The 22nd annual Chicago Underground Film Festival presents five days of devastating celluloid provocations on May 13-17 at the Logan Theatre.
The fest kicks off on May 13 with the incredibly haunting short film Echoes by Jaimz Asmundson and the Filipino romantic crime drama Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal and a Whore by the single-named director Khavn.
Highlights of the fest include the new slacker-ific comedy by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn, L for Leisure; the Spanish socio-political documentary Speculation Nation by Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat; the pastoral friendship drama For the Plasma by Bingham Bryant & Kyle Molzan; and the joyful pop doc Living Stars by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn.
There are also loads of un-missable short films, such as the gritty modern film noir Bite Radius by Spencer Parsons; and amazing new films by Jennifer Reeder (Blood Below the Skin), Zachary Epcar (Under the Heat Lamp...
The fest kicks off on May 13 with the incredibly haunting short film Echoes by Jaimz Asmundson and the Filipino romantic crime drama Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal and a Whore by the single-named director Khavn.
Highlights of the fest include the new slacker-ific comedy by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn, L for Leisure; the Spanish socio-political documentary Speculation Nation by Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat; the pastoral friendship drama For the Plasma by Bingham Bryant & Kyle Molzan; and the joyful pop doc Living Stars by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn.
There are also loads of un-missable short films, such as the gritty modern film noir Bite Radius by Spencer Parsons; and amazing new films by Jennifer Reeder (Blood Below the Skin), Zachary Epcar (Under the Heat Lamp...
- 5/11/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Believe it or not, but Albuquerque, New Mexico’s essential Experiments in Cinema is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Masterminded by the indomitable Bryan Konefsky, EiC v. 10.T.36 features a massive lineup of experimental films and special programs on April 15-19.
The special programs this year include a retrospective of the films by British media artist Julia Dogra-Brazell; EiC’s annual Regional Youth Outreach program, featuring films by young local filmmakers presented at a free screening; a presentation of 1990s Argentine videos; work by Artist in Residence Caryn Cline; and the results of a filmmaking workshop led by Kerry Laitala.
Some films screening during the regular programs to look out for include the World Premiere of the new analog/digital hybrid from Christine Lucy Latimer, Physics and Metaphysics in Modern Photography; a new “erased” film by Salise Hughes, Lucky; Jen Proctor‘s Troubling Your Horizons, which requires audience participation...
The special programs this year include a retrospective of the films by British media artist Julia Dogra-Brazell; EiC’s annual Regional Youth Outreach program, featuring films by young local filmmakers presented at a free screening; a presentation of 1990s Argentine videos; work by Artist in Residence Caryn Cline; and the results of a filmmaking workshop led by Kerry Laitala.
Some films screening during the regular programs to look out for include the World Premiere of the new analog/digital hybrid from Christine Lucy Latimer, Physics and Metaphysics in Modern Photography; a new “erased” film by Salise Hughes, Lucky; Jen Proctor‘s Troubling Your Horizons, which requires audience participation...
- 4/15/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The brilliant and essential Incite! Journal of Experimental Media issue #4 is going into its 2nd printing and can be pre-ordered right now. The 1st printing of this epic tome sold out almost immediately. The 2nd printing will be limited to just 300 copies and it would not be surprising if it sold out just as quickly.
Subtitled “Exhibition Guide,” Incite! #4 is an in-depth and exciting survey of the microcinema movement past and present with many chapters written by those who have been active participants in keeping the world of underground film screenings active. Some of the contributors to the issue include Steve Anker, Jeanne Liotta, Clint Enns, Walter Forsberg, Brian L. Frye, Sarah, Halpern, Ed Halter, Bryan Konefsky, Marcus Rosentrater, Jesse Malmed and Audrey Young. There are also loads of photographs and a fantastic portfolio of flyers for microcinema screenings at the legendary Other Cinema, The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, Light Industry and more.
Subtitled “Exhibition Guide,” Incite! #4 is an in-depth and exciting survey of the microcinema movement past and present with many chapters written by those who have been active participants in keeping the world of underground film screenings active. Some of the contributors to the issue include Steve Anker, Jeanne Liotta, Clint Enns, Walter Forsberg, Brian L. Frye, Sarah, Halpern, Ed Halter, Bryan Konefsky, Marcus Rosentrater, Jesse Malmed and Audrey Young. There are also loads of photographs and a fantastic portfolio of flyers for microcinema screenings at the legendary Other Cinema, The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema, Light Industry and more.
