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Screenplay Bootcamp: Session 2

Screenplay Bootcamp: Session 2

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Sunday, June 1. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Struggling with your screenplay? Do you endlessly rewrite, hoping for a spark that never comes?Is it hard to bring your ideas from the page to the screen? Do your film projects spiral out of control no matter how hard you try to stay organized? Want sharper pacing, deeper emotion, or stronger laughs? Tired of well-meaning friends telling you everything’s great—but offering zero useful feedback? Join us this month at CTV for something different: Screenplay Bootcamp. This multi-part workshop series kicks off with honest, constructive feedback to strengthen your writing—no sugarcoating, just real tools to get better. By the end of the series, you’ll break down your script into a fully prepped production binder, complete with cataloged assets, performers, locations, and a plan…
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Screenplay Bootcamp: Session II

Screenplay Bootcamp: Session II

Struggling with your screenplay? Do you endlessly rewrite, hoping for a spark that never comes? Is it hard to bring your ideas from the page to the screen? Do your film projects spiral out of control no matter how hard you try to stay organized? Want sharper pacing, deeper emotion, or stronger laughs? Tired of well-meaning friends telling you everything’s great—but offering zero useful feedback? Join us at CTV for something different: Screenplay Bootcamp. This multi-part workshop series kicks off with honest, constructive feedback to strengthen your writing—no sugarcoating, just real tools to get better. By the end of the series, you’ll break down your script into a fully prepped production binder, complete with cataloged assets, performers, locations, and a plan to get it made. Stop sitting on your dreams.…
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Put a Dwarf in it — a 30th anniversary screening of LIVING IN OBLIVION

Put a Dwarf in it — a 30th anniversary screening of LIVING IN OBLIVION

Indie filmmaking is hard. Living in Oblivion makes it hilarious.To mark the 30th anniversary of one of the great underground comedies of the ’90s, CTV is thrilled to screen Living in Oblivion (1995)—a film that every independent filmmaker, dreamer, and DIY auteur will recognize as painfully, absurdly true. Directed by Tom DiCillo and starring Steve Buscemi in one of his most iconic roles, Living in Oblivion is a behind-the-scenes satire of the chaos, egos, technical failures, and emotional meltdowns that plague a low-budget film shoot. Structured in three surreal, interlocking acts (each one more unhinged than the last), it’s both a love letter to and a roast of the indie film scene—equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. In a city like Eugene, where grassroots film groups, student productions, and community art…
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So, all there is, is, is this — a 20th anniversary screening of BROKEN FLOWERS

So, all there is, is, is this — a 20th anniversary screening of BROKEN FLOWERS

Deadpan. Mysterious. Unmistakably Jarmusch.This month at CTV, we invite you to sink into the quiet, melancholic charm of Broken Flowers (2005), a wry and soulful road movie from one of independent cinema’s most enigmatic voices: Jim Jarmusch. Starring a perfectly understated Bill Murray, Broken Flowers follows Don Johnston, an aging bachelor who sets off on a reluctant cross-country journey to revisit a string of former lovers after receiving an anonymous letter claiming he has a 19-year-old son. What unfolds is not a quest for answers so much as a meditation on aging, regret, and the strange poetry of unresolved lives. Like many of Jarmusch’s films, Broken Flowers unfolds at its own rhythm—minimalist, dryly funny, and full of lingering silences that say more than any monologue could. It’s a film that…
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Screenplay Bootcamp: Session 1

Screenplay Bootcamp: Session 1

Struggling with your screenplay? Do you endlessly rewrite, hoping for a spark that never comes? Is it hard to bring your ideas from the page to the screen? Do your film projects spiral out of control no matter how hard you try to stay organized? Want sharper pacing, deeper emotion, or stronger laughs? Tired of well-meaning friends telling you everything’s great—but offering zero useful feedback? Join us this month at CTV for something different: Screenplay Bootcamp. This multi-part workshop series kicks off with honest, constructive feedback to strengthen your writing—no sugarcoating, just real tools to get better. By the end of the series, you’ll break down your script into a fully prepped production binder, complete with cataloged assets, performers, locations, and a plan to get it made. Stop sitting on…
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May Filmmaker Social Networking Mixer

May Filmmaker Social Networking Mixer

Join Lane County Film Studios (LCFS) and CTV for the May 2025 filmmaker mixer at the Beergarden - 5-7 p.m. Food and drinks available on-site. We’ll see YOU there! 📅  Wednesday, May 28, 2025. 5-7 p.m. 📍 The Beergarden, 777 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402 💰 FREE! (Food trucks and bar on-site)
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20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”

20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”

20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE” Two decades after its release, David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005) remains a haunting, razor-sharp exploration of identity, repression, and the brutal instincts simmering beneath the surface of everyday life. As Cronenberg’s first foray into more grounded, American-set material, the film marked a significant departure from his earlier body-horror work while retaining his trademark intensity and psychological depth. Adapted from the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, A History of Violence centers on Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), a quiet diner owner in small-town Indiana whose life is upended when a heroic act of self-defense draws national attention—and dangerous figures from a past he’s tried to forget. What follows is a gripping, tightly wound thriller that interrogates the myths of…
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June 2025 CTV Board Meeting

June 2025 CTV Board Meeting

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Monday, June 2, 12:30 p.m. on Teams The CTV Board of Directors welcomes you to join our monthly board meeting. Meetings are typically held on the second Monday of the month online via Teams at 12:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Join the Teams call here
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20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”

20TH ANNIVERSARY FREE SCREENING “A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE”

Announcements
 Tuesday, May 27, 2025. 6 p.m. Two decades after its release, David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence (2005) remains a haunting, razor-sharp exploration of identity, repression, and the brutal instincts simmering beneath the surface of everyday life. As Cronenberg’s first foray into more grounded, American-set material, the film marked a significant departure from his earlier body-horror work while retaining his trademark intensity and psychological depth. Adapted from the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke, A History of Violence centers on Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen), a quiet diner owner in small-town Indiana whose life is upended when a heroic act of self-defense draws national attention—and dangerous figures from a past he’s tried to forget. What follows is a gripping, tightly wound thriller that interrogates the myths of American violence,…
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Screenplay Bootcamp: Session 1

Screenplay Bootcamp: Session 1

Announcements
Sunday, May 18. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Struggling with your screenplay? Do you endlessly rewrite, hoping for a spark that never comes?Is it hard to bring your ideas from the page to the screen? Do your film projects spiral out of control no matter how hard you try to stay organized? Want sharper pacing, deeper emotion, or stronger laughs? Tired of well-meaning friends telling you everything’s great—but offering zero useful feedback? Join us this month at CTV for something different: Screenplay Bootcamp. This multi-part workshop series kicks off with honest, constructive feedback to strengthen your writing—no sugarcoating, just real tools to get better. By the end of the series, you’ll break down your script into a fully prepped production binder, complete with cataloged assets, performers, locations, and a plan…
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