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The Third Annual Film Festival features local film and video by local artists!! Come out to catch this year's festival to catch films like Revolting by Mike Boedicker, <em>This is My Journey</em> by Kate Brickman, <em>Imperial Tourism</em> by David Gracon, and <em>Once Upon a Time in 1972</em> by Chris Lukeman. Friday night is documentary and will feature a film and discussion hosted by Aaron Ammons on the topic of felony convictions. All events are free to the public, thanks to the help of a grant from the Urbana Public Arts Commission.</p>
<p style="font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong>===THURSDAY NIGHT=== </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>7 – 8:30 pm Eastern Illinois University Programming</u></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong>Star Worlds: A Pocket Full of Tokens and I'm Heading to the Arcade </strong>by Andrew McLaughlin</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">Documentary filmmakers chronicle the story of Patrick O'Malley's Star Worlds Arcade in DeKalb, Illinois from its inception in 1985 to present day; meeting the community along the way.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Imperial Tourism</em> </strong>by David Gracon </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">An experimental documentary exploring the implications of cultural representation, globalization and language in contemporary Poland.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>It's all Hearsay</em> </strong>by Tyson Kroening/Matt McKay </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">Mini documentary follows the band "The Hearsay" and the music scene in Charleston.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Vigor</em> </strong>by Tyson Kroening </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">A short parody of a typical action movie trailer.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Mythical</em> </strong>by Jose Rodriguez </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">A short horror piece about being chased and lost in the woods.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Jacafe </em></strong>by Jose Rodriguez </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">A mini-doc about the social importance of local community and culture associated with the Jackson Avenue Coffee-shop located in Charleston, Illinois.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>8:30 - 10 pm Revolting – Feature Presentation</u></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Drunk Literature</em> </strong>by Dylan Damian </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Revolting</em> </strong>by Mike Boedicker </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><em>Revolting</em> is a feature film comedy about a prolific playwright struggling to write a sequel to his lone hit, but his imaginary characters revolt and won't let him</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong>===FRIDAY NIGHT=== </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Enough is Enough: Locked Up…. Locked Out</em> </strong>by All of Us or None </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">Join us for the screening of these two documentaries made by the group All of Us or None. We will learn how felony convictions continue to shackle those who have individuals even after they have paid their debt to society. A discussion will be held afterwards with Aaron Ammons. We recommend that those who have felony convictions attend.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>The More Things Stay The Same</em> </strong>by Marc Moscato </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">
The More Things Stay The Same examines the life and world of Dr. Ben Reitman (1879-1942), known in his day as “the Clap Doctor”, “King of the Hoboes” and “the most vulgar man in America”. It forms an endearing portrait of Reitman’s colorful life, and investigates the cultural and social context of his times.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong>Chicago Independent Television, Chicago IMC </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong>===SATURDAY AFTERNOON===</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>2 - 3 pm Beginner’s Filmmaking Panel and Workshop</u></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">From 2 – 3 pm there will be a free beginners filmmaking workshop and panel discussion. Filmmakers of all ages and levels of experience are invited to attend this free program, ask questions to professional local filmmakers, and get some hands on experience working with basic camera setups.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>3 - 5 pm Comedy and Drama </u></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">
<strong><em>Dark Maze Studios Set of Shorts</em> </strong>by Ed Glaser </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Auditioning for Anxiety</em> </strong>by Paul Holze </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">Documentary short featuring actor Ari Davis as he strives to find peace and balance amidst the demands of the entertainment industry.</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">
<strong><em>The Letter </em></strong>by Edward Heffernan </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">The Letter will not only engage you in a thrilling suspense tale, but also carry you to an ending you would have never expected. It is a story about a man driven mad by his loneliness.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>We are Dinosaurs </em></strong>by Dylan Damian and Kyle Loughrin</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">High School is tough. Especially when your only friend is an imaginary dinosaur.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>The Drive</em> </strong>by Holden Jones </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Ballad of Dirty Don</em> </strong>by Andrew Nygard </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">Dirty Don accepted eternal life so he could kill the sheriff. But then the Devil mentioned a rock</p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "> </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">
<strong>===SATURDAY EVENING</strong>=== </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>6 - 7 pm This is My Journey </u></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">
<strong><em>This is my Journey </em>by Kate Brickman </strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">"This is My Journey" explores the emotional aspects of transitioning for three transgender people living in Central Illinois. Dana, Shayla, and Cris open up their lives to show how their everyday struggles as so strikingly similar, yet so different, from those of the everyday person.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>8 - 9 pm Arts Programming </u></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Poor White Trash Girl</em> </strong>by Kelly Spivey </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Walk</em> </strong>by Meg Knowles </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>“Polar Bear God“ and “Monkey”</em> </strong>by Deke Weaver </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">University of Illinois Assistant Professor in New Media, Deke Weaver, presents two videos from his Unreliable Bestiary project focusing on animals, our relationships with them, and the worlds they inhabit.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong>===SATURDAY NIGHT===</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><u>9 pm – Midnight Comedy, Science Fiction, and Horror</u></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Break</em></strong> by A. Lawrence Dreyfuss </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Tinker</em> </strong>by Dylan Damian and Kyle Loughrin </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Falling Up</em> </strong>by Ryan Marzolph </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">A popular technology that records a person's every thought and feeling threatens to replace people's need to remember their own lives. As the son of its creator, Adam Robinson rejects this way of life and fights to uphold what he believes makes us human. But, in the wake of a traumatic accident, he begins to question beliefs which could change himself and all of mankind forever. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Signs of Communism</em> </strong>by Andrew Nygard </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Broken</em> </strong>by Andrew Gleason </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>LORD</em> </strong>by A. Lawrence Dreyfuss </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Kaboom</em> </strong>by Andrew Gleason </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Once Upon a Time in 1972</em> </strong>by Chris Lukeman </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">The short film “Once Upon a Time in 1972” is a transistorpunk-science fiction-action-adventure-period piece. It follows the scientist hero, Spring Heeled Jack, through one crazy night in the early seventies.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Once Upon a Time in 1973</em> </strong>by Chris Lukeman </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Bedtime for Timmy</em> </strong>by Thomas Nicol </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>The Window Into Time</em> </strong>by Thomas Nicol </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">In a story inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, Dr. Lawrence Schenker, Man of Science, is contacted by an old classmate with an intriguing problem, setting him on a mission to recreate a substance described in an ancient manuscript... with no thought to the possible consequences.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Pencil</em> </strong>by Edward Heffernan </p><p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><strong><em>Farm</em> </strong>by Andrew Gleason </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; ">Charlie and his little brother Simon live a secluded life, feeding off of the land and surviving on their own. The monotony of their lives remains unchanged: day after day . . . month after month . . . yet, something keeps them from growing comfortable, from feeling safe. And all too soon, the nightmare brewing beneath the surface of their quiet farm life will erupt. For how can one survive the end of the world and expect their future to be bright? How can one expect there to be a future at all?</p>
</span></div>-- <br>Abisola Ariwoola<div><div>University of Illinois, College of Media</div><div>B.S. Media & Cinema Studies, Communication</div><div>UC-IMC, Performance Venue Coordinator</div><div>104.5 FM, WRFU</div>
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