A 300-seat theater on Southeast Division Street in Portland with a curious past is giving notable talents such as David Byrne and Ruth E. Carter a new stage on which to tell their stories: the Tomorrow Theater. The venue, which is part of the Portland Art Museum’s film-and-new-media Center for an Untold Tomorrow (Pam Cut), features a cinema and creative hub aimed at challenging conventional forms of storytelling, providing a platform for artists to connect with audiences in fresh ways.
About a year ago, when the project was in its early stages, Amy Dotson, director of Pam Cut and inaugural curator of film and new media at the Portland Art Museum, says she began to sense a trend from multimedia artists within her community — they no longer wanted to be siloed into one role such as filmmaker, podcaster or animator. The solution to this could be the development of a new venue,...
About a year ago, when the project was in its early stages, Amy Dotson, director of Pam Cut and inaugural curator of film and new media at the Portland Art Museum, says she began to sense a trend from multimedia artists within her community — they no longer wanted to be siloed into one role such as filmmaker, podcaster or animator. The solution to this could be the development of a new venue,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The use of artificial intelligence in Hollywood is a hot-button topic, whether it’s the WGA demanding a ban on the use of AI bots during the current writers strike or recent criticism over Marvel using it to create the opening credits for Secret Invasion. Director Guillermo del Toro recently dismissed fears about AI at an informal sitdown in Portland over the weekend, saying we should instead be more concerned with “natural stupidity.”
The sound bite comes from a chat with curator Amy Dotson at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, during which the Pan’s Labyrinth mastermind shared his thoughts (via IndieWire) about the current state of creativity. He pinned his hopes on “the next generation” after admitting “we are a horrible human race.”
“I remain enthusiastic but skeptical,” del Toro said. “We do great stuff, and many people are great.” He continued by saying he finds inspiration in “people who are fearless,...
The sound bite comes from a chat with curator Amy Dotson at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, during which the Pan’s Labyrinth mastermind shared his thoughts (via IndieWire) about the current state of creativity. He pinned his hopes on “the next generation” after admitting “we are a horrible human race.”
“I remain enthusiastic but skeptical,” del Toro said. “We do great stuff, and many people are great.” He continued by saying he finds inspiration in “people who are fearless,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
“Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio,” the roving, ever-expanding, 8,000-square-foot exhibit dedicated to the art of making Guillermo del Toro and co-director Mark Gustafson’s meticulous Oscar-winning stop-motion film, has made its way from New York’s Museum of Modern Art to the Portland Art Museum in Oregon.
This past weekend, the three-time Academy Award winner came in person to the Rose City to accept a Cinema Unbound award from Pam Cut (the Portland Art Museum’s new-media-focused Center for an Untold Tomorrow) and later sit down for a relaxed chat with Pam Cut’s curator Amy Dotson. As usual, the director sounded off unguardedly about a range of topics, from struggling to get even his own passion projects greenlit to his commitment to animation and the threat of artificial intelligence looming over the creative community.
“Since I was a kid, all I wanted to do was monsters and stop-motion animation,...
This past weekend, the three-time Academy Award winner came in person to the Rose City to accept a Cinema Unbound award from Pam Cut (the Portland Art Museum’s new-media-focused Center for an Untold Tomorrow) and later sit down for a relaxed chat with Pam Cut’s curator Amy Dotson. As usual, the director sounded off unguardedly about a range of topics, from struggling to get even his own passion projects greenlit to his commitment to animation and the threat of artificial intelligence looming over the creative community.
“Since I was a kid, all I wanted to do was monsters and stop-motion animation,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Pam Cut // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, the film and new media arm of the Portland Art Museum, is currently accepting applications for their third annual Sustainability Labs. The six month program is specifically tailored for multidisciplinary media storytellers, providing mentorship, career-developing resources and stipends to further their artistic practices. Applications close on July 1. “Our organization is all about artists who aren’t content to be contained—by medium, what’s come before or a singular type of media that they’re working with,” Amy Dotson, director of Pam Cut and curator of Film & New Media at the Portland Art Museum, […]
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- 6/22/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Pam Cut // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, the film and new media arm of the Portland Art Museum, is currently accepting applications for their third annual Sustainability Labs. The six month program is specifically tailored for multidisciplinary media storytellers, providing mentorship, career-developing resources and stipends to further their artistic practices. Applications close on July 1. “Our organization is all about artists who aren’t content to be contained—by medium, what’s come before or a singular type of media that they’re working with,” Amy Dotson, director of Pam Cut and curator of Film & New Media at the Portland Art Museum, […]
The post Apply for Pam Cut’s 2023 Sustainability Labs first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Apply for Pam Cut’s 2023 Sustainability Labs first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 6/22/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Portland Art Museum’s film and new media hub, also known as Pam Cut // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, has announced new details for the Tomorrow Theater set to open in Portland, Oregon, this fall.
