The 19th Chicago Underground Film Festival
May 31st – June 7th, 2012
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE
at the Gene Siskel Film Center Box Office
AND
Online through the Ticketmaster link under each film on the GSFC website or directly through Ticketmaster.

Tickets to each screening are $11/general admission. Other ticket prices are $7/student and $6/Film Center and IFP/Chicago members. All tickets may be purchased at the Film Center Box Office. Both general admission and Film Center member tickets are available through Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets.

ALSO….This year, FESTIVAL PASSES are available!
$75 gets you into an unlimited number of screenings! This is well over a $130 value!
Buy your festival pass at the GSFC box office starting May 17th.
Plus, once CUFF is over, you can turn in your pass to the box office at the end of the fest to get a $5 discount on Siskel Membership.

You’ll still need to pick up a ticket at the box office before each screening. Please note that a festival pass needs to be presented at the box office for a ticket and does not guarantee a passholder entry if a screening sells out.

FREE!

Monday April 9, 2012
screening starts at 9pm
Beauty Bar (1444 W Chicago Ave).
Hosted bar from 8pm to 9pm!!
(with RSVP to: chicagorsvp@thebeautybar.com)

Drink Specials:$3 Drafts, $4 Well Drinks, & per usual $10 Martini + Manicures!

Films include:

Playing Alive by Mike Olenick 16 min

Boxcartoon by Matt Marsden 10 min

Video Terraform Dance Party by Jeremy Bailey 12 min

Boxes, Jesus and Sandwiches by Jennifer Matotek 2 min.

Voice On The Line by Kelly Sears 7 min.

Prison Beta by Lucas Dimick 22min.

The Documentary Summit is coming to Chicago on April 21-22, 2012. This fantastic two day event is hosted by the authors of The Documentary Film Makers Handbook in association with Columbia College Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Zacuto, Leavens, Strand, Glover & Adler, LLC and Chicago Filmmakers. 

The two days are filled with panels that will discuss many of the hot topics surrounding non-fiction. Some of the panelists scheduled to appear are Gordon Quinn of Kartemquin Films, filmmakers Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs/Louder Than A Bomb and Alicia Sams/By The People: The Election of Barack Obama all speaking about storytelling; attorney Tom Leavens will discuss Clearance and Copyright issues; Casey Callister/Garden Thieves and Tamara Biggs/Chicago History Museum will discuss various kinds of distribution; and Erin Sorenson from the BeCause Foundation will talk about funding documentaries via grants; a whole panel on using social media to fund, promote and marketing your film; DP and editing panel – plus many others!

For more information and to book tickets, go to:   www.documentarysummit.com/chicago/

Discount price for IFP/Chicago members: $119 (normally $149) with code: IFPC. Seating is limited so book now!

IFP/Chicago is pleased to invite IFP members and friends to a free screening of Justin Hayward’s “Wretched,” the premiere of the IFP/Chicago Production Fund Film for 2010.  The film will be preceded by a short presentation by Bob Mastronardi of Kodak. 

“Wretched”

When ten-year-old Sarah’s estranged parents clash over simply saving a seat in a busy cafeteria, the quick minded little girl is forced to settle the silly squabble diplomatically and thus demonstrating the role blurring of parent and child in this modern American culture. 

Directed By Justin Hayward

Produced By Leigh Jones 

Sunday September 18, 2011 at 1:00 pm 

Gene Siskel Film Center

164 North State Street, Chicago

Screening is FREE to all!

The Chicago premiere of “A Good Man,” co-directed by Bob Hercules and Gordon Quinn, will make it’s Chicago premiere September 23 at the Gene Siskel Film Center (and then have a one-week run).  The film, co-produced by American Masters, Kartemquin Films and Media Process Group, chronicles acclaimed choreographer Bill T. Jones over two years as he struggles to create a dance/theater work about the legacy of Abraham Lincoln.  The film premiered at this year’s Full Frame Film Festival and will be broadcast on PBS’ American Masters on November 11.  

At the Sept. 23, 8:15PM  screening Hercules, Quinn, D.P. Keith Walker and editor David E. Simpson will be present for a Q/A.  

For tickets:  Siskel Film Center

the SALONATHON

Monday, August 8 @ Beauty Bar (1444 W Chicago)

Screening begins at 9PM

Hosted bar from 8-9PM with RSVP to:  chicagorsvp@thebeautybar.c​om

Come watch Fantastical, Funny, Friendly, Freakish Films from the 2011 Festival!
Local Filmmakers! the rock and the roll, animation, humor, drama and a chromographic 3D movie!

All night Drink Specials:
$3 Drafts, & per usual $10 Martini + Manicures

Come celebrate another great year with the Chicago Underground!

Five laugh-filled comedy sitcoms made by Chicago filmmakers will be featured during the event.

Friday, July 29.  Shows at 7:00 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Admission is $10 per show.

Chicago Cultural Center Theater, 78 E. Washington

Festival line-up can be viewed at: www.witsendshorts.com

Reservation line: 312-379-8633

Nineteen comedy shorts by talented Chicago filmmakers will be featured during the event.

Thursday, July 28, 8:00 p.m.

Admission is $10. Chicago Cultural Center Theater, 78 E. Washington

Festival line-up can be viewed at: www.witsendshorts.com

Reservation line: 312-379-8633

June 23-26

Opening Night at the Gene Siskel Film Center, June 23 at 8pm.

All other shows at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark.

The 23rd Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival will showcase the best new experimental work from around the world. This year Onion City will present 10 programs featuring 76 films by local artists and established masters such as Thom Andersen, the Quay Brothers, Deborah Stratman, Lewis Klahr, and James Fotopoulos. The festival takes place on Thursday, June 23 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and Friday through Sunday (June 24 – 26) at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. in Andersonville.

Find complete details at the festival website: www.chicagofilmmakers.org/onion_fest.

Program of Challenging, Provocative and Entertaining Features, Docs and Shorts

Gene Siskel Film Center, June 2 – June 9 2011

The 18th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF), presented by IFP/Chicago, heats up the summer film festival circuit with a provocative and entertaining slate of features, documentaries and short films that redefine the term “underground” and what it means for a culture in flux.  All screenings take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 164 N State Street, June 2 – June 9.

Full Schedule: CUFF

Online Tickets:  Gene Siskel Film Center