Oregon Independent Film Festival

OREGON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL© is the fastest growing cinema convention in the Pacific Northwest. Fans of true independent film-making are discovering this not-to-be-missed event as a home to the best new film discoveries from all over the world. The Oregon Independent Film Festival hosts hundreds of screenings that recognize the best new and independent cinema. Showcasing films from legendary directors, newly-discovered filmmakers, while hosting major studio premiere film events each fall. Screenings are presented in a variety of Oregon's historic cinemas, located across our majestic state, and concluding with weeks of film premieres, award ceremonies, and special events held in Portland, Oregon. Oregon Film Festival premieres have featured stars including: Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Keanu Reeves, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton, Cheech Marin, Ashley Judd, Ethan Hawke, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, and so many more... Past Oregon Independent Film Fest screening premieres include: - 'The Sparks Brothers' (Dir. Edgar Wright) - 'Booksmart' (Dir. Olivia Wilde) - 'The Last Blockbuster' (Dir. Taylor Morden) - 'A Quiet Place' (Emily Blunt & John Krasinski) - 'Together Together' (Dir. Nikole Beckwith) - 'First Reformed' w/Ethan Hawke & Amanda Seyfried (Dir. Paul Schrader) - 'The Big Sick' (Dir. Michael Showalter, starring Kumail Nanjiani) - 'It Comes At Night' (Dir. Trey Edward Shults, feat. Joel Edgerton) - 'Death of Stalin' (featuring Steve Buscemi & Michael Palin) - 'Dean' (Dir. Demetri Martin, starring Gillian Jacobs, Kevin Kline) - 'The Neon Demon' (Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn. feat. Elle Fanning) - 'DePalma' (Dir. Noah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow) - 'The One I Love' (Mark Duplass & Elisabeth Moss) - 'Love & Mercy' (John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Dano) - 'Mad Max: Fury Road: Chrome Edition' w/ Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy Oregon Independent Film Festival is proud to have debuted Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial effort 'One-Armed Man', as well as unveiling 'Myst' & 'Riven' video game creator Robyn Miller's first film: 'The Immortal Augustus Gladstone'. DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMMING: Oregon Independent Film Festival's world-renowned Festival Documentary Program has premiered many documentary films that have gone on to achieve widespread acclaim. 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' (the documentary on Mr. Rogers), 'The Resurrection of Jake The Snake' and the Sean Penn produced 'Human Experiment' (all currently screening on Netflix), activist feature 'As Goes Janesville' (picked up by PBS), the Aretha Franklin concert film 'Amazing Grace' (playing in theaters worldwide in 2019-2020), are only a small sample of our festival documentary success stories. The festival has also been a premiere home to groundbreaking and popular musical documentaries on Quiet Riot, NOFX, Twisted Sister, The Flaming Lips, and Bob Marley. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING: The festival curates cinema from dozens of countries across the globe each season, helping to create a truly universal event. The annual slate of international feature film premieres have recently included 'The Commune' from director Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark), and 'Shinjuku Swan 2' from director Sion Sono (Japan), as well as our current and multi-year retrospective on the experimental films of Jordan Baseman (U.K.), all such premiere events held alongside our festival's annual showcase of the best new short films from all over the world. DISTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITIES: Oregon Independent Film Festival award-winning film 'Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time' was picked up for distribution by Freestyle Releasing (and signed at their OIFF screening), and Oregon Independent Film Festival Award Winner 'Zilla & Zoe" was a quarter-finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Screenwriting Contest. Underground horror sensation 'Toad Road' was acquired by Elijah Wood's SpectreVision after winning Best Picture in 2012 at the Oregon Independent Film Festival! Recently, the Australian horror hit 'The Dead Room' also premiered at the Oregon Independent Film Festival before being screened across the USA. OREGON FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY The Oregon Independent Film Festival, as curated and staffed by the volunteers of the Oregon Film Society, is an event that spans across several Oregon cities, and culminates with weeks of film screenings, celebrations, events, parties in Portland, Oregon. Our festivities include our annual Award Ceremony to honor the best independent filmmakers and screenwriters of the past film season. Thank you for considering the Oregon Independent Film Festival. The Oregon Independent Film Festival humbly invites you to join our growing film community, by submitting your project today via FilmFreeway!