Call For Entries – 18th Chicago Underground Film Festival

June 2011 at the Gene Siskel Film Center

“Now in our 18th year, The Chicago Underground Film Festival exists to
showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to
promote films and videos that experiment in form, technique, or
content and to present adventurous works that challenge and transcend
expectations…if you suspect your film is “underground,” it probably
is.

Founded in 1994, The Chicago Underground Film Festival is dedicated to
the work of film and video makers with defiantly independent visions.
Unlike many other “independent” film events our goal is not to imitate
old guard, market-driven festivals such as Sundance. Instead we seek
to create our own particular niche by presenting an accessible,
user-friendly showcase for Avant-Garde and cult cinema. CUFF presents
a wide range of work exploring the many definitions and
interpretations of the concept of “underground”. From alternative
music films and political agitprop to high camp and formal
experimentation. We like films that go beyond expectations and genre,
films made with passion, obsession and drive. The Chicago Underground
Film Festival is an official program of IFP/Chicago”

“The granddaddy of all currently running underground film festivals” -
Mike Everleth, badlit.com

Early Deadline: Dec. 1
Regular Deadline: Feb. 1
Final Deadline: March 15

Chicago Underground Film Festival
c/o
IFP/Chicago
PO Box 3065
Chicago IL 60654
U S A

Phone: (312)506-4699

info@cuff.org

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The Chicago Underground Film Festival is now accepting submissions for their 2010 festival. The deadlines are approaching fast — if you’re interested in submitting, you have about one month.

The renowned underground film festival is a fantastic opportunity for underground, independent, and experimental film/video makers to screen their work in front of an audience of staunch patrons of the avant-garde. Legendary film critic, Roger Ebert, praises the festival as being a hell of a deal, stating “What you get for your money is not just admission to the films but admission to a subculture”, and another Chicago Tribune film critic, Michael Wilmington, regards the festival as being “Defiantly independent and deliberately scandalous.”

In the past, the CUFF has featured the works of Ben Russell, Deborah Stratman, and has presented retrospectives of Kenneth Anger, George Kuchar, John Waters, Larry Cohen, and Alejandro Jodorowsky. And there’s music too — The Ponys, Joan of Arc, Bobby Conn & The Glass Gypsies, Plastic Crimewave Sound, The Cheater Slicks, The Demolition Doll Rods, Califone, Frontier, Red Red Meat, The Handsome Family,The Wesley Willis Fiasco, Maureen Tucker, The Gaza Strippers and the Waco Bros have performed at past festivals. Folks, we’re talking about a party for the arty.

The 2010 CUFF will be held June 24-July 1 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Visit CUFF.org for more information, submission forms, and a link to their withoutabox page.

The deadlines:

Early submissions: March 1, 2010, $30 entry fee

Final deadline for submissions: March 15, 2010, $40 entry fee

Plus, if you win an award, you get an ill trophy or medallion.

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