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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

LOCATION:  The Nightingale, 1084 North Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

DATE:  Wednesday, May 18th

TIME:  7PM

PRICE:  $10 non-members, $5 members

The IFP is pleased to launch a new salon/discussion series for media makers in the Chicagoland and Midwestern region: MEET YOUR DIGITAL PARTNERS.  The goal is to bring together people from a broad array of fields related to media making, to exchange ideas and talk about developing visual and aural stories in a variety of cross-platform arenas.

 With the convergence of technology, there is a lot of talk of making work that can be relevant across a multitude of platforms.  Yet media makers may not know where to meet potential collaborators outside their usual circle.  Stay relevant and make new connections by attending this open forum, whether you’re a game developer, filmmaker, social media producer, advertiser, audio artist, or cross-platform media maker. 

Round #1 of this experiment features the following media artists:

Ian Pottmeyer graduated college prepared to be an opera singer. From there he became a composer, then a composer of video game soundtracks.  Now he creates the games themselves at Studio Cypher, a game design studio based in Bloomington, Indiana.  As part of the three-man team, he takes on numerous design roles, from game to graphic to web to audio.  Ian’s games are often marked by his desire to help players be as personally creative as possible. On May 18th, he’ll be giving a crash course in game design to help ensure that everyone who comes across your experience feels like they can participate and have fun.

Ben Groenevelt makes fast, robust websites for non-profits, artists, musicians as well as small businesses and larger corporations.  His tool of choice is Drupal, an open-source content management systems (CMS) used to build sites like the whitehouse.gov and grammy.com.  He also, along with other open source devotees, spends his time giving back to Drupal’s open source community.  He will be presenting, “What is this Drupal Thing?” giving a brief overview of what Drupal is and some of the powerful tools it provides to build dynamic, content rich web sites.

Cole Pierce is a Chicago based artist who makes paintings, video installations and audio multiples.  He earned his MFA in Art Theory & Practice from Northwestern in 2007 and has exhibited work at Antenna Gallery, Old Gold, Vega Estates, and is curating a group show at the Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival for the third consecutive year.  He co-authors Field Mic, a sound art and music blog, and contributes music mixes to Headphone Commute’s podcast series. He is currently a videographer and educator at the Chicago Teachers’ Center of NEIU.

Jon Satrom is a new-media artist, educator, designer, and organizer.  He performs realtime audio and video, celebrates obsolescence, and cultivates glitches.  Satrom operates a production company called studiothread http://studiothread.com and teaches in the Department of Film Video New Media Animation at the School of the Art Institute. He will discuss “Strategies for Shattering Through Glowing Rectangles.”  Riffing on Gene Youngblood’s Expanded Cinema (1970), Satrom will discuss new-media art’s potential to sculpt stories, transcend technologies, and remix our relationship(s) with cinema. 

Able Parris is a designer, art director, and illustrator. He learned graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design before opening his own niche design studio in Providence, RI.  His collage art has shown nationally, and has been published internationally.  He co-authors Field Mic, a sound art and music blog, and contributes to We Love Typography, the beloved typography site that’s like an FFFFound for type-related content.  Currently, he spends his days at McKinney in Durham, NC practicing design and art direction in the context of advertising.

Two full days of film, music, creative displays, art gallery and photo exhibits.

Mofest is the annual film, media and arts festival that celebrates the local film, post, print and media production and creative communities.

For more details, visit mofest.com or email mo@mofest.com