C-U Blogfidential

Student filmmakers in downstate Illinois are invited to submit their work between now and Friday, October 10, 2014, for possible inclusion in the tenth annual Embarras Valley Film Festival at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL.

Champaign marketing firm Surface 51 is casting far and wide for talent to populate an upcoming television campaign they are producing. Read the casting call right here!

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.

Organizers of the seventh annual Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL, will be accepting submissions through Saturday, March 1, 2014.

The team behind Dark Maze Studios of Champaign is heading for new pastures with the on-line debut of Neon Harbor this Friday, June 14, 2013!

C-U Confidential and the Art Theater Co-op are proud to announce the schedule for the fourth annual New Art Film Festival, a celebration of local and Midwest filmmaking!

The title of the post pretty much says it all. Don’t worry. We’ll be back like Ahnuld.

The Art Theater Cooperative announced it has met all criteria which will allow it to take over operations of the Art Theater in Champaign, IL, as of Friday, September 7, 2012.

Better late than never, we remind you entries are still being accepted for the fifth annual Shortcuts film competition sponsored by the Illinois Film Office. Get that guerrilla movie mojo working!

Our man Mike Trippiedi is at it again. His second feature film as director, AMBER ROSE, is now available for viewing through Amazon. He also maintains two Weblogs in the spirit of his early movie writings. Will nothing stop this Champaign juggernaut?

Our current shout-out to locally produced media goes to our man Troy Michael and Innocent Words Magazine, his long-standing labor of love which recently eclipsed the 10th anniversary of its first publication.

Shepherded by Shatterglass Studios of Champaign along with concerned Champaign-Urbana movie-making citizens, the CU Film Society proceeded with its “soft launch” last weekend by revealing their Web site.

We’re happy to announce that the long-in-coming special issue, C-U Confidential ’99, will debut this fall. Start saving your pennies!

Sanford Hess of the Art Theater in Champaign, IL, offered a presentation on Sunday, August 14, 2011, outlining the possible business paths that could be taken to keep the Art running. Herein lies his proposed solution.

The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center is now accepting submissions for the upcoming IMC Film Festival taking place September 15-17, 2011.