Eastern Illinois University Film Studies Minor
Newsletter
March/April 2012
Open House
April 21, 2012 from 9:30-11:30
The Film Studies Minor will be staffing a table at the EIU Open House in the University Ballroom on Monday, February 12 from 9:30-11:30. We will have a flyer with information about possible job opportunities with a film studies minor, a fact sheet, and an interactive film game available for prospective students and their friends to enjoy.
Please Note: Eastern Film Society will meet in spring 2012 on Mondays at 4 in the Coleman Auditorium.
Film Conferences, Journals, and Screenings
Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
Eastern Illinois University
Call for Submissions
Deadline: March 2, 2012
Festival: March 27, 2012
We are looking for films of high artistic quality that satisfy at least two of the following criteria:
1. Films created with an emphasis on gender and/or social justice issues
2. Films that link local and global issues
3. Films created by people underrepresented in the media field (women, people of color,
queer/transgendered people, people with disabilities)
4. Films made by people from the Central Illinois area
How to submit:
Send a DVD or videotape of your film and a cover letter to:
Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
Women’s Studies Program
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Attn: Robin Murray
Guidelines:
1. Films should be short: under 60 minutes in length.
2. Film DVD or videotape should be labeled with a) your name, address, and email address and
b) the title of your film.
3. You should email us an acknowledgement at rlmurray@eiu.edu
4. In your cover letter, explain how you and your film fit our criteria and include a two-three
sentence synopsis.
Note: There is no submission fee for this film festival.
This film festival promotes the mission of our Women’s Studies Program: to promote an understanding of how issues related to gender, age, race, economic status, sexual identity, and nationality affect women's lives and the communities in which they live. In order to promote an equitable and sensitive environment for all persons, Women’s Studies also responds to issues affecting women on campus and in the community.
Film Festival Schedule, March 27-29
Tue., Mar. 27, 2012, 4:30 pm, Coleman Auditorium—Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival (CIFFF) Screening of festival films
Wed., Mar. 28, 2012, 7:00 pm, Coleman Auditorium—CIFFF film: !Women, Art, Revolution For over forty years, Director Lynn Hershman Leeson has collected hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators and critics who shaped the beliefs and values of the Feminist Art Movement and reveal previously undocumented strategies used to politicize female artists and integrate women into art structures.
!Women Art Revolution elaborates the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement to the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movements and explains how historical events, such as the all-male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions. The film details major developments in women’s art of the 1970s, including the first feminist art education programs, political organizations and protests, alternative art spaces such as the A.I.R. Gallery and Franklin Furnace in New York and the Los Angeles Women’s Building, publications such as Chrysalis and Heresies, and landmark exhibitions, performances, and installations of public art that changed the entire direction of art.
New ways of thinking about the complexities of gender, race, class, and sexuality evolved. The Guerrilla Girls emerged as the conscience of the art world and held academic institutions, galleries, and museums accountable for discrimination practices. Over time, the tenacity and courage of these pioneering women artists resulted in what many historians now feel is the most significant art movement of the late 20th century.
Carrie Brownstein composed an original score to accompany the film. Laurie Anderson, Janis Joplin, Sleater-Kinney, The Gossip, Erase Errata and Tribe 8 are some of the gifted musicians who contributed to our soundtrack
Thu., Mar. 29, 2012, 11 am, Coleman Hall 3732—Guest Presentation: “Punk in the Shadow of War,” by Fiona Ngô Ngô re-imagines the narration of punk as always already resistant – one that is most often told through class politics and more recently through gender, sexual, and racial politics – by contextualizing punk within a transnational feminist framework through its coincidence with the “Fall of Saigon” in 1975. Wars, imperialism, shifting racial and immigrant residential arrangements, and disappearing social services provide a jumping off point for re-thinking the economic and global conditions for the creation of new aesthetic practices and youth politics. For punks in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, this meant creating a music scene that shared spaces with people of color, immigrants, and refugees who had been displaced through wars and economic restructuring.
Fiona I. B. Ngô is an Assistant Professor in the Asian American Studies Program and the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Ngô is currently writing Imperial Blues: Travel and Transnationality in the Age of Jazz , a book manuscript forthcoming from Duke University Press in 2013, which examines race, sexuality, and imperial signifiers in New York’s music cultures during the Jazz Age.
