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Update #5: Rewards
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Posted on September 28, 2011
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Update #4: Success!
A sincere and heartfelt Thank You to everyone that contributed to our festival! We even surpassed our goal! We'll be in touch soon for your mailing addresses and details for your rewards.
Check out our website under sponsors & supporters to see your name. We'll also be posting updates on the progress of our festival as it nears, on the front page of our website.
The Chicago 8 Festival- Karen, Josh, & Jason
Update #3: Program announcement- Bride of Super 8
The folks at Chicago 8: A Small Gauge Film Festival have some exciting news to share with you!
First, we have reached our kickstarter goal! We are overjoyed and want to thank every one of our backers.
We'd like to also announce our closing night program: Bride of Super 8! Reprising the popular Super 8 Rides Again program at Chicago Filmmakers from last year, we'll be inviting around 20 Chicago-area image makers to shoot a roll of Super 8 film and have it premiere (unseen and uncut!) at the show. We're excited to be able to present a celebration of the Chicago community as part of our festival, and especially want to thank Todd Lillethun at Chicago Filmmakers for helping coordinate this program. We'd also like to thank Kodak and Dwayne's Photo Service for donating film and processing.
Thanks! The Chicago 8 team - Karen, Josh, and Jason
Update #2: Progress
We are happy to announce that we have our opening night venue set in place. The following nights will take place at Chicago Filmmakers, our co-sponsor of the Chicago 8 Festival. We are working hard on our programming, and have confirmed a solo program dedicated to the s8 films of a fantastic San Francisco based artist that will be in attendance at our festival. Also, we will have on our opening night, a very special guest from a far away land screening s8 films with live music! Proudly we've added Kodak and Dwayne's Photo to our list of sponsors. Thank you all for your support!
Update #1: News
To our Super (8) supporters!
We wanted to let you know we are already receiving international entries to our film festival! We are also very excited that we are more than halfway to our projected goal and it is all due to your assistance! Thank you!
xoxo
The Chicago 8 Film Festival
Josh Mabe, Jason Halprin, & Karen Johannesen
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Jeannie Blethen-Rigod on July 18, 2011
This is terrific news. We will keep on working for fund raising.
Jean and Louis Rigod
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Karen Johannesen is a filmmaker and the Executive Director & Programmer of Chicago8fest. Karen has exhibited her work at the San Francisco Cinematheque, Anthology Film Archive, The Toronto International Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art NY, The International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Center of Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, Media City Film Festival, and The Experimental Film Conference in England.
Josh Mabe is a filmmaker and archivist currently living in Chicago. He is the Director of Communications/Operations & Programmer of the Chicago8fest. His work has screened at Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Images Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Views from the Avant Garde.
Jason Halprin is a media artist, teacher, and writer. He is a Co-Director of Chicago8fest. He previously served as Asst. Director of The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (TIE) and the Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, and as Print Traffic and Technical Director for Reeling: the Chicago LGBT Film Festival. His work has screened at the Austrian Film Museum, The Media City Film Festival, PDX, the Detroit Film Center, and in an alleyway in Buenos Aires, Argentia.
