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Thursday, January 21, 2021
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EOFF launches fi lmmaker residency program
■ Informational Zoom meeting Jan. 22; application deadline Feb. 21
LA GRANDE — The Eastern
Oregon Film Festival, a La Grande-
based nonprofi t, unveiled a new
fi lmmaker residency program in a
press release Friday, Jan. 15.
The residency is a month-long
retreat for writers and directors
to receive designated time and
space to work on feature-length
screenplays. The application for
attendance opened Sunday, Jan.
17, on fi lmfreeway.com and closes
Feb. 21 with an early bird deadline
of Feb. 7.
The goal of the four-week pro-
gram is for artists to walk away
with a draft that has the potential
to be produced in Oregon in the
coming years, and for attendees to
learn about resources and opportu-
nities available for fi lmmaking in
Eastern Oregon.
“Residencies are a sacred time
and space where creatives have
a sole mission: write and develop
their ideas,” said H. Nelson Tracey,
a Los Angeles-based fi lmmaker
and EOFF alumni who is helping
to develop the program.
“It’s a step away from inevitable
commitments and distractions in
life at home, and an added purpose
of creation that can be diffi cult
to conjure when left to one’s own
devices.”
The Eastern Oregon Film
Festival team is working with its
partners, including Eastern Oregon
University, to connect students
and residency fi lmmakers through
integrated academic events as well
as social and engagement events.
However, committments will be
minimal, allowing participants the
time and space to immerse them-
selves in their stories
The press release emphasized
that the program is meant to be “a
dedicated and focused time for
writers to produce work in what-
ever form they see fi t. Unlike most
artist residencies, this is specifi cally
geared toward fi lmmakers.”
The visiting artists will rely on
hq, a creative digital media studio
in downtown La Grande, as a hub
for creativity and collaboration.
EOFF staff are working on local
lodging and food options to support
the fi lmmakers.
“The amount of support for this
program has been awesome,” festi-
val director Christopher Jennings
said in the press release. “We have
connected with so many wonderful
programs around the Pacifi c North-
west in our development journey.”
An informational Zoom meeting
begins at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, for
all interested applicants.
To register for Friday’s meeting,
more details and a link to the resi-
dency application, go to www.eo-
fi lmfest.com/fi lmmaker-residency.
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EOFF has raised money over the last couple of years and is
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the remaining portion of the roughly $75,000 project. To specifi cally
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Eastern Oregon Film Festival
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