OMPA Callsheet Newsletter - June 2016

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DIRECTOR’S LETTER Dear OMPA Members, Summertime is upon us, many productions are in full swing around town and schedules are busier than ever. It is great to visit our hard-working members and see you in action.

You set the bar high and rise to the challenge time and again.

This June, OMPA will be sharing with you feedback from a survey conducted by University of Oregon’s School of Journalism. Professor Josh Netzer’s class has been analyzing the results and we, OMPA’s board, will share the results at our TownHall meeting on June 6th (see story inside). Hearing from our members, both current and past will provide much needed confirmation that our membership driven association is meeting the advocacy and articulated needs of our members. This is an open mic format, so please know that we want to hear from you.

Since the inception of OMPA, we have been championing for the industry in both local governments and state wide politics. To this end, I recently delivered 2015 SourceOregon directory to every legislator in Salem. The enthusiasm with which I was greeted was confirmation that our association brings joy, jobs and growth to Oregon.

This trifecta is a rarity in Oregon and OMPA is committed to reminding our legislators what our members do best.

Please don’t be shy about sharing your successes, stories and projects with OMPA. We are here to promote the work of our members and to share your news broadly. Enjoy the many articles submitted by our members and be inspired to send us your article.

I look forward to seeing everyone at our Town Hall event.

Sincerely, Janice Janice Shokrian Executive Director

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MISSION The mission of OMPA is to champion the film, television and digital storytelling industry to create a thriving environment for state of Oregon. Promote the quality and quantity of resources available to outside production companies. Leverage the growth of Oregon’s media industry to advocate for our members in state and local governments.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Cress, President Producer Mary McDonald-Lewis, 1st V.P. Dialect Coach Jacqueline Gault, 2nd V.P. The Gault Shop Dennis Gleason, Secretary/Treasurer Dark Wing Productions Jose Behar ZÜM Media Slater Dixon Creative Director Skye Fitzgerald Director of Photography Roland Gauthier Hinge Digital

Candice Jackson Entertainment Attorney Neil Kopp Filmmaker Devon Lyon Lyon Films Greg McMickle Production Designer Shelley Midthun Oregon Storyboard Gretchen Miller Hive-FX Ben Popp NW Film Center

STAFF Janice Shokrian Executive Director

INDUSTRY DIRECTORY www.SourceOregon.com OMPA | 901 SE Oak, Suite 104 | Portland, OR 97214 503-228-8822 | FAX: 503-228-7099 | info@ompa.org |

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11th Dimension Productions Adam Bertsch

adambertsch@gmail.com 360-953-3156 www.11thdimension-productions.com Production assistant, audio recordist

Justin Briggs

justin@briggsby.com 615-310-6122 www.briggsby.com Student studying film at Portland State University

Nicholas Broms

nicholasbroms@gmail.com 503-459-8336 www.nickbroms.com Student studying Digital Film and Video at The Art Institute of Portland

Patrick Dull

patrickdull@comcast.net 503-449-8286 Student studying performing arts at Southwestern Oregon Community College

Robert Feague

info@tylerfeague.com 971-219-1487 www.tylerfeague.com Student studying Film at Portland State University

NEW OMPA MEMBERS

Guy Fiorita

gfiorita@gmail.com 347-526-0206 Commercial, documentary and narrative production

Brisa Gonzalez

21standmultnomah@gmail.com 503-998-2478 Student studying film at the NW Film Center

Conrad Golovac

cgolovac@gmail.com 321-258-7394 Documentary cinematographer, travel photographer, editor

Alissa Phillips

alissa@fingerlingfilms.com 310-490-5589 Film/television/commercial/digital content producer

Devin Tau

devin_tau@yahoo.com 415-786-7080 Student studying video production at Portland Community College

Dalton Zook

aperturefilmproductions@gmail.com 971-267-0208 www.aperturefilmproductions.com Student studying filmmaking at Chemeketa Community College

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The NW Film Center Presents River of Fundament June June 3-5, 2016

(PORTLAND, OR) – Set across the contemporary American landscape, the three-part River of Fundament is an epic story of regeneration and rebirth. Loosely based on the 1983 Norman Mailer novel Ancient Evenings, with an ancient Egyptian protagonist who sought reincarnation three times in the hope of achieving immortality, the film borrows its structure from Mailer’s text, corresponding to the seven stages the Egyptian soul undergoes in its journey toward new life. Conceived as a nontraditional opera written in collaboration with longtime collaborator Jonathan Bepler, documentary footage of three outdoor performances in Los Angeles, Detroit, and New York are combined with a live-action film largely set in a careful recreation of Mailer’s Brooklyn brownstone apartment, where the late author’s wake is underway. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paul Giamatti, Elaine Stritch, Ellen Burstyn, Joan La Barbara, Deborah Harry, Jonas Mekas, Salman Rushdie, and many more, Barney’s (The Cremaster Cycle, Drawing Restraint 9) multidimensional experience is a sprawling, hypersexual allegory of death and resurrection.

