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.

CUFF aims not simply to screen film and video, but also to provide a forum for discourse between filmmakers and audience members. As external funding sources for the arts continue to disappear, it has become increasingly difficult for festivals to provide travel stipends, or for artists to finance their own plane tickets and hotel rooms. Each artist that CUFF is able to bring to Chicago enriches the festival experience for both the audience and the other filmmakers, and your donation will have a direct effect in sustaining CUFF’s role as a dynamic, challenging, and fun part of Chicago’s cultural calendar and summer film festival circuit.

For more information and donations go to: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/949911199/19th-annual-chicago-underground-film-festival.

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!

Submissions are still being accepted for the 19th Chicago Underground Film Festival to be held May 31 – June 7 2012 at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

The longest running underground film festival in the world, CUFF exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to promote films and videos that experiment radically in form, technique, or content from the “indie” mainstream.

Withoutabox Extended Deadline March 15

To take advantage of the special pricing, go to our member signup form, select Student pricing, enter “SPIRIT12″ in the Company field, enter the Verification Code, and click Submit Form.  Follow instructuctions from there.

The FIRST Round DEADLINE of December 15th is fast approaching!  If you wish to apply, please send in your application soon!!!

Finalists will be notified by January 6th, 2011.

Here’s a list of the 2011 Production Fund Competition Sponsors:

An in-kind donation of motion picture camera and camera support equipment from Fletcher Chicago, with a rental value of up to $13,000.00.

An in-kind donation of motion picture film from Eastman Kodak Company, valued at $5,000.00. The 10% IFP discount will apply to any additional film purchase.

An in-kind donation of laboratory services, including processing, prep and dailies transfer of 10,000′ of 35mm color negative or 20,000′ of 16mm color negative from Filmworkers/Astro Lab.

An in-kind donation of post-production services from Black Cat Productions.

An in-kind donation of final color correction from Filmworkers Club.

Free rental of a production vehicle (cube truck or cargo van) for a maximum of five days (dependent on availability) from RSL Rentals, Ltd. The Production Fund recipient will also receive free rental on sound pads and blankets.

An in-kind donation of casting services provided by Paskal & Rudnicke Casting. This is for principal roles only and included one prep, one audition session, one call back and the booking of talent.

An in-kind donation of grip/electric equipment and consultation services, valued up to $5,000 from Humble Pie Films.

An in-kind donation of walkie-talkies and misc. rental gear including tables, chairs, and traffic cones for five (5) days from A to B Rentals, Inc.

In-kind consultation services with a stunt coordinator in regard to stunt work and safety issues from Midwest Stunts.

Locations services provided by the Illinois Film Office. The Film Office staff will advise filmmaker on possible locations and provide one day of actual location scouting services and one day of transportation for technical scouting.

Exhibition at IFP/Chicago sponsored screenings and other regional events.

Mentoring and consulting services by the DGA, Chicago Film Office and IFP/Chicago Board Members.

Hello!  You have arrived to the “Everything you needed to know about the IFP/Chicago Production Fund…but were afraid to ask” page!  Download these links below!

Production Fund 2012 Application

Production Fund Budget Sample

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