Author: Madelyn
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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
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FILMMAKER MIXER’S CHEERS TO PFCAT
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology runs from August 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. -Melody, Filmmaker Mixer Producer *not an affiliate link Read more
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BLOOM IN
Bloom In 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 a 3D animated short film about an insecure cactus who learns about the beauty within herself. The script is charming and has a poetic… Read more
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VORTEX
Vortex 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 a live action short film consisting of various drone shots over the Australian outback. These gorgeous shots often include footage of twisters forming in the air… Read more
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THE HUMAN FOSSIL
The Human Fossil 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 2D animated short film about what appears to be a strange alien creature wandering a barren wasteland on Earth, and observing forgotten… Read more
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SER UNO (BEING ONE)
Ser Uno (Being One) 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’s a live action short film about a young man who works at a library, dresses like a mime and doesn’t talk. The film… Read more
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THE GREAT ANNUAL PARTY OF THE CREATURES OF THE MOON
Le Grand Party 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 animation created on a pinscreen about strange creatures on the moon coming out after humanity has left it and having a party. Pinscreens, to those… Read more
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HUNKY DORY
Hunky Dory 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 animated short film that consists of a psychedelic series of morphing images that seem to be linked by thematic ideas of life, death,… Read more