“The only thing you can say with any great certainty is that Barney’s magnum opus is deliberately calculated to divide opinion. It’s a significant work of art. It’s full of shit. But as Norman Mailer consistently and maddeningly proved, it’s quite possible for both of these things to be true at the same time.”—The Guardian, London.

Screening times: ● June 3 – Friday 6:30 pm (Part 1 of 3) ● June 3 – Friday 8:45 pm (Part 2 of 3) ● June 4 – Saturday 4:15 pm (Part 1 of 3) ● June 4 – Saturday 6:30 pm (Part 2 of 3) ● June 4 – Saturday 8:45 pm (Part 3 of 3) ● June 5 – Sunday 4:45 pm (Part 2 of 3) ● June 5 – Sunday 7 pm (Part 3 of 3) The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts organization offering a variety of exhibition, education programs, and artist services throughout the region. The Center presents a program of foreign, classic, experimental, and independent works yearround at the Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum. For more information, visit www.nwfilm.org.

Location: Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue Special Pricing: Adult: $12 Sliver Screen Club: $10 Series Pass General: $25 Series Pass Silver Screen Club (all levels): $20 No PAM discount available Advanced Tickets: https://nwfilm.org/ films/river-of-fundament/

Part 1 – 115 mins.

Part 2 – 108 mins.

Part 3 – 96 mins., DCP Mature audiences only.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/ns7GJWt9Dq8

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NW Film Center Presents River of Fundament June 3-5, 2016

OMPA Town Hall Meeting

June 6, Whitsell Auditorium - 6:30-8:00 pm University of Oregon’s School of Journalism facilitated a survey to all OMPA current and past members. OMPA will be presenting the results of the survey at a Town Hall meeting.

Date: Monday, June 6, 2016 Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm Location: Whitsell Auditorium Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave Panelists include: ● OMPA Board Members Janice Shokrian, Executive Director ● Oregon Film Office, Tim Williams ● Portland Film Office, Brian Lord Following OMPA’s TownHall please join us to continue the conversation–or just network and mingle–at Swank & Swine 808 SW Taylor St, Portland, OR 97205

Come learn about how OMPA is committed to bringing value and vitality to our community.

Please send any questions for our panelists prior to the event or bring your questions with you to participate in our open mic discussion.

Oregon Film Updates There are as many projects being produced here in Oregon as there are being celebrated at festivals and screenings around the state. The indie features, “Black Road” and “Tracktown,” have upcoming screenings in Portland and at the LA Film Festival, respectively. Last month’s DisOrient Film Festival was a success, but look forward to The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, Filmed by Bike Fest, the NW Animation Festival, The International Youth Silent Film Festival, and the Oregon Doc Camp (Silver Falls) to check out this coming month. On

the production side, “The Librarians” returns for Season 3, and celebrating the official return of “Grimm” later this summer for Season 6. We were lucky enough to visit the set of the feature film “Seaside” as it kicked off filming in Arch Cape recently, and we are looking forward to welcoming several other features being produced throughout the state this summer. Watch this space. (Oh, and don’t forget iOPIF submission opened on May 2.)

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OPB Pays Tribute to NW Artists All month long Oregon Art Beat on OPB TV is paying tribute to the work of northwest artists with their new “Made in the Northwest” series. It revisits four of OPB’S popular half-hour and hour-long specials.

The series included May specials such as “The Art of Grimm,” which profiled the many Oregon artists and craftspeople behind the hit NBC series that brings fairytales to life.

You can also watch this and the other specials online at any time at watch.opb.org.

American Society of Media Photographers Oregon Chapter Lighting Event Time to demo some cool portable lighting gear! Dan Cuny of PROFOTO light company will be in town to show their latest gear and offer time for photographers to test it out with models on site.

LEARN ABOUT ● Top lighting gear: B1, B2, D1, D4, Acute packs ● Best ways to determine proper head, pack and light shaper for various situations ● What it’s like to SHOOT with a STROBE at 1/8000 of a SECOND ● Light modifiers, hard-boxes, narrow beam reflectors and more

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You will get hands on time with the gear.

