JUMP Society Summer Film Festival & 10th Anniversary!

This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the Juneau Underground Motion Picture Society. Huzzah!

Gold Town Nickelodeon
Thursday, August 2 at 7pm
Friday, August 3 at 7pm & 9pm
Saturday, August 4 at 7pm & 9pm
Sunday, August 5 at 4pm

Tickets are free and are available at The Alaska Robotics Gallery (523-0303) and is open from 11-7 pm and on Sunday 12-6 pm.

The submissions deadline is Thursday, July 26th and we’re expecting a truck load so remember to keep them short. The limit for each film is ten minutes but we recommend 3-5 minutes as the sweet spot.

Remember, at the JUMP Society, quality comes second! As always, our priority will be on inclusion and getting as many filmmakers on screen as possible because we believe that screening films for an audience is a valuable learning experience. If you make great films, the kind that make us laugh and cry and vomit uncontrollably (maybe not vomit) then of course we’ll include as much of your work as possible but we also want to give that weird experimental film a chance because building the community is at the core of this festival.

If you have a film that doesn’t fit into our ten minute limit, please bring it by and talk to us anyway, we’re here to support local filmmaking and may try developing a separate program for longer films in the future.

You can drop off films at The Alaska Robotics Gallery and if anyone wants feedback on work in progress, I’d be happy to sit down with you and give you as much constructive criticism as you can bear. To schedule an appointment, call 586-3440.

Help Wanted: Big Secret Awesome Production

Something big is happening… they won’t tell me what exactly but I’m sure you’ll want to be involved, it sounds exciting and mysterious. Confidentiality agreements will be signed. Rumors will fly about Brad Pitt buying a house on Blueberry Hill.

SprocketHeads, an Anchorage based media firm, is organizing crew for this upcoming shoot in Juneau. It will be a great opportunity for aspiring filmmakers to gain experience and learn about professional production from the inside. They want 25-30 production assistants and are also interested in finding more experienced crew for departments such as art, culinary, tech, G&E, and production.

Go forth, spread the word. Submit a resume, this sounds like more than hype and fluff.

Production experience is preferred to be an entry level assistant but not mandatory. Hard working, energetic and knowledge of Juneau a big plus. Please send resumes to production@sprocketheads.com. Project is also accepting resumes for crew in departments such as art, culinary, tech, G&E, and production. We are not at liberty to say what the project is… but trust us, it’s a fun one!

Karen Pearson
Production Manager
SprocketHeads, LLC
2907 Iris Drive
Anchorage, AK 99517
907-248-4829 (Office)

.. And there you have it. Good luck!

Alaska Filmmakers Series

In January, I sat down with Josh Lowman to do an interview as a part of the Alaska Filmmakers series. I talked about the JUMP Society and a few other related projects so I thought I should post it here.

Lowman along with D.K. Johnston and the rest of the gang at Tri-Seven Pictures have been doing some very broad and comprehensive interviews with a wide range of people in the Alaska film community. The series just wrapped up a second season and you can find all the episodes on Vimeo if you’re interested in such things.