Jump Cut Film Festival

Thank you everyone that submitted films, donated to our campaign, and came out to the festival! Y'all are what make this worth it every year. If you donated to the Indiegogo Campaign, please send your t-shirt size to [email protected] so we can process your order and get you your benefits!

Here are the winners from each category:
Drama: Tyrone Smith - "Adios"

Horror: Ching Wang - "Level 4"

Comedy: Nicole Geller - "Entropy"

Documentary: Lauren Keithley - "Baby Talk"

Audience Award: Lisseth Lopez - "SHIA"

Can't wait to see what the 18th Jump Cut Film Festival will look like!

Come watch Barbara Jones stumble over her words in front of 50 people in the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom at 3 PM today! Free food to throw at her courtesy of the Jump Cut Film Festival.

Thank you to all of the filmmakers that submitted to the festival. After 2 school days and a weekend, the crew has decided.

*drum roll*

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FILMS AND THE FILMMAKERS:

Documentary:
Betsy Martinez - "Groundwork Music Project"
Lauren Keithley - "Baby Talk"

Horror:
Wyatt Miller - "Moth"
Ching Wang - "Level 4"

Comedy:
Nicole Geller - "Entropy"
Lisseth Lopez - "SHIA"

Drama:
Alex Pelham - "Toy"
Paul Judah - "Caught in the Headlights"
Tyrone Smith - "Adios"

With the amount of submissions, the festival crew is still deciding which films are going to be in the lineup. Hold on to your hats and hankies, ladies and gentlemen! The lineup will be announced today!

Did I mention we met our donation goal?!

We are so incredibly grateful to have such amazing donors. These past few weeks have been insane, getting the festival ready and making sure everything will be ready on time. With donations through the roof, we just want to thank everyone that supports us. Y'all make or break the festival. Don't forget to come to the festival on Saturday, April 30th at 3 PM!

Submissions are still open to UT students! Here is a recap of the guidelines to submit your awesome short film:

-Must be made by UT student
-Can submit up to 2 films for free
-Submit under one of 4 categories (horror, comedy, drama, doc)
-Send to [email protected]

Deadline is April 23rd to submit for free!

SHOUT-OUT TO:
Hortensia Jones and her spectacular donation to our fundraising page! With your help, the 17th Jump Cut Film Festival is better equipped to showcase short films! Thank you for taking the time to donate!

Don't forget to keep spreading the word about our Indiegogo Campaign. $5 can go a long way!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/17th-jump-cut-film-festival/x/9880212 #/funders

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Hello friends of Jump Cut!

If you haven’t received your t-shirt or DVD from last year, we sincerely apologize. No, seriously, we’re really sorry. There was a mix-up that caused a long delay in the ordering process. We’ll have them available and ready to deliver to you as soon as possible.

The Jump Cut Crew

Not only does the Jump Cut Film Festival feature student short films, it also brings in local Austin filmmakers to be judges in the festival. Here's one of the judges for this year's festival!

Keller Davis is a filmmaker, writer, and entrepreneur in Austin, Texas who co-founded and manages Escape Plan Productions, a video production company, and Createscape Coworking, a coworking office in East Austin for creative professionals. He directs, produces, writes, and edits a number of short films, music videos, and commercial work around the world. A frequent attendee of SXSW Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, and Austin Film Festival (where he also served as a programmer), his short films and music videos have been screened at film fests, won a number of awards, and received international recognition. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&M University in Telecommunication Media Studies and served as the film society chairman, filmmaking club president, and associate director of the 2011 Texas Film Festival.

REMEMBER!

Submissions are now open! UT students can enter up to 2 movies for free!

The deadline is the last weekend in March. You can email your submissions to [email protected] and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Submissions are now officially open! Starting today all the way until April 15th, Jump Cut is taking submissions for FREE!

What's that? Free? YES! FREE!
Send your short films (10 minutes or less) as a link to Barbara Jones!

The short films must be sent under one of these categories:
-Comedy
-Horror
-Documentary
-Drama

The 17th Jump Cut Film Festival will be happenin' on April 30th, 2016!