Disturbing Images

UW-Stout grads create Hmong-language horror film

Wildwood Film Festival Taps Local Filmmakers

Getting accepted into a film festival is a high honor for any filmmaker. Why do you think they put all those badges on the front of DVD cases? Now two local films can slap one of those badges on – one that says Official Selection for the 2013...

Screen Test

UWEC students, alum collaborate on short flicks

Banff Film Festival

mountain adventure film festival comes to The State

Exploring the Tire Plant

Uniroyal documentary ready to screen at State Theatre

Flyway Film Festival 2012

Once again the Lake Pepin Art & Design Center in Pepin and the Widespot Performing Arts Center in Stockholm will play host to the Flyway Film Festival – a festival showcasing films from close to home and international filmmakers. The festival ...

Stout Alum Produces Woodstock Doc

What started as just another concert soon became a pop culture phenomenon. It’s probably “the” concert and if you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re talking about Woodstock 1969. A UW-Stout alum was there. “The fact that I went to Woodstock made ...

IFC Picks up Dahmer Movie

Wisconsin is known for many things – beer, dairy, cheese curds… and serial killers. Eau Claire native Andrew Swant, along with Joe Riepenhoff and producer Chris James Thompson, has written a documentary showcasing Milwaukee’s most infamous ...

Filming Uniroyal

locally made Uniroyal documentary in the works

Grand Theft Matrimony

local rom-com premieres

Glue Man

short film by Found Footage founders winning awards

Finding Jeff

former local working on Dahmer documentary

Radical Reels Film Festival

nine short adventure films screening at Stout

A Look Behind the Veil ...

locally screened documentary looks at sex slavery

Stout Students Recreate Menomonie Drive-In

Starting April 20, Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum in Menomonie will host a new exhibit about the city’s former drive-in movie theater. Created by Stout design and construction students from testimonials and a Google maps image, the exhibit ...

The Entertainers

comedic documentary details Old-Time Piano contest

Progressive Film Fest Comes Back for More

For 10 days, the UWEC campus will be hosting its 6th Annual Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival from Friday, March 30 until Sunday, April 8. This year, they will feature 14 films all followed by a facilitated discussion to provoke thought ...

Eau Claire Locales Featured in Video Tutorials for Cinematography Software

Images of Eau Claire created by a local videographer are now being streamed essentially as tutorials for the brand new software used to create them. Eau Clairian Scott Welsch was one of the first cinematographers to create guides on the ...

Southern Wisconsin Film Festival Gets Huge

Since 2006, the Beloit International Film Festival has garnered the attention and respect of the global film circuit, being lauded as a true alternative to Sundance by no less than The New York Times. Invading the small southern Wisconsin town ...

On the Mountain

local filmmaker finishes short film, Sugar Mountain

Frozen River Film Festival

sizable regional film festival just a short drive away

Micon Invite You for a Free Meal and Football on the Big Screen

A lot of us out there often times have the good fortune of sharing a warm house with family and friends on Thanksgiving day, with turkey, football – everything that makes Thanksgiving something to be thankful for.

Into the Woods

filming the northwoods fairytale ‘North Passage’

Saturday: Found vs. Found

Found Footage Fest returns with Found Magazine in tow

Documentary to Premiere in Chicago, LA, New York, and ... Menomonie?

Menomonie is giving people around the country something to be jealous about. Director/producer Steven Meyer will visit the city and Stout campus for three days in early November, culminating with the world premiere of his award-winning documentary...

Flyway Film Festival

this year’s fest to include acclaimed documentary

UWEC's Eau Queer Film Festival Returns

The Eau Queer Film Festival is back for its second year at UWEC, running Oct. 13-16 and featuring 12 full-length films and 10 shorts. Three mini-documentaries were created by the 14 students who traveled to San Francisco for the second...

Food for Thought

it’s high time for a foodie movement documentary series

Milwaukee Film Festival 2011

Mark your calendars, film fest lovin’ road trippers, because the 3rd annual Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by the Journal Sentinel, rolls out 177 films from 44 countries Sept. 22-Oct. 2.

Get Your Reels Together for Wisconsin Film Fest

Wisconsin Film Festival is now officially accepting entries for its 2012 festival run.

Zombie Movie to Make Regional Premiere in Eau Claire

Eau Claire is infested with moon zombies! If we all pull together I think we can overcome this invasion by going to the western Wisconsin premiere of Attack of the Moon Zombies at the Grand Little Theatre in Eau Claire.

Outdoor Celebration of Film and Music

Music? Check. Movies? Check. Camping? Check. The Square Lake Film and Music Festival has everything the seasoned festival attendee could want.

