Category 2024 Films

#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:…

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Vines

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MAJI

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

#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…