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Wednesday, October 29th
7:30 PM	click to rate	Anywhere USA Chusy Haney-Jardine 2008 \| Feature, Narrative Feature \| 123 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:00 PM	click to rate	Opening Party Party \| 240 min.	Beat Kitchen	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Thursday, October 30th
5:00 PM	click to rate	ECU (Extreme Chicago Underground) Panel	Viaduct Bar	+ add to cal
5:30 PM	click to rate	An Alternative to Slitting Your Wrist Owen Lowery 2007 \| Documentary Feature \| 82 min. ** Note: Chicago Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:45 PM	click to rate	Mermaid Island Shorts Program \| 80 min. plays with... Mermaid \| Lisa Barcy 2007 The Eye You Lost In the Crusades (Califone) \| Jay Eckensberger 2007 Ellie \| Robert OConnor 2006 The Hijab Of Dena \| Erika Rydell 2007 Mud & Glory \| Ines Sommer 2007 Huge Flag \| Jessie Stead 2007 Separating Ourselves \| Rachel Walker 2008 Nowhere Island \| Hsu Ya-Ting 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	How To Cross A Border Tim Parsa 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 70 min. ** Note: World Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:30 PM	click to rate	Reel Moments Shorts Program \| 80 min. plays with... Death of the Reel \| Benjamin Meade 2008 'Charlie Rose' by Samuel Beckett \| Andrew Filippone Jr. 2008 Artist Statement \| Daniel Barrow 2006 Condensed Movie #2 \| Kent Lambert 2008 The Universe & Young Pilot Nelson \| Jerzy Rose 2008 City Wasp \| Tod Steven, Stephan Wicki 2007 Paul and the Badger - Episode 3 \| Paul Tarrago 2006 The Last Moment \| Deco Dawson 2007	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:00 PM	click to rate	The Auteur James Westby 2008 \| Narrative Feature \| 80 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:15 PM	click to rate	Urban Artifacts Shorts Program \| 70 min. plays with... Undefeated \| Kevin Jerome Everson 2008 Waiting On God \| Scott Smith 2006 He Hates To Be Second \| Kelly Sears 2008 Broad Day \| Kevin Jerome Everson 2008 Tripp \| Alexander Rojas 2007 Ninety-Three \| Kevin Jerome Everson 2008 The Scrapper \| Jonathan Olshefski 2008 Mrs. Henderson's Kids \| Veena Rao 2007	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:00 PM	click to rate	Thursday Night Party Party \| 240 min. ** Note: Free Event	The Hungry Brain	+ add to cal
10:30 PM	click to rate	Hoopeston Thomas Bender 2007 \| Documentary Feature \| 79 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Friday, October 31st
11:00 AM	click to rate	TUG: Anatomy of a Red Camera Project Panel, Production and Technology \| 90 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
12:45 PM	click to rate	The Digital Intermediate Workflow Panel, Production and Technology \| 90 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
2:30 PM	click to rate	Music and Sound Design Panel, Production and Technology \| 75 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
3:00 PM	click to rate	Break-out Session: Kodak Panel, Production and Technology	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
4:00 PM	click to rate	“Night Tide” Case Study Panel, Production and Technology \| 75 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
5:00 PM	click to rate	ECU (Extreme Chicago Underground) Panel	Viaduct Bar	+ add to cal
5:30 PM	click to rate	The Golden Age of Fish Kevin Jerome Everson 2008 \| Experimental Feature, Narrative Feature \| 70 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:00 PM	click to rate	Hard Work Shorts Program \| 86 min. plays with... 1956 \| Jenny Stark 2007 Tour/Tower \| Roger Beebe 2008 Isabell \| Kathleen Rugh 2008 Dig \| Robert Todd 2007 From Saturday to Sunday \| Natalija Vekic and Christian Bruno 2008 A Love Story (I Want You - Pt. 1 and No Matter What - Pt. 2) \| Kali Heitholt 2007 Victory Over The Sun \| Michael Robinson 2007 Bumblebee \| Eric Ostrowski 2007 Yard Work is Hard Work \| Jodie Mack 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:15 PM	click to rate	She’s A Boy I Knew Gwen Haworth 2007 \| Documentary \| 70 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
