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Women in Film Portland Announces Winner For “Vision Grant”

Lindsay Trapnell wins Women in Film Portland Vision Grant for documentary about Rose City Riveters, supporters club for the Portland Thorns women’s soccer team.

Portland, Oregon; November 20, 2019Women In Film Portland has announced Lindsay Trapnell as the winner of its $5,000 Vision Grant award for her documentary film in progress called “Riveted.” The film is about the Rose City Riveters, a supporters club for the Portland Thorns women’s soccer team. It is one of the largest and most avid groups of supporters in all of professional women’s sports.

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Open House & FX Makeup Demo

FACE OFF — “Ancient Aliens” Episode 703 — Pictured: Rachael Wagner — (Photo by: Jordin Althaus/Syfy/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)

Please join us for our Holiday
OPEN HOUSE & FX Makeup Demo by Face Off Celebrity Rachael Wagner.

Watch Rachael apply & paint an original design
Q&A session about her career & Face Off experience
Check out the current students’ FX Makeup designs.
Find out more about a career in makeup artistry!

Please RSVP, or find out more info at www.artofmakeup.com/rsvp

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The Oregon Dance Film Commission – Application Period Now Open!

The Oregon Dance Film Commission came from the desire to offer a platform for Oregon artists interested in working in the field of Dance Film. ODFC is for artists who have never made a professional dance film but are already established in the field of filmmaking or choreography. The goal of ODFC is for two artists who normally would not have come together to make a Dance Film, join forces, learn what is it to work together, and create a new and unique work.
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Announcing a Winner For The #OregonMade “Food Stories Grant”

With over 38,000 farms in Oregon, both large and small, growing more than 250 products from wheat and beef, to salmon and berries, there are many delicious reasons to make a stop somewhere on the road from the farm to the market. In fact, Oregon is the number one U.S. producer of blackberries, hazelnuts, peppermint, cranberries, rhubarb, grass seed, florist azaleas and Christmas trees.

All these products, and more, have seasons and stories that make the perennial journey from the farmer’s fields to farmer’s markets interesting, moving, and sometimes even epic and entertaining. 

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Star Trek Writer Is Guest Speaker At ISA Third Thursday 11/21!

We’re going “Where No Man Has Gone Before” at ISA THIRD THURSDAYS PDX, November 21st with guest speaker GRANT ROSENBERG — TV Exec and writer/showrunner whose credits include STAR TREK, MACGYVER, CHEERS, LOST GIRL, BITTEN and more!

WHEN: Thursday, November 21st– 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.

Register for this FREE event at:

https://www.networkisa.org/events/individual/view/ttportland

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#OregonMade “Shrill” Season 2 To Premiere January 24th

Aidy Bryant in Season 2 of “Shrill.” (Photo by: Allyson Riggs/Hulu)

Hulu announced their the second season of “Shrill” (based on Lindy West’s bestselling 2016 memoir, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman) will premiere January 24th, 2020 for 8 more episodes.  Aidy Bryant stars as Annie, “a fat young woman who wants to change her life — but not her body.”

Here’s a description of what to expect in Season of “Shrill,” according to Hulu:

“Annie starts the season on a high.

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Award-Winning Locally Produced Feature Film, My Summer As A Goth, Returns To Portland November 18-21, 2019

Sometimes you need to go to the darkside to see the light…

After an award-winning,  multi-city festival run, Little Miss Anomaly Productions is proud to announce that Tara Johnson-Medinger’s directorial debut film, My Summer as a Goth will be returning to Portland November 18-21st as the next selection of The Portland Circuit.

Tara Johnson-Medinger is an American film director, producer and champion of gender equality in the entertainment industry. Co-producer of the award-winning, music documentary The Winding Stream and feature film City Baby, her feature film directorial debut My Summer as a Goth is scooping up awards on the festival circuit in 2019. 

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Four local film projects win 2019 Portland Post Production Grants

The Portland Film Office, in partnership with the #OregonMade Creative Foundation, has announced the recipients of its second Portland Post Production Grant Program.  Selected from a pool of twenty-seven applicants, four local filmmakers will receive $5,000 for their respective projects.

The grant program is intended to support the professional development of local Portland filmmakers by providing funds for such activities as sound, picture editing, color matching, color grading, closed caption, tech specs for distributors, and music clearances using local post-production houses.

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Catch Up On The First 3 Episodes Of #OregonMade Facebook Series, “The Birch”

The Birch” is a new #OregonMade original Facebook Watch Original web series starring, Xaria Dotson, Dempsey Bryk, and  Tommy Westmark.  The horror drama chronicles the frightening tale of, “a teenager seeking out the help of a monster who lives in the woods”and is based on the short film, ‘The Birch’ (2016). The original short had well over 35 million online views and went on to win a Webby for “Best Drama: Individual Short or Episode” in 2017 (and was also featured at Tribeca Film Festival 2017).  
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Oregon Film Trail Gets Two New Stops At Ecola State Park And Indian Beach

 

Oregon Film Trail continues at Ecola State Park with two signs and a map panel that were installed last week and officially unveiled yesterday.  They honor Ecola State Park’s starring role as a location in Twilight, Point Break, The Goonies and Kindergarten Cop. The Oregon Film Trail is designed to showcase iconic and interesting film locations in the state.   The signs at Ecola and Indian Beach mark four different filming locations related to the now-classic feature films; Twilight, Point Break, The Goonies and Kindergarten Cop.

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