C-U Blogfidential

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is looking for a candidate to fill the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies.

Join us for this important flashback 10 years in the making, dearest readers of C-U Blogfidential.

Festival passes for the 12th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival in Champaign, IL, in April 2010 will go on sale this Sunday, November 1, 2009.

Dark Maze Studios of Champaign, IL, reveals their first teaser poster for PRESS START 2 CONTINUE, which is currently in production.

Join us back for the attack this December when our first “off-season” issue, C-U Confidential ’99, hits the streets!

Champaign Movie Makers, a group dedicated to fostering independent and personal filmmaking in the Champaign-Urbana area, will next meet at the UIUC Foreign Language Building in Urbana, IL, on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

On Wednesday, September 30, 2009, CNGM Pictures of Palatine, IL, released to DVD their college-set drama NORMAL LIFE, filmed in Bloomington-Normal during the spring of 2006.

Taste the possible future of narrative film presentation by taking in an old-fashioned low-budget romance, OPA!, at the Beverly Cinema 18 in Champaign, IL, starting on Friday, October 16, 2009.

You’ve heard of speed dating, yes? Well, then, how about an exciting round of “speed casting” for the indie film FINDING VIRGINIA, starting at 5 p.m. today, Friday, October 16, 2009, at the Capital Area Career Center in Springfield, IL? Madness!

Thomas C. Card and Pounded Pavement Productions need to find a few good film people for before and behind the camera. Christopher DeSouza and Next Process Films need to find a few good film people for behind and (presumably) in front of the camera. Your humble editor and C-U Blogfidential suggest that you investigate their needs.