Film Southern Oregon

12/30/2025

Casting Call for a paid, non-union project shooting in the Medford area in February 2026.

Nick Alexander Films is seeking families of all ethnicities to cast in a series of parent education videos. These will be dialogue-heavy videos, so please only submit if you and your family are comfortable running dialogue. Production will occur over multiple evenings and/or weekends in February to accommodate school schedules. Each family will have a slightly different workload ranging from 1-2 production days.

Breakdowns of the roles for each family are listed below. If you're submitting for an entire family, your family's age demographics need not exactly match what is listed below. Individuals may submit for these roles as well, but preference will be given to entire families.

If interested, please send an email to [email protected] with the role or family you are submitting for, updated headshots (of you and your family), and any major scheduling conflicts in February.

Breakdown of Roles:

Family 1
Mom (40s - 50s)
Dad (40s - 50s)
Older Daughter (14-16)
Younger Sibling (Male or Female, 9-12)

Family 2
Mom (40s - 50s)
Boyfriend (40s - 50s)
Older Daughter (15-18)
Younger Son (8-12)

Family 3
Mom (40s - 50s)
Stepdad (40s - 50s)
Older Son (13-16)
Older Son's friend (Male, 13-16)
Younger Son (8-11)

Family 4
Dad (40s - 50s)
Older Son (14-18)
Family 5
Mom (40s - 50s)
Older Daughter (16-18)

12/30/2025

Local filmmakers! Tomorrow is the deadline for you to submit your film to AIFF with a chance to be in either the main festival in April or the Locals Spotlight in February. Details on getting your submission fee waiver code and more in the shared post below. 🎬

The Deadline for Local Submissions is TOMORROW!

Submissions are still open for our locals program and we are beyond thrilled to start bringing this popular program back. A few things are changing, but we would love to see your film and take it into consideration for our 2026 Spring Film Festival, taking place from April 23 - April 26, 2026.

🎞 What Stays the Same:
- Free Submissions for Filmmakers Living in Jackson or Siskiyou Counties
- Email [email protected] for Waiver Code
- Eligible Films Must Be Completed After January 1, 2025
- Films Must Be 15 Minutes or Less for Locals Program
- Films Over 15 Minutes Will Be Considered for Main Program

🎞 What is Different:
The best documentary short and narrative short, chosen by a jury of four respected community members, will each be awarded a full pass to the 2026 Spring Festival in April.

🎞 Why the Change:
As our beloved film festival slowly comes back from the ashes, we have fewer venues and less staff. Therefore, we are unable to showcase as many films free of charge, and need to retain our venues for the main program in April. Please know that all local films have a chance at being included in the main program. If you made something truly stellar, we will program it. For films that don’t make the cut for the 25th Festival, we will still celebrate you during our February Local Lens Spotlight Program. Space for this program is limited, and only the best films will be showcased.

🎞 Other Notes:
When submitting your film through FilmFreeway, please enter Jackson County or Siskiyou County for 'Project Origin'. To receive your waiver code, don't forget to email [email protected]. The deadline for local submissions is Wednesday, December 31. For specific details and information regarding submissions, please visit www.ashlandfilm.org/submissions.

SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!

12/29/2025

Bruce Campbell's latest project, ERNIE & EMMA, a dramedy filmed entirely in Southern Oregon, is completed and coming out soon and we couldn't be more excited! Listen in on this fun and informative recent interview on JPR with Bruce and his wife/producing partner Ida Gearon, where they talk about everything from the origins of their relationship to the joys of making a movie where you live to the great casts and crews of Southern Oregon. 🎥🎬🍿

Bruce Campbell and his wife, Ida Gearon, join the Exchange to discuss their upcoming new film "Ernie and Emma."

12/24/2025

The first CAMERAS & COCKTAILS of 2026 is Wednesday, January 7th, 6-9PM at Coffee Bach’s in Phoenix!

Welcome 2026 with your wonderful community of film and media makers, musicians, actors, technicians, writers, comedians, dancers, artists, creators and makers of all kinds!

Cameras & Cocktails
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
6:00pm to 9:00pm

Coffee Bach’s
at Phoenix Industrial Studios
4495 S. Pacific Hwy., Unit 340
Phoenix, OR 97535

All ages.

$5 Suggested Donation to support the operations of Film Southern Oregon.

12/18/2025

Submissions to AIFF are still open for local filmmakers! Final deadline is December 31st. Full details in the shared pst below. All films are eligible for the April festival. Short films 15 minutes and under are also eligible for the Locals Spotlight event in February. Don’t forget to email the festival for the waiver code! 🎟️🎥📽️

12/14/2025

Congrats to the Southern Oregon creatives, comics, and crew that made the first annual Ashland Sarcasm Festival a smashing success!

LA comics and local talent performing stand-up, improv, drag and musical comedy at more than 20 events allowed Ashland residents and visitors to let loose.

12/11/2025

AIFF invites one and all to their holiday celebration on Friday, 4-8pm at the AIFF Film Center. 🎄🕎. Drop in for some holiday cheer and get some raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes included a membership to AIFF or a case of AIFF wine! 🎟️ 🍷

12/09/2025

Amazing turnout at Cameras & Cocktails last week! 🍸🍺🍷Excitement, creativity, and collaboration was off the charts. It was great to hear about all the fantastic projects in the works. And with our renewed membership initiative, marketing push, and upcoming online production resource 411, the Film Southern Oregon community will continue to grow stronger and stronger. The future is brighter than a 12K HMI! 💡

Huge appreciation to the evening's venue Goldback & Iruai Wine Room. Host Rachel did an amazing job with her bespoke Film Southern Oregon menu and kept the drinks and food flowing.

Special thanks to Bruce Bayard for keeping the Talent Gallery open so we could peruse the amazing art.

Here's to an incredible year of Cameras & Cocktails. See everyone in 2026!

12/06/2025

Special documentary screening as a part of The Killer Valley Comedy Film Festival happening today and tomorrow at the AIFF Film Center in downtown Ashland. 🎥🎬📽️

Details and link for tickets in the shared post below.

Come down and get your laughs on! 🤣

We are live in Ashland! Today & Tomorrow only is your chance to see the great documentary "Before We Get Started" -- Known as one of the hardest jobs in comedy, the audience warm-up. They have to be just as funny as your favorite late night host, but they’re also legally obligated to point out the fire exits, and no one has come to see them. In this feature documentary we dive into the trenches of this little known job with long-time warm-up comedian Ryan Riess who meets some familiar faces along the way that cut their teeth in the role before breaking out in front of the camera, and a few who just never made it out.
Directed by: Gareth Upton & William J Saunders.

This feature will not be available during our streaming window, so come by at 3pm either today (Saturday, Dec. 6th) or tomorrow (Sunday, Dec. 7th) to watch with us at the Ashland Independent Film Festival Event Center on Main Street!

Tickets here: https://beavermedia.ticketspice.com/2025s-killer-valley-comedy-film-festival

12/04/2025

Some great work by Film Southern Oregon member Blackstone Edge for Arts & Crafts Homes: writing by Donna Prizzi and photography by Philip Clayton-Thompson. 📸

A passion that started with “trash night” in Brooklyn found full expression in the restoration of this 1911 house in Oregon.

12/03/2025

No argument from us here at Film Southern Oregon! Jacksonville and Ashland absolutely offer the perfect backdrop for your holiday-themed film. And horror, and drama, and comedy, and anything else! If you can dream it up, we can Film it in Southern Oregon. 🎥🎄