CALL FOR ENTRIES The 5th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival DEADLINE: May 15th 1998 "Defiantly independent and deliberatly scandalous" - Michael Willmington, Chicago Tribune "A cultural mainstay" - Ray Pride, Filmmaker Magazine <http://www.filmmag.com/winter98/festroundup.html#chicago> "If you care at all about the state of culture on the margins, this is probably the most important project in the country reflecting its evolution" - The Lumpen Times "The biggest and best of the subterranean screen-events" - New York Independent Film Monitor "I'd like to think the work Chris and I did at Film Threat helped inspire the lunatics behind CUFF but now they're the ones inspiring me... Not just a great "underground" fest but a great film fest period" - Dave Williams, former editor Film Threat Video Guide The Chicago Underground Film Festival is now accepting entries for its fifth annual festival to be held August 12-16, 1998 at the Theatre Building in Chicago. We seek the best cutting-edge, subversive, controversial, and defiantly independent films and videos of all kinds: features, shorts, animation, documentary, experimental,35mm, 16mm, Super 8 and video. Cash prizes awarded to the best entry in each category. Each year we also present the Jack Smith Lifetime Achievement Award to an influential guest filmmaker. Past guests have included Richard Kern, Kenneth Anger, George Kuchar and John Waters. 1998 recipient to be announced. For more information, including highlights from our 1998 festival, check out our website:site at http://www.cuff.org or email us at: [log in to unmask] or write: Chicago Underground Film Festival 2501 North Lincoln Ave. Ste. 278 Chicago, Il 60614 The 5th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival is sponsored by: Krankk2o caffinated water http://www.rocketcola.com Simple Shoes http://www.simpleshoes.com The Independent Film Channel http://www.ifctv.com Studio Film & Tape http://www.sftweb.com Videos.com http://www.videos.com Quimby's Queerstore http://www.quimbys.com Imaginary Landscape http://www.imagescape.com WXRT 93.5 FM http://www.wxrt.com Filmmaker Magazine http://www.filmmag.com Juxtapoz Art Magazine http://www.juxtapoz.com Lumpen http://www.lumpen.com Film Threat http://www.filmthreat.com To find out about sponsorship opportunities email [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.