Shorts on Short Film

From filmmakers, film lovers, and professionals in the film industry, our film community has endless stories to tell, expertise to share, and and information to interest. It's our little way of celebrating short film year-round!

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Melissa Gregory Rue 10/22/21 Melissa Gregory Rue 10/22/21

You Gotta Believe

“I love ‘70s funk. While I was making my last film, “Esperanza’s Turn,” The Fatback Band’s “You Gotta Believe” became my theme song. I listened to it hundreds of times:

You gotta believe

When life is gettin’ you down

You gotta believe

You gotta face your ups and downs… “

Co-written by the ZP Productions team of Vika Haiboniuk, Jack Fisher, Ariane Kunze and Zach Putnam 7/19/21 Co-written by the ZP Productions team of Vika Haiboniuk, Jack Fisher, Ariane Kunze and Zach Putnam 7/19/21

Telling True Stories with Cecilia Brown

“Cecilia Brown’s documentary filmmaking chops are clear: After she received the “Best Oregon Filmmaker” award at the McMinnville Short Film Festival for her moving and enlightening doc Root Shocked in 2019, Cecilia went on to produce many more powerful and noteworthy short nonfiction pieces, including Finding Bennett, Day 54 of Portland Protests, and Brown Girl Rise (a collaboration with ZP Productions).”

Josephine Cashman 6/17/21 Josephine Cashman 6/17/21

The Visual Poetry of Short Film

“I love short films. I like the freedom they offer, the opportunity to write yourself a juicy role, or to literally Call the Shots in how you want to tell the story. You can challenge yourself. You assemble your crew, the actors, the editors and post-production team. You get to take whatever risks you want. You are beholden to no one but yourself and the story you want to tell.”