Mie’s “Freakshow” Selected for 2026 MKE Film Festival
Freakshow - the music video by artist Mie, produced by Awen - has been officially selected for The Milwaukee Music Video Show, part of the Cream City Cinema program at the 18th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival (MFF26), April 16-30, 2026.
Official Selection. Milwaukee Film Festival 2026.
- April 28, 2026 — 6:30 PM
- Oriental Theatre (Abele Cinema) — Milwaukee's East Side
- Shorts Program · 68 min
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Covered by Urban Milwaukee and Milwaukee Record in their Cream City Cinema lineup announcements.
Once again, the team making Cream City Cinema selections was wowed by the range and brilliance of talent in our area.
-- Cara Ogburn, Artistic Director, Milwaukee Film
About the Film
Freakshow moves through four archetypes - a singer, a marionette ballerina, a suspended trapeze dancer, and a mystic - each reflecting a different way spectacle can shape us: praise, endurance, control, ritual, collapse.
Directed and edited by Wes Tank, the video was shot by photographer Lily Shea and produced by Cullah and Awen.
For a long time I believed pain was simply part of the contract of performance. This music video is about reclaiming authorship of the stage.
-- Mie
Credits
Directed & Edited by: Wes Tank
Executive Producers: Cullah, Awen
Photography: Lily Shea
Cream City Cinema is MKE Film's curated showcase of Milwaukee-made work. Selection is a direct nod from the festival's programming team.
The Milwaukee Music Video Show - Full Lineup
Mie's Freakshow screens alongside fourteen other locally-made music videos:
- Autumn Maria Reed - "Little Heart Warrior" (dir. Alex Boyes)
- Caley Conway - "Singing Never" (dir. Josh Evert)
- Creature Weather - "Phantom Face" (dir. Nels Lindquist)
- Fuzzysurf - "Don't Go Overboard" (dir. Tommy Simms)
- Health Club - "Banjo Song" (dir. Ryan Nels Pontillo)
- Hughes Family Band - "I Don't Mind" (dir. Ryan Thomas Reeve)
- Jondo Jordan - "Delusions" (dir. Jonathan Turner)
- Mie - "Freakshow"
- Mol Sullivan - "Dog" (dir. Mol Sullivan)
- Noah David Eckstein - "Cladosporium Coke Dial" (dir. Noah David Eckstein)
- oak you - "pangea pt. 3 (hibernation)" (dir. Cole Quamme)
- Seances - "Forgiveness" (dir. Eric Arsnow)
- Sex Scenes - "Want & Need / Nothing" (dir. Victor Buell, Harrison Colby)
- The Taxmen - "Without You" (dir. Peter Borowski)
- Traore - "Africa Enough is Enough" (dir. English Absolute, Tate Bunker)
Official Links
- The Milwaukee Music Video Show — Shorts Program, 68 min, April 28 at 6:30 PM, Oriental Theatre
- Cream City Cinema Program — MFF26 — April 16–30, 2026
- Mie's Official Website
Press Kit
High-resolution stills, posters, and the full press kit PDF are available for download. All assets are cleared for editorial use.