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Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening : The Confluence http://oregonconfluence.com/2010/06/11/youth-silent-film-festival-award... 1 of 3 7/13/2012 12:51 AM Home About Become a Contributor Film Community Calendar Job Hotline Dashboard | New Post | Add Event Jun - 11 | By: Oregon Film | one comment. Filed under : Events, Oregon Film Ever find yourself pining for the days of F.W. Murnau and D.W. Griffith? This week at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, young film makers from around the Pacific Northwest celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the “Mighty Wurlitzer” theater organ by producing over 50 silent film shorts. The theater organ’s squealing melodies provided more than just an accompaniment –students based their videos on one of several 3-minute scores composed by organist Nathan Avakian. Genres varied, but silent film stalwarts like horror, slapstick and heist flicks dominated the screen. And don’t let the under 18 age limit fool you! These aren’t movies for little 2 rd grade Beaver. Alongside delicate love stories are tales of murderous fortune tellers and armed bandits escaping from prison. In one film a boy finds himself in a world where everyone is suspended in time. Everyone, that is, except a young smirking little boy who seems to always lurk around the corner. Will he be able to find the little gremlin and figure out the mystery? The morbid ending elicited a mix of gasping and concerned harrumphing in the dark auditorium. Kids these days… The festival’s winning submissions will be screened as part of the Rose Festival’s “From One Rose” event. Go see the crème de la crème of these students’ work on June 12 at 7pm at the Hollywood Theater! The Youth Silent Film Festival is presented in collaboration with philanthropist Jon “JP” Palanuk, organist Nathan Avakian,
Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening : The Confluence http://oregonconfluence.com/2010/06/11/youth-silent-film-festival-award... 2 of 3 7/13/2012 12:51 AM Film Action Oregon, the Northwest Film Center, Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc., and the Columbia River Theatre Organ Society. http://www.makesilentfilm.com/ Tags: Events, film festivals One Response to “Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening” Tweets that mention Youth Silent Film Festival Awards Screening « -- Topsy.com — June 11, 2010 @ 3:43 PM RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Featured Posts OPIF Tax Credit Auction "Leverage" Location Video NEW "ParaNorman" Trailer Roads of Oregon Recent Posts Local Artist Wraps Me Up In Intertwine New ParaNorman Videos and Website – #WeirdWins Cell Count accepted into the 2012 Sitges Film Festival. Eastern Oregon Film Festival: Open For Submission DEMYSTIFYING DISTRIBUTION: A WORKSHOP
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