Enter the first annual Eastern Oregon Film Festival; an intimate, two-day event taking place at the Mt. Emily Ale House in La Grande, Oregon. EOFF is a combination of films and live music from participating artists around the country.
The Valley
Nestled among the Blue Mountains and the Eagle Cap Wilderness, La Grande is located in the center of the largest, fully enclosed, valley in North America. The town itself is approximately 13,000 people and is a nationally accredited Tree Town. Sweet.
Eastern Oregon University, along with the numerous boutiques, art galleries, coffee shops, living room jam sessions, bike trails, bodies of running water, dive bars, drifters, and train cars, help to define the cultural landscape.
It's pretty nice here.
The Venue
Mt Emily Alehouse is a new addition to La Grande's downtown. Custom ales, gourmet pizza, and world-class appetizers are just a few of the Alhouse's perks. Oh yeah, and they're hosting the first annual EOFF in their 2nd floor Media Room. Thanks Jerry!
CONFIRMED FILMS
Team Picture
Directed by Kentucker Audley
Written by Kentucker Audley
From Memphis to Chicago to somewhere in Arkansas, Kentucker Audley's homegrown debut Team Picture is a deadpan comic odyssey about that moment before adulthood when you don't need an excuse to quit your job, only the next five minutes matter, and sometimes you fall for the wrong girls... shucks!
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Model Rules
Directed by Ray Nomoto Robison
Written by Marlyn Mason
A tale of unrealized romance, "Model Rules" was shot entirely in Southern Oregon and had its world premiere in 2008 at the 12th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 5-10) where it won the Grand Prize - Best Screenplay award. The movie was directed by Ray Nomoto Robison and produced by Robison and Marlyn Mason.
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Exhibit A: Leary VS. Hicks
"EXHIBIT A: Leary Vs. Hicks" is an experimental documentary meditation on the dangers of artistic theft in the world of stand-up comedy, and an expose on the little-known yet long-standing allegation that performer Denis Leary lifted much of his persona and act from fellow comedian Bill Hicks. Culled from hours of archive footage and presented here for the first time ever, the similarities in question are shown back-to-back allowing audiences to decide for themselves.
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Daver
Daver is a character study that follows a twenty-something man with something visibly colorless about his personality. It explores those very subtle frustrations that can exist just beneath the surface.
Shot in Missoula, MT and starring Dave Martens.
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CONFIRMED BANDS
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