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OCTOBER, 2004

The Design Festival: The Value of Design. Portland, OR. October 7-17 with a state wide juried exhibit of design works, keynote speakers, an awards ceremony and other events. An exhibit will present the best design works from all of Oregon and SW Washington. A national jury will select the top three works in: Architecture, Interior Architecture, Landscape, and Public Environments.

Serious Games Summit
Washington, D.C.
October 18-19, 2004
Emphasis on non-entertainment games.
Explore interactive technology for non-entertainment.

2004 Savannah Film Festival
Savannah, GA
October 23-30, 2004
College of Art and Design

Major Film Finance Conference Scheduled for Portland Oregon. The Oregon Film & Video Office and Atlas/SFI with Downstream Digital Present the Oregon Film Finance Conference October 15 and 16, 2004

Who should attend:Film Finance Professionals, Film and Television Producers, Financiers, Entertainment & Finance Lawyers, Accountants, Bankers, Studio Executives

Speaker’s Panel:
Vina Jarrett, FilmPro Finance
Michel Shane, Romano Shane International
Peter Langs, Mystic Cove Entertainment
Andy Weir, Northstar-Media
David Hutkin, Lewis Horowitz Organization
Steve Adams, Luna Ray Films

Conference Topics:
“Taking a Film Financing Transaction from Start to Finish”
“How a Film Makes Money”
“Primary Distribution Agreements”
“What Buyers are looking For”

Keynote Luncheon, Friday, Oct. 15
“Securing Financing from the In-House Perspective – Setting up a Deal in the Studio/Network System”
Presented by Michel Shane, Producer, “I Robot”, “Catch Me If You Can”.

$395 – Registration before Sept. 30
$450 – Registration after Sept. 30
For more details contact Oregon Film & Video Office
503/229-5832
shoot@oregonfilm.org

To Register visit the website at: www.atlas-sfi.com
or call 914/686-8855

ON GOING EVENTS

DIVA Presents 2nd Friday Film Forum. The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) offers a monthly showing of independent films on the second friday of each month. Schedule: September: The Best of Peripheral Produce's Short Films, October: I Exist - an award-winning film about gay and lesbians of middle eastern descent, November, Youthvisions - local Eugene kids produced short videos, and December, Open Lens -a chance for filmmakers to screen their short films and videos (see next item). All programs begin at 8:00 PM. DIVA is located at 110 West Broadway in Eugene. Web site: www.divanow.org.