Author: Madelyn
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S
S 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. This animated short film uses both stop motion and 2D animation to give us an abstract portrayal of the interconnection between life and art. A live… Read more
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BUCKETS CITY
Buckets City 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 an animated short film about two dudebro underdogs: a duck and a squirrel, who play basketball. The story is charming and entertaining the… Read more
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ON THE RUN
On The Run is a feature length live action thriller about two sisters whose family turns out to have connections to a group of criminals. It is an action-packed and all-around solid film. There was never a dull moment within its 1 hour forty-minute run time. The plot had a lot of twists and turns, and… Read more
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NINE STEPS TO AN EMMY 2024
Over the next few months, we at the Filmmaker Mixer Podcast will be joined by three separate Emmy-nominated editing teams. Reviews about the episodes that they submitted for Emmys can be found in Short Sips, Quick Shot Film Reviews and include: Escaping Twin Flames, Episode 3, “Up In Flames” which has been nominated for an Emmy for Best Picture Editing in… Read more
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ESCAPING TWIN FLAMES, Episode 3, “Up In Flames”
Escaping Twin Flames, Episode 3, “Up In Flames” has been nominated for an Emmy for Best Picture Editing in a Nonfiction Program. The team nominated include: Martin Biehn, Lead Editor; Inbal B. Lessner, ACE, Editor; Mimi Wilcox, Editor; Kevin Hibbard, Editor; and Troy Takaki, ACE, Editor. This particular episode was fantastic and kept me on the edge of my seat… Read more
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WELCOME TO WREXHAM, S2E15, “UP THE TOWN?”
“Up The Town?” is the fifteenth and final episode of the second season of the documentary series Welcome to Wrexham. It has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality TV Program. Boy, do editors, Michael Anthony Brown and Michael Oliver deserve that Emmy. They managed to take footage that was recorded as… Read more
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ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, S3E8, “Sitzprobe”
“Sitzprobe” is the 8th episode of the third season of the live action series Only Murders in the Building. Shelly Westerman, ACE, Editor and Payton Koch, Editor, have been nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series. Watching the episode, I was quickly impressed by how the transitions between shots were… Read more
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LUKI AND THE LIGHTS
Luki and the Lights 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. Luki and the Lights is a really charming and heartwarming animated short. Luke and the Lights starts off lightheartedly. Luki, the title character,… Read more
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SKYE HOSHI: ANIME GIRL
Skye Hoshi: Anime Girl is a feature length live action film about an anime girl who mysteriously appears in the real world. The writing was charming and had a great balance of heartfelt and humorous moments. There were some really creative choices made with the camera work, such as a ramen making scene that used hard… Read more
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NOT LONG UNTIL: AUG 21-the start of PFCAT!
For tickets to this year’s Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, feel free to use the non-affiliate link below. A slate of Official Selections were screened before the festival, with some having written reviews posted by Filmmaker Mixer’s Correspondent, Madelyn. As the producer of Filmmaker Mixer Podcast, I assure you the Official Selections are… Read more