First Tuesdays with the Midwest Independent Film Festival:

SAGIndie presents Chicago’s first-ever Female Filmmakers Night!

SAGIndie teams up with Midwest Ind FF, Women In Film for inaugural program

 

Chicago, IL – First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival continue with the inaugural Female Filmmakers Night on Tuesday, March 2nd at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark beginning at 6 p.m.  This historic lineup of short films is being co-presented by SAGIndie, Women In Film Chicago and the Midwest Independent Film Festival.  All filmmakers, along with select cast and crew, will be in attendance for a post-screening discussion with the audience.


  

Film Synopsis: Here it is... the highly anticipated lineup for Female Filmmakers Night!


JUST ADDED: SAGIndie director Darrien Gipson, "State of Romance" EP/writer Barbara Wallace, Radish Creative Group founder Amy Weber join our Producers Panel!  Click here for bios and more!


Screening Information: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 -- screening begins with a Pre-Show Cocktail Reception (sponsored by Heineken, Candid Wines, Death’s Door Spirits and Templeton Rye) at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema (2828 North Clark) at 6 p.m.  The evening’s Producers Panel is being presented by SAG INDIE and will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the theater.  The inaugural Female Filmmakers program screens promptly at 7:30 p.m. A post-screening reception will be held immediately following the film at Forno Diablo, 433 West Diversey. For more information, please visit www.MidwestFilm.org.


  

ABOUT THE MIDWEST INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

 

The Midwest Independent Film Festival is the nation's only film festival solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark in Chicago.  This year-round film festival sits proudly at the center of the independent film scene in Chicago and the Midwest and is dedicated to celebrating and strengthening that community. More information can be found on the Festival website: www.MidwestFilm.org.

 

This year's festival sponsors include Resolution Digital Studios, O'Connor Casting, Humana, Fletcher Camera & Lenses, SAGIndie, Sony, Abel Cine Tech, Hard Rock Hotel Chicago, Reverse Momentum Films, AICP Midwest, Our Children's Homestead, Canon, Screen Magazine, Heineken, McDermott Will & Emery, Zacuto, Illinois Institute of Art, Flashpoint Academy, Zipcar, Macprofessionals, Zaroban DesignLeft Brain Right Brain Productions, The Illinois and Chicago Film Offices, Movietrax.tv, Airstream Audio, 59 Films, Candid Wines, Daufenbach Camera, Elephant Filmworks, Belden-Stratford Hotel, Kodak, Visions of Light, Saper Law and Orbit Media Studios.


This film festival is made possible in part by the Illinois Arts Council, which receives funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.