- 8/8/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 2nd annual Haverhill Experimental Film Festival features a powerhouse lineup of fantastic short films and one killer feature. It runs May 29–June 1 above the Tap Brewing Company in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
The fest opens on the 29th with a trio of special program events, including a live Super 8mm film performance by Richard Fedorchak, followed by Jodie Mack‘s autobiographical rock animated documentary Dusty Stacks of Mom and assorted Mack handmade films, then ending with live musical scoring of silent films curated by Bob Beal.
The next night, May 30, is not to be missed with two programs of short films that include two incredible standout, award-winning films. First is Kent Lambert‘s masculine video game and pop culture meditation Reckoning 3; second is Mike Olenick‘s gorgeously creepy supervillain serial killer drama Red Luck.
The one feature film of the festival screens on June 1 and is Last Stop, Flamingo, another entry...
The fest opens on the 29th with a trio of special program events, including a live Super 8mm film performance by Richard Fedorchak, followed by Jodie Mack‘s autobiographical rock animated documentary Dusty Stacks of Mom and assorted Mack handmade films, then ending with live musical scoring of silent films curated by Bob Beal.
The next night, May 30, is not to be missed with two programs of short films that include two incredible standout, award-winning films. First is Kent Lambert‘s masculine video game and pop culture meditation Reckoning 3; second is Mike Olenick‘s gorgeously creepy supervillain serial killer drama Red Luck.
The one feature film of the festival screens on June 1 and is Last Stop, Flamingo, another entry...
- 5/29/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 2014 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, which ran on May 1-4 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Microlights Cinema, has announced their juror awards. The jury this year consisted of filmmakers Scott Stark, Diane Kitchen & David Witzling.
Nine awards were given out for films, videos, documentaries and even for expanded cinema performances. The big winners of the fest were Anja Dornieden and Juan David Gonzalez Monrov who took home the Best of Festival award for their sci-fi tale Gente Perra (Dog People).
Also, Roger Beebe‘s Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes), Part II: The Crying Game won for Best Personal Doc, which previously won an Honorable Mention at the Chicago Underground Film Festival in April.
The full list of winners is below:
Best of Festival
Gente Perra (Dog People), dir. Anja Dornieden & Juan David Gonzalez Monroy
($100)
Best Documentary
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget,...
Nine awards were given out for films, videos, documentaries and even for expanded cinema performances. The big winners of the fest were Anja Dornieden and Juan David Gonzalez Monrov who took home the Best of Festival award for their sci-fi tale Gente Perra (Dog People).
Also, Roger Beebe‘s Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes), Part II: The Crying Game won for Best Personal Doc, which previously won an Honorable Mention at the Chicago Underground Film Festival in April.
The full list of winners is below:
Best of Festival
Gente Perra (Dog People), dir. Anja Dornieden & Juan David Gonzalez Monroy
($100)
Best Documentary
Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget,...
- 5/7/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This year’s student-run Milwaukee Underground Film Festival will screen on May 1-4 at various locations on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus and off-campus at the Microlights Cinema. Once again, the festival will feature eclectic and amazing avant-garde and experimental short films in video, 16mm and 8mm formats.
The fest opens on May 1 with a screening of films made by this year’s three-member jury — David Witzling, Diane Kitchen and Scott Stark — followed by a special presentation of works from NYC’s Lgbt screening series, “Dirty Looks,” including Michael Robinson‘s hilarious The Dark, Krystle, Luther Price‘s recently restored Home and Michael Lucid‘s online video sensation Dirty Girls.
Other films to look out for are a pair of award-winning pieces: The May 2 at 2:00 p.m. shorts block will conclude with Jennifer Reeder‘s absolutely amazing A Million Miles Away, which took home the Best Short Film at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
The fest opens on May 1 with a screening of films made by this year’s three-member jury — David Witzling, Diane Kitchen and Scott Stark — followed by a special presentation of works from NYC’s Lgbt screening series, “Dirty Looks,” including Michael Robinson‘s hilarious The Dark, Krystle, Luther Price‘s recently restored Home and Michael Lucid‘s online video sensation Dirty Girls.
