The Hollywood Reporter announces: "The Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for children will unspool U.S. director Helen Hood Scheer's "JUMP!" as part of its 11th edition, complete with a live demonstration by competitive jump ropers, organizers said Tuesday."
(See full article here). We're now planning special jump rope events with the Canadian Rope Skipping Federation.... details to follow.
3/12/2008 addendum: Click here to see JUMP! mentioned as one of the festival highlights in the Toronto Sun newspaper. They also note: "The fare includes 26 features and 42 shorts from 26 countries. A total of 15 languages are spoken on screen, ranging from English to Farsi, Finnish and Swahili."
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Review in "Cleveland Plain Dealer" newspaper
Headline: Athletes in Cleveland International Film Festival's 'JUMP!' leap with dedication
Clint O'Connor, Plain Dealer Film Critic
"JUMP!" is a fun, fast-paced documentary that proves jump-ropers are amazing, dedicated athletes.
Director Helen Hood Scheer follows several jump teams, including two from Cincinnati, as they compete in the regional, national and world championships.
A rope is about as low-tech as you can get in terms of sports supplies, so the evolution of the competitions depends on the creativity of the twisting-twirling jumpers, hindered only by the limits of their hand-eye and feet capabilities. [story continues]
(See full article here. The print version includes a photo of the Summerwind Skippers.)
Clint O'Connor, Plain Dealer Film Critic
"JUMP!" is a fun, fast-paced documentary that proves jump-ropers are amazing, dedicated athletes.
Director Helen Hood Scheer follows several jump teams, including two from Cincinnati, as they compete in the regional, national and world championships.
A rope is about as low-tech as you can get in terms of sports supplies, so the evolution of the competitions depends on the creativity of the twisting-twirling jumpers, hindered only by the limits of their hand-eye and feet capabilities. [story continues]
(See full article here. The print version includes a photo of the Summerwind Skippers.)
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
artistic director of the Cleveland Int'l Film Festival discusses JUMP! on PBS/WVIZ
JUMP! is 1 of 4 film that Bill Guentzler (aka "our international man of movies") -- artistic director of the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) -- selected to discuss in the upcoming episode of Applause, an Emmy award-winning PBS TV show that celebrates artists and cultural groups around Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
The show will air on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 PM -- with rebroadcasts Saturday 3/8 at 6:30 PM and Sunday 3/9 at 12:30 PM on WVIZ/PBS.
FYI: tickets for JUMP! screenings at CIFF are selling fast! 2 new showings have been added -- now, the film will be on 2 screens on Sunday morning (instead of 1) plus a new slot on Tues afternoon.
The show will air on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 PM -- with rebroadcasts Saturday 3/8 at 6:30 PM and Sunday 3/9 at 12:30 PM on WVIZ/PBS.
FYI: tickets for JUMP! screenings at CIFF are selling fast! 2 new showings have been added -- now, the film will be on 2 screens on Sunday morning (instead of 1) plus a new slot on Tues afternoon.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Audience Award runner-up in Sedona
Top Left to bottom: Sedona Int'l Film banner • red rocks, showing a fault line and the movement of the earth • Pheonix's Saguaro Skippers and Tucson Twist-Its • JUMP! & Jumper are neighbors at this theater
The Sedona International Film Festival was great fun... several super nice filmmakers and programmers, good movies, free food and a gorgeous landscape with beautiful trails thru red rocks that look like dripping sandcastles. JUMP! was a RUNNER-UP for the AUDIENCE AWARD -- missing it by less than 2 tenths of a point!
Two films tied for this award -- Water Flowing Together by my new pal Gwendolen Cates and Standing Silent Nation by Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann -- both of which will be broadcast on PBS later this year. One of my favorite documentaries of the festival was both tragic and uplifting A Walk to Beautiful.
Both of our screenings sold-out fast. I love that we were screening nextdoor to the new Samuel Jackson big budget thriller "Jumper" -- see photo above. Big thanks to the Phoenix Saguaro Skippers -- a 1-year old team with incredible talent -- and the Tucson Twist-Its for performing at our second screening!
Two films tied for this award -- Water Flowing Together by my new pal Gwendolen Cates and Standing Silent Nation by Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann -- both of which will be broadcast on PBS later this year. One of my favorite documentaries of the festival was both tragic and uplifting A Walk to Beautiful.
Both of our screenings sold-out fast. I love that we were screening nextdoor to the new Samuel Jackson big budget thriller "Jumper" -- see photo above. Big thanks to the Phoenix Saguaro Skippers -- a 1-year old team with incredible talent -- and the Tucson Twist-Its for performing at our second screening!
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