Chicago Digital Media Production Fund
The Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation and Chicago Filmmakers are pleased to announce that the new “Chicago Digital Media Production Fund” is now accepting proposals. The grant will award at least 5 projects by Chicago area film and video makers up to $10,000 toward the project's production and completion. Submission deadline is March 19, 2012. A new Information Session is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 - 7:30 PM. RSVP here.
Digital Moviemaking Summer Camps for Youth
Chicago Filmmakers is now enrolling for its camps for youth ages 10 - 17. Find complete details on our youth page here.
Upcoming Classes
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Here is where it all comes together.
10 weeks, Feb. 21 - April 24
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:30 PM -
Our popular introduction to the production process.
10 weeks, February 22 - April 25
Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:30 PM -
Take your editing skills to the next level.
5 weeks, March 3 - 31
Saturdays 12 - 3 PM
Preview of an Upcoming Show
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Friday, February 24, 2012 - 8:00pm
Works in Progress Screening: Jens Jensen Harmonious World
Saturday, February 25
2 - 5pm
Free Admission!
Jens Jensen Harmonious World is a new documentary about the visionary landscape architect and his battles and triumphs in the early 20th century. Highly ethical and inspired by nature, Jensen created landscapes for Chicago's working poor filled with "clearings" to clear the mind of the mania of the city. He became the most popular landscape architect in America next to Frederick Law Olmstead, designing hundreds of landscapes for public parks, wealthy industrialists, schools, public housing, roads and finally his own utopian school, The Clearing.
Editing of the film is in progress. On February 25, producer/director Carey Lundin, co-producer/writer Mark Frazel, and editor Ilko Davidov (William S. Burroughs: The Man Within) will screen a rough cut of the film and solicit audience comments through a short questionnaire and group discussion.
Jens Jensen is a fiscal sponsorship project of Chicago Filmmakers. For more information about the film, visit the film's website here. To RSVP, email us here.