KIFF 2018: OMPA Winners & Selections
We took a road trip down to Klamath Falls in September to make new friends in the Southern part of the state and see our members' work at the sixth-annual Klamath Independent Film Festival. Nearly half of the films selected for KIFF had OMPA members on crew! Here's a look at the winners and selected films:
Featured Works
Winner - Northern Feature category: Seaside
Simon Max Hill Casting, Johnny Buell, Kevin Forrest, Todd Robinson, Rachel Mossey
Winner - Northern Shorts category: Two Balloons
HouseSpecial, Adam Sager, Cosmo Spada
Runner up - Northern Shorts Category: Mr. Peterson
Second runner up - Northern Shorts Category: Lovely Legs
Abby Thompson, Efrem Peter, Elizabeth Nguyen
Opening Night Feature: Lean On Pete
Kai Shelton, Kent Luttrell, Sam Curtis, Amber Arpin, Sean Rawls, Jake Lyon, Simon Max Hill Casting, Rachel Mossey, Brian Brose, Lauren Henry, Janet Beeson, Kate Koeninger, Dan Schaefer, Chris Ihlenfeldt, Darren Demetre, Julie Carnahan, Christina Kortum
Selections
Unicorn
Devin Tau, Todd Robinson, Josh Young, Bryan Minus, Gus McTigue
Obscura
Ragland
Jesse Widener (Klamath Film)
For the Road
Simon Scott
Redemption
Samuel Neff
North & Nowhere
Arcana
Congratulations to all who had their work recognized at KIFF, the premier Oregon-centric film fest! Click here to see the full list of winners and participants.
Also, a special thanks to everyone who stopped by our Media Mixer before the opening night gala.
Producer Gary Kout and Seaside filmmaker Sam Zalutsky
OMPA Communications Manager Lilly Joynes, Klamath Falls Mayor Carol Westfall, and OMPA Executive Director Lisa Cicala
Producer Gary Kout and Los Mambises filmmaker Russ McMahon
Finally, check out these fun pics captured by Jason McMurry at the opening reception:
SOFaM founder and producer Gary Kout with OMPA Executive Director Lisa Cicala
Back row: OMPA Communications Manager Lilly Joynes, Klamath Film Executive Director Jesse Widener, and producer Gary Kout. Front row: OMPA members Devin Tau (filmmaker) and Todd A. Robinson (actor) and Executive Director Lisa Cicala.
Actor Todd A. Robinson
From left: Devin Tau, Lilly Joynes, Todd Robinson, and Lisa Cicala
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