Silver Falls Film Festival – Mike Turner
Michael Turner is an independent filmmaker and the creator of the award-winning autobiographical documentaries The Way We Talk (2016) and Monument (2023), which have screened around the world in many languages. He is a past Oregon Media Arts Fellow and has worked with The Immigrant Story, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, and many other impactful organizations. He is currently with Silverton Arts Association.
Mike is producing the 4th Annual Silver Falls Film Festival at the Palace Theater in Silverton, Oregon on August 20th, 2026
The festival is open now for submissions via Film Freeway for 12-minute films that are family friendly. The best part – free for northwest filmmakers.
Silver Falls Film Festival welcomes not only Pacific Northwest filmmakers, but those from around the world. Showcasing short films and providing opportunity to network an enjoy the small community of Silverton, Oregon. We chat about how the festival began, the growth it has experienced over the last four years, and thoughts on the festival’s future.
I hope you enjoy my conversation with Mike Turner.
LINKS:
Mike Turner
Real Light Films
The Palace Theater
Film Freeway – to enter Silver Falls Film Festival
Silverton Arts Association
Collective Eye Films