Other films to look out for are a pair of award-winning pieces: The May 2 at 2:00 p.m. shorts block will conclude with Jennifer Reeder‘s absolutely amazing A Million Miles Away, which took home the Best Short Film at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
- 5/1/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 21st annual Chicago Underground FIlm Festival, which ran April 2-6 at the Logan Theatre, has announced their list of award winners.
Winners were decided by a three-panel jury that included Brian Chankin, owner of the Odd Obsession Movies video store in Chicago; Alison Cuddy, the arts and culture reporter for Wbez 91.5 FM Chicago Public Media; and Mike Everleth, editor of the Underground Film Journal.
In total, the jury gave out eight official awards, which are listed below. In addition, given the incredibly strong lineup of films that screened at the festival, a total of 11 Honorable Mentions were also given out, and are listed below as well.
To add a personal note, it was a pleasure and and honor to serve on the jury with Brian and Alison, and our decisions came to us fairly easily, which is a testament to the strength of the work that was made and...
Winners were decided by a three-panel jury that included Brian Chankin, owner of the Odd Obsession Movies video store in Chicago; Alison Cuddy, the arts and culture reporter for Wbez 91.5 FM Chicago Public Media; and Mike Everleth, editor of the Underground Film Journal.
In total, the jury gave out eight official awards, which are listed below. In addition, given the incredibly strong lineup of films that screened at the festival, a total of 11 Honorable Mentions were also given out, and are listed below as well.
To add a personal note, it was a pleasure and and honor to serve on the jury with Brian and Alison, and our decisions came to us fairly easily, which is a testament to the strength of the work that was made and...
- 4/9/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 21st annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, which will run April 2-6 at the Logan Theater, will be extra special this year. Why? Because Mike Everleth, the Executive Editor of the Underground Film Journal, is sitting on this year’s festival jury! And looking over the fest lineup below, he is incredibly excited to witness this visual extravaganza of revolutionary cinematic madness. (Other jurors are Brian Chankin, Therese Grisham and Alison Cuddy.)
Opening Night Film: What I Love About Concrete is the debut feature by the directing team of Katherine Dohan and Alanna Stewart and is a surreal suburban tale about a teenage girl who believes she is transforming into a swan.
Closing Night Film: Usama Alshaibi will be making his triumphant return to Chicago with his latest documentary, American Arab, a personal and sociological examination of what it means to be an Arab in a post-9/11 United States. This...
Opening Night Film: What I Love About Concrete is the debut feature by the directing team of Katherine Dohan and Alanna Stewart and is a surreal suburban tale about a teenage girl who believes she is transforming into a swan.
Closing Night Film: Usama Alshaibi will be making his triumphant return to Chicago with his latest documentary, American Arab, a personal and sociological examination of what it means to be an Arab in a post-9/11 United States. This...
- 3/28/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Paperback" Tweetable Logline: The second feature-length comedy by Sundance alum Adam Bowers. A smart, (painfully) real comedy/romance. Elevator Pitch: A pizza cook who never left his college town, never made anything of himself, meets the girl of his dreams, before realizing there's a huge roadblock to them being together. It's a story about what you do when you realize you might not do anything great with your life. It's in the vein of Woody Allen's films, or the show Louie, but it's something wholly original. Production Team:Writer/Director/Editor: Adam Bowers (New Low) Producers: Andie Bolt & Roger Beebe Executive Producer: Adele Romanski (The Myth Of The American Sleepover,...
- 7/24/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The fourth annual Strange Beauty Film Festival will screen on January 24-26 at the Manbites Dog Theater in Durham, North Carolina. The fest primarily screens avant-garde and experimental short films.
Special Events: On Jan. 25, Tom Whiteside’s Circle Spiral Slow, featuring films from Whiteside’s film collection accompanied by live music by local band Arrows Out. And on Jan. 26, give your eyes a rest and your ears a workout with the “Strange Beauty Aural Fixation” experimental audio program.
Bad Lit picks: Leslie Supnet’s The Animated Heavy Metal Parking Lot (Jan. 24), which is quite frankly one of the most charming animated films of all time; and Clint Enns’ psychosexual 8-bit adventure ♥++ (Jan. 24). Also be on the lookout for films by Aaron Zeghers, Kelly Sears, Bill Brown, Robert Todd and Roger Beebe.
For more info and to buy tickets, please visit the official Strange Beauty Film Festival website.
Full lineup below:
January 24
8:15 p.