Thu. Mar. 29, 2012, 3:30 pm, Coleman Aud. CIFFF film: Everybody’s Dying Here
Everybody’s Dying Here is a documentary that follows the feminist Mexican punk band, Las Ultrasonicas. Shot and edited by Ultrasonica guitarist Ali Gardoki (a.k.a Ali Gua Gua), the film provides a look at the treacherous underground Mexican punk scene and the daily grind of performing in one of Mexico’s few all-female punk bands.
The democratic dream behind digital videomaking finds expression in Ali Gardoki's roughly made but genuine punk documentary, a personal look at Los Ultrasonics, one of Mexico's only all-girl rock bands, by band's guitarist, Gardoki. Pic examines highs and lows, personal mishaps, and added pressure of women proving themselves in hostile, male-dominated clubs. Lensing is as crude as the punk-esque singing, making docu all the better as a report from the Mexican pop underground, and a good pickup for latenight fest dates.
Though rock club organizer Nacho Pineda notes that everything from city codes to the music industry conspire against an underground rock scene, Los Ultrasonics are seen forging ahead, even as they struggle with co-founder Tere, who splits from the band. Gardoki serves up nice profiles of each member that show how their busy lives compete with their music. In the end, the band doesn't stay together, but sheer pleasure of doing personal, non-commercial rock is the pic's -- and band's -- legacy.
The New Art Film Festival, Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., in downtown Champaign, Illinois!
Please send a standard definition, non-returnable DVD screener between now and Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 5 p.m. CST to the New Art Film Festival, care of (c/o) the above address, in a clearly marked package. You may also put "attn: Jason Pankoke, Programmer" on your package. If you live locally, you may drop off submissions at the Art during business hours. If multiple films appear on your DVD, please make it clear with an enclosed note *which* film(s) you are submitting. Also make sure to include complete contact information with your disc. There is no entry fee this year!
While the NAFF is a regional/local film festival at heart, we *will* consider submissions from filmmakers living and working throughout Illinois and other contiguous Midwestern states including Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Minnesota. All genres and lengths are welcome!
A complete line-up will be announced roughly two weeks before the event. At that time, we will solicit publicity material and hi-res files for projection. We will also do our best to drum up publicity opportunities for filmmakers through all local media. Here is a link to last year's line-up for reference: http://www.micro-film-magazine.com/cublog/?p=3158. Queries may be directed to either Art owner Sanford Hess at the.art.theater@gmail.com or Jason at cuconfidential@gmail.com.
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the 2012 Festival to be held in late May/early June www.cuff.org for guidelines, The Chicago Underground Film Festival exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to promote films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or content from the "indie" mainstream and to present adventurous works that challenge and transcend commercial and audience expectations...if you suspect your film is "underground," it probably is.
Please read the online guidelines before submitting your film.
ENTRY FEES & DEADLINES: Early Deadline: November 21, 2011. Entry Fee: Features $35 (Students $20); Shorts $30 (Students $15). Regular Deadline: January 15, 2012 Entry Fee: Features $45 (Students $20); Shorts $35 (Student $15). Late Deadline: March 1, 2012 Entry Fee: Features $55 (Students $25); Shorts $40 (Student $20)
Use Withoutabox for a paperless entry AND a discount on entry fees! CUFF prefers paperless entries. SAVE THE TREES.
Send DVDs and any paper entry forms and checks to: Chicago Underground Film Festival c/o IFP Chicago PO Box 3065 Chicago, IL 60654
**checks should be made out to IFP Chicago. **Make sure you label your DVDs with: NAME, TITLE, RUNNING TIME, EMAIL ADDRESS and WITHOUTABOX NUMBER
CONTACT US: For more information email us at info@cuff.org or call 312-506-4699
Geneva Film Festival - Great Movies, Great Destination Submissions for the 5th Annual Geneva Film Festival are now open.Since its beginning in 2007, the Geneva Film Festival has grown in popularity and status in the independent film festival community. Festival organizers are looking forward to an even bigger and better 5th annual event in 2012. Last year’s selection of world-class films came from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Brazil and India. Film screenings begin Thursday evening March 29th and run through Saturday evening March 31st. Saturday morning features educational workshops including a "Panel Discussion with Film Industry Professionals". Geneva has long been a destination for affluent, well-educated, and culturally aware visitors from the Chicago area and around the globe. Local businesses and event sponsors benefit from ongoing tourism and the festival's growing popularity. National and international companies also enjoy the opportunity to enhance brand awareness with this influential demographic. Festival organizers are looking forward to an even bigger and better 5th annual event in 2012. In addition to world-class films, the event features a special screening of the Emerging Cinematographer Award Winners from the International Cinematographers Guild, educational workshops and much more.
