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    Oregon Scores At Sundance

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    I don’t feel at home in this world anymore (Netflix), Macon Blair‘s directorial debut and produced by Oregonian Neil Kopp, was honored with Sundance‘s Grand Jury prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition last month. Blair has a history in Oregon as he starred-in, and co-produced, also with Kopp, another #OregonMade project, Green Room.  I don’t feel at home in this world anymore shot in Oregon last spring.

    I don’t feel at home in this world anymore tells the story of Ruth (portrayed by Melanie Lynskey), a nursing assistant suffering through a crisis of existential despair. But when her house is burglarized, Ruth discovers a renewed sense of purpose in tracking down the thieves. Accompanied by her obnoxious martial-arts-enthusiast neighbor Tony (Elijah Wood), they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.

    In addition to I don’t feel at home in this world anymore and Green Room, Kopp has produced many features in Oregon, including Meek’s Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy, Night Moves and Paranoid Park.

    Oregon also made its mark at the Oscars with the stop-motion animation feature Kubo and the Two Strings (Focus Features)—produced by Portland, Ore.-based studio Laika—garnering a pair of Academy Award nominations: Best Animated Feature Film, and Achievement in Visual Effects. Kubo and the Two Strings is the first animated feature nominated in the VFX category since 1994 when director Henry Selick’s stop motion The Nightmare Before Christmas earned that distinction. Kubo and the Two Strings marks the directing debut of Travis Knight, president and CEO of Laika.

    AFCI Appoints New Officers To Board Of Directors
    The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has announced the appointment of new officers to its 2017 Board of Directors: 1st vice-chairman Nick Maniatis, director of the New Mexico State Film Office; 2nd vice-chair Dr. Marijana Stoisits, CEO of the Vienna Film Commission; treasurer Karen Carberry-Warhola, director of the Maine Film Office, and secretary Jess Comoplia, sr. VP, U.S. production & events for the British Film Commission.

    Kevin Jennings, executive manager, Film Otago Southland (New Zealand), continues as AFCI chairman, completing the final year of his two-year term that began in 2016. 
    In October 2016, AFCI announced its elected two-year term board members: Tim Clark, Buffalo Niagara Film Commission; Sigmund Elias Holm, film commissioner, Western Norway Film Commission; Heather Page, director, Texas Film Commission; and Virginia Pearce, director, Utah Film Commission.

    NY Gov. Proposes Extension of Incentives Through 2022
    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2017-18 executive budget proposal includes a full extension of the The New York State Film Tax Credit Program, at $420 million per year, through 2022. The incentives program is responsible for a significant economic impact in the Empire State, leading to record job growth and more infrastructure, soundstages and postproduction facilities statewide.

    From 2011, when Governor Cuomo took office, through Dec. 31, 2016, more than 1,000 projects (film and television combined) submitted applications to the program, generating an estimated $15 billion in spending and approximately 934,000 new hires in New York State. Additionally, the number of Qualified Production Facilities across the state has increased to 77, containing more than 270 soundstages.

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    Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang Are In Eugene Yi’s HBO Doc On Being Asian American, Pacific Islander

    Wednesday, May 13, 2026

    Director Eugene Yi has always been interested in the term Asian American and Pacific Islander and which ethnicities it includes.

    "When we're talking about Asian Americans or Asian people in the U.S., oftentimes it's people who might look like you and me, and maybe not people who look like (New York City Mayor) Zohran Mamdani," Yi told The Associated Press. "Why is that when this term is supposed to be so capacious and so inclusive?"

    So Yi, who is Korean American, was beyond excited when approached to helm a new HBO documentary dedicated to AAPI identity and community.

    Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month, "The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas" drops Wednesday on HBO Max. It's the latest in "The List Series" created by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. The franchise has previously produced documentaries on prominent Black, Latino and LGBTQ+ Americans.

    In the documentary, Yi captures no-frills, intimate interviews conducted by journalist Jada Yuan with 15 people of AAPI heritage across industries. They include TV broadcaster Connie Chung, Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth and "Basement Bhangra" creator DJ Rekha. Actors Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang — who are sometimes more associated with comical roles — also shared their thoughts about identity and belonging.

    "When talking to people who are professionally funny, oftentimes they're really comfortable not being funny," in unscripted conversation, Yi said. "I appreciated that chance to get a little bit deeper into some of their stories."

    Stars say talking about growing up AAPI on camera was cathartic
    Yia Vang, chef and owner of Vinai, a popular Hmong restaurant in Minneapolis, filmed his "A List" interview three years... Read More

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