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Joe Kowalski (PogieJoe) is an indie filmmaker, video creator, writer, and human being. Welcome to his site.
Joe’s feature documentary MICRONATIONS premieres at Tribeca Festival in June of 2026!
For opportunities to see the film and the short documentary PRETTIER IN WHITTIER check the Screenings & Events tab.
World premiere of the feature documentary! Followed by a Q&A with Joe and some of the stars of the film.
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival - Program #26
Tickets: https://www.amdocfilmfest.com/2026-program-and-schedule
Nestled in a mountainous rainforest in Alaska is the town of Whittier, where nearly the entire population lives in a single apartment building. They bring new meaning to the idea of getting along with your neighbor.
SHORT. SWEET. FILM FEST. Documentary Film Program #3
Tickets: https://www.strideevents.com/events/short-sweet-film-fest-cleveland/2026/tickets
Nestled in a mountainous rainforest in Alaska is the town of Whittier, where nearly the entire population lives in a single apartment building. They bring new meaning to the idea of getting along with your neighbor.
Come see my short doc ABANDONED SUBWAY along with some other great films and share a brew!
Featuring music by the wonderful Michelle Gaw, Cleveland's own Joe, Amber, and Bryan celebrate their two year anniversary with some live podcast fun.
Nina Hummel has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Local Film for playing Red in our movie PRISM! Come and find out if she wins the gold.
PRISM was recently upgraded from "Honorable Mention" to Official Selection
A screening of the comedy film we made in 48 hours, along with others who did the same!
Joe will be attending the event and his 2013 video "John Green is Magic" will be showing at the Film Screenings sometime between 7:00-8:30pm. The video joined Joe up with New York Times best-selling author John Green on the set of his movie The Fault in Our Stars.
