Millennium Film Workshop Served With Eviction Papers!
Yesterday, the Village Voice reported that NYC’s Millennium Film Workshop has been handed eviction papers by its landlord, La Mama (E.T.C.), a non-profit experimental theater located on the same block as Millennium. Reason for the eviction is failure of Millennium to pay rent for the past several months.
A decline in funding grants, particularly from the New York State Council for the Arts, has contributed to Millennium’s recent rent woes. Although the organization was planning a fire sale fundraiser this weekend to help with their financial setbacks, La Mama went ahead and had Millennium served just last night.
The Millennium Film Workshop was founded in 1966 by filmmaker Ken Jacobs and the organization moved into its current headquarters at 66 East 4th Street in 1975. The Voice article describes in detail the historical relationship between La Mama and Millennium. The article also quotes Jacobs as saying, “The people at La Mama are great people, so I’m not sure what happened.”
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I Am Logan Square: Film Is Dead: Edges Of The Digital Frame Opening Night
Feb. 2
6:00 p.m.
I Am Logan Square
2644 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
Hosted by: I Am Logan Square
Chicago filmmakers Amir George and Nelson Carvajal are presenting a month-long video art show of their work at the non-profit I Am Logan Square gallery. The opening night reception is on Feb. 2 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Given that the name of their show is “Film Is Dead: Edges of the Digital Frame,” George and Carvajal both work exclusively in the digital world. Their work is very urban and usually heavily centered around music. You can get a taste of their work at their respective Vimeo pages: George and Carvajal.
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Watch Now: Video Interview With Jeff Keen
In 2008, the British Film Institute interviewed legendary underground filmmaker Jeff Keen about the movies he's made, the movies that inspired him, the type of film he prefers to shoot with and exactly what type of art he makes. Plus, the above piece includes lots of cutaways to samples of Keen's amazing filmography.
Announcing: 2nd Vimeo Festival And Awards In 2012
Following up on their successful festival and awards presentation in 2010, Vimeo has at last announced their follow-up event to be held sometime in 2012. Starting today, the online video website — a favorite for filmmakers thanks to Vimeo’s high quality video streaming — is accepting submissions for next year’s event that will see a couple lucky winners taking home some big prizes.
There will be 13 total categories that filmmakers can submit to and the winning video of each category will win a Grant of $5,000. In addition, there will be a $25,000 Grant given to one Grand Prize winner.
Videos eligible for submission are original works that have debuted online sometime between July 31, 2010 and February 20, 2012 — with Feb. 20 being last day entries will be accepted. The submission fee is $20 (U.S.) per video ($5 for Vimeo Plus and PRO members). Interested filmmakers can submit their work here.
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