The Tomorrow Theater will offer robust, participatory programming, serving as a model, both locally and globally, for the future of media arts and cinema. The space will function as a creative hub for artists and audiences across multimedia.
Per Pam Cut, each evening will bring something different, through a variety show approach that incorporates at least two distinct art forms simultaneously. Embracing cinematic storytelling in all its forms — from film and series to animation and gaming, Xr, performance, and audio stories — the events and happenings will be as varied as the artists and audiences on any given night. The full programming slate and partnerships will be announced this fall.
“Cinematic storytelling, like artists and audiences,...
The Tomorrow Theater will offer robust, participatory programming, serving as a model, both locally and globally, for the future of media arts and cinema. The space will function as a creative hub for artists and audiences across multimedia.
Per Pam Cut, each evening will bring something different, through a variety show approach that incorporates at least two distinct art forms simultaneously. Embracing cinematic storytelling in all its forms — from film and series to animation and gaming, Xr, performance, and audio stories — the events and happenings will be as varied as the artists and audiences on any given night. The full programming slate and partnerships will be announced this fall.
“Cinematic storytelling, like artists and audiences,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
To honor the legacy of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum and Duplass Brothers Productions have today announced the launch of the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. The $25,000 unrestricted cash grant will be awarded each year to a U.S.-based woman or non-binary filmmaker, age 39 or older, who has yet to direct a narrative feature.
Shelton, who passed away in May, was among the leading voices of American independent film, working on all sides of the camera on such films as “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Outside In,” and “Sword of Trust.” Like the filmmakers the grant is intended to help, Shelton didn’t direct her own first feature (“We Go Way Back”) until she was 39. In the 15 years that followed, Shelton built a prolific and respected canon of both feature and television work.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age,...
Shelton, who passed away in May, was among the leading voices of American independent film, working on all sides of the camera on such films as “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Outside In,” and “Sword of Trust.” Like the filmmakers the grant is intended to help, Shelton didn’t direct her own first feature (“We Go Way Back”) until she was 39. In the 15 years that followed, Shelton built a prolific and respected canon of both feature and television work.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A grant fund has been set up in honor of the late “Humpday” filmmaker Lynn Shelton that will provide a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant to U.S. based women and nonbinary filmmakers, age 39 or older, who have yet to direct a narrative feature.
The “Of a Certain Age” grant was established by Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum alongside Duplass Brothers Productions, and the prize will be awarded each year.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age, and to elevate the voices of a segment of the filmmaking community who have precious few resources dedicated to supporting them yet plenty of stories to tell,” Megan Griffiths, Shelton’s longtime friend and collaborator who is working in her capacity as a member of the board of Northwest Film Forum to help establish the grant, said in a statement. “Lynn was 39 when I met her on her first feature,...
The “Of a Certain Age” grant was established by Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum alongside Duplass Brothers Productions, and the prize will be awarded each year.
“This grant seeks to reinforce that great filmmakers can emerge at any age, and to elevate the voices of a segment of the filmmaking community who have precious few resources dedicated to supporting them yet plenty of stories to tell,” Megan Griffiths, Shelton’s longtime friend and collaborator who is working in her capacity as a member of the board of Northwest Film Forum to help establish the grant, said in a statement. “Lynn was 39 when I met her on her first feature,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Amy Dotson, who recently departed her position as Deputy Director and Head of Programming at Ifp, Filmmaker‘s publisher, is headed this fall to Portland, where she will step into the role of Director of the Northwest Film Center and Film and New Media Curator at the Portland Art Museum. Today she gave a speech at the day of industry talks at BAMcinemafest and kindly offered the text to Filmmaker to publish below. Lotta change in the air, ya’ll. So much has happened of late. As some of you may know, I’m on the precipice of new adventures. That said, I’m […]...
