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.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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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.”
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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.
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This month’s topic: Availability of Local Film & Video Production on DVD and the Internet
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C-U Blogfidential begins Year 2 and is teething like crazy.
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Robin Christian Peters of Champaign movie studio Dreamscape Cinema has announced a new production for 2007 and invites interested parties to get involved.
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The Chicago Sun-Times runs a quote from C-U Blogfidential in Thursday’s unofficial “Chief Illiniwek” issue.
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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).
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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.
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Coming Soon: John Cusack Film Festival at Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL (2/15-16/07).
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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.
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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
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