2012 Submission Guidelines www.blackearthfest.com
From September 13th – 15th, 2012 the Black Earth Film Festival will feature films by independent filmmakers. The festival is held in Galesburg, IL, a scenic community of 33,000 people with a strong tradition of supporting the arts, which is located between Davenport, IA and Peoria, IL.
Eligibility and Rules
- The competition is open to any film or video completed after January 1, 2010.
- Categories include: Feature (Over 55 minutes), Short (under 55 minutes), Documentary, and Animation
- The festival will accept DVD, VHS and Mini DV formats for pre-view screening. Accepted films must be made available on DVD for festival presentation.
- Productions that are not in English must be subtitled or dubbed in English.
- Each entry must be submitted with completed entry form and entry fee.
- A press kit must accompany each entry, (Cast and Crew Lists, Bio Sheets & 1 production still).
- All cash awards will be given to the primary applicant.
- Recycled or scratched discs will be disqualified. Please send new disc.
Mailing your Entry
Please send your completed entry form, pre- view copy of film and supporting materials to:
Galesburg Civic Art Center 114 East Main Street Galesburg, IL 61401
If you have questions please call (309) 342- 7415 or e-mail info@galesburgarts.org
2012 Indiana Film Festivals
Harvest Moon Festival
TBA - February 2012
Muncie - Celebrating the Midwest by promoting Midwestern filmmaking with features, shorts, and documentaries.
Three - A Short, Short Film Festival
TBA - February 2012
South Bend - A 3-minute film festival showcasing all genres of film/video in the extreme short form. "Big 3" is for grown-ups and "Little 3" is for kids. We are accepting submissions through January 8, 2010. Please visit our website for details.
Envision Film Festival
TBA - March 2012
Upland - The Envision Film Festival honors aspiring high school filmmakers and Taylor University filmmakers whose visual storytelling explores the range of human experience with hopeful vision, artistry, truthfulness and integrity. The festival accepts fiction and nonfiction entries.
International Windsong Film Festival
TBA - March 2012
Fort Wayne, IPFW University - Feature and shorts film festival for independent filmmakers that also includes such categories as documentary, experimental, animation, music video, and news format.
ROGER EBERT’S FILM FESTIVAL (EBERTFEST). April 25-29, 2012.Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL. Spring film festival hosted by Roger Ebert, University of Illinois journalism graduate and Pulitzer Prize winning film critic. Ebert selects 12 films representing a cross-section of important cinematic works. He introduces each film and leads discussions on stage afterward for general audiences, distributors and international critics. Often in attendance are the films’ producers, writers, actors and directors. Festival includes panel discussions (on UI campus - Illini Union/Pine Lounge). Festival passes ($135) on sale November 1, 2011 at www.ebertfest.com
Individual tickets ($13 / $11 student/senior) on sale April 2, 2012.
Sponsored by the College of Media at ILLINOIS.
For info:
Mary Susan Britt
College of Media
119 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone (217) 244-0552
E-mail: marsue@illinois.edu
Web: www.ebertfest.com
COMMUNITY FILM SERIESThe New Classics: Great Books to Great Films from the Past 50 Years @ Danville Public Library, Danville, IL, 6:30 p.m. 1/9/12: NEVER CRY WOLF; 2/13/12: AWAKENINGS; 3/12/12: ADAPTATION; 4/9/12: UP IN THE AIR
The News-Gazette Film Series 2012 @ The Virginia Theater, Champaign, IL, 1 & 7 p.m. 1/7: CITY LIGHTS; 2/11: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939); 3/17: CABARET; 4/7: EASTER PARADE; 6/2: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS; 7/7: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG; 8/4: THE THIRD MAN; 9/1: THE MALTESE FALCON
The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar
OPEN WOUNDS
June 16 – 22, 2012 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
The 20th Century will be remembered for giving us the documentary form, the civil rights movements, and the Internet, as well as weapons of mass destruction and global warming. Already the 21st Century has brought us the war on terror, a shifting global economy, and a surge of activism and protest around the world. Filmmakers, in particular, are charged with the task of documenting these significant events, shedding light on urgent issues, and creating a record for future generations.
