To kick off HUMP! submission season in grand style, the Best of HUMP! Tour is swinging by Portland for a one-weekend only event. As you know, HUMP! is the yearly amateur dirty movie competition created, acted, and directed by Northwesterners just like YOU. The winners win up to $5000 in cash prizes, and the sold-out crowds vote for the best of the best. (Check out more info on how to submit your 5-minute film for HUMP! 2014 here!)
Realizing that we could no longer deny the world our HUMP! goodness, HUMP! host Dan Savage curated some of his favorite HUMP! films of the past (along with audience favorites) and has been touring this “Best of HUMP!” screening around the country, including Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco and more. Naturally? THEY ALL LOVED IT.
And here’s your chance to love it too, as the HUMP! Tour is coming to Portland for three days only (May 15, 16, 17) to Cinema 21. This is a great opportunity to rewatch some of those old favorites, or if you’ve never been to HUMP!, see what all the hullaballoo is about! All the films are great, and were included with the enthusiastic agreement of all the filmmakers and actors involved… so what are you waiting for? GET YOUR TICKETS TO “THE BEST OF HUMP! TOUR RIGHT HERE. Will it sell out? Oh, for the love of… what do you think?
The HUMP! Tour teaser… NSFW, ‘natch!
HUMP 2013 from Alin Dragulin Photography on Vimeo.
I thought all the films were burned at the end of every festival? I thought that was one of the big reasons people were willing to make these movies – knowing they would never be showed again?
Good question! We burned OUR copies of their films, not THEIR copies of their films. Which means we had to go back, track the winners down, get their approval to be in the tour, and reacquire copies. Which was a pain in the ass. But you’re welcome!