{"id":4472,"date":"2012-01-30T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:52:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:52:53","slug":"c-u-biz-en-scene-01-30-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4472","title":{"rendered":"C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne: 01.30.2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c<\/em>C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne<\/strong>\u201d appears every Sunday\/Monday on <\/em>C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> to give our readers a succinct snapshot of the cinema activity in and near <\/em>Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA<\/strong>. Please support the artists and their work, attend screenings and events, and otherwise become active in our esoteric little world!<\/em><\/p>\n

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MFHQ & YOU:<\/strong>
\n Spring into Action this Spring, Dearest Readers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to a case of Humble Editor Overload (HEO) worsened by an upper respiratory virus infection (FUBAR), we\u2019ll need to shorten up the Biz<\/strong> once more and save the next installment of our \u201cStayin\u2019 Alive<\/strong>\u201d scene survey for column number 80(!) later this week. Until then, we foreshadow the time is nigh for MICRO-FILM Country<\/strong> filmmakers \u2013 via the Call for Entries for the New Art Film Festival<\/strong>, coming next week \u2013 and our valiant advertisers \u2013 via the sexy sixth issue of C-U Confidential<\/strong> digest, the rates for which will also<\/em> be revealed next week \u2013 to start pulling through with their annual share of heavy hitting. Mark those down and pass \u2018em around, for we need your<\/em> strength in numbers to help make our efforts a success! Just as well, gossip through your respective grapevines that the second Time Traveling Cinema<\/strong>, sponsored by us and The Psychic Joker<\/strong><\/a>, will go down Friday, February 24<\/strong>, starting at 10 p.m.<\/strong>; we\u2019ll announce our next group of vintage flicks shortly! \u201cJoin\u201d this Event on Facebook<\/strong><\/a> so you will be reminded when it\u2019s show time and then read this Smile Politely<\/span><\/strong> article by Rachel Buller<\/strong><\/a> about the downtown Champaign<\/strong> sector that our host venue, SoDo Theatre<\/strong><\/a>, and other neighboring businesses are transforming into a pro-arts hub of activity. Go Go SoDo!<\/p>\n


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\u201cCOMING SOON\u201d TO CUBLOG<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep an eye out this week for a brand-new \u201cThe Double Life of a Cin\u00e9aste<\/strong>\u201d column by Tyler Tharpe<\/strong> on Tuesday or Wednesday, an \u201cImages of the Week<\/strong>\u201d on Friday featuring yet another cool Elsinore<\/strong> music video, and our exclusive events Calendar<\/strong> on Friday as well!<\/p>\n


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ITEMS OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

With nothing particularly timely on the local front to divulge, we concentrate this week on pointing you<\/em>, erstwhile producer, towards potential resources for funding and screening your work. Our Chicago<\/strong> area friends should note that Chicago Filmmakers<\/strong> and the Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation<\/strong> will be awarding production grants up to $10,000 for five or more projects through the Chicago Digital Media Production Fund<\/strong>, accepting applications until Monday, March 19<\/strong>. Proposals can be for short or feature-length films addressing \u201cprogressive social change in some fashion\u201d that will be completed by April 2013; read and download all the pertinent details from the CF Web site<\/a> \u2026 Entries are being accepted through May 15<\/strong> for the sixth annual Iowa Independent Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> which will take place July 13-15<\/strong> in Clear Lake, IA<\/strong>. This indie fest is able to draw Hollywood<\/strong> professionals as guests and judges through the connections of IIFF co-founder Tanna Frederick<\/strong>, an actress and current muse of maverick director Henry Jaglom<\/strong> (IRENE IN TIME<\/strong>, QUEEN OF THE LOT<\/strong>) \u2026 The cleverly named 15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> is now looking for movies running 15 minutes or less for its fourth annual event on Saturday, May 19<\/strong>, in Palm Bay, FL<\/strong>. While the early-bird deadline for entry is this Tuesday, January 31<\/strong>, the latest submissions can be postmarked no later than Monday, April 23<\/strong> \u2026 Elsewhere, IndieWIRE<\/strong><\/span> published a Sundance tie-in interview<\/a> with Austin, TX,<\/strong> animator Don Hertzfeldt<\/strong><\/a> about his new short, IT\u2019S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY<\/strong>. Attendees of the former C-U Freaky Film Festival<\/strong> will remember his early stick-figure efforts LILY AND<\/strong> JIM, BILLY\u2019S BALLOON<\/strong>, and the immortal REJECTED<\/strong> \u2026 The acclaimed Japanese visual artist Eiko<\/strong> Ishioka<\/strong>, who won an Academy Award in 1993 for her costume designs in BRAM STOKER\u2019S DRACULA<\/strong>, passed away January 21<\/strong> at age 73 according to the Associated Press<\/strong><\/a>. She attended Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> in 2008 and spoke after screenings of MISHIMA<\/strong> and THE CELL<\/strong>, both featuring her work as did THE FALL<\/strong> which played \u201cEbertfest\u201d the following year \u2026<\/p>\n

