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Portland Seed Fund – Check it out

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Portland Seed Fund

Seeding Growth and Innovation in Portland

Attached is a link to information on the Portland Seed Fund. What dare you ask is this fund?

I quote:

The Portland Seed Fund is a proposed new investment fund with a mission of investing solely in early stage businesses in Portland and the surrounding region. The Fund will make investments of less than $100,000 to start-ups at the earliest stage of development, and attempt to fill the most critical gap in funding for growing companies, thereby increasing job creation among start-up firms and the pipeline of viable companies for later stage investors.

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Portland has been Hiding a Hotbed of Comedic Talent

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"The 3rd Floor" photo by Tracey Wilson Photography

Article by Ted Douglass

It’s taken a while, but Portland is finally starting to wake up to the fact that it has its very own exciting comedy scene right under its nose. Sure, there have been a few stand-ups, improv performers and sketch-comedy troupes that have been toiling away long enough to be considered Rose City institutions (nationally renowned acts like Lonnie Bruhn, Dax Jordan, The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, ComedySportz, The Brody Theater, The Liberators, The 3rd Floor, etc…), but it hasn’t been until this year, that members of these niche operations have begun stepping outside of their own brands to co-mingle on various projects. Continue reading... “Portland has been Hiding a Hotbed of Comedic Talent”

Oregon Film Highlighted in the Hollywood Reporter

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(Originally posted at http://www.oregonfilmandtvdollars.com)

Oregon’s film industry got quite the write-up yesterday in the Hollywood Reporter! The producers of TNT’s Leverage had wonderful things to say about shooting in Oregon, including this quote about Oregon’s talent from Co-Creator Jon Rogers:

“When we got up there we were expecting to fly in three or four cast members an episode, but we average about one or two,” co-creator/executive producer John Rogers says. “Some of the (local) actors have been so good, we’ve made them recurring characters on the show.”

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"Deep Green" – A Good Case Study in Good PR

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I just got an email update from Lyla Foggia about the current film she’s promoting – “Deep Green”.  The documentary was written, produced, and directed by first-time filmmaker Matt Briggs.  After years of witnessing the slow decline of Oregon’s forests, Matt decided to travel the world to find out what we are doing to solve the global warming issue.  What he found was solutions to the problem, and the film is an informative detailing of the solutions we as individuals and as a society can enact immediately. Continue reading... “"Deep Green" – A Good Case Study in Good PR”

Why Can't Film and Video be an Innovative Idea?

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So most of you know that we mostly talk about state funded incentives to bring jobs and economic activity for the film and video industry.  I’ve often been asked “why can’t the private industry step in”?  I’ve never had a good answer – until today.  I was browsing one of my favorite blogs today Silicon Florist and Rick had a post detailing “Ideas 4 Oregon”.  The Meyer Memorial Trust (founded by none other than Fred Meyer) has put out a challenge to come up with innovative ideas to spend a million dollars.  Continue reading... “Why Can't Film and Video be an Innovative Idea?”

What Can the Oregon Film Industry Expect From a New Governor?

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*Note: This is an opinion piece written by Portland-area actor Harold Phillips and originally posted on his blog at http://trishandharold.blogspot.com.  The views expressed here are his own, and are not necessarily the views of the administrators of the Oregon Confluence blog.

Well, someone out there gets it! Take a look at what showed up in my change yesterday when I bought a Viso at my corner mini-mart!

While the legality of writing on US currency is a bit questionable, the message is clear – the Film and TV industry in Oregon is bringing money into the economy! Continue reading... “What Can the Oregon Film Industry Expect From a New Governor?”

Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening

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Ever find yourself pining for the days of F.W. Murnau and D.W. Griffith? This week at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, young film makers from around the Pacific Northwest celebrated the 100th anniversary of the “Mighty Wurlitzer” theater organ by producing over 50 silent film shorts. The theater organ’s squealing melodies provided more than just an accompaniment –students based their videos on one of several 3-minute scores composed by organist Nathan Avakian. Genres varied, but silent film stalwarts like horror, slapstick and heist flicks dominated the screen. Continue reading... “Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening”

Review: “The Goonies” 25th Anniversary Celebration in Astoria, OR

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Left to right: "The Goonies" director Richard Donner, Jeff Cohen ("Chunk"), Corey Feldman ("Mouth"), Sean Astin ("Mikey"), and Curt Hanson (Mr. Perkins)

June 7th, 2010 marked the 25th Anniversary of the 80s cult classic film, “The Goonies,” and fans of the film descended upon Astoria, Oregon in droves this past weekend to celebrate.  Director Richard Donner and many of the stars from the film also showed up to commemorate the event and to share the experiences they had making the film.  Continue reading... “Review: “The Goonies” 25th Anniversary Celebration in Astoria, OR”

A Million Movies a Minute Releases new DVD

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A Million Movies a Minute is an independent documentary distributor based in Portland, Oregon.  AMMAM specializes in short films  and its inaugural release After the War: Life post-Yugoslavia featured 9 short documentaries from 5 award-winning, international film-makers including Jasmila Žbanic, winner of the Golden Bear award at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival. Continue reading... “A Million Movies a Minute Releases new DVD”