The JUMP Society will be screening the Summer Film Festival at the UAS Egan Lecture Hall this Friday, September 3rd at 7pm. This is the last chance to catch the summer program.

If you made it out to the JUMP Society 2010 Summer Film Festival, please leave some feedback on the festival or individual films.

Any constructive comments are appreciated! The following is a list of the films we screened…

• Journey on the Wild Coast – Preview
  by Greg Chaney
  Two adventurers walk across Alaska.
• Bridge to Uribithia
  by Robert Newman
  A spoof on the movie Bridge to Teribithia.
• Alaska Robotics – Oil Spill News – 001
  by Pat & Will Race
  Alaska Robotics News reporting on jelly beans and oil spills.
• Desmond Flak and the Mysterious Statue
  by Brice Habeger
  He’s not a detective…he’s a P.I.!
• Perspective
  by Padraig New
  A ski and snowboard film showcasing Juneau’s local athletes at Eaglecrest and surrounding mountains.
• Voyage of the Lost
  Max Blust & Robert Newman
  Three friends on an epic voyage.
• Discovery Southeast
  Kanaan Bausler
  Outdoor Explorers engage in the natural wonders of the Dupont Trail out Thane Road, Juneau. Summer 2010.
• H4M: The Fight Scene
  by Jeff Freeman, Mukhya Kaur Khalsa with special thanks to our H4M crew
  Frank and Dave are gonna make the coolest movie ever, but that bad guys are hot on their trail.
• Vampire of the Living Room
  by Robert Newman
  A domestic vampire looks for a friend.
• Outgrowing
  by Bad Larry Productions
  Economy (Lucas Merli) kidnaps Earth (Kanaan Bausler) in a quest for Earth’s resources. Video documentation of street theatre in Vancouver, B.C.
• Canvas
  by Hanna Guggenheim and Canvas artists
  Documentary about the canvas community Art Studio & Gallery.
• Super Seaweed
  by Max Blust
  A seaweed commercial. Delicious!
• How to tell if you’re not a robot
  by Mike & Izzy Christenson
  A tutorial for authentic humans.
• Black Crow Night
  by Riley Woodford & Buddy Tabor
  Music Video
• Alaska Robotics – Oil Spill News – 002
  by Pat & Will Race
  Alaska Robotics News reporting on rocks, robots and oil spills.
• Intermission by Brice Habeger
• Shorts from the Juneau Community Charter School
  by Honesty Zahnd, Indigo Palmer, Ryan Moritz, Robert Newman
  Racing Chairs
• Urge to Merge
  by Dixie Belcher with animation and editing by Mukhya Kaur Khalsa
  All our relations.
• Alaska Robotics – Oil Spill News – 003
  by Pat & Will Race
  Alaska Robotics News reporting on chemical dispersants, flipper babies, and oil spills.
• Plastics
  by Antoine Doiron
  Plastics in the ocean can cause harm to wildlife. Karl Sears advocates proper disposal.
• Power Up
  by Izzy Christenson
  Mario’s Magic Mushroom Addiction
• Alaska Robotics – Oil Spill News – 004
  by Pat & Will Race
  Alaska Robotics News reporting on guesstimates, cleanup efforts, and oily oil spills.
• Mine Reading
  by Corin Hughes-Skandijs
  A man reading in the woods. Gnnaaaa! Chase scene.
• Terrible Car
  by Glen Miller
  Karaoke music video. Footage mostly from India.
• Time Machine Cocktail
  by David Reed, Frank Katasse, KC Odell
  A time traveler from the 1500′s goes into the future and befriends a contemporary bum.
• The Kitty Stink
  by Lance Blacken Entertainment
  A singing funny video t-bone – lance jaden jessica
• Snug Bust
  by Corin Hughes-Skandijs
  Blackjack coaching gone wrong.
• Zombie Love Trailer
  by Paul F Disdier
  Love never dies, but sometimes it starts to stink.

