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Portland Comedy Film Festival 2016 Recap
The first Portland Comedy Film Festival took place on October 14, 2016 at the Avalon Theatre in Oregon. This is the first edition of this Film Festival Circuit event.
Portland Comedy Film Festival 2016 Official Selections
- “1-800-Witches Gotta Burn” Written by Tim Carpenter & Mark White
- “198” Directed by Josh Lunden
- “7 Beds” Directed by Pedro Moreno del Oso
- "Ain't No Stoppin' Hackley" Directed by Trey Huguley & Garrett Hargrove* - Trailer
- “A Tale of Momentum & Inertia” Directed by Kameron Gates - Watch the Full Film
- “Accelerator” Directed by Sean Cabiling
- “ArachNO!” Directed by Alex Mangen
- “Becoming Bigfoot” Written by Sean Whitley (Allen, Texas)
- “Bullshit” Directed by Marc Wiltshire
- “Call For a Good Time” Directed by Linnea Ritland - Watch the Full Film
- “Couple's Massage” Directed by Jasmine Elist &Kevin Mouren-Laurens - Watch the Full Film
- “Dogstein：Super Science Adventure” Directed by Tianyiming Qi
- “Doucheahoilcs” Directed by Sean McCarthy- Trailer
- “Eyebrows: A Perspective”Directed by LeeAnne Lowry &Hannah Bilau
- “Flight Fright” Directed by Jim Politano
- “I Do Yoga” Directed by Natasha Pearl Hansen &Nardeep Khurmi
- “Jailbreak” Directed by Aaron Sorenson
- “Jewish Blind Date” Directed by Anaelle Morf - Trailer
- “Kobe”Directed by Stanley Sievers - Watch the Full Film
- “Lanky Scoliosis” Directed by Tim Murray- Watch the Web Series
- “Lemonade Mafia” Directed by Anya Adams
- “Linea” Directed by Will Cuddy - Trailer
- “Lion on Monday” Directed by Leni Wesselman
- “Love at First Latte” Directed by Brennan Gilpatrick
- “Marigolds” Directed by Jillian Acreman
- “Mr. Richard Francis”Directed by Tom Hackett
- “Native Immigration”Directed by Eric Romero - Trailer
- “Numbers” Directed by Jason Roesnblatt
- “One Champion” Directed by JohnMark Triplett
- “Pen & Pencil” Written by Devone Jones (San Diego, California)
- “Phineas & The Professor” Directed by Joe Origlieri (Brooklyn, New York)
- “Strip Club 101” Directed by Peter Ney
- “Summer America Barnham's Book Club for Ladies” Directed by Scott Rogers
- “Suneaters: Help” Directed by Annie Walsh & W. Dave Keith
- “Texting: A Love Story” Directed by Jeanette L. Buck
- “The Ford Focus: Stimulating” Directed by Teddy Hose & Michael Risse - Trailer
- “The Last Laugh” Directed by Paul Hendy
- “The Perfect Day” Directed by Ignacio Redondo - Trailer
- “Think Twice” Directed by Eliaz Rodriguez
- “Trippin' with the Folks” Directed by Meghan Weinstein - Trailer
- “Vulva Face” Directed by Aubrey Smyth
Portland Comedy Film Festival 2016 Award Finalists
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Short Film
“Couples Massage” Directed by Jasmine Elist and Kevin Mouren-Laurens
“Jewish Blind Date” Directed by Anaelle Morf
“Bullshit” Directed by Marc Wiltshire - Winner!
“Think Twice” Directed by Eliaz Rodriguez
“Trippin' with the Folks” Directed by Meghan Weinstein
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Micro Short
“Accelerator” Directed by Sean Cabling
“ArachNO!” Directed by Alex Mangen
“Numbers” Directed by Jason Rosenblatt - Winner!
“Lanky Scoliosis” Directed by Tim Murray
“Love at First Latte” Directed by Brennan Gilpatrick
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Screenplay
“Becoming Bigfoot” written by Sean Whitley
“Pen and Pencil” written by Devone Jones
“1-800-WITCHES Gotta Burn” written by Tim Carpenter and Matt White - Winner!
“The Perfect Day” written by Ignacio Redondo
“Marigolds” written by Jillian Acreman
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Actor
Rob Goeller in “Texting: A Love Story”
Tim Murray in “Lanky Scoliosis”
Anthony Marks in “Doucheahoilcs” - Winner!