7:45 PM	click to rate	Travel Guide Shorts Program \| 75 min. plays with... Pop Bridge \| Jason Halprin 2007 Mylar Balloon Rip-off \| Jason Halprin 2007 Monongahela Ghost Train \| Jason Halprin 2007 Obar \| Taylor Dunne 2008 Frank \| Bill Basquin 2005 Sanctuary \| Vanessa O’Neill 2008 Themes & Variations For The Naked Eye \| Caitlin Horsmon 2007 21 Alleys \| Robert Todd 2007 Ah, Liberty! \| Ben Rivers 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:00 PM	click to rate	Night Tide Curtis Harrington 1961 \| Narrative Feature \| 85 min.	Gene Siskel Film Center	+ add to cal
8:45 PM	click to rate	A Necessary Death Daniel Stamm 2008 \| Narrative Feature \| 101 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:15 PM	click to rate	Research Methods Shorts Program \| 73 min. plays with... Motion Studies: Inertia \| Jeff Mahaffy Black and White Trypps Number Four \| Ben Russell 2007 Degradation # 1, X- Ray \| James June Schneider 2007 Teslamania \| Joel Schlemowitz 2007 On the Logic of Dubious Historical Accounts, 1969 - 1972 \| Alexander Stewart and Peter Miller 2008 Speechless \| Scott Stark 2008 Case Studies in Psychotherapy \| Tony Gault 2008 Artifices #1 \| Alexandre Larose 2007 Severing The Soul \| Barbara Klutinis 2008 The Eternal Quarter Inch \| Jesse McLean 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:00 PM	click to rate	The Chicago Underground Film Festival presents the 9th Annual Jukebox of the Dead Party \| 240 min.	The Empty Bottle	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:30 PM	click to rate	Such Hawks, Such Hounds: Scenes From The American Hard Rock Underground Jessica Hundley, John Srebalus 2007 \| Documentary Feature \| 81 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Saturday, November 1st
10:00 AM	click to rate	Working the Festival Circuit Getting Your Movie Seen, Panel \| 60 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
11:15 AM	click to rate	Gallery and Art Film Exhibition Getting Your Movie Seen, Panel \| 60 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
12:30 PM	click to rate	New Media Exploitation Getting Your Movie Seen, Panel \| 60 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	The Atom Smashers Monica Ross, Clayton Brown 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 81 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:45 PM	click to rate	CUFF Directors Panel Getting Your Movie Seen, Panel \| 60 min.	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal
2:45 PM	click to rate	Wellness Jake Mahaffy 2008 \| Narrative Feature \| 94 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:15 PM	click to rate	Rays of Light Shorts Program \| 38 min. plays with... Light Is Waiting \| Michael Robinson 2007 Canons \| Keith Tassick 2008 Terraform Dance Party \| Jeremy Bailey 2008 The Visit and the Play \| Stephanie Barber 2008 Out Of Print \| Danny Plotnick 2008 The Truth And The Pleasure \| Jennet Thomas 2006 Tony Conrad, Dreaminimalist \| Marie Losier 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:30 PM	click to rate	Between Something & Nothing Todd Verow 2008 \| Narrative Feature \| 105 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	Look Out There Shorts Program \| 82 min. plays with... P.R. \| Bryan Leister 2006 Dirty Pictures \| John Smith 2007 Circles Of Confusion \| phoebe tooke 2007 Landscape In A Portrait \| Dustin Thompson 2006 Norte y Sur - North and South \| Luis Sanchez Ramirez 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	ECU (Extreme Chicago Underground) Panel	Viaduct Bar	+ add to cal
6:30 PM	click to rate	The Juche Idea Jim Finn 2008 \| Experimental Feature, Narrative Feature \| 62 min. Note: Chicago Premiere plays with... Whoop Draft (Water Babies)** \| Usama Alshaibi 2007	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:45 PM	click to rate	We Are Wizards Josh Koury 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 78 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:15 PM	click to rate	Curtis Harrington Shorts Shorts Program plays with... A Fragment of Seeking \| Curtis Harrington 1946 Picnic \| Curtis Harrington 1948 On the Edge \| Curtis Harrington 1949 The Wormwood Star \| Curtis Harrington 1956 The Assignation \| Curtis Harrington 1952	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:30 PM	click to rate	Accidents At Home And How They Happen Jennifer Reeder 2008 \| Experimental Feature, Narrative Feature \| 101 min. ** Note: World Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