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LINKS OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

The flood of fun stuff to ferret through the Internet never ends! First, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<\/strong> announced the nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards<\/strong><\/a> last Tuesday, January 24<\/strong>; THE ARTIST, THE DESCENDANTS, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE, THE HELP, HUGO, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, MONEYBALL, THE TREE OF LIFE<\/strong>, and WAR HORSE<\/strong> will vie for Best Picture honors. The Sundance Film Festival<\/strong> revealed their award winners earlier today<\/a>, Sunday, January 29<\/strong>; top nods were bestowed upon BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD<\/strong> (Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic), THE HOUSE I LIVE IN<\/strong> (Grand Jury Prize, Documentary), VIOLETA WENT TO HEAVEN<\/strong> (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic), and THE LAW IN THESE PARTS<\/strong> (World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Documentary). Attending the concurrent Arthouse Convergence<\/strong> in Park City<\/strong> was venerable film executive Bingham Ray<\/strong>, who suffered a pair of strokes and passed away January 23<\/strong> at age 57<\/a> in a nearby Provo, UT<\/strong>, hospital; as executive director of the San Francisco Film Society<\/strong>, co-founder of classy Nineties distributor October Films<\/strong>, and marketer-come<\/em>-champion of numerous indie watersheds including BREAKING THE WAVES, THE LAST SEDUCTION, SECRETS & LIES<\/strong>, and BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE<\/strong>, he will be missed<\/a>. Conversation also continues in the press regarding the purported death of the physical cinema; CUBlog<\/strong> columnist Tyler Tharpe<\/strong> submits this article by Creative COW Magazine<\/span><\/strong>\u2019s Debra Kaufman<\/strong><\/a> about the across-the-board decline of film use in both production and distribution, while Todd Leopold<\/a><\/strong> writes for CNN<\/strong><\/a> about the powerful sense of nostalgia formerly wielded by the Kodak<\/strong> brand. Time can apparently heal wounds between real and reel life as evidenced by this Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/strong> story about Orson Welles\u2019 CITIZEN KANE<\/strong><\/a>, screening March 9<\/strong> at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival<\/strong> on the estate of the late William Randolph Hearst<\/strong>; seeing it as a thinly veiled attack on his character, the newspaper baron famously attempted to squelch KANE<\/strong>\u2019s original release by RKO Radio Pictures<\/strong> in 1941. To close, we noticed via DVD Empire<\/strong><\/a> a new direct-to-video comedy called DIVISION III: FOOTBALL\u2019S FINEST<\/strong><\/a> and starring oft-in-trouble comedian Andy Dick<\/strong> who, downstate legend tells us, left D-III Illinois Wesleyan University<\/strong> of Bloomington<\/strong> before the end of his freshman year and hightailed it to non-NCAA Columbia College<\/strong> of Chicago. We wonder how executive producer and co-writer Dick developed his role of football coach \u201cRick Vice\u201d with co-writer and director Marshall Cook<\/strong> \u2013 who, to be fair, actually played D-III football at Occidental College<\/strong> in Los Angeles<\/strong> where he majored in filmmaking \u2013 unless one looks no further than this Santa Rosa (CA) Correspondent<\/span><\/strong> report<\/a> which describes the Vice character as an \u201coverly aggressive redneck racist.\u201d When life plus reputation equals art, we suppose<\/em> good things can come from it\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s it for the \u201cbusiness of our scene\u201d this week!<\/p>\n

If you have relevant news, opportunities, dates, or promotions that you would like included in <\/em>CUBiz<\/strong>, please forward the who, what, where, when, and how much to <\/em>cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Compiled by Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

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We welcome your virtual presence in the Confidential scheme!<\/strong><\/p>\n

324 awesome (but way too few) peeps dig our Facebook <\/strong>page<\/a>, while 24 astounding (yet way way <\/em>way too few) comrades keep a watchful eye on our YouTube<\/strong> channel<\/a>, the C-U Confidential Revue<\/strong>! We\u2019d place our bets in a heartbeat that many more<\/em> would enjoy our social\/video outreach if they knew about us! Have you <\/em>joined us on-line? Will you be ambassadors for our indie film cause and send your recruits in our direction? The more attention we receive, the better we can serve the interests of local artists and the movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond!<\/p>\n

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Prior \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a> | Next \u201cCUBiz\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne\u201d no.79 \u00a9 2012 Jason Pankoke\/C-U Blogfidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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