JUNIOR BIRDMAN AUDIO AT THE 2020 MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

As one might expect, the 2020 Minneapolis-St Paul International Film Festival has gone online in a streaming format This year. Which I’m happy to see, because it’s always been a fest where I’ve found some pleasing viewing. It’d be sad to see it succumb.

So I’m proud that my original music, sound edit and mix are available for your viewing and listening pleasure as part of the festival in support of Djinni Productions’ Happily Married After, directed by Alison Guessou.

Festure documentaries I’ve enjoyed include The Seer and the Unseen, about an Icelandic woman who campaigns to stop the construction of a road she believes will destroy the fossilized lava homes of elves in the area; I Am Not Alone, a profile of Armenian politician Nikol Pashinyan and his role in the 2018 non-violent Armenian revolution— excellent viewing for anyone with an interest in deposing a tyrant; and the somewhat self-explanatory Hip Hop in Ojibwe Country, which I thought was pretty great. I also enjoyed the short docs The Weapon You Choose, Bayt Jadeed: Seeking Home, and Narco Tumbas.

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JUNIOR BIRDMAN AUDIO AT MSPIFF 2019

Films featuring sound and music by Junior Birdman Audio’s Mike Hallenbeck will screen at the 2019 Minneapolis St Paul Festival!

DUAL

(Short, horror, d. Justin Staggs)

Sound edit, Foley, and mix by Mike Hallenbeck at Junior Birdman Audio

“A child psychologist attempts a breakthrough with a troubled little boy, unleashing the demonic fury of his ‘imaginary friends’ in the process.”

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BEEBOX

(Short, animation, d. Cable Hardin)

Sound edit, original music, and mix by Mike Hallenbeck at Junior Birdman Audio

A rough-hewn tumble of organic textures, the film explores organic farming via Hardin's generation, documentation and manipulation of frenetic imagery from Blue Dasher Farm in Estelline, South Dakota.

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Congrats to everyone involved on both of these films! Looking forward to the fest.