Contact People at Pow Fest
Tara L. Johnson-Medinger, Executive Director
With almost 20 years of experience in the film and television industry, Tara Johnson-Medinger has produced programs for a diverse range of clients. She is currently producing the features MY SUMMER AS A GOTH and SPACESHIPS OVER CORVALLIS, and the documentary ROCK N ROLL MAMAS. Her previous films have been featured on the Independent Film Channel, as well as selected for film festivals. Tara is the Executive Director of The Portland Women’s Film Festival and co-founder of sourAPPLE Productions, a production company dedicated to original filmmaking, festival exhibition and film-related community education. Before moving to Portland, she was a manager of affiliate promotion at FOX Broadcasting Headquarters in Los Angeles for six years. Through her production work as well as POWFest, Tara wants to promote and create new opportunities for women filmmakers not only in Oregon but world-wide. She currently serves on the founding board of directors of Women in Film Portland Chapter (WIF-PDX).
tara at sourappleproductions.com or 503.267.1126
Andrea Leoncavallo, Managing Director
Andrea is an award winning documentary film producer, still photographer and advocate for women currently based in Portland, Oregon. She received her BS in Communications from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University (2002) where she studied television, radio, film and photography with a focus on the documentary and photojournalist style of storytelling. After several years as a grip and electric working in television and feature films in New York City, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she began a successful career producing fundraising videos for nonprofit organizations and educational videos for the Department of Justice as the Senior Producer at Video/Action. It was there that she discovered her passion for feminist issues and a desire to give a strong voice to women whose stories are rarely heard. An active member of Women in Film & Video (WIFV DC), Andrea joined the Board of Directors in 2007 to advocate for equality for women in the film industry.
In 2009 she moved to Portland for the space to reinvent herself as a still photographer and an independent producer with a tribe-building mission and shortly thereafter, LionHorse Productions was born. Andrea also sparked the foundation of a new chapter of Women in Film (WIF-PDX) and currently serves on its founding board. She is also proud to be the Managing Director of the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POW Fest) and spearheaded a successful effort to host Academy Award Winning Director, Kathryn Bigelow, in Portland for a special fundraising event in honor of the film festival.
andrea at sourappleproductions.com or 732.713.8473
Mailing address:
The Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival
1526 NE Alberta St. #109
Portland, OR 97211
Please note that the above is our mailbox address, not the address of our office. If you plan on visiting our office, please contact us for directions.
