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ATTENTION SENIORSAre You Graduating? I’m the Boss ApplesauceDirector/Writer/Producer Jason Reitman talked to students and took lots of questions when he visited Columbia College on November 3, 2009... A Magical VisionF&V faculty member, Michael Caplan wrote, directed, and produced A Magical Vision, a feature documentary that debuted internationally at the Global Cinema Festival in Indore, India on October 10... Disturbed Graduate Poetry FilmsF&V faculty member, Ted Hardin, arranged a collaboration between local company Oracle Theatre and this semester's MFA Production III poetry videos... Film Quarterly article by Jonathan Rosenbaum features Peter Thompson’s DocsPhotography and F&V faculty member Peter Thompson’s documentary films are the subjects of a lead article in the fall issue of FILM QUARTERLY... Fall Away Fundraiser and Crooked Willow CD Release PartyFundraiser for F&V faculty member Julian Grant's feature film Fall Away and the Crooked Willow CD Release Party -- Saturday, November 14... Screening Training IrelandF&V adjunct faculty member, John Mossman, is traveling in November to a film institute in Dublin... Alumni Snags This Year's Chicago Award2009 F&V graduate Brad Bischoff is this year's recipient of the Chicago Award from the Chicago International Film Festival... Newsstands, Alumni and Kitchen ChairsF&V adjunct faculty member Larry Lundy is keeping busy production designing around town... November Opera in Cinema: Don Giovanni and Cosi Van TuttiJoin us in November for the screenings of Don Giovanni and Cosi Van Tutti at Film Row Cinema. Please follow the link for ticketing information and a full schedule... Game Time DineF&V adjunct faculty member and executive producer of Orange Chair Productions Ltd., John Otterbacher, is producing a TV show, Game Time Dine, that features different Chicago area restaurants and Chicago Bears football players. Call for Entries / Upcoming Festival OpportunitiesHave a film that you want to get out there? Take a look at these upcoming opportunities! Media Production Center SlideshowAs progress continues on the Media Production Center, Columbia's first ever new construction building, the excitement grows within the community. Phantom Pants Wins an AccoladeF&V MFA candidate Ben Olson’s Phantom Pants, which is a pilot for a series called Domestically Challenged just won an Accolade. Left Field Continues to Make the Rounds on the Festival CircuitF&V adjunct faculty member Ben Steger’s documentary, Left Field, a feature length documentary chronicling Chicago’s own Humboldt Park adult kickball league, will be screening at several film festivals in the upcoming months. My Friend FlickrF&V adjunct faculty member Terry Miller took some photos of a burning Ford Mustang in Kentucky and posted them on Flickr... Sean Jourdan wins CINE Golden Eagle and Advances in Sundance LabSean Jourdan, alum of the F&V MFA Program, wins a CINE Golden Eagle Award for his thesis film, The Beekeeper. Sean’s feature script of The Beekeeper has advanced to the next round for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Director Karyn Kusama Visits Columbia and Screens her Latest FilmOn Monday, September 14, Columbia students packed Film Row Cinema for a special preview screening of the horror-comedy Jennifer’s Body, written by Dialbo Cody (Juno) and starring Megan Fox. The film’s director Karyn Kusama (i>Girlfight; Aeon Flux) was in attendance. Jerry Vasilatos makes a Bluegrass RunF&V alum and Director Jerry Vasilatos with Cinematographer Chris Gearhart are off to the races shooting Bluegrass Run, a $5 million indie comedy romance, in Chicago and Kentucky. Cinema Slapdown is Back!Strap yourselves in! Cinema Slapdown is taking off again at Film Row. Read on for this semester's full schedule... SMA Dean, F&V Chair Moderate Panels at the 2009 UFVA ConferenceThe 2009 University Film & Video Conference in New Orleans gets to hear why the Columbia College Chicago Film & Video Department is leading the reinvention of film education for the 21st century… |
November Opera in Cinema: Don GiovanniWednesday, November 4, at 7 pm Reeling Launches November 5thNovember 5-15, 2009 The 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour - Program OneThursday, November 12 Final Take 1 with Production I & II FilmsWednesday, November 11 Cinema Slapdown Fall 2009: Rock 'N RollThursday, November 19 2009 MFA Thesis ScreeningsFriday, November 20 at 5:30pm |


















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