The first film screening of 2016 is called “As Above, So Below: A CUFF Satellite Sighting,” a collection of five award-winning short films that played at previous Chicago Underground Film Festival’s, will be held Friday Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
The screening’s perfectly-matched venue is the Co-Prosperity Sphere (C-PS), a 5,000-sq. ft. experimental cultural center at 3219 S. Morgan, a former retail space in Bridgeport, where it hosts screenings, art exhibits, meetings and other events.
After the screening, Nicole Bernardi-Reis, independent film producer and IFP board president, will moderate a lively discussion with the filmmakers.
Films in this special screening are:
“Bite Radius,” 30 minutes, by Spencer Parsons. Recently named by Newcity film critic Ray Pride as one of 2015’s top five short films.
“Last night, Peyton had such a great time that he can’t even remember the murder he committed. So he tells a friend. Big mistake. Inspired by actual events.”
“Night of the Blood Squatch,” 22 minutes, by Kenny Reed. “One night, a man making a Bigfoot ‘documentary’ encounters a few other intense characters with their own issues to contend with.”
“The Lingerie Show,” animated, 9 minutes, by Laura Harrison, won CUFF’s Made in Chicago award and later screened at the New York Film Festival.
“A drug addict, Lorraine, attempts to entice her bisexual boyfriend Cesar away from his boyfriend, Wade, with a lingerie show she and her friends put together. An animated portrait of characters on the fringes of society.”
“Some Southern Country,” 28 minutes, by Michael Paul Lopez. “A 13-chapter video comic book, wherein a teenage boy experiences sexual adventures and overcomes obstacles of the heart amid the racially ambiguous ‘80s world determined to perpetuate tribal war in a Southern jungle.”
“Violets,” 13 minutes, by Jim Vendiola. CUFF’s 2015 Audience Award winner. “Two strange, reclusive sisters quietly await the advent of their secretly twisted plan. Inspired by true events.”
Doors open at 7 p.m., screening, 7:30 p.m. Admission is $7 -$10 at the door.
