Archive for March, 2007

Local projects need your help!

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

The fine folks behind FLIGHT 1071, Icarus Films, Sound Foundation, and the Boneyard Arts Project have positions to fill in front of and/or behind the camera.

Ebertfest 2007 films revealed

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

The College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the ninth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.

Coming Soon: March 2007

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Coming Soon: MERRY CHRISTMAS! at the Wildwood Film Festival, Appleton, WI (3/24/07), ALBERT FISH at the Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (3/24/07), Korean Documentary Film Festival at the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (3/29-31/07), “Death by Design, Co., Stalks Charleston” at the Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (~ 4/1/07), and the closing of the Heart Theatre, Effingham, IL (12/24/06).

Dalai Lamas doc screens April 28

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

Champaign native Michael Wiese will present a screening of his new documentary, THE SACRED SITES OF THE DALAI LAMAS, on Saturday, April 28, 2007, 1:30 p.m., at Boardman’s Art Theatre in downtown Champaign.

Come & Gone: March 2007

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Come & Gone: Allyson Mitchell residence at Unit One/Allen Hall, UIUC, Urbana, IL (3/4-8/07), Illini Film & Video’s DEATH SHOT viewing party at the English Building, UIUC, Urbana, IL (3/5/07), and the Monumental Film Festival at the Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL (3/6/07).

New mag idea: “C-U Confidential”

Monday, March 5th, 2007

C-U Blogfidential might spawn a bouncing baby zine during this year’s Overlooked Film Festival, and we already have a name picked out – “C-U Confidential.”

CU Video Group meets Mar. 7

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

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

CLEAN SLATE: March 2007

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

This month’s topic: Availability of Local Film & Video Production on DVD and the Internet