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2023 Vision Grant

We are thrilled to announce a significant enhancement to the annual Vision Grant! Thanks to our friends Oregon Film and the Oregon Made Creative Fund, Women In Film Portland is excited to announce an increase to our annual Vision Grant, bringing the total grant award to $10,000! This is an incredible opportunity for the community!…

Production Job Posting

From local Portland company Muse Storytelling; Muse is looking for a top-notch StoryFinder–somebody exceptional at research, talking to people, and finding the best characters for their film productions. If this sounds like it’s the right fit for you, find the full listing on indeed.com.

WIF Member/Filmmaker Heather Harlow at POWFest 2015

Women In Film Portland member Heather Harlow’s recent short film, The Punishing Business, had the honor of the opening slot for the feature film The Sisterhood of Night at the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival this month. POWFest showcases the work of female filmmakers by honoring pioneers and providing support for the next generation. Tara Johnson-Medinger, Executive Director of POWFest…

WIF member Julie Perini on her film Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, OR

Filmmakers Julie Perini, Jodi Darby, and Erin Yanke are using Kickstarter to finish the documentary film, Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon. Below is a statement they’ve provided about their campaign. Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland Oregon explores Portland’s unique history of policing, race relations and community resistance from the 1960s to…

WIF-PDX Member interview: Beth Federici

Q: What do you currently do within the media industry? I have worn many media hats over the last 23 years. I am currently directing and co-producing a feature documentary called “America’s First Foodie: the Incredible Life of James Beard”. We have been running a Kickstarter campaign that will end on November 6th which will…

Seeking New Board Members

It’s time to elect FOUR  new board members to Women in Film Portland! #165515133 / gettyimages.com Women in Film Portland is a membership organization that is managed solely by a strong working board – a group of media professionals who have participated in WIF and who care deeply about its ability to thrive and continue…

Women’s Vision Grant due in 2 weeks!!

Only two weeks left to submit your grant proposal for the 2014 Women’s Vision Grant! If you haven’t already, visit our Grants to download an application and learn more. Want feedback on your project? Feedback is critical for any creative effort. It’s the way we, as filmmakers and artists, get a glimpse of how our…

Arbuthnot’s Dryland Harvests Rave Reviews

Upon completion of Dryland, a feature documentary by WIF Portland member Sue Arbuthnot, with partner Richard Wilhelm, was called “The Best Movie About Coming of Age and Crashing Combines You’ll Ever See” and “a bittersweet and beautiful new film” by Modern Farmer magazine. Sue and Richard premiered the film at the 2014 Big Sky Documentary…

PORTLANDIA producer David Cress to moderate a panel at The Portland Documentary Summit

The Documentary Summit is pleased to announce that Portlandia producer David Cress will be moderating the Distribution of Your Story panel at 9:30am on May 9th. The panel will feature Collective Eye Films and WIF-PDX member Amanda Elder. Don’t miss the opportunity to network with other top pros in the Portland film scene. Go to http://www.documentarysummit.com/portland-documentary-summit/ for tickets.…

WIFPDX member Beth Harrington strikes a chord with her newest documentary, The Winding Stream

Variety magazine recently called Director Beth Harrington’s newest music documentary, The Winding Stream,   “an impressively researched and deftly crafted feature that will find an appreciative audience through exposure in home screen platforms and regional fest screenings.”     In addition, the film received a Best of the Rock Fest’s Music Movie Pictures mention from Rolling Stone magazine. The honor came in shortly after…