Oregon Indie Film

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...

This episode features Maria Osterroth - Director of the Portland Latin American Film Festival. The film festival kicks off their 19th year on Wednesday September 24th at The Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon. It was a pleasure to sit down with Maria to chat about the festival’s history and its significance in Oregon’s film industry. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Maria Osterroth and be...

This episode features Devin Febbroriello, writer, director, producer and co-owner of Desert Island Studios, in Portland, Oregon. It was a pleasure to sit down with Devin to chat. We cover a lot in this episode, from how Devin first knew she wanted to make films, her path through film school and a chance move to Portland, to being chosen as one of the International Screenwriters Association’s top 2...

Kelsey Taylor, writer and director of To Kill A Wolf, an independent feature film, filmed in Oregon. This story is a modern day fairy tale, now playing at Regal Fox Tower in Portland as well as theaters in Bend and Eugene. It was a pleasure to sit down with Kelsey and talk about how she went from a small town in the center of Washington to Los Angeles where she has made a name for herself as a dir...

This episode features award winning Director, Filmmaker, and Photographer, Alicia J Rose. From music videos to politics, to a hit web series, she’s received wide acclaim from The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, A/V Clug, Paste, Out, and others. Her current production Menopunks is a bold, unapologetic documentary that exposes the truth behind science and silence. Backed by a fierce lineup of...

This episode features tenured professor Dustin Morrow with Portland State’s Film Program. Also a writer, director, editor, and podcaster. Dustin was instrumental in developing the Film Program as the largest in the Pacific Northwest. We talk about the growth of Portland State’s Film program over the last decade and how important this program is to the ecosystem of Oregon Independent Film. You’ll a...

This episode features actor, writer, director, and producer Rollyn Stafford. I had only briefly met Rollyn before today so I enjoyed chatting about his background, an intense film school experience in Canada, film festivals, World War II films, shooting locations, and his current film Backseat Driver, screening on August 14th at the Tomorrow Theater. I hope you enjoy this episode. SHOW NOTES: Tomo...

This episode features young filmmaker, Jenine Delusong. As a new college graduate, she talks about her decision to go to Portland State University where she discovered filmmaking and where she created a network of filmmakers who are now embarking on a short film, titled Eden Avenue. It’s a modern retelling of Adam & Eve that incorporates Jenine’s love of art and a transformative journey through ar...

This episode features storyteller and high school principal, Derek Garrison. We talk about his success as a screenwriter, giving yourself the permission to make a film, his reasons for producing and directing his feature film Van Damned and how he has already measured the success of this project. You’ll also hear about his inspiration for this story and how it was the ultimate father-son project....

This episode features Jon Meyer, a full time musician, filmmaker, director, and editor. We chat about van life, being a working filmmaker in Portland, his award winning documentary Tipping Point, filmed during the 2020 protests in Portland, and pickleball. I hope you enjoy this episode. SHOW NOTES: Website Music Videos by Jon Meyer ⁨@JonMeyer5150⁩ Instagram: Jon James Meyer Facebook Portland Stump...

I finally caught up with Logan in between his many film projects to chat about those projects, his path to acting, his advice for actors, how networking in the local Portland film industry has helped him book so many gigs, and how he is helping others do the same. I hope you enjoy this episode with Logan Cannon. Instagram Facebook Portland Stumps Actors Tank – Sasha Santiago POV Filmmakers Winters...

Inspired by her son, River, Haven started River Wild Films to write, produce and direct films that are family friendly and all about human connection. The first feature film, Getting Back, has universal themes of grief, fear, hope, family and love. There are deep emotional struggles balanced with lightness and imagination. It explores how we all deal with grief differently, while trying to hold on...