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Central Oregon Thriller to Premiere Halloween Weekend

October 18, 2016 Levi J. Anderson Independent Films, Oregon Film, Uncategorized Barbed Wire Films, Bend Film, Besetment, horror, Oregon Film, Premiere screening, PremieresLeave a Comment

Official Poster - BESETMENT — Official Poster – BESETMENT

“Besetment”, an indie-produced feature film from Barbed Wire Films, will have it’s first public premiere on Sunday October 30th at the Volcanic Theater Pub in Bend, OR at 6pm.

Filmed in Mitchell, Prineville, Ashland, and Bend, OR, the film tells the tale of Amanda Millard, a down-on-her-luck girl, desperate to find a job. When she gets a call from the Oregon Hotel in Mitchell, things start to look up. Mildred Colvin, the owner of the Oregon Hotel is a kind lady, and her live-in son and local mechanic Billy, though a little slow, seems quite taken with Amanda. Continue reading... “Central Oregon Thriller to Premiere Halloween Weekend”

AIFF Hires New Executive Director

September 12, 2016 Oregon Film Film Festivals AIFF, Steven RemingtonLeave a Comment

For Immediate Release from AIFF:

New AIFF Executive Director Selected
The Ashland Independent Film Festival has selected the former Executive Director of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival to its top job. Steven Remington of Moscow, Idaho will succeed Cathy Dombi as the festival’s new executive director.
Maylee Oddo, president of the AIFF board, described Remington as “intelligent, dynamic and resourceful, with proven successes in his field. Steven brings over 20 years of festival and arts administration experience to AIFF, offering a deep background in non-profit management, past fundraising successes, strength with budgets, an ability to connect with individuals in a meaningful way that demonstrates his strategic thinking, clear communication
and relationship-building skills.” Continue reading... “AIFF Hires New Executive Director”

AIFF- One Of MovieMaker’s “Coolest Film Festivals In The World, 2016”!

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 Oregon Film Award, Film Festivals, Independent Films, News, Oregon Film, Rural Production #OregonMade, #OregonMadeShows, AIFF, Ashland International Film Festival, MovieMaker Magazine 25 Coolest FilmFestivals In The World 2016Leave a Comment

MovieMaker Magazine, has, once again, the Ashland Independent Film Festival on their latest list of “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World“. They admire that AIFF isn’t “mired in tradition…the 15-year-old fest has recently taken steps to broaden its range, with dives into live cinema, art installations and interactive media offerings, plus a new category called BEYOND…” and one panelist that MM interviewed describe AIFF as a “down-to-earth exhibition of talented filmmaking,” that “treats filmmakers with so much respect.” Continue reading... “AIFF- One Of MovieMaker’s “Coolest Film Festivals In The World, 2016”!”

#OregonMadeShows Exhibit Opens At PDX

July 27, 2016August 10, 2016 Oregon Film Featured Locations, Film and Media Industry, Locations, Movies, News, Oregon Film, Portland, Rural Production, Television, TV Series, Uncategorized #OregonMade, #OregonMadeShows, Animal House, Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Comnmerce, Clatsop County Historical Society, Danner Boots, Hollywood Theatre @PDX, Katherine Wilson, Oakley Design Studios, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Oregon Film Museum, Oregon Museum of Mental Health, PDXArt Program, Port of Portland Art Program, Portland Store Fixtures, Portlandia, The Goonies, The Librarians, Travel Oregon, Wild the movie5 Comments

#OregonMadeShows Exibit

In collaboration with PDXART, and many other partners (please see list below) a new exhibit is up on Concourse E, at the Portland International Airport this week. The exhibit showcases “vignettes” of artifacts, props and images from just a few of the 400+ feature films & television shows that have utilized Oregon as their production backdrop over the years. From the early silent era films like “Fisherman’s Bride” (shot in Astoria, 1908), to “Grimm”, the popular NBC television series currently shooting in Portland, Oregon has played an important role in production. Continue reading... “#OregonMadeShows Exhibit Opens At PDX”

AIFF Announces 2016 Award Winners – Oregon and Pacific Northwest Films Win Over Juries and Audiences

