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The Mill | Minsk, Maine

On a river.

Processed trees, rocks, earth and sweat into other stuff.

Built in the late 19th century. Continuously operated until 1981 when it was sold then mothballed. While mysterious pockets of industry persist, the site is now mostly abandoned.

Preservationists covet The Mill, but it is littered with over a century of industrial junk and toxic waste.

The pace is much slower than when it ran continuously on three shifts, but there’s almost always something still going on at the Mill…

  • Mike Stuttman
    Director
    AmLeftCrap
  • Mike Stuttman
    Writer
  • Randy Nichols
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Mike Stuttman

An animator, educator and digital arts evangelist, Mike is the Creative Director of Vacationland Animation. Reared on developer, stop-bath, fixer and grains of silver on film — with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Art & Animation, he has been an enthusiastic participant in a content creation revolution that has irrevocably transformed the worlds of business and art.

Creativity and technology have been at the core of Mike’s personal and professional interests. His work has been shown at an assortment of odd and interesting film festivals including the Coney Island Film Festival, the Big Apple Film Festival and the Atlanta Underground Film Festival. His current work, The Mill – a series of animated shorts - is set in the fictional town of Minsk, Maine.

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Director Statement

My overlapping interests in digital art, creative coding and randomness combined with my desire to bring my ink-stained cartoon characters to life informs my creative process as an artist/animator/filmmaker.