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Meet Cory McAbee
By Christian / Posted on 01/23/2012
Today we will be meeting at 6:30PM in room 219 Gregory Hall NOT the English Building.
Also, Cory McAbee, a musician-turned-filmmaker, is here in Champaign screening his newest film Crazy & Thief at the Art Theater tomorrow at 7:30PM. Cory's films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where he wrote, directed, and starred in The American Astronaut and Stingray Sam. Tonight after the IFV meeting from 8-10PM, he is doing a meet and greet at Crane Alley found on 115 W. Main St. in Urbana. Tomorrow, he will also be running a filmmaking workshop in the Media Commons of the UGL from 2-3:30PM.
Cory McAbee is only here for a short while, so we hope you guys take advantage of this opportunity!
Start The New Year Right...
By Christian / Posted on 01/14/2012
...and come to IFV's first meeting of 2013! We want to hear all the new and exciting projects that you have to share. If you don't have any projects right now then come hear what others have to say, they might need your help.
We will be meeting in room 104 in the English Building on Wednesday at 6:30PM. We hope to see you there and have a great first week back!
Last Chance!
By Christian / Posted on 11/1/2012
This is a reminder to all of those who haven't signed up for the 49-hour film festival yet, you can still sign up! There is a maximum of 5 people per group, but there is no set minimum so if you want to compete alone then you may do so.
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For those of you who have signed up already, then we will be meeting at the top of the steps of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts by the front entrance at 5:00PM. There you will be given your prompt for the video. Hope to see you all there and good luck!
2012 49-Hour Film Festival Registration
By Christian / Posted on 10/25/2012
It's almost here! We are about one week away from having our annual 49-Hour Film Festival were you get to compete against other people to make one fantastical video in 49 hours. Why is it 49 hours you say? Because its during Daylight Savings weekend that's why!
To register you and your group in the festival go to the 49 hour link in the menu above and then click on the "Registration Form Here" link.
Upcoming Main Meeting and Other Announcements
By Christian / Posted on 09/18/2012
First of all, we would just like to say thank you to all the members for all of your participation so far! We greatly appreciate all of you coming out to the video shoot and the Art Theater and we hope to see more people at our future events.
Today we will be having another Main Meeting, same place and time, and this week's guest will be Jay Rosenstein, the director of The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today.
He will be talking a bit about his movie and documentary video production. Come with questions!
We will also mention a call for 5-second video submissions and show some 5-second videos that past members have done.
For any who is interested there are two upcoming film festivals/series, The Sex and Gender Film Series and The Latin American Film Festival.
The Sex and Gender Film Series is hosted by the Women's Resource Center. They will be screening films every Thursday from now until November 8.
The first film "Radical Act" will be shown at the Krannert Art Museum and the rest of the screeings will be at the Women's Resource Center.
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The Latin American Film Festival is organized by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). The screenings are from September 21 - 27 at the Art Theater.
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Lights, Camera, Action!
By Christian / Posted on 09/09/2012
Today, Sunday, September 9 at 2PM, we will be shooting in front of the Union, Quad-side, where you will be broken up into groups and film a scene from an anonymous film. You will have the chance to work with IFV's equipment, which was showed off at the last meeting.
No need to bring anything, but yourselves!
First General Meeting
By Christian / Posted on 08/29/2012
Today is our first general meeting of the year! We will be introducing all the new officers and talking about what we want to accomplish during the school year. We will be meeting at 6:30PM in the English Building room 104.
Please note that we will not be meeting in room 108, as stated in the last update, but in room 104.
We hope to see some new and familiar faces!
Welcome Back!
By Christian / Posted on 08/25/2012
Welcome back everyone! I hope all of you had a great summer and are looking forward to the new school year.
Tomorrow, August 26th at 12PM is Quad Day and it would be great if members could come help us out with the booth. The officers will be wearing IFV t-shirts. Bring your IFV t-shirt if you have them.
Also, Wednesday August 29th at 6:30PM will be the first IFV meeting of the year with our new officers. We will be meeting in room 108 in the English Building.
We hope to see some familiar faces this year!