The Juche Idea - Jim Finn
The Juche Idea - Jim Finn
The Juche Idea - Jim Finn
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<strong>Jim</strong> <strong>Finn</strong><br />
www.jimfinn.org contact: finn.jim@gmail.com 1913 5 th Ave. Troy, NY 12180 ph: 773.531.4988<br />
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SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY<br />
Great Man And Cinema (2.5 min, 2009)<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Juche</strong> <strong>Idea</strong> (62 min, 2008)<br />
La Trinchera Luminosa del Presidente Gonzalo (60 min, 2007)<br />
Interkosmos (71 min, 2006)<br />
la lotería (video series, 2004 to 2005)<br />
super-max (13 min, 2003)<br />
Decision 80 (10 min, 2003)<br />
wüstenspringmaus (3 min, 16mm on video, 2002)<br />
el güero / comunista! (3 min / 3.5 min, 2001)<br />
sharambaba (3 min, 1999)<br />
GRANTS / AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS<br />
• Best Narrative Feature, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Juche</strong> <strong>Idea</strong>, Chicago Underground Film Festival 2008<br />
• Featured in upcoming Phaidon Press book 10 x 10 Film Directors, a survey of 100 innovative film directors from<br />
around the world (2009)<br />
• Retrospective, Gijón International Film Festival (2008)<br />
• Retrospective, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film (2008)<br />
• Closing Night Film, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Juche</strong> <strong>Idea</strong>, New York Underground Film Festival (2008)<br />
• Honorable Mention, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Juche</strong> <strong>Idea</strong>, Ann Arbor Film Festival (2008)<br />
• Hallwalls Artist-in-Residence (funded by the National Endowment for the Arts), Buffalo (2007-8)<br />
• Electronic Arts Teaching Assistantship/Full tuition scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (2006-8)<br />
• BioArt Initiative Resident, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br />
(2007)<br />
• Closing Night Film, La Trinchera Luminosa, Chicago Underground Film Festival (2007)<br />
• Opening Night Film, Interkosmos, New York Underground Film Festival (2006)<br />
• Best of Aurora Picture Show, (2002, 2006)<br />
• Best of Peripheral Produce (2004)<br />
• Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant (2003, 2005)<br />
• Chicago Underground Film Fund Grant (2004)<br />
• Blue Award for wüstenspringmaus, Thaw Film/Video Festival (2003)<br />
• Made in Chicago Award for super-max, Chicago Underground Film Festival (2003)<br />
• Black Maria Director’s and Program Staff’s Citation for Decision 80 (2004)<br />
• Community Arts Assistance Grant, City of Chicago (1998, 2001-3, 2005)<br />
SELECTED SCREENINGS<br />
2008-9<br />
Sundance Film Festival<br />
AFI Festival, Los Angeles<br />
Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Brazil<br />
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland<br />
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Argentina<br />
Cinevegas Film Festival<br />
Ann Arbor Film Festival<br />
New Museum, New York City<br />
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada<br />
Gijón International Film Festival, Spain<br />
San Francisco Indiefest<br />
New York Underground Film Festival<br />
Bangkok International Film Festival<br />
2006 to 2007<br />
International Film Festival Rotterdam<br />
Edinburgh International Film Festival<br />
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio<br />
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid<br />
Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen
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