There will also be models and sets to shoot inside and out.

When: Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:30pm-9:00pm Social time starts at 7:00 PM Where: 1801 NW Northrup St Portland, OR REGISTER NOW Cost: 0.00 — ASMP member 50.00 — non-member

Ashland Independent Film Festival 2016 Recap What a wonderful film festival! The festival had a record number of films, members and ticket sales. More than 350 volunteers donated hundreds of hours to welcome and support over 100 filmmakers and industry experts and Ashland audiences.

Please save the date for five days and nights of film and fun April 6 -19, 2017 when AIFF will undertake the Sweet 16th Film Festival. #AIFF2016 RECAP Visit the AIFF website for a complete listing of award-winning films.

Some Key Facts and Figures: ● Members: 673 ● Films/film programs presented: 110 ● Visiting filmmakers and industry guests:115 ● Total tickets distributed: 19,689 (86% of capacity) ● Venues: 14

● Films Submitted for Consideration: 1400+ ● Sponsors & Advertisers: 160+ ● GiveFilm: 281 tickets, valued at $3,653, distributed free to local children, youth and families in-need. ● Oregon Trail Card discounted film tickets: 219 ● Free programs including Locals & Launch film competitions (120+ film submissions) and screenings (4), three TalkBack panel discussions and Community Conversations, plus nightly AfterLounge parties. Over 1,200 free tickets distributed for these programs and events. ● Volunteers: 350 volunteers, 2/3 of whom were returnees; 18% aged 24 and younger. ● OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) distributed 300 tickets to 5 films for 60 participants as part of the OLLI Goes to AIFF class. ● School groups from six area schools attended.

Entertainment Weekly’s “Fight Club Author Chuck Palahniuk is Crowdfunding a Lullaby Movie” The first rule of Lullaby is Chuck Palahniuk wants to talk about Lullaby.

The Fight Club author has announced a Kickstarter campaign to finance a film adaptation of his eerie 2002 novel about a deadly nursery rhyme. The project is a collaboration with indie filmmakers Andy Mingo and Josh Leake, who optioned the Lullaby film rights last year.

Palahniuk is serving as executive producer and co-wrote the screenplay with Mingo, who will direct. Leake is on board as producer.

Lullaby tells the story of Carl Streator, an over-the-hill journalist who investigates a rash of mysterious infant deaths and discovers an ancient “culling song” that has been published in a children’s book.

The novel is a deeply personal work for Palahniuk, who wrote it while he was

mourning his slain father and grappling with his feelings about the death penalty.

In a campaign video, Mingo says, “For us it’s really important that we maintain creative control of this project to make sure that it’s the film that Chuck fans want to see.”

The filmmakers are looking to raise $250,000 in order to shoot later this year in Oregon, with an eye toward a festival premiere in late 2017 or early 2018 and a subsequent public release. Kickstarter incentives include props and signed memorabilia, as well as opportunities to appear as extras and make production decisions.

More information is available on the project’s Kickstarter page. Click here for the link to the original article by Oliver Gettell.

4th Annual Klamath Independent Film Festival Promoting the Southern Oregon/ Northern California region, the 4th annual Klamath Independent Film Festival (KIFF) is now accepting shorts and feature submissions from filmmakers who are residents of any county on the Oregon/ California border, or any filmmaker regardless of residence whose film was predominantly shot in the eligible region (Klamath, Lake, Jackson, Josephine, Curry, Del Norte, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties). There is no fee to submit, and cash prizes are available.

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KIFF 2016 will once again be held at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls, Oregon, in the Fall of 2016. The theater is an 800 seat, genuine Art Deco movie theater renovated beautifully to serve as Klamath Falls’ cultural arts center. This year’s event will kick off late September/ early October and feature a full day of films, a filmmaker’s tour of Klamath for sites of shooting interest the following day, and other corollary events to be announced later.

For more information and/or to submit, visit www.klamathflm.org/festival.php.

2017 POWFest Calls for Entries The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) is now accepting entries for its tenth annual festival scheduled to take place March 2 - 5, 2017. The regular deadline for entries is Friday, August 16, 2016.

Deadlines & Fees ● Early Bird Deadline: Friday, June 17, 2016 ~ $25 ● Regular Deadline: Friday, August 19, 2016 ~ $40 ● Late Deadline: Friday, September 2, 2016 ~ $50 ● WAB Extended Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2016 ~ $70 Films must be directed or co-directed by women and can be of any length, style, or genre. Detailed information about submitting films can be found here.