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 cathydombi Award, Blog, Events, Film and Media Industry, Film Festivals, Independent Films, Movies, Oregon Film 100 Years Show, A Light Beneath Their Feet, AIFF, AIFF2016, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Barbara Hammer, Bastards y Diablos, Boone, Buddymoon, Closure, Damn, El Tigre, Five Nights in Maine, Greenwood, Honey Buddies, Hooligan Sparrow, In Pursuit of Silence, indie film, Killer, Mothering Inside, Oregon Film, The Birth of Saké, The Pearl, The Stairs, Voyagers Without Trace, What a DameLeave a Comment

Barbara Hammer was AIFF2016 Pride Award Recipient. Photo by Richard A. Jacquot

The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced its highly anticipated juried and audience award-winning films for work screened at the 15^th annual festival, April 7-11, 2016, where films made in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest received a warm welcome and took home top awards. Continue reading... “AIFF Announces 2016 Award Winners – Oregon and Pacific Northwest Films Win Over Juries and Audiences”

AIFF Begins Tomorrow!

April 6, 2016 Oregon Film Film Festivals AIFF, AIFF 2016, Ashland Independent Film FestivalLeave a Comment

Ashland Independent Film Festival begins tomorrow and runs through April 11. Get your tickets now! Over 7,000 attendees will converge on Ashland to watch over 100 docs, features and shorts. Continue reading... “AIFF Begins Tomorrow!”

“Black Road” Premiered October 14th

October 5, 2015November 2, 2015 Oregon Film Uncategorized "Black Road"1 Comment

“Black Road” shot-in-Ashland-and-southern -Oregon-coast sci-fi thriller starring: Sam Daly, Leilani Sarelle, Simon Templeman, Michelle Lombardo, Danforth Comins and Andrew Wilson, written and directed by Oregonian Gary Lundgren, and produced by Anne Lundgren – premiered in Beverly Hills and Ashland last month.

Continue reading... ““Black Road” Premiered October 14th”

Catherine E. Coulson Dies At 71

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 Oregon Film Uncategorized "Log Lady", Catherine Coulson, Twin PeaksLeave a Comment

Catherine E. Coulson passed away at her home in Ashland on Monday.Coulson has spent 22 seasons acting in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but perhaps she is best known as the “log lady” in David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks”. Read more about Coulsons life and career in the OSF release here.

Catherine Coulson played the Log Lady on the television series "Twin Peaks." Credit ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images — Catherine Coulson played the Log Lady on the television series “Twin Peaks.” Credit ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images

OSF Costume Rentals Relaunches Website

August 4, 2015August 31, 2015 osfcostumes Costumes, Resources costume rentals, Costumes, OSF Costumes, ResourcesLeave a Comment

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Costume Rentals is pleased to announce the relaunch of their website. The new site is a complete upgrade with a sleek and modern design that customers should find very easy to navigate. New features of the website include:

Search function by item number and keyword
Real-time availability of items
Shopping cart ordering just like a retail website
Wish list function for bookmarking items
User registration, enabling customers to save orders for later, view current and past orders, and print reports
Detailed descriptions of costumes
Ability to view all items in inventory, not just those with photos
…and much more!

“Seven Wonders” Campaign + Film Tourism – Has Affected Increased Visitors To Oregon

June 30, 2015 Oregon Film Locations, Oregon Film, Rural Production, Uncategorized #LifeisWILD, Oregon's Seven Wonders, WildLeave a Comment

The love for the beauty and magnificence of Oregon as a destination continues – this week the New York Times travel section reported that Travel Oregon’s “Seven Wonders” campaign (Wieden + Kennedy), coupled with the “Wild” movie locations tie-in, increased Oregon’s tourism “by nearly 10 percent growth in statewide lodging revenue in 2014 over 2013, an increase of more than 120,000 social media followers, and a record number of unique visitors to its website”.* Travel Oregon partnered with Oregon Film on three distinct aspects of the “Wild” journey;

the Los Angeles premiere,
the five screenings around the state, and
the Fox Searchlight prize promotion (that promoted the movie’s release, as well as put a nationwide, and international spotlight on the state).