Film Festivals in Illinois

BLACK EARTH FILM FESTIVAL Galesburg Civic Art Center 114 E. Main Street Galesburg, Illinois 61401 Tel: (309) 342-7415 E-Mail: info@galesburgarts.org Web: http://www.blackearthfilmfestival.org Contact: Heather Norman / Lynn Miller Festival Statement: The Festival will take place at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Galesburg, IL is a scenic community of 33,000 people and is located between Davenport, IA and Peoria, IL. Galesburg is home to two colleges and the community has a long tradition of supporting the arts with an active art center, community theatre group, and symphony. CHICAGO ASIAN AMERICAN FILM SHOWCASE Held at the Gene Siskel Film Center FAAIM P.O. Box 5435 Chicago, Illinois 60680 Tel: (312) 758-4983 E-Mail: info@faaim.org Web: http://www.faaim.org Contact: Tim Hugh, Festival Director tim@faaim.org CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL c/o Facets Multimedia, Inc. 1517 West Fullerton Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60614 Tel: (773) 281-9075 E-Mail: kidsfest@facets.org Web: http://www.cicff.org Contact: Kathleen Beckman, Coordinator; Nicole Dreiske, Founder/Executive Director Festival Statement: Films must be appropriate for children under age 13. CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 1112 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60622 Tel: (773) 486-9612 E-Mail: info@chicagodocfestival.org Web: http://www.chicagodocfestival.org Contact: Christopher Kamyszew CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Cinema/Chicago 30 E. Adams Street, Suite 800 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Tel: (312) 683-0121 E-Mail: info@chicagofilmfestival.com Web: http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com Contact: Michael J. Kutza, Artistic Director CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL REEL SHORTS FESTIVAL 428 N. Wolcott Chicago, Illinois 60622 Tel: (949) 458-1087 E-Mail: scott@projectchicago.com Web: http://www.projectchicago.com Contact: Director CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL c/o Columbia College 600 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60605-1996 Tel: (312) 431-1330 E-Mail: clc@colum.edu Web: http://www.latinoculturalcenter.org Contact: Film Selection Committee Festival Statement: There will be encore presentations on May 4, 2006. CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 3109 North Western Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60618 Tel: (733) 327-FILM E-Mail: n/a Web: http://www.cuff.org Contact: n/a HALLOWEEN CRASH BASH FILM FEST 4343 N. Claremont Chicago, Illinois 60618 Tel: (773) 550-0340 E-Mail: crash1@yahoo.com Web: http://www.crashfest.com Contact: Gary Schultz HDFEST - LA P.O. Box 577069 Chicago, Illinois 60657-7069 Tel: (773) 782-9790 E-Mail: admin@hdfest.com Web: http://www.hdfest.com Contact: Marisa Cohen & Issac Alexander, Directors ILLINOIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 134 N. Cass Avenue, Suite A Westmont, Illinois 60559 Tel: (630) 781-2097 E-Mail: contact@illinoisinternationalfilmfestival.com Web: http://www.illinoisinternationalfilmfestival.com Contact: Shaun Fox INDIEFEST FILM FESTIVAL AND MARKET: CHICAGO P.O. Box 148849 Chicago, Illinois 60614-8849 Tel: (773) 665-7600 E-Mail: info@indiefestchicago.com Web: http://www.indiefestchicago.com Contact: Jennifer Alan Festival Statement: Indiefest celebrates the vision without compromise attitude and spirit of the independent filmmaker. Indiefest is eager to showcase emerging talent, therefore there are no strict eligibility requirements. There is one major requirement: films financed or produced by major studios or their affiliates are not eligible. Screenplays, scripts, novels, and short stories will be accepted into the writing competition, which is presented by the renowned Screenwriter's Project. INTERCOM: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, 32 West Randolph Street Suite 600 Chicago, Illinois 60601-9803 Tel: (312) 425-9400 E-Mail: info@chicagofilmfestival.com Web: http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com Contact: Philip Bajorat, Entry Coordinator LAKE COUNTY FILM FESTIVAL 117 W. Rockland Road Libertyville, Illinois 60048 Tel: (847) 362-5666 E-Mail: nat@dogear.biz Web: http://www.lakecountyfilmfest.com Contact: Nat Dykeman