Archive for the 'Area Festivals' Category

SDAC, IMC team up for film fest

Thursday, July 31st, 2014

The School for Designing a Society in Urbana will host its first-ever Interdependent Film Festival beginning tonight, Thursday, July 31, 2014,at the Independent Media Center in downtown Urbana, featuring the work of local women filmmakers.

Article du C-U: Ebertfest ’14, pt.3

Friday, July 18th, 2014

New informants bring their perspectives to the table in highlighting “Ebertfest” 2014. In the third filing, Sierra Marcum empathizes with a young Saudi girl who only wants a bike in WADJDA.

UI student films express feminism

Thursday, July 17th, 2014

In the second of several (belated) CUBlog reports examining Champaign-Urbana film events from recent months, Confidential agent Lauren Laws reports on film feminism as created through the efforts of University of Illinois students, alumni, and staff.

Article du C-U: Ebertfest ’14, pt.2

Friday, July 11th, 2014

New informants bring their perspectives to the table in highlighting “Ebertfest” 2014. In the second filing, Brian Paris navigates the crest of emotion that greeted LIFE ITSELF.

Article du C-U: Ebertfest ’14, pt.1

Thursday, July 10th, 2014

New informants bring their perspectives to the table in highlighting “Ebertfest” 2014. In the first filing, editor Jason Pankoke elects for dependency even as an independent.

21 Film Project no. 7 underway

Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

The Land of Lincoln Credit Union in Decatur has announced their seventh annual 21 Film Project film contest, selections of which will play the Soy Capital’s popular Decatur Celebration in early August.

TITAN today, with Etc. to follow

Sunday, April 27th, 2014

The movies do not stop playing today, dearest readers. Read our preview of both THE THINKING MOLECULES OF TITAN premiere this afternoon and the Etc. Film Festival organized by University of Illinois students for next weekend!

Panels set for Ebertfest 2014

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the panels to be held in conjunction with the sixteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

IOW: All in the Ebertfest family

Friday, April 18th, 2014

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The sixteenth Roger Ebert’s Film Festival will hit Champaign on April 23-27, 2014, and you can take a brief look back at the fifteenth Ebertfest courtesy the UI College of Media and Shatterglass Studios.

Look alive! NAFF V starts at 5!

Sunday, April 13th, 2014

Two hours from now, a cascade of confidential cinema will course across the screen of the Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign, IL, courtesy of the fifth New Art Film Festival on Sunday, April 13, 2014!

IOW: A differing DRUNK history

Saturday, April 12th, 2014

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: In the mix of the fifth New Art Film Festival tomorrow, Sunday, April 13, 2014, at the Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign, IL, will be the drama-comedy THE DRUNK. Here is a first look at its upcoming DVD release!

Sunday is a film festival funday!

Thursday, April 10th, 2014

It’s time to test the stamina of those stationary glutes, dearest viewers, as we direct your attention to the other Champaign film event on Sunday, April 13, 2014, the third Buttered Corn on the Cob Film Festival!

Schedule is a go for 2014 NAFF

Saturday, April 5th, 2014

The Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign, Illinois, will bear witness to the best of our cinema best on Sunday, April 13, 2014, when C-U Confidential brings the fifth annual New Art Film Festival to the house!

Ebertfest 2014 films revealed

Monday, March 24th, 2014

The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the sixteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival.

WHAM’s big hit is Feminist Fest

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

The 2014 Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival is underway on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Read on for a preview of the selections and overarching themes of the event!