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Breakup Season at The Granada

Breakup Season will have an official theatrical run in La Grande, at The Granada 3 Theatre downtown. Opening Friday, November 15 the film, shot in La Grande and winding down its festival run will play multiple times a day until…

LA Alumni Event & Movie

Eastern Oregon Film Festival director Christopher Jennings will be visiting Los Angeles for the LA premiere of Breakup Season which is November 14 at The Laemmle NOHO, at 7pm. On Saturday, November 16 at 2:30pm a special Happy Hour event…

#EOFF2024 Awards & Wrap-Up!

#EOFF2024 Awards & Wrap-Up! The 15th Annual Eastern Oregon Film Festival celebrated three days of film, music, and community last weekend, and the dust is just settling in the beautiful Grande Ronde Valley. Audience Choice Winners: • Best Feature Narrative:…

Summer Film Project Presents

La Grande Summer Film Project Concludes with Collaborative Screening On Friday, August 16, the final screening of a collaborative film created during The La Grande Summer Film Project took place at HQ in La Grande. The event provided an opportunity…

Where the Heart Lies

When a cautious city girl’s adventurous boyfriend disappears in the midst of a treasure hunt he made for her, she must face her fears and follow the clues he left behind to find him before it’s too late.

The Green Flash

50 years after the bust that made him famous, ex-drug runner Steve Lamb refuses to let his own legend fade. As he hustles his memoir around St. Pete Beach, FL, we witness what it’s like for a pirate to grow old.

The Cave

Gus spends all of his time in an unseen Virtual Reality world, while ignoring the Gigworkers who tend to all of his physical needs - from delivering all his food to taking care of his personal hygiene. A traumatic vision drives him to seek connection with a Gigworker named Fred.

The Big Wait

In a remote desert town in Australia, population two, a couple manages an emergency airport and keeps vacant cottages in pristine condition, waiting for visitors who never seem to arrive.

Tagged

A young woman's night out turns into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when she's followed by an unknown AirTag.

Hatırlama

An American woman wanders into a Turkish antique store and chances into a moment of humanity with the shopkeep that changes her quality of life.

Floater

After his abusive father's death, a troubled man builds a mausoleum to the relationship they never had… in his parents' bathroom, while his grief-stricken family attempts to rescue him from his madness.

Breakup Season

A young man brings his girlfriend to his rural Oregon hometown to introduce her to his family, only for things to go terribly wrong upon arrival.

Blue Hour

Two personal journeys intersect when a struggling young photographer is hired for a cheap last minute portrait gig. The unfolding photo session, while transient, leaves an indelible mark on both women.

You’re Invited to Tuscan’s 5th Birthday Party!

Tabitha wants the perfect day for her only son’s 5th birthday party, but the pony she rented gets spooked and tramples everyone in its path. While her husband and son search for her beloved dog that went missing in the mayhem, Tabitha is left alone to field increasingly frantic calls from injured guests. Things take a turn when the owner of the missing pony calls with unexpected news. You’re Invited to Tuscan’s 5th Birthday Party! is a comedic valentine to the chaos of parenthood.

Weree

Having fled the Liberian civil war, renowned self-taught artist Johnson Weree is seeking asylum in the Netherlands where he lives undocumented and without a fixed address. Haunted by the horrors of his past, he draws bright-coloured otherworldly portraits, whilst longing for a brighter future.

Virgencita

After moving in with her ailing ABUELA after her mother’s death, six-year-old LUCÍA comes face to face with an insatiable god. Can Lucía find a way satisfy the god’s hunger in order to be granted her wish?

Vines

A mad botanist experiments on an unwilling human subject to give plants a fighting chance against climate change.

The Way We Speak

An up-and-coming writer refuses to leave the spotlight when his best friend and debate opponent suffers cardiac arrest, leading to an obsession over his new opponent and a growing rift with his ailing wife.

The Heart of Texas

Janie May, an aspiring country singer stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck grind, gets big news that she’s a radio contest finalist while finishing her overnight shift at a local diner in Waco, TX. She must race to the station to sing for hometown country music hero Harlan Thompson in hopes of winning the opening act spot on his upcoming tour. In a chaotic dash to the studio, she collides her car into Jesús, an undocumented worker who refuses medical care or police assistance out of fear of being discovered and deported. The two engage in a struggle, each in pursuit of their own American dreams. In the end, they do the only thing they know how to do: fend for themselves.

