Jim McCullough is a former Blue Springs resident and Blue Springs South High School graduate. He’s a filmmaker whose latest work, “In Captivity,” directed by another Blue Springs South graduate, Jon Abrahams, will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 21.

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Embargoed until Saturday 8pm, March 4, 2012

HAMPTON ROADS FILM WINS INTERNATONAL FILM CONTEST

“In Captivity” by JPIXX films from Hampton Roads wins the
International Best Film Prize at the 48 Hour Film Project’s Filmapalooza
TAOS, NEW MEXICO (March 4, 2012) Over 3,500 teams from 100 cities around the world created films in 48 hours for the world’s largest timed film competition. The winning film, “In Captivity”, produced by Hampton Roads filmmakers Jon Abrahams and Jim McCullough took home the International Grand Prize trophy.
The winners were announced on March 8 at a screening and awards ceremony held at the 48 Hour Film Project’s Filmapalooza in connection with the Taos Shorz Film Festival in Taos, New Mexico. Winning filmmakers from as far as Mongolia and Melborne were in attendance.
In cities around the world film teams created their films in just 48 hours. On a Friday night they were assigned a character, prop and line of dialogue to include in the film. They then drew a genre from a hat. The completed films had to be turned in by 7:30 on the dot on Sunday night. Late films were disqualified. The films screened later that week to packed crowds at local theaters.
The winners will receive $3000 cash, a trophy, and their film will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in the Short Film Corner.
The judges for the 2011 48 Hour Film Project were:
• KIMBERLY BROWNING, the founder of the Hollywood Shorts Film Festival

• PETER GILBERT Producer and Director of Photography for the documentary Hoop Dreams
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• TIM BUNN, winner of the 2011 International 48 Hour Film Project grand prize with London Team, Far From Home.
For more information about the 48 Hour Film Project please visit: www.48hourfilm.com.

About the 48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project is the oldest and largest timed film competition in the world. The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. The tight 48-hour deadline puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers, emphasizing creativity and teamwork and “doing” instead of “talking.” The emphasis is also on building communities of local creative people – facilitating making new connections, showcasing skills, and celebrating what creativity and teamwork can accomplish in just one weekend. In 2010, more than 40,000 filmmakers in 80 cities participated in the project.

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A movie with ties to Hampton Roads has been honored by the 48 Hour Film Project.

“In Captivity” by Jpixx Films from Hampton Roads received honors for best film, best editing, best special effects and honorable mention for directing today at Filmapalooza.

The 48 Hour Film Project is a competition in which a team makes a movie—writes, shoots, edits and scores it—in 48 hours. “In Captivity” was competing against similar films made in 2011 from around the world.

“In Captivity” is directed, written and edited by Jon Abrahams and stars Isaac Gay, Cory Evans and Chloe Steinberg.
 

The Virginia Pilot

Local Boys Make Good, Win International Grand Prize Trophy for Short Film

Update: “In Captivity” was awarded the International Best Film Prize at the 48 Hour Film Project’s Filmapalooza, besting 3,500 films from 100 cities. For their efforts they’re taking home $3,000 and their film will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

“There’s not enough time.”

Goodness on a time crunch.

This is a statement that’s heard every day in our hectic lives. It was also the required spoken line within 25 short films premiering at the Naro last month as part of the Hampton Roads 48 Hour Film Project.

48-hours is about the only amount of time my husband, Jon Abrahams of Jpixx Inc., winner of this year’s Hampton Roads 48-hour Film Project, can string together to work on a personal film project this summer. Juggling time between deadlines for work, freelance projects and our new baby, his schedule is packed with all sorts of obligations. Good thing for his inner-artist-voice they make the Project, which forces local filmmakers to finish a film in one weekend. Jon’s not the only one in these “frenzied Facebook times” that needs this push. This year, 25 out of 26 frazzled Hampton Roads teams finished their films, and were screened in front of multiple nights of excited and (more or less) packed Naro audiences. The creative process doesn’t usually flourish quickly – often times, directors re-shoot scenes or tinker their vision to perfection, but with this competition, good or bad, the filmmaking must go on – or risk disqualification.

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Filmapalooza 2012

Filmapalooza—the finale festival for the 2011 48 Hour Film Project— was at the Taos Shortz Film Fest March 2-5, 2012.

Jon Abrahams of Jpixx Films accepts the winning trophy for “In Captivity”.
View more pictures here and here.

Best Film
“In Captivity” by Jpixx Films from Hampton Roads (VA)
(Jpixx Films received 3,000 USD.)

Honorable Mention for Directing
“In Captivity” by Jpixx Films from Hampton Roads (VA)

Best Editing
“In Captivity” by Jpixx Films from Hampton Roads (VA)

Best Special Effects
“In Captivity” by Jpixx Films from Hampton Roads (VA)

Read more: 48 Hour Film Project

A couple of weekends ago about 26 filmmakers gathered with their crews to write, shoot, edit and finish a short film within 48 hours for the Hampton Roads 48 Hour Film Project.

While each team drew a different film genre, the project required all teams to use the same prop (playing cards), character (Tammy or Tam, a poet) and line (“There’s not enough time”).

Of the short films screened over a two day period last week at The Naro in Norfolk, “In Captivity,” a film produced by Jpixx Films, directed, written and edited by Jon Abrahams and starring Isaac Gay, Cory Evans and Chloe Steinberg, won the overall competition. It also received awards for best prop use and editing.

In addition, the audience picked “In Captivity” as the best film for the second day of screenings. They picked “King of the Roosts,” produced by Glorious Wood Cinema, as the best film for the first day of screenings.

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/2011-hampton-roads-48-hour-film-project-winner