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Sideyard Studios is a full-service documentary production company based in Portland, OR. Run by @winmurdoch & @cecilbrownn

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Strong Grandma is LIVE on @newyorkermag!!

We’re so excited about this collaboration, and thrilled to have a home for this film where everyone can watch it! Remember, it’s never too late to start something new - so whatever it is, Catherine’s rooting for you 💪

Link in bio!

Original score by: @joelpickardmusic
Color: @michi_pea
Sound mix: @fielddaysound.tv & @noah.woodburn
Graphics / Art direction: @afternoon___inc Senior Producer: Christopher Hwisu Kim
Executive Producer: @paulmoakley by @sideyard.studios

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Some exciting news!

Our feature doc A Bird with a Knife has been awarded a Development Grant from @catapultfilmfund! It’s an honor to be chosen among such an incredible cohort of films.

Thank you @catapultfilmfund for believing in our vision for this quirky film about this strange cattle mystery.

Shout out to our udderly amazing team @cornpone @pilgrim_films and EP, Daniel Chalfen for helping us make this *moovie*

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A Bird with a Knife explores the 50-year mystery surrounding thousands of cattle mutilations across the American West. Following a veteran investigator, an Oregon sheriff, and the ranchers whose cases they’re working to solve, this film is about folklore, faith, and the stories we tell when no absolute truth exists. by @sideyard.studios

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🌿 The Quiet Epidemic 🌿

Now Streaming: Apple TV+ | Amazon Prime

Co-Director: @winmurdoch

After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of suppressed scientific research, and buried documents reveals why ticks—and the diseases they carry—have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe. by @sideyard.studios

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Very excited to share that we’ll be having our NYC premiere at @docnycfest November 16th! by @sideyard.studios

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👀 In honor of the whale 🐋🐋 we’re out here making waves 💥.

We qualified for the Oscar’s way back at our first festival @nhff and now are running a grassroots campaign. Tell all the people to vote whale!!

Congrats to all the other incredible films and filmmakers on this list.

@oradekorn @a_c_knight @dana.nachman @ashbrando419 @switchboard.magazine by @sideyard.studios

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Wild East has been selected as a Finalist in the Documentary Short category of the 2026 Jackson Wild Media Awards!

Our small team is feeling incredibly grateful that Wild East is being recognized at @jacksonwildorg, described as the Oscars® of natural-history filmmaking.

Thank you for uplifting our story on Romania’s forests and Gabi’s fight to save them.

The 2026 Jackson Wild Awards and film festival take place in Los Angeles, November 9–10, with winners announced at the awards ceremony.

See you in LA November 9th! 💚🎥 by @sideyard.studios

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Exciting news! Wild East has been nominated for the Impact Award at the Wildscreen Panda Awards 2026! 💚🐼

It’s an honour to be recognized alongside so many incredible storytellers and filmmakers celebrating the natural world.

Thank you to everyone who helped bring this project to life. We hope to see some of you @wildscreenorg in Bath this October!

#PandaAwards2026 #WSF26 #Wildscreen #Nominee by @sideyard.studios

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Big Sky, you were a good one. ❤️‍🔥

Back in February, the @_amigos4ever and @sideyard.studios crews headed to Missoula, MT for the beloved @bigskydocfest — a few bone-chillingly cold days filled with great films, thoughtful conversations, and the kind of energy only a festival can bring.

We were honored to screen in Shorts Block 11 alongside many docs, including a team favorite The Time My Grandmother Was Held Hostage by Bank Robbers (directed by @rosellatursi) — a lineup full of inventive, thoughtful storytelling that made us very grateful to be in the room.

Outside of the screenings, we got to reconnect with familiar faces, meet countless new ones, and soak in a city that genuinely shows up wholeheartedly for storytelling. Montana in February is no joke, but the warmth of the Missoula community more than made up for the cold.

Thanks for having us @bigskydocfest 🐋🧨💙 by @sideyard.studios

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🐋 One man. One whale. Twenty cases of dynamite.

OH WHALE revisits the infamous 1970 exploding whale incident in Florence, Oregon, through the eyes of news anchor Paul Linnman — the reporter whose unexpected assignment became one of the most legendary local news stories of all time. Funny, strange, and unexpectedly moving, the film reflects on fate, memory, and the stories that end up defining us.

Directed by filmmaker and cinematographer Winslow Crane-Murdoch, whose work has screened at Hot Docs and True/False and appeared on HBO and in The New Yorker.

🎟️ Sunday, June 14 at 11:30 AM
📍 Regal Gallery Place

#dcdoxfest26 by @sideyard.studios

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So excited to be heading to @tribeca Creators Market and Works in Progress showcase for our upcoming feature doc, A Bird With a Knife! Thanks to all who have gotten us this far :) by @sideyard.studios

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Very honored to be included in this cohort of such incredible filmmakers for @filmindependent Story Lab! Can’t wait to workshop our feature doc A Bird with a Knife - it’s a wild ride about dead cows, aliens, govt conspiracy and belief. Stay tuned earthlings 👽🐄🕵️‍♂️ by @sideyard.studios

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We are so incredibly proud to announce the world premiere of our film Wild East at this year’s Sheffield DocFest 🌳💚

Our small and mighty team has spent the last three years documenting the crisis of illegal logging in Romania. We can’t wait to finally start sharing this story with the world!

Our team will be joining for the festival and screening Q&A. Hope to see you at Sheffield!

You can buy your tickets and passes now at the link in @sheffdocfest bio

#SheffDocFest #SheffDocFest2026 #DocumentaryFestival #FilmFestival taken in Sheffield, UK by @sideyard.studios

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