Seatbelts

When Chad and Rachel go on their second date, he refuses to put on his seatbelt because he did his own research.

I Felt Like Magic

Two childhood best friends fail at getting into a bar and spend the rest of the night grappling with what it really means to grow up.

Erection and Destruction

Chip (Joshua Burge) is depressed. His girlfriend insists he get treatment, but when a therapist prescribes a wonder drug that leaves him impotent, she breaks up with him. Now even more depressed, Chip joins a support group where he meets others suffering the effects of the drug. Among them are Vollmann (Matthew Jarzyna), an awkward virgin who's struggling to concoct a home remedy, and Loretta (Chloë Levine), who has a more aggressive scheme in mind.

Chispa

When an electrician working at a mall experiences a peculiar jolt of electricity she undergoes a transformation that is both haunting and shockingly beautiful.

All The World

A young dancer from a small town in rural Oregon becomes infatuated with an older western writer — she confuses this reflection of her own greatness, as love.

Spag Bol

Unannounced, Damien turns up to watch the big match in an attempt to reconnect with his struggling father. But in order to do so, Damien must navigate his Dad’s unwillingness to acknowledge an unspoken truth.

River of Grass

A young soldier returns home from Vietnam seeking a fresh start with his family. His efforts to prove himself collide with his brother's criminal affairs, triggering his erratic behavior.

Puddysticks

In this dark comedy, Liz — a burned-out videogame designer terrified of vulnerability — discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play.

Nocturne

A young Latin-American boy, seeking acceptance from a local gang, forms an unexpected bond with a solitary, wheelchair-bound elder in a lifeless house, leading to a dreamy and transformative journey of freedom and identity.

Max Dagan

After his father is sentenced to 15 years for the manslaughter of a California State Trooper, Max Dagan fights to uncover the truth and get his now terminally-ill parent out of prison with a compassionate release. Max must open up old wounds, including seeking the help of his estranged uncle and the daughter of the dead trooper, to find the evidence that could set his father free. In a race against time, two divided families discover they have more in common than they think.

MAJI

Across continents, one man's quest against the water crisis: five challenges, five countries, one cause.

#EOFF2024 Official Selections

The Eastern Oregon Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Official Selections for #EOFF2024, our fifteenth annual program, set to take place October 17-19, 2024, in La Grande, Oregon. This year, we received a record number of high-quality submissions, making…

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Festival Director Christopher Jennings Speaks at EOFF 2019

Exciting News: #EOFF2024 Celebrates 15 Years! We’re thrilled to announce the fifteenth edition of the Eastern Oregon Film Festival, #EOFF2024. Can you believe it’s been fifteen years already? It’s an incredible milestone, and we’re eager to make this year’s event…

After-party #2 w/ ABRONIA

The Eastern Oregon Film Festival is excited to announce the addition of Portland-based band Abronia to its lineup, bringing an electrifying night of music and community spirit. Following a day of captivating films, festival-goers can unwind and connect at HQ…

#EOFF2023 Call for Entries

#EOFF2023 Call for Entries is open via FilmFreeway! Feature and short competitive categories and a special Oregon Student Category added this year. Details and submissions can be made here: Filmmaker Residency The application window has closed! Hit us up…

#EOFF2022 Awards Announcement

The thirteenth annual Eastern Oregon Film Festival wrapped up this year by serving nearly four hundred radical individuals. Among them came visiting filmmakers, musicians, and audience members from all directions to watch wonderful independent cinema and come together as a…

Visual Artists at #EOFF2022

Eastern Oregon Film Festival is pleased to share the visual work of two fantastic artists on the walls at Festival HQ and the box office during the festival weekend October 20-22. Photographer Michael Sell and visiting (returning) artist Erica Hitzman.…

2022 Music

Eastern Oregon Film Festival celebrates its Thirteenth Annual Festival, #EOFF2022, October 20-22 in La Grande, Oregon. The festival is stoked to get fully back in-person and to gather around amazing film and music. Each night of the festival plan to…

Owen Story Special Fundraising VOD Screening

still image from Owen Story movie

FUNDRAISING SCREENING Festival Director Christopher Jennings has worked diligently to revive and to provide OWEN STORY, a feature length independent film, that he, and many others, helped make nearly 20 years ago in La Grande and Union as a special VOD (Video on Demand) screening to raise…

