August 6th
Super-8 Rides Again!: A screening of rolls of Super-8 shot recently by local filmmakers. We all shot some stuff, and none of us have seen it...how many totally black rolls will there be? How many broken cameras? How many awesome gems? Come check it out. Includes films by me, Usama Alshaibi, Jake Barningham, Jeremy Bessoff, Kyle Canterbury, Tom Comerford, Carolyn Faber, Scott Foley, James Fotopoulos, Jason Halprin, Karen Johannesen, Alex Lake, JB Mabe, Jesse McLean, Luis Sanchez Ramirez, Kate Raney, Tom Palazzolo, Bill Stamets, and Chi Jang Yin. Chicago Filmmakers 8-10pm.
July 24th
My animation ZWISCHEN will be featured in the screening: The Great Disaster: The Outdoor Animation Festival put on by Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources in NY State.
July 1st
I've got an upcoming release on Southbridge Slow Electronics. What will it be? How will it sound? What am I talking about? Hold on to your britches and check back with me later in the summer.
July 1st
CUFF officially ends tonight, thanks to all who came, to those who made it happen, and to the jury for handing This Is My Show an honorable mention.
As for the summer in general, I just finished shooting a film for director Melika Bass and the performance group Every House Has a Door. In July-August, I'll be shooting Jerzy Rose's first feature film. Somehow/where in between all of this, I've got collaborations with Robert Todd, Adam Strohm and Chris Royalty to complete, as well as a film made from the super 8 I shot in Uganda last year. Busy girl.
June 4th-July 18th
It's up! Even Still: The Work of CUFF Alumni & Friends is up at the Gene Siskel Film Center's Gallery! It includes the work of Ross Nugent, Jon Satrom, Alexander Stewart, Deborah Stratman, James Fotopoulos, Lilli Carre, Lisa Barcy, Michael Robinson, Robert Todd, Ray Pride AND a CUFF poster wall! More information here: Even Still on the CUFF BLOG.
June 24th-July 1st
The Chicago Underground Film Festival is on its way! It moved to the early summer this year, so don't miss it. The programming is top notch, and the Gene Siskel Film Center makes it all look spectacular. Look out for the CUFF-related show in the gallery featuring CUFF almuni & friends (starts June 3rd-ish), organized by yours truly. My video This is My Show will also be part of the "Television Personalities" shorts program. I'm excited. Get excited.
May 2
Received an Honorable Mention for This Is My Show at the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival. Thanks MUFF! This is a wonderful fest run by wonderful people.
May 12-14
Along with many beloved Chicago friends and actors, I'm in a film called The Recognitions by Geoffrey Hughes, which will be showing at the Gene Siskel Film Center as part of the School of the Art Institute's MFA/BFA screening. Let me know if I'm any good (or not).
April 30 - May 2, 2010
This Is My Show and my new film Mere Mystery will be screening at the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival.
April 4, 2010
Gave Attitude to a Clown will be screening at the Nightingale Theatre in Chicago as part of The Broad Shoulders Tour and Nightingale's 2nd Anniversary celebration.
March 29, 2010
Songs from the Shed (a film I shot with/for director Melika Bass) won the award for best cinematography at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
March/April 2010
Gave Attitude to a Clown will be part of The Broad Shoulders Tour, a charming and enlightening package of moving image wonders put together by Christy LeMaster of Nightingale Theatre in Chicago. She'll be taking these wares around the midwest in late March, early April.
3/28 & 3/30
This is My Show will be at the Boston Underground Film Festival. Wish I could be there, but alas, I will be in Ann Arbor.
3/27
Songs from the Shed, a film by the fantastic filmmaker Melika Bass, will be at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. This was the second film I shot for Melika and I'm incredibly proud of it and her. Exclamation points.
2/12-14/10
This is My Show was in the Media Lounge at the College Arts Association conference in Chicago as part of a showcase of Midwestern artists called "Film from the Prairie and the Hinterlands". I didn't know this until the last minute, but hey, there you go.
1/10/10
I've got a website. Wilkommen.
September 2009
Spent a few weeks in Uganda as Director of Photography for a documentary shot mainly at St. John Bosco Kitende Primary School. You can read about one facet of my personal experience on ExTV's blog.
The website for the doc: www.frmichaelschildren.com
