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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Kelley Baker (AKA the Angry Filmmaker) 1/14/22 Kelley Baker (AKA the Angry Filmmaker) 1/14/22

The Angry Filmmaker — An Interview with Kelley Baker

“I hated high school. I thought nobody knew anything, and they weren’t teaching me what I needed to know. Then, amidst my teenage angst, I had a high school teacher that helped shape the course of my life.

Dan Morrow, MSFF Technical Director 11/16/21 Dan Morrow, MSFF Technical Director 11/16/21

Why Short Films?

“As our festival team stampedes toward the finish line for the 11th Annual McMinnville Short Film Festival (Feb 10-13, 2022), Nancy & I get asked all the time: Why short films?”

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… “

Saeed Vahidi 8/23/21 Saeed Vahidi 8/23/21

An Iranian-Canadian Immigrant Filmmaker’s Perspective

“The short film is a tool for expressing pure emotions and experiences without the hurdles of building certain professional relationships that are necessary in feature filmmaking.

As Abbas Kiarostami famously said, “Cinema is a big lie we use to tell a bigger truth.” Through the magic of cinema, the director visualizes their thoughts on the screen, and shares their worldview with the audience.”

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).”