March Encore Screening

Eastern Oregon Film Festival is excited to share this month’s Encore Screening. This month we feature four diverse short films from our 2020 program. This VOD series is free to Festival Friends and is available for unlock for $12.00 beginning…

Membership gets Exclusive In-person Experience

#EOFF2021 Web Postcard

#EOFF2021 Festival Update Eastern Oregon Film Festival will celebrate its twelfth year of programming (#EOFF2021) this October 21-23. Due to the uncertainty of venue availability and the unforeseen nature of COVID-19, the EOFF team has determined that in-person festival passes will…

Out of Character

Eastern Oregon Film Festival is proud to be sponsor for Out of Character, a feature-length film that documents a fictional fantasy, action-adventure story. Think Lord of the Rings meets Best in Show. We will be featuring a wide variety of local…

EOFF2020 SHORTS

Still From EOFF 2020 film A Good Man

A GOOD MAN Director Anthony Gainer Living in a time where abusive fathers and bullying are common place, a boy defends that he did what was right. Always searching for the right way to live, the realities of life surround…

Toprak

Still From EOFF 2020 film Toprak

Directed by Sevgi Hirschhäuser TOPRAK is the dramatic story of a simple family in rural Turkey dealing with poverty, family traditions, and religious heritage. Since the death of his parents, the teenage Burak has lived with his uncle Cemil and…

Ten Minutes to Midnight

A still image from EOFF 2020 Film Ten Minutes to Midnight

Directed by Erik Bloomquist In Ten Minutes to Midnight, Caroline Williams returns to the DJ booth for the first time since her star-making turn as Stretch in 1986’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Williams plays Amy Marlowe, a veteran late…

Revolution Launderette

Still From EOFF 2020 film Revolution Laundrette

In Tokyo, a young man Tomo, dogged by misfortune, sets out to beat his existence to its next punchline, together with Hiroko who obsesses over a stranger’s old scrapbook. They agree to head into all the encounters that come their…

RAF

Still From EOFF 2020 film RAF

Directed by Harry Cepka A woman’s deadbeat life changes when she meets her new BFF. A unique take on female friendship and the influence of class on contemporary relationships. Raf (Grace Glowicki) is facing eviction from her shabby basement apartment…

The Lure of This Land

Still From EOFF 2020 film The Lure of This Land EOFF 2020

Directed by Alexandra A Lexton The Lure of this Land is an exploration of why people leave the places they know and love. What are they looking for? And what do they find? Filmmaker Alexandra Lexton came to Belize and…

The Long Breakup

Still From EOFF 2020 film The Long Breakup

Directed by Katya Soldak The Long Breakup is a feature length documentary about Ukraine’s attempt to escape Russia’s embrace, leave its Soviet past behind and become a truly independent country. Katya Soldak, a Ukrainian-American filmmaker now living in Brooklyn, tells…

I Blame Society

Still From EOFF 2020 film I Blame Society

Directed by Gillian Wallace Horvat Gillian, a struggling filmmaker, is told by two close friends that with her cunning, intelligence and ability to rationalize whatever she wants to believe in she would make a good murderer. This innocent jokey remark…

From My River, With Love

Still From EOFF 2020 film From My River, With Love

Directed by Zach Stoltzfus “From My River, With Love” is a meandering series of intimate portraits exploring the vibrancy and brevity of existence. From the humid summer lakes of Alabama to the frigid mountain rivers of Wyoming, milestones lapse sitting…

Freeland

Still From EOFF 2020 film Freeland

Devi has been breeding legendary pot strains for decades on the remote homestead she built herself. But when cannabis is legalized, she suddenly finds herself fighting for her survival. In a tour-de-force performance, Krisha Fairchild (Devi) brings the timely story…

Blood Moon

Still From EOFF 2020 film Blood Moon

Directed by Vikram Dhawan A young man travels back to the city of his past and has many separate encounters with old friends lost in a strange night. He has come to meet the love he left behind and ask…

A Life’s Work

Still From EOFF 2020 film A Life's Work

Directed by David Licata Filmed over 15 years in locations throughout the U.S., A Life’s Work is a documentary about people engaged with projects they will not complete in their lifetime, projects that could have a positive, profound global effect.…

A Dim Valley

A Dim Valley EOFF 2020

Directed by Brandon Colvin Three scientists uncover unexpected mysteries in the Appalachian forest. A curmudgeonly biologist and his slacker graduate assistants muddle their way through a summer research project. Deep in the Appalachian woods, they encounter a trio of mystical…