Mission & Objective In recognition of the power of women’s voices in film, the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest) places a spotlight on women directors by showcasing their work and strengthening the community of women in film. We feature the work of today’s top women directors, honoring the true pioneers while providing support and recognition for the next generation of leading women filmmakers.

About the Festival POWFest’s overall goal is to provide space where women can thrive as media makers. During the festival season, which includes both a 4-day festival in March and an extended festival throughout the year, we promote and create professional development and networking opportunities for women filmmakers of every level. We value filmmaker participation throughout the season and strive to bring Portland audiences programming that is thoughtprovoking and will engage them well beyond the theater.

POWFest has had the honor of hosting a variety of emerging filmmakers and accomplished Directors like Allison Anders, Irene Taylor-Brodsky, Kathryn Bigelow, Gillian Armstrong, Amy Heckerling, Barbara Kopple, Penelope Spheeris, Ondi Timoner, Joanna Priestley and Catherine Hardwicke.

The 4-day festival, scheduled for March 2-5, 2017 will feature over 50 films, offering attendees a variety of narrative and documentary programming. Experiences are enhanced by filmmaker participation in post-screening Q&As and panels.

It is POWFest’s goal to be inclusive of all women’s voices, regardless of race, class, age, religion, abilities, sexuality or gender presentation. POWFest respects each individual’s right to gender selfdetermination.

POWFest is produced by Sour Apple Productions in partnership with The Hollywood Theatre.

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Scholarships for Media Arts Academy and More Summer Opportunities for Teens

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Frank Hood Scholarship: Applications Due June 1st.

Two identical sections of the Academy are being offered this summer:

Looking to apply to film school and want to get a head start? Or are you just curious about what it’s like to be part of a film crew? The Northwest Film Center’s Media Arts Academy for Teens is our premier offering for young people with a serious interest in learning the art of filmmaking and who want to experience the challenges of creating an entire dramatic film from scratch.

For the highly motivated teen, we encourage you to apply for the Frank Hood Scholarship, which provides full or partial tuition support for the Media Arts Academy. Download the application from our website.

SECTION 1: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MON-FRI, JUL 11-15 MON-WED, JUL 18-20 SECTION 2: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM MON-FRI, AUG 8-12 MON-WED, AUG 15-17

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Other Teen Classes this summer: 16mm Shoot + Edit + Process Capture scenes of the city on black and white analog film.

Digital Editing for Teens Create visual remixes and mashups using Final Cut Pro software.

Computer Animation for Teens Bring your characters to life using Adobe Flash software.

The NW Film Center Presents North East South West June 9

(PORTLAND, OR) – “Vanessa Renwick’s films reveal the hidden stories & secret lives that define our great national weirdness, imbued with the radical curiosity and vision of a true pioneer.” – Todd Haynes.

Founder of the Oregon Department of Kick Ass, Vanessa Renwick is a filmmaker and visual media artist who has been creating works for over 20 years. The evening’s program begins with an open viewing of Vanessa’s installation Next Level Fucked Up in the Apex space of the Portland Art Museum. At 7:30pm North, East, South, West will commence in the Whitsell Auditorium and showcase 11 films spanning the career of this prolific moving image artist.

Vanessa will be in attendance to introduce the show and lead a Q&A after the program. Visit Renwick’s exhibition Next Level Fucked Up at the Portland Art Museum, APEX gallery, floor 3 starting at 6 p.m.

The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts organization offering a variety of exhibition, education programs, and artist services throughout the region. The Center presents a program of foreign, classic, experimental, and independent works yearround at the Whitsell Auditorium, located in the Portland Art Museum. For more information, visit www.nwfilm.org.

The NW Film Center presents North South East West on June 9

Screening times: June 9 – Thursday 7:30 pm Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Avenue Admission: $9 General; $8 Students, Seniors; $6 Child Advanced Tickets: https://nwfilm.org/ films/north-south-east-west/

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POWGirls Summer Workshop Opportunities If you know a girl, aged 15-19, who wants to take part in a POWGirls workshop,

she still has time to sign up for the Summer Sessions! Click here for more details and to sign up!

Upcoming Events & more with AIGA Portland!

June dMob

When: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 6:00pm – 9:00pm Where: The Triple Lindy 1000 NW 17th Ave

Studio Tours | Swift

When: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 5:00pm – 6:30pm Where: Swift 1250 NW 17th Ave.

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