Now in its 44th year, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival showcases new work
by artists in the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska and British Columbia.
Festival Manager Ben Popp joins us to preview this year's lineup, and he's
joined by local journalist Cornelius Swart,...
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In this encore episode, we're joined by Kathy Zielinski, the pioneering
artist and filmmaker who's been called "The Queen of Animated Villains"
for helping bring to life such characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The
Little Mermaid and Jafar in Aladdin.
Wbile visiting P...
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For this special membership-drive edition of The Film Show, we're joined by
Charlie Hardy — onetime priest and senatorial candidate — and
filmmaker Reed Lindsay. Charlie's quixotic fight against big money in
politics is immortalized in Reed's documentary Charlie vs Goli...
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North of Blue is animator Joanna Priestley's first feature film, a deep dive
into abstract imagery inspired by her winter sojourn in the Yukon at
the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Joanna is joined in the studio
by frequent collaborator Jamie Haggerty, who creat...
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In the early 1960's a revolution in documentary filmmaking took root,
inspired by both cultural uprisings and new audio-visual technologies.
The movement known as Direct Cinema rejected authorial voiceovers and
other narrative devices, opting instead for immediacy, ambi...
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The ARG collective took some time to answer questions while on the panel,
"Comics as Resistance", during the Portland Zine Symposium back in July. Take
a listen!
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Summertime is not traditionally the season for animation festivals, but two
grassroots events are setting out to buck the trend.
We're joined by Overlapping Action Mini-Festival curator Ben Chapin, who is
bringing his bi-coastal traveling show to the Po'Boy Art Space in ...
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Join us Friday at 11am as we debrief our experience of the Portland Zine
Symposium, chat more about comics with our in-studio guests, aaaannd *fingers
crossed* get an "exclusive" insight to the Star Trek convention, happening
this weekend in Las Vegas!
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In this encore episode, The Film Show takes you on a tour of classic
drive-in theaters. Tune in and find out where to bring your roadster, your
bike, or even your two legs to a screening under the stars.
We start by visiting Brian Francis at the 99W Drive-In in Newberg...
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Digital technology is making animation and comics more immersive, and this
month's guests are working at the forefront of the movement.
Jeremy Rotsztain is creating an audio-visual experience to take place in
Portland's Academy Theater. Inspired by Frederik Kiesler's hi...
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