Download the JUMP poster.

Thursday, August 19 @ 7pm
Friday, August 20 @ 7pm & 9pm
Saturday, August 21 @ 7pm & 9pm
at Gold Town Nickelodeon
(Google Map if you don’t know where that is)

Get your tickets at Lucid Reverie. We’re located in the Emporium which is the same building as S. Franklin Street Heritage Coffee and Gold Town Nickelodeon. Just walk through Heritage and you’ll see our office or enter from the Gold Town side on Shattuck Way. Admission is free as usual. Call 586-3440 for more info.

August 12th is the new deadline for submissions to the JUMP Society Summer Film Festival.

• Submission Guidelines
• Submission Form

The Northwest Film Forum, in Seattle, is making a call for Alaskan filmmakers to step up. There is no entry fee! What do you have to lose?

“Local Sightings is our annual showcase of current narrative, documentary and experimental film by Northwest artists. The week long festival also features panel discussions, historic NW films, a filmmaker lounge, a stellar opening night party, and juried awards for a winning short and feature film!

Submit your work by downloading the submission form and sending us your screener copy on DVD.”

The deadline for submission is July 1.
submission form is available at:
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/go/localsightings/2010submissionform.pdf

Antoine Doiron is looking for extras to appear in a restaurant scene on April 19th at 6:30pm for his independent sci-fi film Space Trucker Bruce.  There are no lines for these parts.  He just wants people to be sitting at the tables and pretending to eat food.  If you are interested call 500-2521 or e-mail Antoine at .

As part of the Northwest Film Center’s NW Tracking program, The JUMP Society will be screening a collection of short films at the Whitsell Auditorium in the Portland Art Museum on Wednesday, April 14th at 7:00pm.

• NW Film Center Online Ticketing

Juneau, the small and isolated capital of Alaska, boasts whales, glaciers, great beer, and a surprisingly active filmmaking scene. In a community where you have to learn to entertain yourself, the JUMP (Juneau Underground Motion Picture) Festival provides a flickering coming together to make the long winters and gray summers more endurable and warm. Since its inception eight years ago, the JUMP Society has screened over 350 short films, and this traveling collection features some of the curator’s favorites. The program includes work from Lou Logan, Aaron Suring, Paul Disdier, Greg Chaney, Brice Habeger, Mukhya and Hari Dev Khalsa, Clint Farr, Arlo Midgett, and others. (90 mins.)

The Alaska Ocean’s Film Festival returns to Juneau with a screening at Silverbow this Saturday, March 20th, at 7pm. Admission is free and tickets can be picked up at JAHC to reserve your seat.

This is always a great collection of short films exploring the human connection to the ocean.

News of a film noir short dropped on my doorstep while I was out of town and it sounds promising. The film, Strictly Business: The Prologue comes from filmmaker Daniel Hernandez of Borderline Pictures and was shot entirely in Alaska. It seems to be influenced, at least slightly, by the Veco investigations.

“America’s most distant metropolis is hooked on some of the finest narcotics in the world. The man working this lucrative drug empire has no idea he’s about to lose it all when the boss he’s never met goes on trial.”

Strictly Business: The Prologue
Friday, March 19th @ 8:00pm
T.K. Maguire’s Lounge
Prospector Hotel
Free Admission

The Juneau Economic Development Council is looking for local filmmakers to create videos for Google’s Ultra High Speed Broadband Experiment.

Google will choose one or more community to use as a trial location for a new gigabit-per-second fiber network and these short films and videos could help influence their decision.

• JEDC Letter to JUMP Society Filmmakers

I realize the deadline in this letter is the 19th but the final applications aren’t due until March 26th so I think there’s some flexibility if you’re interested in participating. I apologize for not posting this earlier, I’ve been traveling and generally distracted.

If you’re interested in whipping something up, please contact Heather Brandon at 907-523-2334.