Oregon Indie Film

Featuring guests Katie Prentiss and Bonnie Root with Katie’s first feature film, Wake Up Maggie. There was so much to talk about with these two talented and multi award winning women who have experience as writers, actors, directors, and producers in film. They not only create but they support and teach others to tell meaningful stories. We discuss the joys and challenges of making a feature film...

Filmmaker Sander GusinowThe writer, director, and co-producer of his first feature film, Cottontail. This female driven, complex thriller horror, stars Breeda Wool and Natasha Halevi. Sander joins producers - Mikyla Bornder, Morgan Raymond, and Jason Wilkinson for this made in Oregon film. We chat about Sander’s Oregon and New York background in political journalism and theater. How he was able to...

On this episode I chat with a trio of guests. Robert Lester a professional adventure athlete, Braxton Mitchell, his cousin who had never been in a canoe and Neil Larson the Director and Cinematographer who captured the story of the Columbia River Canoe Project. You may have been lucky to catch this documentary at one of its sold-out screenings last year in Portland. Robert and Braxton paddled thei...

This episode features Jared Bumgarner, the Producer of AstroNot about an absurd day-in-the-life of a man trapped in his own delusions until he finds the power of collaboration. We chat about this short comedy that is a collaboration itself, with live action and animation and a collaboration between Jared and his friend Zach Sheehan who wrote and directed the film. AstroNot is a love letter to low...

Dawn Jones Redstone is a self-taught Portland filmmaker who is best known for their film Mother of Color, streaming now on major platforms. But as you will hear, she writes and directs a wide range of both commercial and narrative films known for their emotional resonance, imaginative storytelling, and a commitment to centering women of color. Dawn’s latest film Hostile Work Environment has been s...

As part of the work Shannon Breen and Justin Oliphant do with The Long Now Foundation, their documentary Elders of Time is a fascinating look at the philosophy of time. Specifically, Bristlecone Time a conceptual, climate-aware measure of time created by artist and philosopher Jonathon Keats in collaboration with The Long Now Foundation and the Nevada Museum of Art. It is calibrated to the slow an...

This interview is one in a series of conversations this summer with filmmakers whose work will be screening at the Portland Festival of Cinema Animation & Technology. I sat down with Winslow Crane-Murdoch the director and Kyle Von Hoetzendorff with Lucky Day Post production house to talk about Oh Whale. When news anchor Paul Linnman arrived in Florence OR on November 12th, 1970, he had no idea tha...

At the age of 57, Rob Garrott quit his swanky job and enrolled in the character animation program at Animation Mentor to learn how to bring polygons to life. Now in his 60s, Rob is on a mission to learn, create and grow for as long as he can. His first animated film “Sweet Enough to Eat” has been selected to screen at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology. Rob joined me from his...

This summer I am doing a series of interviews with filmmakers whose work will be screened at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology – also known as PFCAT , happening August 18th through 23rd at OMSI in Portland. At PFCAT you’ll experience 170 indie films from 30 countries, filmmaker Q&As, educational panels and networking events. It’s 6 days of events that brings our local commu...

This summer I am doing a series of interviews with filmmakers whose work will be screened at the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology – also known as PFCAT, happening August 18th through 23rd at OMSI in Portland. At PFCAT you’ll experience 170 indie films from 30 countries, filmmaker Q&As, educational panels and networking events. It’s 6 days of events that brings our local commun...

Elena and Simon King, founders of the Lake Oswego Film Festival sit down for a conversation with Oregon Indie Film as they embark on their first year of the festival. We talk about how the idea developed and the plans they have not only for this first year but their hopes for the growth of the festival. We also chat about Simon’s career as a screenwriter and filmmaker, working in Oregon and their...

Silver Falls Film Festival – Mike Turner Michael Turner is an independent filmmaker and the creator of the award-winning autobiographical documentaries The Way We Talk (2016) and Monument (2023), which have screened around the world in many languages. He is a past Oregon Media Arts Fellow and has worked with The Immigrant Story, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, and many...

On this episode I chat with Oregon Filmmaker Eric Delehoy, a writer, cultural organizer, and powerful advocate for LGBTQ+ representation—on the page, in politics, and beyond. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing, Fiction, from Antioch University Los Angeles. We chat about his latest project, the feature film Winters Nebraska. This film will be screening on June 24th at the Tomorrow Theater in Portl...