Sugar High

a local short film called Sugar Mountain

Mousetrap Tavern to Appear in India Movie

In March, a crew of L.A. filmmakers came to downtown Eau Claire’s Mousetrap Tavern to shoot a scene that would be included in a feature film.

E.C. Filmed Sawdust City to Get L.A. Premiere

“Sawdust City” is a nickname given to the city of Eau Claire in the late 1800s when the lumber industry was in its peak. It is also the title of a locally shot film that is beginning to get a lot of attention.

Twin Cities Film Goes International

Documentary Covers the Legacy of Aldo Leopold

At 7pm on April 19, the UWEC Environmental Adventure Center will showcase the film Green Fire, which chronicles the life of Aldo Leopold – one of the greatest conservationists and Wisconsinites of all time.

Where the Wild Things Are

the travels of videographer Steve Ambroe

Found Footage Festival

the fifth touring celebration of the weirdest video tapes ever made

Radical Reels Film Festival

nine short adventure films screening at Stout

Documentary Dives into the Power of Plants

Herbalist? Gardener? Medical practitioner? Plant lover? Concerned about human and environmental health? Check out Numen: The Nature of Plants, screening at Unity Christ Center in Eau Claire, and sponsored by Sunbow Farms, on April 17 at 7pm.

Progressive Film Festival

Eau Claire Progressive Film invades campus

Biggest Film Fest in State Features Local Short

209 Films. 9 Theaters. 5 Days. It’s all about the numbers with this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival. Held in Madison from March 30 through April 3, the festival features films from around the globe.

Appleton Film Festival to Display Sconnie Talent

It’s about time Wisconsin got recognition for something other than cheese and serial killers.

Ride the Divide

special screening of award-winning biking documentary

Local Writer Wins Big Time Screenwriting Contest UWEC

UWEC Theater Arts professor emeritus Wil Denson is still writing and still getting props for his screenplays.

UWEC Lines Up Spring Films

UW-Eau Claire has officially kicked off its spring film series with popular releases from the past year (District 9 and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), but there’s plenty yet to come.

Beloit Film Festival Features 150+ Movies

With the film schedule set and the venues chosen, it’s time to look ahead to the 6th Annual Beloit International Film Festival.

Frozen River Film Festival to Refreeze

The Frozen River Film Festival will once again bring global experiences to Winona from Jan. 26 to 30 through films, discussions, workshops, and events.

Superhero Film Contest

new CTV film contest offers sit-down with Batman big-wig

Fifth Found Footage

infamous VHS series releases new edition, plans tour

Underground Festival Keeping It Local

Wisconsin Film Festival Wants Your Celluloid

Calling all filmmakers! The 13th Annual Wisconsin Film Festival (presented by UW-Madison Arts Institute) is now accepting narrative, documentary, experimental, or animated film submissions of any length.

Film Festival Takes Over Stevens Point & Amherst

The Central Wisconsin Film Festival holds an annual screening of multiple award-winning, Wisconsin-directed independent films.

Local's Zombie Comic and Short Film Get Big

While at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Jay Reiter developed a four-page comic called Arise about one man versus a zombie holocaust.

Sci-Fi Film Festival

1950s sci-fi horror festival features local actor Mike Cook

A Remake Worth Seeing

the Olsons have big plans for local movie houses

Milwaukee LGBT Festival Notches 23rd Year

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is bringing its 23rd set of free-thinking LGBT films to the always-impressive Oriental Theatre and UWM’s Union Theatre Oct. 21-24.

Flyaway Film Festival Hosts 'Angry Filmmaker'

More than 40 films will be shown at the 2010 Flyway Film Festival in Pepin, WI, held October 21-24.

Menomonie theater to re-open

Downtown’s State Cinema 4 coming back in November

Film to Raise Awareness for Arts Charter School

On September 30, the arts advocacy committee is showing the documentary Race to Nowhere to raise awareness about their proposed charter school.

Eau Queer Film Festival

UWEC students create new LGBTQ festival on campus

Milwaukee Fest to Debut Comedy Filmed in Wisconsin

The annual movie extravaganza known as the Milwaukee Film Festival is approaching quickly. Starting Sept. 23 and ending Oct. 3, this event features more than 150 films from all over the world.

Tour De Noir

locals shoot original film noir called Fedora

Married to the Project

Eight Foot Squid now shooting romantic comedy

Lake Pepin Hosts Energy Documentary & Filmmaker

The Lake Pepin Art and Design Center is soon offering a special showing of the Gregory Kallenberg film Haynesville: A Nation’s Hunt For an Energy Future.

