No NAFF news is not good news, especially at this time of year, so we’re happy to finally drop the skinny on the 2017 New Art Film Festival and announce the Call for Entries period is underway!
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The Normal Theater in Normal, IL, will present two new local films, AWAKE and BLACK BOOK, during a prime time event tonight, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Based on available descriptions, expect the unexpected!
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From the “Flicker of the Week” Dept.: Back for one week only, “FOW” suggests a viewing of TONY CONRAD: COMPLETELY IN THE PRESENT at the Art Theater Co-op in Champaign, IL, on Sunday, April 9, 2017.
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The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the nineteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.
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From the “Flicker of the Week” Dept.: Our critic’s pick segment concludes with a look at “Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance?”, scheduled to close after March 25, 2017, at Krannert Art Museum in Champaign, IL.
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A favorite happening of campus history past returns in the present as “Cyberfest 20th Anniversary” tonight, Monday, March 13, 2017, at the UI National Center for Supercomputing Applications in Urbana, Illinois.
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It is rare for us to offer a rational lampoon on the politics of our day, but, here it is! We go top-heavy with humor as WILLIAM SHATNER LENT ME HIS HAIRPIECE jogs past memories and jib-jabs a presidential transition of power.
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We will never again witness the kind of public movie presentations The Octopus and friends selected to play the Brew & View at the Thunderbird in Urbana, IL, two long decades ago. Creepy! Edgy!! Too Damn Wild!!!
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The seventh annual New Art Film Festival provided a memorable night in celebration of local filmmaking, but more importantly it gave the Champaign-Urbana, IL, community something to think about.
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It’s time for the World Series of locally-made film to finally return after a 12-month drought! Renourish your senses of truly independent cinema during the New Art Film Festival on Sunday, October 30, 2016, in Champaign, IL!
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Are old buildings and community centerpieces your bag? Then you might consider either or both of these events at the Lincoln Square Theatre in Decatur and McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington!
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Don’t let the words “somber” and “serious” discourage you from attending the seventh annual New Art Film Festival on Sunday, October 30, 2016, at the Art Theater Co-op. It’s a sign of our times.
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Colleagues are paying tribute this weekend to New Orleans, LA, resident Trevor Alan Taylor, a multimedia artist and promoter as well as former Champaign resident, who passed away this summer at age 34.
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Despite rumors to the contrary, what happens in Chambana does NOT have to stay in Chambana … although it’s not a bad place to start! Throw caution to the wind, then, and submit to the 2016 New Art Film Festival!
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The city of Monticello, Illinois, has announced an outdoor movie screening series and will kick it off at dusk on June 10, 2016, with the local production MY DOG THE SPACE TRAVELER!
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