WHO WE ARE.
We are believers in the the power of a women’s film fest. Our mission is to fill the wage gaps of gender inequality by promoting films by women and non-binary directors.
POW Film Fest is Portland’s premiere film festival showcasing the work of women and non-binary directors. Now in its 14th year, the festival features some of today’s top directors, while honoring the true pioneers and recognizing the next generation of leading filmmakers. Over the years POW has striven to encourage thoughtful and engaged discourse of the fem perspective while heralding the need for greater parity in the film industry through the keen and discerning eyes of women and non-binary film and media makers. POW was created, in part, to celebrate women in their quest to thrive and grow in the film industry.
The fest also provides a space to strengthen the Portland community of women and non-binary people in film by offering year-found film workshops for youth ages 15-19 with their POWGirls program.
OUR SPONSORS.
POW 2021 CREW.
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Nora Colie
Nora Colie is a film curator, film and photo archive researcher, and the managing director of the POW Film Festival. She recently completed her first story for OPB's Oregon Art Beat and fancies herself a filmmaker. Her latest project with collaborator Sarah Baker is
Making Earth Cool, which looks to make viral content, using art and humor, to encourage people to be better stewards of our planet and help slow down the effects of climate change.
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Tara Johnson-Medinger
Tara Johnson-Medinger is a film director, producer and champion of gender equality in the entertainment industry. Producer of the award-winning music documentary The Winding Stream and feature films City Baby, and Mother of Color, her feature film directorial debut My Summer as a Goth released in 2020. An advocate for women in film, Johnson-Medinger honors groundbreaking female and non-binary filmmakers as Executive Director of the international Power of Women in Film Festival (POW Film Fest), while developing the next generation of media makers through the youth education forum she founded, POWGirls.
Johnson-Medinger served on the founding board of directors of the Women in Film Portland and was awarded the 2013 Service & Inspiration Award by the Oregon Media Production Association. Through her production work as well as POW Film Fest, Tara aims to promote and create new opportunities for women filmmakers.
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India Myers
India Myers is a graphic designer and art director. She has worked with POW Film Fest on two other projects; The Directors Zine and POWtv. Her work seeks to delve pass the surface and find creative solutions through empathetic design.
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The Directors Zine
A zine of Portland’s women and non-bianary film makers.
Available to purchase for $10.00To purchase email us at info@powfest.com
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POWtv
Films by women and non-binary directors for your viewing pleasure.
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POWGirls
POWGirls Offers Workshops In Video Production, Cinematography, Audio Recording, Set Lighting, Digital Editing And Media Literacy For Girls And Non-Binary Youth Ages 15-19.