Local BMXer Gets Short Film in 30 Festivals

The work of local filmmaker and BMX enthusiast Erik Elstran recently got some major props from the BMX movie world.

Everything or Nothing

student filmmakers shoot full-length thriller in EC

Betty Boop Festival Hits Wisconsin Rapids

The Betty Boop Festival in Wisconsin Rapids takes over the entire city for events like a Betty Boop Bash Party, an annual car show, Hollywood Archives Exhibit, art exhibit, and Betty Boop Revue.

Back Alley is Back (Baby)

when we screen it, you will come – or at least you should

Rocking from Stage to Screen

Decadent Cabaret documentary chronicles 31 years of rock

Local Web Series Tours Ghostly Locales

The Haunting Experiment is a group of five people who all have one thing in common: they are very interested in the paranormal world.

Sawdust City

indie filmmakers shoot new movie in EC

2010 MSPIFF Features Animation Workshops

The 28th Annual Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival will be showing more than 145 films from over 60 countries over a two-week period at the St. Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis.

Wildwood Film Fest Celebrates 10th Anniversary

n its eight years of existence, WFF has shown over 165 films, each with a connection to the state of Wisconsin.

WI Film Fest Screening Short Film from a Local

A short by Menomonie native Samuel Tomfohr entitled Moon, Stars, Earth, Horse is part of the 2010 Wisconsin Film Festival.

Progressive Film Festival

festival's films aim to raise awareness(es)

Wisconsin Fish Fry Culture Hits the Big(ish) Screen

The Friday night fish fry. How did this ritual of fried deliciousness come to be?

New Invisible Children Doc Screening on Campus

Come check out Invisible Children’s newest documentary, GO!, for FREE at UWEC’s Schofield Auditorium on March 23, at 7pm.

UWEC Grad Films Documentary on Peace

It’s time to talk about peace, according to UWEC graduate John Noltner.

French Club Finalizes French Film Festival

UW-Eau Claire’s French Club has put together a five-title French Film Festival running from Feb. 25 to March 16.

Beloit International Film Festival Hits Year Five

The fifth annual Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF) is set to roll in the southern Wisconsin city February 18 to 21 with over 140 films.

UWEC Releases Film Lineup

UWEC's spring lineup of films strikes a balance between must-see cinematic classics and recent cult, indie, and foreign flicks.

Frozen River Film Fest Finds Food Focus

The Frozen River Film Festival in Winona, MN offers tools for people to become actively engaged in their world, and to create substantial connection, understanding, and change in the face of shared challenges.

Found Footage Festival

FFF returns with a new round of awkwardly weird videos

Animated Battles

indie animated feature Waltz With Bashir comes to UWEC

Shooting for the 2010 Wisconsin Film Festival

It’s time to stop talking about your ingenious movie idea and actually make it.

Regionally Filmed Indie Flick Screens in Eau Claire

Clear Lake, WI, a film made in its titular location in southeast Polk County, recently premiered in Hudson and is now screening in limited markets.

Carmike Gets Indie Again

Carmike Cinemas in Eau Claire’s Oakwood Mall is once again hosting an Independent Film Series.

Local Film: Siren’s Song

Scottish folklore inspires local filmmakers debut

That's a Rapt

student-made thriller to screen on campus

Flyaway Film Festival Infested with Zombies

Sundance Film Festival ain’t got nothing on Pepin!

LGBT Films Are Here (Get Used to It)

Milwaukee's LGBT Film Festival (October 15-25) features Warhol exhibit.

48-Hour Video Project Goes All Kung-Fu on You

For those of you who have training to become a karate master ...

B Horror Movie Starring a Local to Premiere at Micon

After years of underground atomic testing at the Wisawa caves, the natural wildlife has been adversely affected, causing radical transformations.

Fall's Milwaukee Film Fest Gets New Organizers

Diehard cinephiles, take note: a short jaunt to the south, the Milwaukee Film Festival is gearing up to present more than 100 films.

Gridiron Geeks Got Your Fantasy Football Lowdown

With football season nearly upon us, many Chippewa Valleyans will soon be pulling their hair as injuries and slumps threaten the playoff hopes of their fantasy team.

University Film Series Titles Announced

Stout and UWEC's recently announced film series lineups cover it all

Fenris Unchained

a group of locals film a horror flick in Eau Claire

Art Co-Op Seeks Filmmakers for Monthly Shows

Tangled Up in Hue wants your films!

Public Enemies Invades CTV

Weekly CTV program, John’s Movie Corner, hosted by John David Bruha, will air Public Enemy #1: The Making of a Gangster Movie in Wisconsin ...