JUMP Summer Festival at UAS

August 30th, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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.

JUMP Society Summer 2010 – Feedback

August 23rd, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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.

JUMP Film Festival – Summer ’010

August 10th, 2010 posted by Lou Logan

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.

Summer JUMP Submissions Deadline

July 13th, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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

2010 Call for entries: Local Sightings Film Festival

April 27th, 2010 posted by Brice Habeger

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

Extras Needed for “Space Trucker Bruce”

April 6th, 2010 posted by Lou Logan

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 .

Portland Screening

April 1st, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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.

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.)

Alaska Ocean’s Film Festival

March 19th, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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.

Strictly Business: The Prologue

March 18th, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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

Google Broadband

March 18th, 2010 posted by Pat Race

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.

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.