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Earlybird Deadline
Just a reminder that our first deadline is tomorrow, September 9. This is the last day to submit on Withoutabox, or postmark your submission package. Visit our Submissions page for more info. We’re looking forward to seeing your film!
Film Fridays At The Varsity
Some of our staff have been heavily involved in programming and promoting a new film series at the Varisty Theatre on the strip in Carbondale. Highlighting both Recent Films by Women and Avant Garde Cinema, the series works to bring important, yet rarely-seen, cinema to the rural midwest. The program begins September 10, and is sponsored by the SIUC Student Fine Arts Activity Fee, The Varsity Center For The Arts, and Film Alternatives.
September 10: The Beaches of Agnés. Agnes Varda, 2008.
September 24: Avant Garde Explorations of Materiality. With films and videos by Anthony McCall, Paul Sharits, Chel White, Stan Vanderbeek, Owen Land, and Bill Viola.
October 1: The Headless Woman. Lucrecia Martel, 2008.
October 22: Avant Garde Explorations of Place. With films and videos by J.J. Murphy, Bruce Baillie, Ernie Gehr, Larry Gottheim, Marie Menken, and Carolee Schneemann.
November 12: The Order of Myths. Margaret Brown, 2008.
Big Muddy’s on WITHOUTABOX!
Without further ado:
For more information about this year’s call for entries, please visit our SUBMISSIONS page to your right.
Official Call For Entries
Send us your films! We have just posted our official call for entries, which you can find under the “Submissions” link to your right. Right now, you can send your film with a paper entry form via snail mail. As always, we are teaming with WITHOUTABOX to bring you a convenient online option for submission. Our festival listing is being activated as we speak. We’ll let you know when it’s completely ready. We’re looking forward to seeing all of your films this year!
Submissions For #33 Coming Soon
Hello Everybody! We’re looking forward to the 33rd, and are preparing to take our submissions live for next year’s installment. Our program is looking for the most innovative in all of last year’s independent cinema. We categorize by Experimental, Narrative, Documentary, Animation, but want to be surprised, so send us anything even if you don’t think it fits into a traditional genre.
As always, we will be teaming up with WITHOUTABOX to bring you an easy online option for submissions, but fear not techno-phobes, we will also offer you a paper version that you can submit directly to Big Muddy HQ.
Best of the 32nd
The eagle has landed! Our Best of the Fest included work selected by our esteemed jurors in the categories of experimental, documentary, animation, and narrative. This year, honors and awards go to:
- BEST EXPERIMENTAL: Penumbra by Kimberly McLaughlin
- BEST DOCUMENATARY: Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger by Bob Hercules
- BEST ANIMATION: Let’s Pollute by Geefwee Boedoe
- BEST NARRATIVE: 5 Dollars by Clay Jeter
- JOHN MICHAELS AWARD: Workers Republic by Andrew Friend
- AUDIENCE CHOICE: The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club by Amanda Pope
Honorable Mentions go to:
- Educating Cooper by Bryan Litt
- Too Soon, Too Late by Adrienne Finelli
- Tales From The Catholic Church of Elvis by Mercy Malick & Michael Traynor
Thanks again to all the filmmakers who submitted their films this year. Special thanks again to the Undergraduate Student Government, The SIUC Fine Arts Activity Fee, the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, and the Department of Cinema and Photography.
