The next meeting of CU Video Group will be on Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at 7 p.m. in the new addition of the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign.
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Microcinema/Artpix releases the film and video work of UIUC MFA alumnus William Wegman, while Freestyle Home Entertainment delays the surreal horror film HEADSPACE starring recent graduate Christopher Denham.
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The College of Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the movies to be showcased at the eighth annual edition of Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival.
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Random TV is an independent Champaign-Urbana (IL) Audio/Video collective that seeks to promote film art by bringing together local talent to create a short-form television show that will premiere online and on public broadcast television.
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Almost three years after being filmed in Champaign County, CRAB ORCHARD made its public debut on Wednesday, March 13, 2006, at Champaign’s Virginia Theatre.
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Is film truly teetering on the brink of death like everyone says it is?
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Article in Champaign News-Gazette about Allen Hall residence of Fred Rubin, UIUC alumnus and veteran sitcom writer and producer.
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Urbana native Michael Wiese, a publisher of film industry books and independent producer, to lead seminar at Roger Ebert’s Overlooked Film Festival on April 29, 2006.
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“Mortal Kombat” videogame stars Daniel and Carlos Pesina join the cast of Dark Maze Studios’ PRESS START, currently filming in Champaign, IL.
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UIUC senior Kevin Taylor begins filming scenes from drama DONUT SHOP at original Merry Ann’s Diner in south Champaign, IL.
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Article in Danville Commercial-News about public premiere of indie feature SHOW in Danville, IL, where the film was produced.
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CRAB ORCHARD, directed by Michael Jacobs and produced by Robin Christian Peters for Champaign, IL-based Dreamscape Cinema, premieres at the Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign on March 15, 2006.
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SHOW, directed by Mike Boedicker, premieres at the Danville Public Library in Danville, IL, on February 24-25, 2006.
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