- 6/15/2019
- by Amy Dotson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Amy Dotson, who recently departed her position as Deputy Director and Head of Programming at Ifp, Filmmaker‘s publisher, is headed this fall to Portland, where she will step into the role of Director of the Northwest Film Center and Film and New Media Curator at the Portland Art Museum. Today she gave a speech at the day of industry talks at BAMcinemafest and kindly offered the text to Filmmaker to publish below. Lotta change in the air, ya’ll. So much has happened of late. As some of you may know, I’m on the precipice of new adventures. That said, I’m […]...
- 6/15/2019
- by Amy Dotson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Ifp, Filmmaker’s parent organization, announced today the public events for the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of Ifp Week, its signature event. Taking place from September 15-20, 2018, the programs will include public screenings and talks, “all centered on cutting-edge independent content for the big screen, the small screen, and now your headphones.” From the press release: Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and Programming Producer Bill Curran, the Ifp Week public talks and events take place in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Dumbo Loft, and Ifp’s headquarters, the Made in […]...
- 8/15/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Ifp, Filmmaker’s parent organization, announced today the public events for the upcoming 40th anniversary edition of Ifp Week, its signature event. Taking place from September 15-20, 2018, the programs will include public screenings and talks, “all centered on cutting-edge independent content for the big screen, the small screen, and now your headphones.” From the press release: Under the leadership of Head of Programming Amy Dotson and Programming Producer Bill Curran, the Ifp Week public talks and events take place in and around Brooklyn, NY at Bric, The William Vale Hotel, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Dumbo Loft, and Ifp’s headquarters, the Made in […]...
- 8/15/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Exclusive: The producers of Oscar winners Moonlight and Icarus, Oscar nominee Carol and Showtime series Billions, are among those bringing new projects to the Ifp Project Forum, which runs during the 40th Ifp Week in New York.
This year’s particularly buzzy Project Forum slate will comprise 150 U.S. and international films, series, digital and audio projects (for the first time) in different stages of development.
The co-production market will feature new narrative films and series from producers and Ep’s including Lamb On The Throne from Adele Romanski (Moonlight) and Sara Murphy (Land Ho!), Breezin’ from Amy Lo (Nancy), The Gymnast from Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions), The Fugitive Game from Ryan Cunningham (Broad City), Sleepwalkfrom Ryan Zacarias (A Ciambra), Bitterroot from Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim (Columbus) and Nine Days from Jason Michael Berman (Amateur), Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel At Home In This World...
This year’s particularly buzzy Project Forum slate will comprise 150 U.S. and international films, series, digital and audio projects (for the first time) in different stages of development.
The co-production market will feature new narrative films and series from producers and Ep’s including Lamb On The Throne from Adele Romanski (Moonlight) and Sara Murphy (Land Ho!), Breezin’ from Amy Lo (Nancy), The Gymnast from Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions), The Fugitive Game from Ryan Cunningham (Broad City), Sleepwalkfrom Ryan Zacarias (A Ciambra), Bitterroot from Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim (Columbus) and Nine Days from Jason Michael Berman (Amateur), Mette-Marie Kongsved (I Don’t Feel At Home In This World...
- 7/26/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In a recently launched initiative coordinated by the UK’s Prs Foundation, 45 music festivals around the world have committed to reaching 50/50 gender equity in their lineups by the year 2022. The pledge is a firm victory for those calling for reform in the music industry, and signals a tangible early step toward gender equality in a traditionally male-dominated space. But as someone who’s worked in and around the equally male-dominated film festival world for most of my career, my first thought upon reading this news was, “Why isn’t this conversation happening in my community as well?”
As the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements continue to spread awareness about gender discrimination to larger, more mainstream platforms, the discussions have started to expand beyond individual abusers towards larger questions of systemic power imbalance (Frances McDormand’s call for “inclusion riders” in studio contracts being one high-profile recent example of this...
As the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements continue to spread awareness about gender discrimination to larger, more mainstream platforms, the discussions have started to expand beyond individual abusers towards larger questions of systemic power imbalance (Frances McDormand’s call for “inclusion riders” in studio contracts being one high-profile recent example of this...
- 3/9/2018
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Indiewire
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