Directed by Various
Oregon • 2015 • 88 mins.
Eight Oregon short films.
Presented by the Oregon Cultural Trust, Amtrak Cascades, The Governor’s Office of Film and Television, and the Portland Film Office.
Dude in the Headlights
DIRECTOR: Tim Wade – (Salem)
Animals are humans too, so be careful out on the road. (2 mins.)
Hers is Where Yours Begin
DIRECTOR: Janet McIntyre – (Portland)
Memory and emotion swell as the director revisits the death of her mother when she was a teenager. (5 mins.)
Le Tram
DIRECTOR: El Gato Negro – (Portland)
Jazz-like rhythms and foggy notions as a salesman contemplates his surroundings and existence. (19 mins.)
Num Nums
DIRECTOR: Sean Farris, Michael Farris – (Silverton)
Ralpete has trouble waking up from a nightmare world filled with “handmade” stop-motion creatures and tasty candles. (5 mins.)
One Week
DIRECTOR: Rollyn Stafford – (Portland)
A young woman devises a plan to free herself from her deceptively pleasant living situation. (5 mins.)
Peace in the Valley
DIRECTOR: Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri – (Portland)
In Eureka Springs, Arkansas the vote on LGBT civil rights meets the town’s religious tourism boosters. (15 mins.)
Sista in the Brotherhood
DIRECTOR: Dawn Jones Redstone – (Portland)
Laneice’s first day at a male-dominated job site is met with harassment and contempt as she fights to prove herself. (20 mins.)
Waking the Green Sound: A Dance Film for Trees
DIRECTOR: Yulia Arakelyan, Erik Ferguson – (Portland)
The performance art troupe Wobbly transforms their bodies and spirits as they move through fantastical and dreamlike landscapes. (15 mins.)
Films in this Program
Hers is Where Yours Begin
Directed by Janet McIntyre
Memory and emotion swell as the director revisits the death of her mother when she was a teenager.
Le Tram
Directed by El Gato Negro
Jazz-like trythms and foggy notions as a salesman contemplates his surroundings and existence.
Num Nums
Directed by Michael Farris, Sean Farris
Ralpete has trouble waking up from a nightmare world filled with "handmade" stop-motion creatures and tasty candles.
One Week
Directed by Rollyn Stafford
A young woman devises a plan to free herself from her deceptively pleasant living situation.
Peace in the Valley
Directed by Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
In Eureka Springs, Arkansas the vote on LGBT civil rights meets the town's religious tourism boosters.
Sista in the Brotherhood
Directed by Dawn Jones Redstone
Laneice's first day at a male-dominated job site is met with harassment and contempt as she fights to prove herself.
Waking the Green Sound: A Dance Film for Trees
Directed by Erik Ferguson, Yulia Arakelyan
The performance art troupe Wobbly transforms their bodies and spirits as they move through fantastical and dreamlike landscapes.
Genres: Short