Eastern Oregon Film Festival will be celebrating its thirteenth year of independent film, music, and conversation in La Grande and has released the Official Selections for #EOFF2022. The Festival opens Thursday, October 20 and runs through late Saturday Evening, October 22.

This year’s call for entries saw a record number of submissions, of which 33 films were selected for physical and virtual exhibition. Filmmakers whose work has been selected are invited to La Grande to celebrate with the EOFF community, connect with other artists, and represent their work in-person. The festival combines three days of film exhibition, live music events, Q&A’s and community-minded conversations.

EOFF programming champions authentic voices, experimentation with cinematic form, and hilarious, heartfelt, or otherwise curious genre experiments. The program this year brings together a range of genres, formats, thoughts and imaginations, emotions and contemplations into a weekend packed with a life’s worth of storytelling.

#EOFF2022 Official Selections

A CRACK IN THE MOUNTAIN
Dir. Alastair Evans

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM IN PRISON
Dir. Bushra Azzouz

ANIMAL IN ASCENSION
Dir. Ian Clark

BAD CHILD
Dir. Nicole Emilíana Mendez

BETWEEN REALITIES ALONG THE EDGE OF TIME
Dir. Jessica Huras

BURY YOUR FISH
Dir. Emma Josephson

CONGRATULATIONS
Dir. Emma Rose Hall-Martin

DEER GIRL
Dir. Giovanna Molina

DISFLUENCY
Dir. Anna Baumgarten

IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
Dir. Lilly Lion

LA RECUA – THE MULE PACK TRAIN
Dir. Darío Higuera Meza, Trudi Angel

MAKE PEOPLE BETTER
Dir. Cody Michael Sheehy

MEAN SPIRITED
Dir. Jeff Ryan

MICKS OUT
Dir. Keenan Q O’Reilly

MIDDAY BLACK MIDNIGHT BLUE
Dir. Samantha Soule, Daniel Talbott

MILK SNAKE
Dir. Jacob Shelton

MR. MAYONNAISE
Dir. Patrick Rahill

MY DAD GETS A SMARTPHONE
Dir. Sarah Wells

SCAM LIKELY
Dir. Collin Insley

SCOTOMA
Dir. Alexander Craven

SCRAP
Dir. Stacey Tenenbaum

SOLDIER
Dir. Justin Zimmerman

SWEET DISASTER
Dir. Laura Lehmus

THE EVENT
Dir. Frank Mosley, Hugo De Sousa

THE GIRL AT THE MOTOR HOTEL
Dir. Garrett Detrixhe

THE LAST ELECTION AND OTHER LOVE STORIES
Dir. Miguel Sulveira

THE SPACE BETWEEN US
Dir. Gabriel Diamond

THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY
Dir. Morrisa Maltz

THIS IS WHERE I MEET YOU
Dir. Katharina Ludwig

VISIONS
Dir. Karina Lomelin Ripper

WEST WINDS
Dir. Matthew Thomas Ross

YOUR FRIEND, MEMPHIS
Dir. David Phillip Zucker

The full program, schedule, trailers and ticket options for #EOFF2022 will be available in the coming weeks. Passes are available for purchase on the festival website and will grant access to all films and after-parties. For those who cannot attend in person, virtual passes are available. All tickets can be purchased (with an early bird discount until September 7!) at https://www.eofilmfest.com/tickets/

Eastern Oregon Film Festival will screen films in-person, primarily at Eastern Oregon University, with special screenings at The Liberty Theatre and The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs. Live music & afterparties will be held at HQ, a creative studio and event venue in downtown La Grande. Additionally, select films and events will be available through the virtual on demand festival and can be streamed from your home, anywhere in the world. Eastern Oregon Film Festival is sponsored in part by Eastern Oregon University, Koerner Camera, Oregon Film, HQ, Side A Brewing, The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs, and The Roundhouse Foundation and Eventive. For information on becoming a sponsor, volunteering, or to make a donation in support of this program please contact director@eofilmfest.com and visit https://www.eofilmfest.com/.