Special Events: On Jan. 25, Tom Whiteside’s Circle Spiral Slow, featuring films from Whiteside’s film collection accompanied by live music by local band Arrows Out. And on Jan. 26, give your eyes a rest and your ears a workout with the “Strange Beauty Aural Fixation” experimental audio program.
Bad Lit picks: Leslie Supnet’s The Animated Heavy Metal Parking Lot (Jan. 24), which is quite frankly one of the most charming animated films of all time; and Clint Enns’ psychosexual 8-bit adventure ♥++ (Jan. 24). Also be on the lookout for films by Aaron Zeghers, Kelly Sears, Bill Brown, Robert Todd and Roger Beebe.
For more info and to buy tickets, please visit the official Strange Beauty Film Festival website.
Full lineup below:
January 24
8:15 p.
- 1/22/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Having been around for eighteen years, the Chicago Underground Film Festival has continually changed what it defines as “underground.”
So its 19th annual edition, which will be held on May 31 to June 7 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, feels like its most experimental edition in recent years.
While things kick off on the 31st with the Vice-produced anthology film The Fourth Dimension by Alexsei Fedorchenko, Harmony Korine and Jan Kwiecinski, the rest of the fest is packed with feature-length and short experimental work, documentaries and alternative narratives.
Some of the experimental feature highlights include the vastly prolific Robert Todd‘s Master Plan, which examines theories of modern housing from private residences to prisons; Australia’s two-person art collective Soda_Jerk’s epic rip on media piracy, Hollywood Burn; Michael Kosakowski’s compendium on murder fantasies, Zero Killing; L.A. filmmaker Daniel Martinico’s meditation on the acting process, Ok, Good...
So its 19th annual edition, which will be held on May 31 to June 7 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, feels like its most experimental edition in recent years.
While things kick off on the 31st with the Vice-produced anthology film The Fourth Dimension by Alexsei Fedorchenko, Harmony Korine and Jan Kwiecinski, the rest of the fest is packed with feature-length and short experimental work, documentaries and alternative narratives.
Some of the experimental feature highlights include the vastly prolific Robert Todd‘s Master Plan, which examines theories of modern housing from private residences to prisons; Australia’s two-person art collective Soda_Jerk’s epic rip on media piracy, Hollywood Burn; Michael Kosakowski’s compendium on murder fantasies, Zero Killing; L.A. filmmaker Daniel Martinico’s meditation on the acting process, Ok, Good...
- 5/8/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 7th annual Experiments in Cinema, or v7.9 if you prefer, will feature 7 days of fantastic experimental films from all over the world on April 16-22 at various locations across Albuquerque, New Mexico, including the Guild Cinema, the Southwest Film Center and the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
This year’s festival is jam-packed with a gaggle of short films, one feature and several workshops. It all kicks off on the 16th with an event devoted to films made with the Pxl 2000 video camera that was briefly produced as a kids toy, but has been adopted by visual artists. Pixel visionary Gerry Fialka will present films and a history of the camera’s use.
Some of the other special programs include a Cinegram Workshop taught by Kerry Laitala, another workshop taught by David Finkelstein on how to work with improvisational actors, a special screening of botanical-themed 16mm films curated by Caryn Cline and more.
This year’s festival is jam-packed with a gaggle of short films, one feature and several workshops. It all kicks off on the 16th with an event devoted to films made with the Pxl 2000 video camera that was briefly produced as a kids toy, but has been adopted by visual artists. Pixel visionary Gerry Fialka will present films and a history of the camera’s use.
Some of the other special programs include a Cinegram Workshop taught by Kerry Laitala, another workshop taught by David Finkelstein on how to work with improvisational actors, a special screening of botanical-themed 16mm films curated by Caryn Cline and more.
- 4/11/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 14th annual Antimatter Film Festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada is an epic 9-day event of expanded cinema performances, feature-length documentaries an a ton of experimental short films and festivals.
There are seven feature documentaries screening including Marie Losier‘s hit The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye, a profile of the pandrogenous entity, Breyer P-Orridge; and Chris Metzler & Lev Kalman’s popular Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, about the legendary ska punk band. Plus, there’s Adele Horne’s And Again and more.
On the expanded cinema front, Antimatter welcomes retrospectives of Kerry Laitala, who will be presenting a selection of her 3D light and motion experiments; and Roger Beebe will screen a series of multi-projector performances.
