The Northwest Film Center is proud to present a screening of films from members of the meet up group Women in Film Portland. The screening will be preceded by an open networking event in the Andrée H. Stevens room next to the Whitsell auditorium at 6:30pm. Come learn more about Women in Film Portland, whose mission is to elevate women in film through education, outreach, and professional development, then watch a program of fantastic films from some of the group’s members including: Marilyn Zornado and Barbara Tetenbaum’s new movie French Film, an animated film using a Vandercook Press combining imagery from an 1890’s fitness book and language exercises from French text books the directors used in high school; Joan Gratz’s lush new film Primal Flux; and Joanna Priestley’s Split Ends.
Additional films to be screened tonight include
5% WTF PSA… By Juliana Lukasik
Catty B’s: Women in Film… By Angela Webber
Book Club PDX… By Dawn Macleod
Empower Nepali Girls Mission… Erin Galey
The Gender Gap Year… By Laura Gleim
Childish Enthusiasm… By Lisa Bolden
Free Beat Nation Drum Camp… By Joanie Fox
Emancipator Seven Seas… By Erin Galey
We are Clouds… Stuart Getty, (Cinematographer/Producer: Erin Galey
Pig N Ford Race: Is this the year?…. By Linda Freedman
Poison… By Hester Schell
My Summer As A Goth… Tara Johnson-Medinger
Appears in: Northwest Tracking
Genres: Short
Other Films by Marilyn Zornado
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Insect Poetry
A group of insects gather for evening of poetry.
An Evening With Marilyn Zornado
Director-animator Marilyn Zornado started in the animation industry as a producer at Will Vinton Studios. After a career of producing a variety of award-winning commercials and projects, she became an animation educator, and now focuses on creating short animated films, both as a collaborator and independent maker, Zornado incorporates her love of calligraphy, the graphic …
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Spring Lines
The beauty of Spring comes to life through animated calligraphy.
Other Films by Joan Gratz
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An Evening With Joan Gratz
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Northwest Tracking: Trailblazing Women of Independent Animation
As a preview of the Film Center’s post-festival Northwest Tracking series showcasing six independent animation innovators, we are pleased to offer this program sampler of their outstanding work to be featured. After the screening head on over to the Northwest Filmmakers’ Summit for a panel and conversation with the animators about their craft working in …
Best of the 43rd Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival
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Night Weaver
A tapestry of computer mandalas and intricate animated weavings.
Other Films by Joanna Priestley
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The state of Oregon has played an amazing role in helping to shape the world of animation. This program showcases a variety of animated films from Portland based animators beginning with the year 2000 and steadily moving to the present day.
Dew Line
An abstract tapestry hinting at the loss of botanical diversity.
An Evening With Joanna Priestley
Starting her career as a film presenter in Central Oregon, Priestley made her first films using rubber stamps and sand before going on to study with legendary experimental animator Jules Engle at Cal Arts. Finding her stride with drawing and computer-based animations, and collaborating with sound artists, she has since become one the world’s most …
Northwest Tracking: Trailblazing Women of Independent Animation
As a preview of the Film Center’s post-festival Northwest Tracking series showcasing six independent animation innovators, we are pleased to offer this program sampler of their outstanding work to be featured. After the screening head on over to the Northwest Filmmakers’ Summit for a panel and conversation with the animators about their craft working in …
Missed Aches
A witty commentary on ignorance, idiocy and over- reliance on spell check.