Popcorn Adventure Review

The Hype: The Jammed’s story of getting distribution is really awesome.
The Verdict: This is a really, really good Australian film. In fact, this is a really good film – period! It’s always a lovely surprise when Australian filmmakers manage to dish up something worthwhile – the industry is so small that such surprises are few and far between. The film strives to stay close to the grim reality – the shooting style almost seems like a documentary in places and there are moments in the film which really connected, and I found really affecting. There is very little humanity or sympathy shown the sex slaves in the film and it’s a great conceit to tell the story from an unwilling, ordinary womans perspective as she is dragged reluctantly into finding a missing person…
The full article: http://popcornadventures.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/the-jammed/

After all the acclaim the film has received... we are back to reality. Trafficking is on the rise, morphing into any form by opportunists in their attempt to profit from the suffering of others. The company is also proud to announce:
The Age has launched a site on trafficking and is featuring THE JAMMED.

To link: http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2009/national/trafficking/jammed.html

AFI RED CARPET 2008...

PHOTOS FROM THE AFI AWARDS 2008...

From Left to Right: Emma Lung, Saskia Burmeister, Dee McLachlan, Veronica Sywak, Sun Park

AFI NOMINEES ANNOUNCED IN THE AUSTRALIAN..

Jammed star and AFI Best Actress nominee Veronica Sywak pictured left with fellow nominee Maeve Dermody.

THE JAMMED SCORES SEVEN AFI NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:

THE JAMMED SCORES 7 AFI NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
L'Oreal Paris AFI Award for Best Film:
DEE MCLACHLAN, ANDREA BUCK & SALLY AYRE SMITH
AFI Award for Best Direction:
DEE MCLACHLAN
Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay:
DEE MCLACHLAN
AFI Award for Best Editing:
DEE MCLACHLAN & ANNE CARTER
AFI Award for Best Lead Actress:
EMMA LUNG & VERONICA SYWAK
AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress:
SASKIA BURMEISTER

The 50th anniversary AFI celebration will be held at Melbourne's Princess Theatre on Saturday, December 6.

URBAN CINEFILE: FREE ONLINE FOR AFI VOTING - THE JAMMED

In an imaginative use of the internet, producers of The Jammed have made a high quality digital version of the acclaimed feature film available free online to AFI members to ensure maximum exposure � and hoped-for votes.

To prevent piracy, each copy is watermarked and logged with the AFI membership number of the person who downloads it. At the 2007 IF Awards, The Jammed won Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Music awards.
When insurance clerk Ashley Hudson (Veronica Sywak) does a favour for friend picking up a traveller at the airport, she also gives a lift to Sunee (Amanda Ma), who has come from China to look for her missing daughter, Rubi (Sun Park). Ashley is reluctantly drawn into the search for Rubi, who has become a victim of a sex trafficking scheme run by a Melbourne gang, and she is working as a prostitute, along with fellow victims Vanya (Saskia Burmesiter) and Crystal (Emma Lung). As Ashley tries to help Sunee and Rubi, she gets entangled in the exploitative world of trafficking and the heartless bureaucracy that tramples on the victims on the way to deporting them. (Inspired by actual events and court transcripts.)

Urban Cinefile: http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=14788&s=News_files