CUBlogs.com awards C-U Blogfidential a four-star review while highlighting the site as their “Limelight” pick for April 2006.
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Extras and production assistants are needed immediately for Mark Roberts’ WELCOME TO TOLONO, currently filming in Tolono, IL.
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ACHOO blows ’em away as winner of the first Champaign-Urbana 25by25by5 Short Film Contest, a competitive event benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Team in Training.
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The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.
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New Flash-animated Web cartoons introduce the characters to be seen in Dark Maze Studios’ PRESS START, currently filming in Champaign, IL.
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Interview with the director of WEREWOLF CEMETERY and a billion other BrainSmart productions.
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY earns more afterlife on Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m., at UIUC’s Spurlock Museum, while the entry deadline for the Champaign-Urbana 25by25by5 Short Film Contest is extended.
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The complete UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VS. A MUMMY shambles forth on Saturday, April 22, 2006, 7 and 9 p.m. at UIUC’s Noyes Lab, while WEREWOLF CEMETERY: EPISODE 2 gets hairy on Sunday, April 23, and Monday, April 24, 2006, midnight, at Mike ‘n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign.
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Bloomington, IL, filmmaker Owen Brazas has announced that his independent film, ARTS & SCIENCE, will premiere on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 8pm, at the Normal Theater in Normal, IL.
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The Champaign-Urbana 25by25by5 Short Film Contest to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society gives 25 teams of budding film-makers the opportunity to complete a 5-minute movie in 25 hours.
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Article in Chicago Sun-Times about conflict between Illinois State University and indie distributor New Yorker Films regarding on-campus screenings.
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Article in Champaign weekly The Hub about upstart C-U filmmaker Laura Bynum and her current projects, UGLY GIRLS and VERACITY.
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The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.
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Microcinema/Artpix releases the film and video work of UIUC MFA alumnus William Wegman, while Freestyle Home Entertainment delays the surreal horror film HEADSPACE starring recent graduate Christopher Denham.
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The College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the eighth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.
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