Jester Wallis Productions

06/05/2025

Join us LIVE this evening on Youtube as we chat with Mary Mars from the Tri-State Outdoors Festival. The festival will be featuring our film, Safe and Found: A Search and Rescue Documentary.

We will be live tonight June 5, 2025 at 7PM ET on our Jester Wallis Productions YouTube Channel. Mary will talk to us all about the Tri-State Outdoors Fest coming up the weekend of July 19, 2025.

Tri State Outdoors Festival: 7/18/25 - https://www.facebook.com/tristateoutdoorsfest/Watch Safe and Found: A Search and Rescue Documentaryhttps://www.youtube...

05/10/2025

Today we have released an extremely special interview with Bill Zimmerman. The majority of the interview consists of footage that has never been seen but was filmed for our documentary Safe and Found. Bill was a member of the Haywood County Search and Rescue Team and the President of the Western NC Wilderness Safety Fund.

Bill shares how he got started in Search and Rescue, some of the more harrowing tales from his experience, and how the Western NC Wilderness Safety Fund got its start.

Tragically, Bill died in a cycling accident in June 2024, just over a year after this interview was filmed. The loss hit the team very hard but we here Jester Wallis Productions feel privileged to have had the opportunity to not only sit down with Bill for the interview but to have captured this footage to ensure that Bill's legacy lives on. We wanted to share this interview for everyone that knew Bill and help show the rest of the world what an amazing human being he was.

Haywood County Search & Rescue
WNC Wilderness Safety Fund
Nancy East
Hiker Medals
Sketching Summits

Join us as we sit down with Bill Zimmerman, a Haywood County SAR Team Member and the President of the Western NC Wilderness Safety Fund. He shares how he go...

05/09/2025

Our Final Director's Cut Episode Is Out. To wrap up this series we shared some behind the scenes footage from a couple of Haywood County SAR training events. All six episodes of the Director's Cut is now available on our YouTube Channel.

Austin and Julie started a new series of episodes on the podcast that will give you a behind the scenes look at the steps it took to put together the film Sa...

04/14/2025

🎥 Safe and Found: A Search and Rescue Documentary can be viewed on the Jester Wallis Productions YouTube Channel.

04/12/2025

We are beyond excited that tomorrow is the day our documentary SAFE AND FOUND will be featured at the RiverRun International Film Festival. Following the screening of the film Great Outdoor Provision Co. will host a panel with the filmmakers, members of the Wake Forest Wilderness Medicine program, and the local Appalachian Search & Rescue group to discuss the importance of this vital work.

If you are in Winston-Salem, NC or the surrounding area's we would love for you to join us tomorrow at 2PM ET at the Reynolds Place Theatre! It is FREE to attend the film but please register by clicking the link below!

RiverRun International Film Festival
Great Outdoor Provision Co. (Winston-Salem, NC)

Join us for a special screening of "Safe and Found: A Search and Rescue Documentary", an insightful film highlighting the dedicated efforts of the ...

04/03/2025

Join us tonight at 7PM ET for a new LIVE episode of our Safe and Found: Director's Cut Series. Tonight in Episode #5 we'll share some never before seen footage from our interviews with Nancy and Larry East!

Austin and Julie started a new series of episodes on the podcast that will give you a behind the scenes look at the steps it took to put together the film Sa...

03/26/2025

We decided to release a few of our full uncut interviews from Safe and Found. This first one is a discussion between the former Haywood County Sheriff Greg Christopher, Retired EMS Director Greg Shuping, and the Director of Haywood County Search and Rescue Mike Street. We've titled this one "The Architects".

Haywood County Search & Rescue

This roundtable discussion was filmed for our documentary Safe and Found. You will see the entire never before seen interview with Greg Christopher, Mike Str...

03/22/2025

Safe and Found will be shown at the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, NC on April 13, 2025 at 2pm. The film is free and will be shown at the Reynolds Place Theatre! Following the screening, Great Outdoor Provision Co. will host a panel with us, members of the Wake Forest Wilderness Medicine program, and the local Appalachian Search & Rescue group to discuss the importance of this vital work.

All The Details Below. Please Register Even Though The Event Is Free. https://riverrunfilm.com/events/safeandfound/

Haywood County Search & Rescue
WNC Wilderness Safety Fund
Nancy East
Hiker Medals
Sketching Summits

Join us for a special screening of "Safe and Found: A Search and Rescue Documentary", an insightful film highlighting the dedicated efforts of the ...

03/10/2025

Safe and Found has been officially selected to be featured in the RiverRun International Film Festival!! We are beyond excited for the film to be shown and continue to spread the message about hiker safety and preventative search and rescue! Join us in Winston-Salem, NC on Sunday April 13, 2025 at 2PM for the showing at Reynolds Place Theatre! After the film there will be a Q & A with a panel from Wake Forest Wilderness Medicine program and a local Appalachian Search and Rescue group.

RiverRun International Film Festival. Stay tuned for year round screenings and save the dates for our 26th year April 18th - 27th, 2024.

03/06/2025

Join Us Live Here Shortly at 7PM ET as we continue our Safe and Found - Director's Cut Series. It's been a while since we've gone live so tune in and catch up with us!

Austin and Julie started a new series of episodes on the podcast that will give you a behind the scenes look at the steps it took to put together the film Sa...

01/18/2025

Thank You For All You Do!

01/02/2025

Join us tonight as we kick off the New Year with our 3rd LIVE Episode of Safe and Found: Director's Cut 🎬.

Austin and Julie started a new series of episodes on the podcast that will give you a behind the scenes look at the steps it took to put together the film Sa...