Inside the Milwaukee Film Festival & the MKE Creative Scene w/ Jolee Mallmann & Alyssa Borkowski

About this episode

The episode explores the Milwaukee Film Festival's history and the local creative scene with guests Jolee Mallmann and Alyssa Borkowski.

The Milwaukee Film Festival kicks off its 18th year next week! What’s on tap this year and how did it start? We also dive inside the Milwaukee film and creative scene: Backstory of the MKE Film Festival Is the Milwaukee film community slept on? Wisconsin is the lowest state for arts funding Craziest set experience Working on Top Chef Best places to film Why Milwaukee? Favorite moments

People in this episode

Guests: Jolee Mallmann, Alyssa Borkowski

Topics covered

• Milwaukee Film Festival
• creative scene
• arts funding
• film community
• set experiences
• Top Chef
• favorite moments

Keywords

• Milwaukee Film Festival
• creative scene
• arts funding
• film community
• Top Chef
• set experiences
• Milwaukee

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Milwaukee Film Festival

Places: Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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