Cinema World Fest Awards

"Jed or Alive is back... and this time more gnarly than ever, so don't get in his way. Still one of my all time favorite entries. If there are any distributors reading this, give these guys a call and get this film out there. People need to see this... To hell with Tiger King!

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Ed Mellin and his team prove that making a damn good film that people are going to want to watch has less to do about money and special FX and a whole lot more to do with excellent writing, detail to craft and finding an actor capable of carrying it all on his shoulders."

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Creation International Film Festival
“Jed or Alive, is a bizarre take on the survival show genre and took us all by surprise. It walks away with a Judge's Choice Award in the features column. The acting in this film is brilliant!”

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World Premiere Film Awards

"Yeah, it's weird, but gripping and incredibly well made. Ed Mellin's bizarre account of a TV survivalist who's lost his mojo and finds himself stranded on an island is simply one of the most entertaining projects we've come across. Daniel Davidson gives a master class performance as the 'has been' star struggling to get his shit together to survive the island. An amazing project. Look for it!! Watch it!!"

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The Monkey Bread Tree

"A willing victim of parody, Jed or Alive taps into the comedic side of Grizzly Man. Great stuff.

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With its camera becoming a third wheel – a sort of witness to the comedic chaos, Ed Mellin’s film finds a very inventive way to rework the low-budget skills documentaries. This is also a buddy film though, and reeks of that Joe Swanberg mastered in the last decade with films such as Drinking Buddies and Happy Christmas.”

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