Author: Madelyn
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THE BURIAL OF NATTY BUMPPO
The Burial of Natty Bumppo was one of the Official Selections from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology’s 2024 festival that accepted the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast’s offer to review their work. It is an abstract 2D animated short film, featuring a variety of elements that appear to hold some sort of symbolic weight, including a comet,… Read more
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T-MINUS
T-Minus was one of the Official Selections from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology’s 2024 festival that accepted the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast’s offer to review their work. The film focuses on the story of an astronaut and his wife. The wife narrates the film with a story about him climbing a tree in his… Read more
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LAS NOGAS
Las Nogas was one of the Official Selections from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology’s 2024 festival that accepted the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast offer to review their work. The animated short, Las Nogas, has a uniquely whimsical, wholesome, and hopeful atmosphere. Las Nogas is set in a dry wasteland populated by strange creatures… Read more
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HISTORY, MYSTERY, ODYSSEY
History, Mystery and Odyssey was one of the Official Selections from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology’s 2024 festival that accepted the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast offer to review their work. It is a feature length documentary which tells the stories of six Portland animators: Jim Blashfield, Joanna Priestley, Rose Bond, Zak Margolis, Joan C. Gratz… Read more
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FULGORES (SHIMMER)
Fulgores (Shimmer) was one of the Official Selections from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology’s 2024 festival that accepted the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast offer to review their work. It is a 3D animated short film about a teenager and her little brother who live in a wasteland with their father. This film’s world… Read more
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THE GIRL WHO FADED AWAY
The Girl Who Faded Away was one of the Official Selections from the Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology’s 2024 festival that accepted the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast offer to review their work. It is a live action short film that adapts the lyrics to a song of the same name into film. It perfectly conveys the emotions that the lyrics intended… Read more
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LIVING AUSTRALIA
Living Australia is a short wildlife film shot entirely on a fold-up drone that consists of various shots of Australia and the animals that live there. These shots are all incredibly beautiful. I loved every second of this film and was in awe of just how good it looked. It’s just stunning, honestly. The soundtrack is… Read more
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Filmmaker Mixer’s Cheers to Festivals!
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology runs from Austin 21-25! Please show support by checking out the wonderful slate of Official Selections curated by the festival. For questions about the festival or its screenings, please direct them to PFCAT’s general email. [email protected] For tickets, see link* below. *not an affiliate link -Melody, Filmmaker Mixer… Read more
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ONE FOR THE ROAD
One For the Road is a horror short film loosely based on a Stephen King story of the same name. I really enjoyed how casual the spoken dialogue between the two main characters was in this film. There’s a lot of banter between them, with a dash of humor to it. This made them pretty likeable… Read more
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DEAD WHISPER
Dead Whisper is a feature length horror film about a lawyer in Cape Cod who is coping with the loss, but around him, something supernatural is afoot. One particularly strong aspect of this film is the soundtrack. It really brings the story to life and goes above and beyond when it comes to providing each… Read more