38th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival Call for Entries

Northwest Film Center Announces 38TH NORTHWEST FILMMAKERS’ FESTIVAL Call for Entries Deadline: August 1, 2011 The Northwest Film Center asks Northwest filmmakers to send their recent work for consideration for the 38th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival. The entry...

Filmusik Presents: Planet of the Dinosaurs!

Music, voice and sound effects all performed live in front of low-budget 1970s stop-mo dinosaurs getting shot by lasers? Sign me up. Performances are tonight and tomorrow (6/23 and 6/24) at the Hollywood Theater– click here for details.

NW Animation Fest Wrap-Up

Big kudos to Sven Bonnichsen and the volunteers who pulled off the inaugural Northwest Animation Fest this past weekend.  The show went off without a hitch, and we were treated to great big blocks of animation in all varieties. Animators came from as far as London,...

Emily Hubley at the Hollywood Theater

Emily Hubley will be in town on June 10 and 11 to screen some of her work and do a QA afterward. More info here: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/programs/soundvision/sound-vision-presents-toe-tactic-shorts-emily-hubley/ She’s also presenting a retrospective of...

RACC project grant writing workshop

Many attendees at this year’s BeTween unconference were interested in Ingrid’s presentation on RACC grants, and many local animators have been funded by those grants in the past. On June 4, RACC will be holding a workshop to help applicants for 2012...

The Mel Blanc Project

May through August sees Portland giving native son Mel Blanc a long-overdue retrospective. Put together by the Oregon Cartoon Institute and the Oregon Jewish Museum, the Mel Blanc Project is a series of screenings and lectures celebrating the most famous voice talent...