Chicago – The oldest underground film festival in U.S. cinema history is Cuff – the Chicago Underground Film Festival, celebrating its 24th edition. From Wednesday, May 31st to Sunday, June 4th, 2017, the radical fringe of the film world will unspool at the five day fest. The Opening Night film on May 31st, at the historic Logan Theatre in Chicago, is “Drifting Towards the Crescent,” a documentary from local filmmaker Laura Stewart.
Opening Night Film of Cuff is ‘Drifting Towards the Crescent,’ Directed by Laura Stewart
Photo credit: Cuff.org
The film is a meditation on “river rats,” the residents of the town of Keokuk (Iowa) just down the Mississippi River from Hannibal, Missouri… the hometown of Mark Twain. Director Stewart uses a deliberate approach, and we get to know the biker, the pole dancer, the bar owner and the survivors of this once thriving town, left behind after the river that...
Opening Night Film of Cuff is ‘Drifting Towards the Crescent,’ Directed by Laura Stewart
Photo credit: Cuff.org
The film is a meditation on “river rats,” the residents of the town of Keokuk (Iowa) just down the Mississippi River from Hannibal, Missouri… the hometown of Mark Twain. Director Stewart uses a deliberate approach, and we get to know the biker, the pole dancer, the bar owner and the survivors of this once thriving town, left behind after the river that...
- 5/31/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Exclusive: Iffr reveals lineup and jury for programme focused on emerging filmmakers.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (25 Jan – 5 Feb) has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
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The competition for the Bright Future Award 2017 consists of sixteen debut films, including Chinese documentary Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts by Rong Guang Rong and Caroline Leone’s melancholy Brazilian road movie Pela Janela. Also competing are Belgian title Inside the Distance and German feature Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog.
The jury for the award will be made up of Italian film producer Marta Donzelli (Le Quattro Volte); Marleen Slot, Netherlands producer for Viking Film (Neon Bull) and chair of Film Producers Netherlands (Fpn); and Jean-Pierre Rehm, director of the French film festival Fid Marseille.
Outside of this competition, Bright Future also presents...
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) (25 Jan – 5 Feb) has announced the full line-up of its Bright Future programme, including the titles that will compete for the Bright Future Award.
Scroll down for the full lineup
The competition for the Bright Future Award 2017 consists of sixteen debut films, including Chinese documentary Children Are Not Afraid of Death, Children Are Afraid of Ghosts by Rong Guang Rong and Caroline Leone’s melancholy Brazilian road movie Pela Janela. Also competing are Belgian title Inside the Distance and German feature Self-Criticism Of A Bourgeois Dog.
The jury for the award will be made up of Italian film producer Marta Donzelli (Le Quattro Volte); Marleen Slot, Netherlands producer for Viking Film (Neon Bull) and chair of Film Producers Netherlands (Fpn); and Jean-Pierre Rehm, director of the French film festival Fid Marseille.
Outside of this competition, Bright Future also presents...
- 1/4/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Feminist blog 'The Vagenda' recently asked their readers to submit gossip headlines re-tooled to better explain what was happening in the photos. It was part of promotion for their new book 'Vagenda: A Zero Tolerance Guide To The Media' which details all the crazy ways women are lambasted in media, even things aimed at specifically at us, like women's magazines and gossip sites. The results were pretty hilariously amazing. #1 - So what you're telling me is...women don't just roll out of bed looking airbrushed? Image Credit: Rebecca Sutton #2 - Someone who works out as part of their job is in good shape? You don't say. Image Credit: Laura Stewart And it doesn't stop there. The Vagenda's twitter feed was inundated with snarky headlines tweaks both obvious and subtle See the rest after the jump!
- 5/2/2014
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
There’s an epidemic going on that no one wants to talk about. Lots of people in our business are hurting, and computer work is the main culprit.
One composer I know says every bone and joint in her body hurts all the time. She is saving up for a hydraulic lifter for her keyboard and computer workstation, so she can vary her position, working standing up as well as seated. Another I know has intense shoulder pain, and can’t raise his arm above shoulder level. He doesn’t want his clients to know, because he’s afraid they will think he can’t do the work.
The first person I ever heard of who injured his hands trying to become a better musician was the composer Robert Schumann. In trying to develop increased finger independence at the piano, he famously immobilized his fourth fingers with a length of...
One composer I know says every bone and joint in her body hurts all the time. She is saving up for a hydraulic lifter for her keyboard and computer workstation, so she can vary her position, working standing up as well as seated. Another I know has intense shoulder pain, and can’t raise his arm above shoulder level. He doesn’t want his clients to know, because he’s afraid they will think he can’t do the work.
The first person I ever heard of who injured his hands trying to become a better musician was the composer Robert Schumann. In trying to develop increased finger independence at the piano, he famously immobilized his fourth fingers with a length of...
- 5/26/2010
- by Les Brockmann
- SCOREcastOnline.com
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