Gerald Dewey in “Flight Fright”
Nico Romero in “7 Beds”
Jack Strom in "Linea"
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Supporting Actor
William Woods in “Kobe”
Dylan Bell in “Accelerator” - Winner!
Aleks Paunovic in “Mr. Richard Francis”
Wam Simonde in “Native Immigration”
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Oregon Film
“198” Directed by Josh Lunden
“A Tale of Momentum and Inertia” Directed by Kameron Gates
“Jailbreak” Directed by Aaron Sorenson
“Linea” Directed by Will Cuddy - Winner!
“Summer America Barnham's Book Club for Ladies” Directed by Scott Rogers
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Actress
Jasmine Elist in “Couples Massage”
Lisa Bol in “Texting: A Love Story”
Estelle Darnault in “Jewish Blind Date”
Em Lew in “Linea” - Winner!
Marsai Martin in “Lemonade Mafia”
Anita Del Rey in “7 Beds”
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Mitchell in “Doucheahoilcs”
Erica Carroll in “Mr. Richard Francis”
Joëlle Séchaud in “Jewish Blind Date”
Carla Wynn in “Trippin' with the Folks” - Winner!
Luka Lyman in “Accelerator”
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Original Music
“Bullshit” Composed by Forest Christenson & Ben Bransletter
“One Champion” Composed by The Winners - Winner!
“The Perfect Day” Composed by Sergio Fernandez-Sastron
“Mr. Richard Francis” Composed by Chris Ainscough
“Jailbreak” Composed by Roberto Murguia and Roisin Malone
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Single Funniest Moment
“ArachNO!” Directed by Alex Mangen!”
“Strip Club 101” Directed by Peter Ney - Winner!
“Flight Fright” Directed by Jim Politano
“Think Twice” Directed by Eliaz Rodriguez”
““Numbers” Directed by Jason Rosenblatt”
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Director
“Ain't No Stoppin' Hackley” Directed by Trey Huguley and Garrett Hargrove
“Texting: A Love Story” Directed by Jeanette L. Buck
“Think Twice” Directed by Eliaz Rodriguez” - Winner!
“Marigolds” Directed by Jillian Acreman
“Lemonade Mafia” Directed by Anya Adams
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Music Video
“Vulva Face” Directed by Aubrey Smyth
“I Do Yoga” Directed by Nardeep Khurmi and Natasha Pearl Hansen
“Ain't No Stoppin' Hackley” Directed by Trey Huguley and Garrett Hargrove
Suneaters “Help” Directed by Annie Walsh and W. Dave Keith - Winner!
“One Champion” Directed by JohnMark Triplett
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Cinematography
DP Jan Wolff for “Mr. Richard Francis”
DP Chris Fergusson for “The Last Laugh”
DP Skip McCraw for “Lemonade Mafia” - Winner!
DP Devin Tolman for “Linea”
DP Daniel Gonzalez for “7 Beds”
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Ensemble Cast
“Trippin' With the Folks”
“Accelerator”
“Doucheahoilcs” - Winner!
“Lemonade Mafia”
“Summer America Barnham's Book Club for Ladies”
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Editing
“Bullshit” edited by Margaret Kerr
“Linea” edited by Will Cuddy, Zach Feiner and Jeffrey Janoff - Winner!
“7 Beds” edited by Pedro Moreno Del Oso
“Flight Fright” edited by Jim Politano
“Ain't No Stoppin' Hackley” edited by Trey Huguley
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Animated Film
“Jailbreak” Directed by Aaron Sorenson
“A Tale of Momentum and Inertia” Directed by Kameron Gates - Winner!
“Phineas & The Professor” Directed by Joe Origlieri
“Dogstein: Super Science Adventure” Directed by Tianyiming Qi
PCFF 2016 Nominations for Best Dark Comedy Film
“Call For a Good Time” Directed by Linnea Ritland
“Linea” Directed by Will Cuddy - Winner!
“Phineas & The Professor” Directed by Joe Origlieri
Mikel Fair
Mikel Fair My name is Mikel Fair. I am the Director of Film Festival Circuit Inc. First of all, we are a company that manages film festival events in Texas and Oregon. Furthermore, we like to have fun and celebrate independent film. I worked for 15 years in the television and film production as a location sound mixer and production manager. I have also worked in post production as an editor, post sound mixer and composer. Above all, watching independent films and reading creative screenplays is my passion.
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