Festival Statement: Our mission is to find promising talent to expose to a wider audience. This includes not only people who attend the festival, but also the independent-film-loving clientle of our local retail store. As film lovers, we feel it is important for filmmakers to know what their audiences are thinking. That's why when you submit a film to us, you will receive feedback detailing what our viewing panel thought of your film. We are also strongly committed to short films, and hope that about 1/3 of the festival will be shorts. NAPERVILLE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 1701 Quincy Avenue, Suite 30 Naperville IL, 60540 Tel: (630) 729-3182 E-Mail: edmond@naperfilm.org Web: http://www.naperfilm.org Contact: Edmond Coisson Festival Statement: This premiere event will take place in Naperville, Illinois, just 20 minutes west of Chicago, rated the second best town in the USA to live. It was chosen as one of only five other cities to be seen on a virtural tour. P.A.A.W., INC. INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 205 White Avenue Joliet, Illinois 60433 Tel: (815) 296-3560 E-Mail: erika@paawincproductions.tv Web: http://www.paawincproductions.tv Contact: Erika Chambliss ROGER EBERT'S OVERLOOKED FILM FESTIVAL Virginia Theatre 203 W. Park Champaign, Illinois 61820-3928 Tel: (706) 542-4972 E-Mail: nkohn@arches.uga.edu Web: http://www.ebertfest.com Contact: Nate Kohn, Director Festival Statement: All films are selected from among the films that Mr. Ebert sees in the normal course of his reviewing. There is no submission process or mechanism for us to receive or review submissions. ROUTE 66 FILM FESTIVAL Linda McElroy 207 N. Lincoln Springfield, Illinois 62702 Tel: n/a E-Mail: n/a Web: http://www.route66filmfestival.net Contact: Linda McElroy Festival Statement: Trophies will be awarded for Judge's Choice, Best of Fest, and Audience Favorite in the categories of Comedy and Drama/Documentary. The Lincoln Presidential Library Award will be presented to the best film featuring Abraham Lincoln or a historical theme (fact or fiction, comic or serious). The committee reserves the right not to present awards in all categories and to add categories for films that merit special recognition. SERENDIPITY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 121-B Barrington Commons Court Barrington, Illinois 60010 Tel: (847) 382-5626 E-Mail: Theatre@barringtonarts.org Web: http://www.barringtonarts.org Contact: Greg Leifel/Susan Shafer Festival Statement: $500 first prize. SILVER IMAGES FILM FESTIVAL Terra Nova Films, Inc. 9848 S. Winchester Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60643 Tel: (773) 881-6940 E-Mail: siff@terranova.org Web: http://www.terranova.org Contact: Sheila Malkind, Director SPLIT PILLOW CHALLENGE PO Box 14154 Chicago, Illinois 60614-1054 Tel: n/a E-Mail: splitpillow@splitpillow.com Web: http://www.splitpillow.com Contact: n/a Festival Statement: Founded in 2003, Split Pillow is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development of emerging filmmakers, the production of collaborative motion pictures, and the promotion of media literacy through events, projects and workshops that foster education, appreciation, and artistic innovation. WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR 941 W. Lawrence, #500 Chicago, Illinois 60640 Tel: (773) 907-0610 E-Mail: widc@widc.org Web: http://www.widc.org Contact: n/a Z FILM FESTIVAL 333 West North Ave. #123 Chicago, Illinois, 60610 Tel: (312) 409-3890 E-Mail: info@zfilmfestival.com Web: http://www.zfilmfestival.com Contact: Usama Alshaibi, Kristie Drew ZEITGEIST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 199 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA Tel: (415) 786-9967 e-mail: b@overcookedcinema.com E-Mail: b@overcookedcinema.com Web: http://overcookedcinema.com Contact: B Berzins Festival Statement: Tired of paying to submit your work? We have no submission fee because we just don't believe in a pay to play system. Our goal is to promote independent filmmaking/viewing. ZIFF is an irreverent film/video series in it's 10th year, held in San Francisco in the backyard of a bar called Zeitgeist (seats 300). We seek short films/videos (under 15 minutes) completed in any year in any category or genre that will hold the attention of enthusiastic bar patrons.