wideshot studios has just received word that “Steeped,” our most recent short narrative film, has been accepted to compete at the 2009 Salento International Film Festival in Tricase, Italy.

Located on the Adriatic Sea on the “heel” of Italy’s “boot,” the Salento Film Festival is in its 6th year and celebrates independent cinema.  We are extremely honored to have this prestigious film festival be the kick-off point for our European tour.

“Steeped” screens as part of “The World in Short” competition alongside short films from around the globe.

More information:  Satento International Film Festival

wideshot studios will be traveling to Oklahoma this June for deadCENTER 2009, as it was just announced that “Steeped” has been accepted to this well-respected film festival!  “Steeped,” the short film we shot in Portland, Oregon, will screen Friday, June 12 (Diana’s birthday!) at 5:30pm and Saturday, June 13 at 7:30pm at Uptown United in Oklahoma City.  We’ll be in attendance at both screenings.

We’re excited for the trip back to Oklahoma and are looking forward to the festival.  This will be the second year wideshot studios has had a film in this festival, and it is Peter’s ninth consecutive year to have a film screened with deadCENTER. To join us, be sure to go to deadcenterfilm.org to get your tickets.  We’ll see you there!

wideshot studios has relocated from beautiful Portland, Oregon to sunny Los Angeles, CA.  We are currently in the process of getting our offices put back together and learning our new city, so business has been put on hold for the moment.  We will be up and running soon!

Here are a few updates to tide you over until our official SoCal launch:

Our short film “Steeped,” is traveling the film festival circuit and can next be seen in Corvallis, Oregon at the da Vinci Film Festival.  In its 10th year, the festival is part of a larger celebration of art, science, and technology called da Vinci Days.  The film festival takes place in March, and da Vinci Days happens in July, so there are two great events to attend.

This year, only 34 films from around the world have been chosen to compete in the festival, and “Steeped” is one of them!  We are honored and excited to be included in this long tradition of independent cinema in the Northwest.  The film festival happens March 6 - 8, 2009 and an All Access Pass is only $20, while a One Day Pass is $12.

“Steeped” will screen at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 7 in the LaSells Stewart Center on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.

In December, the wideshot team traveled to Echo Park in Los Angeles, California to attend the 1st annual Zero Film Festival. We had a wonderful time, enjoyed some really great independent cinema, and saw our short film “Steeped” play on the big screen in its first-ever film festival. And now it has just been announced that “Steeped” has won a Cinematic Soldier Purple Heart Award!

Additionally, “Steeped” has been chosen to travel with the Zero Film Festival’s West Coast Tour starting in late February. A selection of the films that competed at the festival will travel down the west coast from Seattle to Orange County. If you are in any of these cities, please check out the tour!

Seattle - February 28 - Northwest Film Forum
Portland - March 1 - Galle​ry Homel​and
San Francisco - March 4 - The Dark Room
San Fransisco - March 5 - ATA
Orange County - March 7 - Yost Theater

We are very pleased to announce that our documentary, “The Mixtress,” will be screening this year at the Portland International Film Festival. Last week we were contacted by the festival’s organizers who requested that we screen our film in their OREGON MADE section of the festival. We are extremely honored to be part of the 32nd annual PIFF festival.

Our screening date is

Sunday February 8 at 11:45am

If you are in the area, we would be grateful if you can attend the month-long festival and catch our documentary.

More information at: PIFF Festival Schedule

On Saturday December 6th at 6:25pm, “Steeped,” a short film produced by wideshot studios of Portland, OR, will make its world premiere at the 1st annual Zero Film Festival in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The film is directed by Peter Hermes, produced by Diana Bayless, and stars October Teal Moore, Thomas Bradley, Juliana Tobón, and Fro Waters.

“Steeped” centers around a cup of tea. Jake and Dana are a couple caught in the routines of their stale relationship. Jake works during the day while Dana stays home with her hobbies. In the mornings and evenings they occupy the same space. While washing dishes one night, Jake becomes infatuated with the woman next door. She is beautiful, new, dangerous, and, most importantly, not Dana. He begins to spend all of his time at the kitchen window. Dana has her cup of tea, and a secret or two of her own.

Zero Film Festival SCHEDULE.

Pick up February 2009’s Sunset Magazine, which features my great friend, Cadee Wilder of Kreme Home Goods, a fabulous wallpaper design company. Her wallpaper designs are high fashion and fantastic! See her designs here.

Splinter, a feature film I worked on in the summer of 2007, has finally hit the theaters. The film is a horror movie and centers around a group of people trapped in an isolated gas station being terrorized by an unseen monster. This film is not for the faint of heart. It swept the Screamfest 2008 festival winning every major award. Check out the trailer here: http://splinterfilm.com/Trailers.html.

It plays here in Portland at the Clinton Street Theater November 14-20. If you are a fan of the horror genre, definitely check out this film.

Oh blessed blessed Portland,
how easy it is to spend
with your words and books and authors
come this wordstock weekend.