First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival…

2007 Festival Launch: Feb 6^th  Steppenwolf’s Kubuku, Premieres Lead Lineup

 

Steppenwolf Films’s powerful short, Kubuku Rides (This Is It), and premiere screenings of The 5:22, My Lover’s Moods, and Aisle 7 lead an impressive Midwest Shorts Program as the Midwest Independent Film Festival (www.midwestfilm.com) presents their first installment of the 2007 season on Tuesday, February 6^th at 6:00 p.m. at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema.  The lineup will also include Jason Sandri’s surrealistic stop-motion animated short, Cranium Theater, an Official Selection of the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival.  All filmmakers will be in attendance to present their work and field questions from the audience.

 

“We are the only film festival in the country solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker and our February 6^th lineup will show you why we’re so proud of that title,” comments Festival Director Mike McNamara.  “We will be bringing our audiences some outstanding films in 2007 and that’s just a tribute to the wealth of filmmaking talent we have here in the Midwest.”

 

On Tuesday, February 6th, the Pre-Show Cocktail Reception, sponsored by Goose Island Brewing Company, begins at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark, at 6:00 p.m.  Then join us as our shorts program begins promptly at 7:30 p.m.  Projection services are provided by sponsors Resolution Digital Studios, Mimi Productions and Zacuto.  Post-screening reception will be held at Sausalito, 543 West Diversey. For more information, please visit www.midwestfilm.com.

 

Get to know our Tuesday, February 6^th lineup a little better…

 

KUBUKU RIDES (THIS IS IT).  Directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Terry Kinney.  Based on Larry Brown’s haunting short story, Kubuku Rides (This Is It) affords the audience an unblinking view of a household steeped in secrets and desperation. We experience Angel’s intense addiction from a harrowing insider’s view — through the eyes of her 8-year old son. Angel's husband Alan tries to hold his family together, but one terrible day will test their love and change everything between them.  25 minutes

 

WORLD PREMIERE!  MY LOVER’S MOODS.  Brian has a compulsive need to understand, forecast, and catalogue everything in his world.  Jane relies on her intuition, instincts, and emotions to make decisions and inform her everyday living.  My Lover's Moods is about their relationship.  Directed by Jack C. Newell.  8 minutes

 

WORLD PREMIERE!  AISLE 7.  A beautiful piece from Columbia College student Maria Abraham.  A young girl copes with the absence of her wayward mom.  11 minutes.

 

FESTIVAL PREMIERE!  THE 5:22.  After a chance meeting with a strange woman, Walter Mason finds himself in a strange world which leaves his analytical mind powerless.  20 minutes

 

CRANIUM THEATER.  Official Selection of the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival.  A quirky critique of the excessive demands of Church and State on the common man. Our main character, the Brain Farmer, tends his crop of brain cabbages, only to find himself helpless against those who desire what is his. 8 minutes