The Jumping-Off Point

Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in 'Hellion'

"...Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival) and 2006's Jumping Off Bridges, bobbed amidst the choppy waters of childhood..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Will Wynn Still Jumping Off Shit

Mayor takes to the water Monday.

"...– but no more. Monday, he's slated to leap off a dock into Town Lake, à la his 2005..."

April 6, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Getting Through Something Hard

Kat Candler's 'jumping off bridges' screens in conjunction with the Travis County Suicide Prevention Coalition

"...The real work on jumping off bridges began after the six weeks of filming,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by C. Amber Pearce

A New Day

Life in Kat Candler's cinematic world

"...wracked by his wife's suicide in Candler's revelatory film jumping off bridges, will likely read this article and have..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sunshine Superman

BASE-jumping trailblazer Carl Boenish is the subject of this doc tribute

"...Regarded as the father of BASE jumping, Carl Boenish was a man whose knowledge, enthusiasm, and..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Home School

Austin's latest class of cinematic talent – represented by six anticipated films at SXSW – is going places, but they aren't leaving anytime soon.

"...all his stuff in storage, he kept putting it off. Now, he's probably going to stay a while...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...Jumping Off Bridges..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News

Word from the Independent Spirit Awards and Sundance fronts; plus, 'No Pain, No Gain,' Bobby Cannavale, and 'Light From the East'

"...Poyser and Jacob Vaughan, as well as Kat Candler's jumping off bridges and Rowdy Stovall's Mexican Sunrise. The bridges..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Kat in a hot Austin indie summer; plus, 'How to Eat Fried Worms,' Jeffrey Travis, and the rest

"...bench nibbling pasta while the young stars of her jumping off bridges shot some hoops on the nearby playground...."

Aug. 19, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Hell's Belle

'Hellion' marks Kat Candler's long road to overnight success

"...Today, the wall of her North Austin office at Arts + Labor features a poster for the..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Celebrating Woman Director Awareness Month With Recommendations From Local Filmmakers

From artistic inspirations to personal connections, the legacies of women directors

"...I always get lost in. Ladies and gentlemen, I offer you Jane Campion, whose embrace of the wide, wide..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Screens Feature

The Good Eye: Crossing the (180-Degree) Line

Austin actresses go behind the camera

"...Christina Romero, Melanie René (Generation Me), and Leslie Langée (Jumping Off Bridges) – knew each other from acting classes..."

March 20, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Film News

Chalk and jumping off bridges finally see DVD, while Fantastic Fest becomes a beast

"...Candler celebrates the DVD release of her second film, jumping off bridges, Sunday from 6 to 9pm at Club..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Solid reporting and decent rumors

"...from 10am to 6pm at the Austin Film Society office, 1901 E. 51st. They particularly want males between ages..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Common Law

Mask up, Austin (and stop bridge jumping into Lady Bird Lake)

"...2. The order extends until August 15. The Mayor's office has indicated that it's highly likely the order will..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Luke Ellis

The Work of Kurt Volk

"...work for Austin independent filmmakers, starting with Kat Candler's Jumping off BridgesBack to story...."

Aug. 21, 2014 Photo Gallery

Film News

Reporting from the starting line of the SXSW marathon

"...Running to SXSW In her final days shooting jumping off bridges last summer, writer/director Kat Candler mused what..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

AFS Announces Short Film Grant Recipients

Society breaks $2 million in assistance to filmmakers

"...$2 million. Previous recipients have included Kat Candler (for Jumping Off Bridges, "Black Metal"), David Lowery (St. Nick), Patrick..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Making Trouble Look Good

How Kurt Volk got to be Robert Rodriguez's go-to poster designer

"...Kurt Volk's office has no windows. That means more room for posters...."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film 06

March 10-18

"..."We need for this to be sustainable," jumping off bridges director Kat Candler had said earlier, "and..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...(Where Soldiers Come From), Keith Maitland (Tower), Kat Candler (jumping off bridges), the Zellner Brothers (Kid-Thing), Kyle Henry (Fourplay),..."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fiore De Henriquez Is In Love With Clay

New documentary sheds light on intersex sculptor

"...lent his visual skills to Kat Candler’s 2006 much-lauded Jumping Off Bridges and (now-defunct) online concert video series the..."

Jan. 15, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Two Americans in Paris

UT grads go abroad for "Margot"

"...production course taught by local director Kat Candler (Hellion, Jumping off Bridges). Smith said, "We have to name-drop her..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding

"...called "traditional film," where projects dawdle and die. His office doesn't just sit passively while the ambitious and the..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Hellion' Gets Some Hot Lovin', Indiewire-Style

Kat Candler's Hellion named one of summer's hottest shorts

"...Her 2006 follow-up, jumping off bridges remains one of our favorite films about..."

June 13, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'Hellion' Headed to Sundance

New Kat Candler short to world-premiere in January

"...Austin carpool to Sundance is getting crowded: Kat Candler (jumping off bridges) will be world-premiering her new short "Hellion"..."

Dec. 6, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Woven Bones

"...in the current drone-pop craze. Of course, when everybody's jumping off bridges, one has to come up with a..."

May 28, 2010 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Film News

Jennifer Aniston eyes Texas

"...partially filmed) 12 Miles of Bad Road as an official casualty of the Writers Guild strike. Even with episodes..."

April 11, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

(Don't) Paint It Black

"...jumping off bridges has, during the past two years, affiliated..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Film News Top 10 of 2006

The top Texas stories of 2006

"...partnering with suicide-awareness groups for a nationwide tour of jumping off bridges. Also leading the Austin indie charge into..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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