Programmed by Josetxo Cerdán “Open Wounds” will look at changing perspectives on politics, the economy, technology, culture, and ethics over the past Century, and explore how filmmakers contribute to new ways of seeing the world based on their own heritage. Whether making connections between activist films from different decades, or demonstrating how the traumas of oppression pass from generation to generation, selected works will illustrate how ideas and histories are linked over time.
Click here to Register Now – Space is Limited
·Early Registration (by April 2): $1,100 ·Regular registration (by May 1): $1,250 ·Late registration (after May 1): $1,350 ·Student registration: $900 (with valid student ID)
The Seminar registration fee includes accommodations, meals, screenings, discussions, and all other special events during the week. Transportation to and from Colgate University is not included. All participants stay in dormitory housing on the Colgate University campus. All rooms are single occupancy unless a roommate is requested.
Visit www.flahertyseminar.org or call 212-448-0457 for more details
Registration for the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar is open to the public. Participants spend a week of intensive viewing and impassioned discussion in a relaxed retreat-like environment out of which emerges the unique “Flaherty Experience.”
Summer 2012 Film Minor Courses
(Check schedule for times and dates)
THA 3754G, American Theatre on Film
EIU 4115G-Pop Culture Economics
EIU 4128G, Politics and Popular Culture
EIU 4170G, History on Film
Fall 2012 Film Minor Courses
CMN 2575 - Field Production. Students learn theories andtechniques of audio and video production, with an emphasis on field production, post-production, and broadcast news. Students will be required to complete laboratory hours at WEIU-TV and/or WEIU-FM.
CMN 3530 - Film Communication Wilson-Brown TR 12:30-1:45 and T 7-9:30 Film as the expression of the performers, producers, directors, writers, and technicians. Critical discussion of film theory, history, and criticism.
CMN 3540 - Videography.
TR 8:00-10:05
The study and practice of the production of video programs, with an emphasis on camera techniques. Practical experience in a wide variety of production exercises.
CMN 4540 - Advanced Video Production. MW 8:00-10:05
This course deals with the principles of preproduction planning, scripting, lighting, and audio and video mixing for studio and remote television productions
CMN 4500 – Special Topics (see schedule)
ENG 3504 – Film and Literature
TR 3:30-5:30 (Lab on R)
Animating Literature: Moving from fiction to animated film. This section of 3504 will explore the boundaries of fiction, graphic novels, animation, and adaptation as interpretive "artworks" in multiple genres of film and literature.
ENG 4764 - Play Writing/ Screenwriting. TR 12:30-1:45.
Advanced practice and instruction in dramatic writing. Though the course will review basic elements common to all dramatic writing, it will allow students to concentrate on the media of their choice: radio, theatre, TV, or film.
EIU 4115G-Pop Culture Economics
Please check catalogue for multiple listings
EIU, 4171G, History of Graphic Novels
Please Check Catalogue
HIS 4775A.003, The Nazi Past in German Film. Please check schedule.
Tom's Wife:
2011 CIFFF First Place Winner!
Using a then proto-type lens that would later revolutionize digital video's ability to have a true filmic quality, Tom's Wife was a monumental achievement in micro-budget cinema. An authentically period drama shot on practical sets in Elgin, Texas, using meticulously selected antique props and costumes, carefully researched colloquial dialogue, and a cast of talented unknowns, Tom's Wife was called "a sincere and austere feature that vividly convey period flavor," by Variety Magazine. The filmmakers diligently crafted a quiet and honest Depression era story of a young woman trapped in an abusive marriage who finds grace in the friendship of her neighbor, and hope in the love of a traveling salesman. Garnering awards at festivals all over the world, Tom's Wife offers a glimpse into the scope of truly independent cinema and will be a joy to watch for anyone looking for a story with heart and dignity. Written by B. Allen
From the point of view of Tom's wife, one sees flashes of poignant love and beauty piercing through a dark curtain of daily hardships and shocking tragedy in a tiny, Hill Country community circa 1932. It's all there: life, death, hope, betrayal, humor, sadness, love and justice. This film is an example of great workfrom a talented cast and crew that we'll be hearing more about in the future. Tom's Wife has won honors and accolades from industry experts and festival audiences. The film's upcoming distribution will make it possible for more film lovers to see a beautiful story, well told by an original filmmaker with obvious heart and integrity.
