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Ashland Independent Film Festival Announces its 20th Anniversary Festival Awardees

March 3, 2021 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Film Festivals Ashland Film Festival, Ashland independent film fesitvalLeave a Comment

David Oyelowo directing “The Water Man” in Oregon. Photo Credit: Karen Ballard

The Ashland Independent Film Festival is excited to announce the winners of the special Rogue Award, Pride Award, and James Blue Award who will be honored during this year’s hybrid “Double Feature” festival running online for two weeks from April 15-29 and outdoors in Ashland and Medford from June 24-28, 2021. The full virtual and live cinema program will be announced on March 24 in a Preview Night presentation on www.ashlandfilm.org Continue reading... “Ashland Independent Film Festival Announces its 20th Anniversary Festival Awardees”

Soma Games Staff Bio – Level Designer Brandon Simonds

April 5, 2020 Bethany Leslie Oregon Video Games Soma GamesLeave a Comment

Hello!

Soma Games LLC is an indie video game developer located in Newberg, Oregon. We believe video games can be far more than time-wasters. Video games hold the potential to showcase beauty, reward adventure and excellence, and challenge thinking. Our goal is to passionately and dutifully craft the games that elevate humanity rather than waste it. To learn more, check out our website.

BRANDON SIMONDS

Brandon is one of our level designers — he self-describes his job as, “to find the fun and be the player’s advocate.”

Oregon Film: Who We Are and What We Do (Update 2019)

June 3, 2019June 13, 2019 Oregon Film #OregonMade, #OregonMade 50th Anniversary, Economic Impact, Featured Locations, Film and Media Industry, Grants, History, Oregon Animation History, Oregon Film, Oregon Film 50th, Oregon Made Creative Foundation, Oregon Video Games, Post Production, Television, TV Series, Video Game Development1 Comment

This has become something of a tradition, at least in our minds. As we come to the end of another fiscal year, we want to take a moment and reflect on some of the things we have been able to accomplish during the past year and hopefully come up with some improvements for the next.

As part of Oregon Film’s effort to reach projects and talent that are not being directly impacted by our incentive programs, we helped create a separate non-profit called the, #OregonMade Creative Foundation (OMCF). Continue reading... “Oregon Film: Who We Are and What We Do (Update 2019)”

Inaugural “Portland Circuit” Collaboration Began With Sold Out Theatre!

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 Oregon Film #OregonMade, Events, Film and Media Industry, Independent, Independent Films "Sex Weather", Cinema 21, Clinton Street Theatre, Hollywood Theatre, Jon Garcia, Northwest Film Center, The Portland CircuitLeave a Comment

Photo: Breaking Glass PicturesTHE PORTLAND CIRCUIT:

The#OregonMade Creative Foundation alongside the Northwest Film Center, the Hollywood Theatre, the Clinton Street Theater, and Cinema 21 announce the first film selected for a unique theatrical distribution program for locally produced feature films.

The Portland Circuit, a collaboration between the #OregonMade Creative Foundation, the Northwest Film Center, the Hollywood Theatre, the Clinton St. Theater, and Cinema 21, has been created to provide a local theatrical run for #OregonMade feature films. Continue reading... “Inaugural “Portland Circuit” Collaboration Began With Sold Out Theatre!”

Eastern Oregon Film Company

August 11, 2017September 11, 2017 Steve West #OregonMade, Commercial, Digital, Documentary, equipment, Film and Media Industry, Film Festivals, Independent, Independent Films, Jobs, Locations, Media Services, Movies, Oregon Film, Portland, Talent http://www.stevesoutdooradventures.com/, Steve's Outdoor AdventureLeave a Comment

My name is Steve West and I am new to “The Confluence” but not new to making film in Oregon. I am located in La Grande and for the last fourteen years we have produced episodic adventure based outdoor television for The Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel, and other networks. However in the last two years we have started a more well rounded media house with documentary projects, commercials, and producing television for other people and companies.

We are now set up to start shooting specialty video for other producers of television or movies. Continue reading... “Eastern Oregon Film Company”

2015 Oregon Coast Film Festival: Call for Entries

May 29, 2015June 1, 2015 Oregon Coast Film Festival UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Tell Your Story at the 2015 Oregon Coast Film Festival

Bandon, OR– Everybody’s got a story to tell. Share yours at the 2015 Oregon Coast Film Festival in Bandon, Oregon.

Beachwalking in Bandon, Oregon — Bandon, Oregon

The Oregon Coast Film Festival invites submissions by professionals and amateurs through September 1. Categories for documentary shorts are, Historical and Cultural; Tourism, Outdoor and Recreational; Student Videos; and a new 2015 Cranberry Challenge category. Independent and feature length submissions are also welcome.

The 2015 Festival is October 9 and 10, at the Sprague Community Theater in Bandon. Continue reading... “2015 Oregon Coast Film Festival: Call for Entries”

WILD Contest Has Oregon Covered

November 4, 2014November 5, 2014 Oregon Film Featured Locations, Incentives, Movies, Oregon Film, Resources, Talent, Uncategorized filming in Oregon, Locations, Movies, Oregon Film, Oregon film industry, Reese Witherspoon, WildLeave a Comment

Fox Searchlight unveiled the #LifeisWILD contest this week as a headliner in promoting Reese Witherspoon‘s WILD. Oregon Film was approached by Fox Searchlight to help put this contest together as an interactive and creative way to bring attention to the movie, and in so doing, the Pacific Crest Trail, and Oregon simultaneously. Oregon Film collaborated with Travel Oregon to pull together a fantastic Grand Prize package of a week long trip to Oregon for the winner and a friend. Continue reading... “WILD Contest Has Oregon Covered”

Exciting Casting Opportunity for Lead in Columbia’s “Little House on the Prairie”

April 21, 2014April 22, 2014 Oregon Film Casting, Talent, Uncategorized Casting2 Comments

We were recently contacted by Rachel Tenner Casting for Columbia Pictures (and part of the casting team that spearheaded the nationwide search for “Mattie Ross” in the film, “True Grit”) they are casting for the Laura Ingalls lead in “Little House On The Prairie” and are searching for a young girl to fill this role. Below you will find the description and information. They are excited to give ALL girls the opportunity to audition and are open to all girls who want to give it a try! Continue reading... “Exciting Casting Opportunity for Lead in Columbia’s “Little House on the Prairie””