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This interview is one in a series of conversations this summer with filmmakers whose work will be screening at the Portland Festival of Cinema Animation & Technology.

I sat down with Winslow Crane-Murdoch the director and Kyle Von Hoetzendorff with Lucky Day Post production house to talk about Oh Whale.

When news anchor Paul Linnman arrived in Florence OR on November 12th, 1970, he had no idea that the story he was about to tell would forever define his career. Following a small Oregon town, an exploding whale, and the man who made the story famous, Oh Whale is about how we don’t get to choose our fate, only what we make of it.

Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology Website:

https://pdxfestofcinema.com/

PFCAT Tickets

Be sure to get you tickets to the Portland Documentary Shorts block on Friday, August 21, 2026 6:00 PM

PFCAT Creator Expo

Saturday, August 22 at OMSI

11am-2pm

FREE with registration here.

Winslow Crane-Murdoch and his work:

Website

Side Yard Studios

Oh Whale the movie

Instagram

Oh Whale Movie on Instagram

Linked In

Kyle Von Hoetzendorff - Lucky Day



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