As for the short films, the real highlight of the fest is a screening of Jaimz Asmundson‘s trippy and powerful The Magus, a fictional/documentary hybrid of his father’s Satanic painting process.
There are seven feature documentaries screening including Marie Losier‘s hit The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye, a profile of the pandrogenous entity, Breyer P-Orridge; and Chris Metzler & Lev Kalman’s popular Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, about the legendary ska punk band. Plus, there’s Adele Horne’s And Again and more.
On the expanded cinema front, Antimatter welcomes retrospectives of Kerry Laitala, who will be presenting a selection of her 3D light and motion experiments; and Roger Beebe will screen a series of multi-projector performances.
As for the short films, the real highlight of the fest is a screening of Jaimz Asmundson‘s trippy and powerful The Magus, a fictional/documentary hybrid of his father’s Satanic painting process.
- 10/12/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 2011 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, which was held back on May 6-8, gave out awards to four deserving filmmakers and also gave Honorable Mentions to six filmmakers.
The three-day experimental and avant-garde short film festival is a student-run event organized by students of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Screenings took place both on campus and at the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.
Jurors for this year’s edition were University of Florida film professor Roger Beebe; experimental filmmaker Lori Felker; and local curator Nicholas Frank.
Congratulations to the Uwm students who put on another amazing show this year. (The full lineup is here.) And special congrats to the festival winners, all of whom received $100. Here is the full list of winners:
Top Prize Winners (each receiving $100)
Tokyo-Ebisu, dir. Tomonari Nishikawa (5 min, 16mm, 2010; Binghamton, NY)
In Between, dir. Mike Stoltz (4.5 min, 16mm, 2006; Providence, Ri)
Aliki, dir. Richard Wiebe (5 min, video,...
The three-day experimental and avant-garde short film festival is a student-run event organized by students of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Screenings took place both on campus and at the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.
Jurors for this year’s edition were University of Florida film professor Roger Beebe; experimental filmmaker Lori Felker; and local curator Nicholas Frank.
Congratulations to the Uwm students who put on another amazing show this year. (The full lineup is here.) And special congrats to the festival winners, all of whom received $100. Here is the full list of winners:
Top Prize Winners (each receiving $100)
Tokyo-Ebisu, dir. Tomonari Nishikawa (5 min, 16mm, 2010; Binghamton, NY)
In Between, dir. Mike Stoltz (4.5 min, 16mm, 2006; Providence, Ri)
Aliki, dir. Richard Wiebe (5 min, video,...
- 5/18/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Every year, the student-run Milwaukee Underground Film Festival shows off a collection of world-class experimental and avant-garde films, screening work from some of today’s most acclaimed filmmakers. This year’s stellar event will take place on May 6-8 and will screen at several venues, including Uwm’s Union Theatre, the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts and Uwm/Psoa Kenilworth Square East.
Included in the lineup, which is printed in full below, are two films by prolific experimental animator Jodie Mack, Unsubscribe #1: Special Offer Inside and Unsubscribe #4: The Saddest Song in the World; Kerry Laitala‘s eye-popping ChromaDepth experiment Afterimage: A Flicker of Life (Version 2); Self Improvement by Clint Enns, one of Canada’s finest filmmakers; Zachary Epcar‘s haunting architecture study, A Time Shared Unlimited; and Steve Cossman‘s Jive.
Serving on this year’s jury are film professor at the University of Florida, Roger Beebe...
Included in the lineup, which is printed in full below, are two films by prolific experimental animator Jodie Mack, Unsubscribe #1: Special Offer Inside and Unsubscribe #4: The Saddest Song in the World; Kerry Laitala‘s eye-popping ChromaDepth experiment Afterimage: A Flicker of Life (Version 2); Self Improvement by Clint Enns, one of Canada’s finest filmmakers; Zachary Epcar‘s haunting architecture study, A Time Shared Unlimited; and Steve Cossman‘s Jive.
Serving on this year’s jury are film professor at the University of Florida, Roger Beebe...
- 5/3/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Renowned experimental filmmaker Roger Beebe takes to the Heartland this fall to present a program of his recent multi-projector films as part of a 6-week Us tour. Csf's Urban Culture Project is pleased to host Beebe's Films for One to Eight Projectors program at la Esquina, Thursday September 24 at 8pm in partnership with Film and Media Arts, University of Missouri Kansas City.
- 8/27/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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