This is the 2^nd SIFTER that features filmmakers showing at this year’s Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF).

Mix Tape Trilogy director Kathleen Ermitage talks about:

– How she came to direct this doc

– How she found the 3 musician/fan relationships

– The biggest challenges of this project

– The COVID Coda

The discussion of Oleg features Joan Borsten Vidov (Oleg’s widow and producer of the film) and Nadia Tass, the director:

– How they got Brian Cox to narrate

– The incredible legacy of Oleg Vidov

– Directing a scene in Slovenia from Austrailia

– Oleg’s distribution of Russian animation

– Meeting his fans all over the world

LINKS:

Mixtape Trilogy: Stories of the Power of Music

Sun. 6/12, 6:00 at The Byrd Theatre

Oleg

Sun. 6/12, 4:45 at Movieland

Richmond International Film Festival