Jefferson State Flixx Festival

01/02/2025

Entries are now open for our 2025 Flixx Fest on our FilmFreeway page: https://filmfreeway.com/JeffersonStateFlixxFestival

If you are a Jefferson State Filmmaker or Flixx Fest Alumni, contact us for a FREE entry waiver. Thank you!

Come be part of one of the most fun events in California's far north and the "premier festival of the mythical 51st State of Jefferson!" We love our filmmak...

11/13/2024

11/13/2024

We had a great 2024 Fest! Thank you to our audience who showed up and supported our films. And huge thanks to the filmmakers who made the trip to our small town!

Our Awards Winning films are as follows:

The Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature goes to ABOVE THE TREES

The Audience Award for Best Feature Doc goes to CLIMBING INTO LIFE

The Audience Award for Best Narrative Short goes to A BETTER PLACE

The Audience Award for Best Documentary Short goes to FLORA, FAUNA, FUNGA

And the Audience Award for Best Animated Film goes to DANDELION.

11/08/2024

Today is the day! Our first film roles at 3:10pm. We hope to see you there! See our schedule: https://www.flixxfest.org/2024-schedule.html - You can still buy tix online, but we suggest you just show up in person and buy that at the box office today.

We want to take just a minute to thank our sponsors.

Starting with Etna Brewing Company, who will be hosting a Opening Night mixer tonight, with live music from 7-9pm, amazing food and incredible beer!

Tomorrow night Denny Bar Company, will be hosting our closing night party, they plan on keeping their pizza oven open late for us, with two Flixx Fest themed drinks, come mingle with some filmmakers!

Both will be open during the festival, we'll have their menus on hand, so you can call in order, or if you're looking for a lunch break, we hope you'll pay one of them a visit during the fest.

They're both an easy walk from the Etna Avery Theatre, who is another sponsor of ours, who without we of course couldn't hold the festival in Etna. This theater holds a special place in my heart, I remember seeing E.T. there in 1982, when I was 6-years old, and that started my 42 year love affair with movies. I even got to work there briefly in the 90's in high school. The Etna Avery Theatre is a staple of this small town, and I'm so happy that it's still going strong.

Our last sponsor is the Etna Police Activities League, who comes up big for us every year. They're an incredible resource in the community giving families wonderful afterschool programs, and yearly community events like their upcoming Holiday Gathering on Dec. 7th.

If you get a chance, please support, patronize, or thank our sponsors!

11/07/2024

ACID Canal is a powerful documentary about the drought affecting a Northern California county. It shows Saturday, Nov. 9th at 4:45pm.

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz0fs7BtqnY

Get your tix: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

When a rural irrigation district in Northern California has its water cutoff during a historic drought, the community must join together to face the devastating impacts to their way of life and the environment around them.

11/07/2024

40 Below - The Toughest Race in the World is an Award winning documentary that shows at 1:30 on Saturday, Nov 9th.

Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/791538032

Get your tix: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

It’s been called the toughest endurance race in the world ... why would anyone do this, especially when it’s 40 degrees below zero? Set in Northern Minnesota, we meet Leah, a junk food eating scientist, and Bill, an accomplished ultra-marathoner who just can’t seem to finish this incredibly challenging race. They run, bike or ski 135 miles over three days in the solitary woods, sometimes hallucinating and barely stopping to rest or sleep in the snow without getting frostbite or freezing to death. What can we learn from them about life, love and happiness?

11/07/2024

Climbing Into Life is an uplifting documentary that shows Saturday, Nov 9th, at 12:30pm.

Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/729298002

Get your tickets: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

A film about the remarkable story of Dierdre Wolownick, an accomplished writer, artist, and musician. Ever curious, and inspired by her adult children’s love of extreme sports, she set aside her fears and jumped into the unknown. At age 66, Dierdre became the oldest woman to ascend Yosemite’s famed El Capitan.

11/06/2024

Big Water Theory is a thrilling documentary that shows on Saturday, Nov 9th at 9am.

Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/1011584334

Get your tickets: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

Follow kayak superstar Nouria Newman and two childhood friends, as they navigate one of the world’s most challenging sections of whitewater: the Rondu Gorge of the Indus River, in Pakistan.

11/03/2024

The Hole Story is a fascinating feature documentary out of Mt. Shasta. It's the opening film, showing at 3:10 PM on Friday, Nov 8th.

Get your tix: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

Watch the trailer: https://vimeo.com/1026013154

The discovery of a massive, hand-made hole on Mount Shasta in 2009 led to a flurry of speculation. What begins as an offbeat true-crime documentary slowly expands into a portrait of a small town’s unusual local mythology before descending into a rabbit hole of bizarre theories and startling revelations.

Siskiyou County-based filmmaker Elijah Sullivan spent over a decade investigating the incident and compiling first-hand accounts. The result combines several stories, including the investigation by local Forest Service employees, the perspectives of local scholars, a conspiracy theorist looking for a lost civilization, and a young man for whom the excavation was a harrowing coming-of-age story.

11/03/2024

Call Me Mule is a feature documentary showing Friday, Nov 8th at 5:45pm.

Get tix: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

Watch Trailer: https://vimeo.com/735312755

John Sears, who calls himself Mule, has been roaming the western United States with his three mules for over thirty years. The 65-year-old and his animals sleep outside, claiming the right to move freely. Despite arrests and incarcerations, he keeps on fighting to maintain his nomadic lifestyle.

Award-winning filmmaker John McDonald teams up with his daughter, Nina Schwanse, to make this compelling feature-length observational documentary of Mule’s never-ending journey.

11/03/2024

A Long Way to Nowhere is a locally-made documentary that shows Friday, Nov 8th at 5pm, featuring a Q&A with filmmaker Vincent DiFrancesco.

Get your tix: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/ZrJt0Y8wG8E

A crew of young Americans endure a week-long traverse of Oregon’s rugged and fire-shapen Kalmiopsis Wilderness in an effort to revitalize a historic hiking trail.

11/02/2024

Our closing film is Above the Trees, Saturday, Nov. 9th at 6:30pm

Get your tix: http://www.flixxfest.org/2024-tickets.html

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-4ow0pqOG0

Above the Trees is written and directed by Ashland, Oregon filmmaker Gary Lundgren. His producing partner is Anne Lundgren who grew up in Scott Valley. The film is produced by their company Joma Films. It features many Jefferson State actors and Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors.

The film is a gripping, mysterious drama, with many moments of comedy. When a good man is assaulted and left in a serious coma, his best friend and local boxer is charged with the crime. The story follows a mosaic of people linked to the tragedy, while the criminal trial unfolds in Jackson County.