9:30 PM	click to rate	Sleep Weep (The Zookeeper) James Fotopoulos 2008 \| Experimental Feature, featured \| 111 min. ** Note: World Premiere	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:15 PM	click to rate	Mock Up On Mu Craig Baldwin 2008 \| Narrative Feature \| 114 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
12:00 AM	click to rate	I <3 Presets Party, Performance \| 120 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
Sunday, November 2nd
10:00 AM	click to rate	Chic-A-Go-Go Film & Dance Party Party, Shorts Program Note: Free Screening plays with... The Early Nineties \| Andrew Mailliard 2008 Digital Underpants \| Matt Meindl 2008 It's hard to wreck a nice beach/ It's hard to recognize speech \| Adebukola Bodunrin 2007 Hay Daze \| Cindy Stillwell 2007 New Educational Series - Canaries In Colour \| Jill Kennedy 2007 Missouri Fish \| Gregory Gutenko 2085 Goblin Good Day** \| Jake Austen 2008	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal
1:00 PM	click to rate	Silhouette City Michael Wilson 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 90 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
1:30 PM	click to rate	Restless Mind Shorts Program \| 75 min. plays with... The Ugly Turkey \| David Essman 2007 His Holiness Rael \| Harvey Benschoter 2007 Forget Her - Magic is Kuntmaster \| Kristie Alshaibi 2008 Literally \| Marty Shea 2008 Only Just Begun \| Jennet Thomas 2006 Penguin Relocation \| Raymond Noelle 2008 Spirit (Patti Smith) \| Jem Cohen The Adventure \| Mike Brune 2007 Karaoke Show \| Karl Tebbe 2007 Missing Pieces	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:00 PM	click to rate	It's In The Game Dylan Griffin 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 83 min. ** Note: US Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
3:15 PM	click to rate	Opera Calling Shorts Program \| 76 min. plays with... pea vs. carrot \| Ben Hicks 2007 Action Film \| Jennifer Hardacker 2007 Sog \| Paddy Jolley 2007 Murder Capital \| Marcy Saude 2007 The Green Grass Of Twilight \| Richie Sherman 2007 Heron Pond: Boardwalk View \| Cade Bursell 2007 Spider House \| andrew wilson 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:30 PM	click to rate	Deliver jennifer montgomery 2008 \| Narrative Feature \| 100 min. ** Note: Midwest Premiere	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
4:45 PM	click to rate	Short Social Sing-alongs Shorts Program \| 65 min. plays with... A Short social commentary on dancing in Second Life \| Visakh Menon 2008 Hold Me Now \| Michael Robinson 2008 Launch \| Brian Doyle 2007 Every (Text, Image, Sound, Movie) On My Cell Phone \| Darrin Martin 2008 Anaconda Targets \| Dominic Angerame 2004 Prison - Beta \| Lucas W. Dimick 2008	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
5:00 PM	click to rate	ECU (Extreme Chicago Underground) Panel	Viaduct Bar	+ add to cal
6:30 PM	click to rate	Essential Information Shorts Program \| 75 min. plays with... Future Antiquity: Domestic Surveillance \| Lewis Weinberg 2008 Hobbit Love is The Greatest Love \| Steve Reinke 2007 Ceibas: Beneath the Pressure of the Sky \| Evan Meaney 2008 The Lincoln Library of Essential Information Volume 20 \| Kelly Oliver and Keary Rosen 2008 Armored Cars: Protect Yourself From Ballistic Attacks \| Angie Waller 2007 This Shall Be a Sign \| James T. Hong 2007	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
6:45 PM	click to rate	The Eternal Internal Shorts Program \| 71 min. plays with... Through These Trackless Waters \| Elizabeth Henry 2007 Studies In Transfalumination \| PETER ROSE 2008 1 to 8 \| Amy Schwartz 2008 The Acrobat \| Chris Kennedy 2007 Ring \| Robert Todd 2007 Faux Mouvements \| Pip Chodorov 2008 Degradation #2, Scratch \| James June Schneider (made in collaboration with Paul Bishow) 2008 Office Suite \| Robert Todd 2007	Viaduct Theater 2	+ add to cal	buy tickets
8:30 PM	click to rate	Song Sung Blue Greg Kohs 2008 \| Documentary Feature \| 87 min.	Viaduct Theater 1	+ add to cal	buy tickets
10:00 PM	click to rate	Closing Party and Festival Awards Party \| 240 min.	The Bottom Lounge	+ add to cal