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APRIL 27�MAY 4, 2022
MIXED MEDIUM
THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
‘Owen Story’ available to view for one month
The film, created
in 2004, helps raise
money for the
Eastern Oregon
Film Festival
LEARN MORE
Find out what “Owen Story”
actors and producers have
been up to during the last 20
years in an expanded story at
goeasternoregon.com.
Go! staff
L
A GRANDE — Nearly 20
years ago, the locally made
fi lm “Owen Story” premiered
to small audiences at Eastern
Oregon University and The Hol-
lywood Theater in Portland.
Now that fi lm is back, avail-
able to view for just one month,
as a fundraiser for the Eastern
Oregon Film Festival.
“Owen Story” will be avail-
able as a special VOD (video on
demand) for $8. For those who
purchase a Festival Friend season
pass for $250, “Owen Story” is in-
cluded, along with the On Demand
archive and admission to all virtual
and in-person festival events.
For information, go to eofi lm-
fest.com.
The direct screening link is:
bit.ly/3OquR68.
Christopher Jennings/Contributed image
A still from “Owen Story” that was fi lmed in 2004 around La Grande. It will be re-released for one month only to raise
money for the Eastern Oregon Film Festival.
The fi lm can be preordered
and watched, beginning April
30, on the Friends of the Festival
Eventive Channel. The fi lm will
lock up again May 31. A special
livestream Q&A with the cast and
crew will be added later in May.
“Owen Story” follows the
three intertwined stories of
Bucky (Gregory Rawlins), Natalie
(Sarah Delamarter) and Kenneth
(Mike Surber).
The project was produced
and fi lmed around La Grande
in 2004.
According to an EOFF press
release, “this independent
production rallied a community
around the idea of making a fea-
ture length fi lm, working together
to learn skills and refi ne ideas and
to maximize the resources that
were available in our rural region.”
Christopher Jennings, EOFF
director, said this rerelease brings
the characters to life once again.
“The makers and creatives
behind the project express their
gratitude for the opportunity to
share this project again after
nearly 20 years,” he said. “This
project planted the seeds for
that which inspired projects like
The La Grande Summer Film
Project and was a catalyst to
EOFF’s inception. Having EOFF
provide a platform to archive this
independent eff ort is a testa-
ment to its mission of support-
ing local projects and nurturing
fi lmmaking in our rural region
and I can’t wait to see more lo-
cal projects get preserved and
shared this way.”
FILM FESTIVAL
Submissions are sought for
the 13th annual Eastern Oregon
Film Festival, which will be held
Oct. 20-22 in La Grande. Entries
must be received no later than
June 16. For information, visit
eofi lmfest.com.