The University of Oregon Adrenaline Film Project is an intensive narrative film production workshop in which university students and local filmmakers write, shoot and edit their films in just 72 hours.

Hosted by the Cinema Pacific film festival, filmmakers are mentored and monitored throughout their three-day movie-making blitz by visiting industry professionals before screening their projects on the final evening of the festival. This unforgettable journey will begin May 5 and end May 8 with a screening and awards ceremony featuring the first annual Kalb Jury Award, selected by a jury of film professionals, the Audience Prize, and the Mentors Award.

Mentors

Jeff Wadlow directed the 2005 film Cry Wolf with the money he won in the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Competition for his short film, Living the Lie. His last movie, Never Back Down was released in 2008, and stars Djimon Hounsou and Sean Faris. He founded the Adrenaline Film Project at the University of Virginia and has been its lead mentor for the past five years.

Writer/Director Romulo Alejandro got his start making short films at the University of Virginia participating in the first Adrenaline Film Project. After winning the grand jury prize at the Ivy Film Festival for his short film, Roskosmos Alejandro was selected for the 2009 Film Independent Project:Involve Fellowship where he was commissioned to shoot a short film, Anatomie des amoureux (anatomy of hearts), for Banana Republic & Vanity Fair.

Scott Prendergast has made five short films and one feature. Anna is Being Stalked (short) played at Sundance, The Delicious (short) was seen on the Sundance Channel and the first Wholphin DVD, and Kabluey (feature) stars Scott and Lisa Kudrow and was the New York Times Critic’s Choice when it opened.

Cinema Pacific thanks UO alumnus Ben Kalb for his support for the Adrenaline Film Project.