !

We accept all genres as long as they are no longer than 20 minutes. Animation films will be eligible for the Will Vinton Best Animation Award. Environmental films will be eligible for the Recology Award. All Official Selections will be eligible for the Grand Jury Prize which includes a $500 cash award as well as a trophy!

We have films coming in from all over Oregon, the US, Canada and the world.

Portland Film Festival: New Festival Dates & Early-Bird Passes on Sale Now

NEW FESTIVAL DATES, EARLY-BIRD PASSES ON SALE FOR 2019 PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL

Week-Long Event Showcases Independent Film

Portland – December 21, 2018 – The Portland Film Festival announced today its new festival dates to be held October 14th to October 20th, 2019.

“What a great way to celebrate our seventh year of the Portland Film Festival – by celebrating the independent filmmakers, who represent the best of truly independent thinking,” said Josh Leake, Founder and Executive Director of the Portland Film Festival.

Travel Oregon Leads You to Your Favorite Oregon Film and TV Location

As part of the closing out of our 50th year, our friends and colleagues at Travel Oregon have put together an incredible itinerary of places to visit to further celebrate some of the amazing #OregonMade shows that this state has been lucky enough to host over the years.

From “Wild” and “Twilight” to “Paint Your Wagon” and “The General” – Oregon is awash with iconic locations from iconic shows – 110 years, to be exact.

And this is just the beginning.

“Lifeboat” Makes Oscar Shortlist

The powerful short film “Lifeboat” from #OregonMade filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald has made the Oscar shortlist for Short Form Documentary.

“Lifeboat” showcases the crisis of refugees desperate enough to risk their lives in rubber boats leaving Libya in the middle of the night and pushing off into the unknown, despite a high probability of drowning. With few resources, but certain that civil society must intervene, a team of global volunteers risks the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts.

TLC’s “Long Lost Family” – Latest Episode Features Jacksonville’s Nunan House

Tune in to TLC on Monday, December 17 to catch episode 9 of the new Season 5 of TLC’s “Long Lost Family” which features The Nunan House in Jacksonville.

“Long Lost Family” follows the touching stories of people who have suffered a lifetime of separation and are yearning to be reunited with their birthparents and biological families or find children they had to place for adoption long ago. It airs on TLC at 9pm.

You can also find the Nunan House in our Location Database as well as rent it for a vacation from AirBnB.

2nd Annual Outdoor Adventure Film Grant – “Oregon’s Outdoors Are For Everyone” – Closes January 31st!

The second annual Outdoor Adventure Film Grant – “Oregon’s Outdoors Are For Everyone” is open for applications – closes January 31st.

The Grant is being provided by the #OregonMade Creative Foundation in conjunction with Travel Oregon. This grant will provide $20,000 in funding to enable the selected applicant to create a short film that specifically showcases the diversity of people, spirit, passion, and excitement of the outdoor-adventure, or, action sports film genres in the state of Oregon. This program specifically looks to support and encourage diversity of filmmaker and/or the subject matter, in front of and/or behind the camera.

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