C-U Blogfidential

C-U Blogfidential begins Year 2 and is teething like crazy.

Robin Christian Peters of Champaign movie studio Dreamscape Cinema has announced a new production for 2007 and invites interested parties to get involved.

The Chicago Sun-Times runs a quote from C-U Blogfidential in Thursday’s unofficial “Chief Illiniwek” issue.

Coming Soon: “Lebowski Fest” at the Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/22/07), benefit screening of THE ULTIMATE GIFT at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (2/22/07), Human Rights Film Festival at the Illinois Disciples Foundation, Champaign, IL (starting 2/22/07), Latin American Film Festival at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (2/23-3/01/07), Insect Fear Film Festival at Foellinger Auditorium, UIUC, Urbana, IL (2/24/07), and EKLAVYA at Boardman’s Art Theatre, Champaign, IL (3/3-4/07).

Everybody is showing their true colors this week in regards to Chief Illiniwek, the long-standing University of Illinois mascot who will make his last public appearance tonight, Wednesday, February 21, 2007.

Coming Soon: John Cusack Film Festival at Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL (2/15-16/07).

The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 7 p.m. at Rock’s, 25 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign.

C-U Blogfidential introduces a new feature, Clean Slate, where readers can chime in on subjects involving the art and business of film in downstate Illinois. This month’s topic: Local Film & Video Production in 2007