CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
2008 Lake County Film Festival Features Wide Array of Chicago Talent
CHICAGO – The 2008 Lake County Film Festival featured a wide array of new filmmaker talent not only from around the U.S. and the world but from Chicago and Chicagoland.
While the festival has concluded and the winners have been announced, we have researched and compiled a list of all the Chicago films, Chicago filmmakers and Chicago production companies involved in this year’s Lake County Film Festival regardless of whether they won an award. Join us below to meet the local makers. These are listed in random order with links to more information.
Chicago production company: Rusted Rhino
Film: “Half Life of Mason Lake”
Type: Narrative feature
Link: Web site
Chicago film: “Who’s Ma Ma! Joe Ma Ma!”
Type: Documentary short
Link: More information
Chicago film: “Janis: A Daughter’s Portrait”
Type: Documentary short
Link: More information
Chicago film: “King in Chicago”
Chicago production company: Thorn Creek Productions
Type: Documentary feature
Link: More information
Chicago film: “No Smoking, Please”
Type: Documentary short
MySpace: Click here
Chicago film: “White Out”
Type: Narrative feature
Link: More information
Chicago filmmaker: Owen Lowery
Film: “An Alternative to Slitting Your Wrist”
Type: Documentary feature
Link: Web site
MySpace: Click here
Chicago filmmaker: Ben Byer
Film: “Indestructible”
Type: Documentary feature
Link: Web site
Chicago filmmaker: Matt Olson
Film: “Chemistry of Dating”
Type: Narrative feature
Link: Web site
Chicago filmmakers: Dan Kolen, Justin Lansing
Film: “Deportee”
Type: Documentary feature
Link: More information
Chicago filmmaker: John Covert
Chicago production company: Covert Creative Group
Film: “Shut-Eye”
Type: Narrative feature
Link: Web site
Chicago filmmaker: Nathan Adloff
Film: “Untied Strangers”
Type: Narrative short
Link: More information
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Chicago filmmaker: Collin Souter
Film: “Break-Up, Date”
Type: Documentary feature
Link: More information
MySpace: Click here
By ADAM FENDELMAN |