Tuesday, May 1st Comedic Shorts Lineup Loaded with Laughs and Premieres!

 

First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival

Hosted by Landmark Century Centre Cinema, 2828 North Clark.

Pre-Show Cocktail Reception Begins at 6 p.m.

Screenplay Readings with Chicago ScriptWorks at 6:30 p.m.

Films Screen Promptly at 7:30 p.m.

 

The Midwest Independent Film Festival’s Comedic Shorts Lineup, Coming Tuesday, May 1^st

 

WORLD PREMIERE!  COP SHOW.  Written by and starring David Pasquesi of Strangers with Candy fame and Steppenwolf Ensemble member Tracy Letts (Bug, U.S. Marshals).  Side note: Letts’s heralded screenplay Bug finally hits the big screen on May 25^th.  Bug stars Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon and is directed by William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist).

 

FESTIVAL PREMIERE!  CHAD VADER, PARTS I, II AND III.  These wildly popular shorts will finally make their festival debut on Tuesday, May 1^st at The Midwest Independent Film Festival.  The storyline centers around Chad Vader, the less-famous brother of Darth Vader, who works (at first) as a day-shift manager at a supermarket named Empire Market.   

 

The Isthmus says it best: "He may look like the Lord of the Universe, but life is a series of petty humiliations for Chad Vader, brother of Darth and manager of the Empire Market grocery."  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette raves, "All hail Chad Vader!," while the Chicago Sun-Times concedes, "Chad Vader has conquered the internet.”  The Wisconsin State Journal adds, "Darth Vader wears his hate like a weapon. Chad Vader wears his ineptitude like a bad tie."

Wisconsin filmmakers Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda have been collaborating as Blame Society Productions since 2002.  They have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TV Week magazine and BBC.com, as well as on Good Morning America and VH1's "40 Greatest Internet Superstars" special. 

 

WORLD PREMIERE!  LOW NOTE.  Ned is late.  Michelle is worried.  And David is just hungry.  A comedy written and directed by Project Greenlight finalist and Element 79 creative director Scott Smith.

 

WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC VIDEO!  GET STEADY.  Chicago rockers Billy O'Neill, Ig and Bish rock the hell out of photo booth in thsi innovative music video.  Directed by Talon Nightshade.

 

WORLD PREMIERE!  REGRETS.  Directed by Steve Delahoyde.  A short, half humorous, half kind of tragic documentary-esque monologues based on a very general theme of having a specific regret in life.  The Chicago Tribune named Delahoyde one of their "High 5 Buzz-Worthy Local Filmmakers," describing him as "a cinematic Beck, a creator of absurd mini-sympathies." 

 

DRIVE RADIO.  A late-night radio talk show host is faced with an ethical dilemma that can only be resolved by the imperative that the show must go on.  Directed by Chicago filmmaker Justin Hayward.  9 min.

 

LAUNDRYJACKING.  Directed by Brad DeMarea, featuring Chicago talent Danny McCarthy (Prison Break).