David Poulshock is a Northwest filmmaker and musician whose projects have won over 90 awards, including 9 national Telly Awards. He is also an Oregon Music Hall of Fame Inductee. David's film Space: A Meditation on the Meaning of Art is having it's Portland Premiere at the Tomorrow Theater on June 12th, 2026. It was supposed to be a simple feature documentary about a local landlord’s quest to conv...

My guest on this episode is Nisha Burton. A filmmaker, speaker, and creative director, Nisha has a skilled cinematic eye, blending animation, digital effects, emerging technology and cinematography. Nisha has made many films about Oregon history. Her documentaries are based on social and human issues. We’ll talk about her film – Over the Kitchen Table – A Short Film that is close to her heart as i...

Pour the Water as I Leave will screen on June 20th at the PAM Whitsell Auditorium in celebration of World Refugee Day. There is a full schedule of events in downtown Portland. Daniela Repas has made several winning films that incorporate animation and live action and experiment with the confluence of narrative and non-fiction. This one is close to the heart as Daniela’s first feature film, it incl...

This episode features Kaden Waldbauer and Elliot McClafferty, a young duo who have made several feature films since graduating from Vancouver School of Arts and Academics in 2022. We talk about their latest film, My Friend Named Silence, their path to filmmaking, and their future filmmaking plans. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Kaden and Elliot. Links: A.Meltingmind on Instagram https://www...

This episode features Mark Hoffman, an award-winning filmmaker working across commercial directing, viral campaigns, and narrative cinema. Trained in biology, then film and design in Germany, He is the writer and director of the feature film A Simple Machine. And Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Producer of A Simple Machine. Alyssa is just off a big win at South by Southwest where another film she produced and...

This episode features Ime Etuk, writer, director, and producer of the feature film Outdoor School which has had multiple sold out screenings and awards on the US festival circuit. Ime is bringing the film home to Portland. As part of Portland Panorama, the screening on April 17th is sold out. But listen to this episode to find out about the encore Portland screening. This film connects on many lev...

Featuring Kristen Elizabeth, the author of the memoir Shevolved - A True Hollywood Story of artistry, survival, and reinvention. A Film Intimacy Professional, acting coach, and dance instructor based in the Pacific Northwest, Kristen has spent over three decades working in the entertainment industry as an Actor, Acting coach, Intimacy Coordinator, Consultant, and Choreographer for film and televis...

This episode features Erich Cannon, writer, director, and producer of the feature film His Monster which will make a stop on it’s US Theatrical National Tour, in Portland at Tomorrow Theater on Tuesday, March 17th. SHOW NOTES: March 17th Screening at Tomorrow Theater in Portland, OregonTickets: https://tomorrowtheater.org/movies/his-monster/ Compassionate Disaster Films: https://www.compassionated...

Welcome to Season Two of the Oregon Indie Film Podcast. I look forward to some great conversations about Oregon's Independent Film Industry this season. If you would like to be a guest or a sponsor reach out OregonIndieFilm@gmail.com POVFilmmakers.org Monthly mixers are the fourth Thursday of each month. These mixers are free and welcoming to everyone. This is a public episode. If you would like t...

This episode features Dan Schaefer, a freelance Storyboard, Illustration and concept artist, as well as a director and producer. Dan’s credits span over 35 years, highlights include feature films (for NBC/Universal, MGM, Lions Gate, Paramount, Film4, Disney) and local television shows for (ABC, Apple, Netflix, NBC, TNT, USA, HBO, BBC, IFC) Leverage, Grimm, The Librarians, The Break (BBC) American...

The Eastern Oregon Film Festival’s sixteenth year happens this week in La Grande, October 15th through the 18th bringing a curated program that includes 9 features and 41 short films along with filmmaker Q & A sessions, music, parties, and a special staged reading of Bad Day for Bigfoot, the Field Trip project chosen this year. I am joined today by Christopher Jennings the director and founder of...

This episode features Anaiah Orlando, a visionary writer, director, and producer of The Man Who Married a Robot which will have its premiere screening tomorrow, October 8th at Tomorrow Theater in Portland, Oregon. It was a pleasure to sit down with Anaiah to chat about this film and his path to filmmaking. From making his first film with his sister to creating his own small production company and...