TEEN BOARD

If you are interested in Film, are under 20 years of age and live in the Chicago area, you might want to join the Teen Advisory Board for the Future Filmmakers Festival.

It takes a lot of work to get a festival running. This is where you come in! We need input on everything from the poster design to party planning. We need help distributing fliers and watching the films. The Teen Advisory Board will help us do just that. The board will consist of teenagers from all over the Chicago area and will meet once a month or so throughout the year.

The Teen Advisory board is a lot of fun. It is a commitment though, so we are only looking for people who are really into participating in the formation of the Festival. If you choose to commit to the project, you can receive service learning hours for your time.

If you are interested in joining the Teen Advisory Board please download the form below and email it to FutureFilmmakers@chicagofilmfestival.com

Click here to download the application form in Microsoft Word format.

Click here for a list of current members.

ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board for the Future Filmmakers Festival is made up of a group of hardworking individuals that have a commitment to youth in the arts. They are educators, college students, youth advocates, and filmmakers. Members of the advisory board come from all different backgrounds, but have one common goal. Here is a list of our current advisory board.

Brigid Reagan is the Distribution Manager for the Video Data Bank, the world's leading distributor of experimental video art. Previous to working for VDB, Brigid was employed by Cinema/Chicago, presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, where she served as the Programming Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of Notre Dame and a Master's degree in Arts Management, with a concentration in Media, from Columbia College Chicago.

Kathy Byrne has been Project Coordinator of film and television for the Chicago Film Office since 1991. She works with independent films, studio features and television productions that shoot in Chicago on their day to day logistical needs of location filming. She has been a judge for the Student Academy Awards, Northwestern's Flicker Festival and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

Shinae Yoon has been an active member of the Chicago non-profit arts community, working most recently as Co-Director of Street-Level Youth Media, and as Managing Editor for Say What Magazine, a teen writing magazine published by Young Chicago Authors. Before working in Arts Administration, Shinae received a liberal arts degree in International Foreign Policy and the Humanities from Boston University.

Elizabeth Donius is the Executive Director of the IFP/Chicago, and has worked on the creative and administrative sides of independent film. With co-producer Amy Elliott, she is completing a documentary, World’s Largest, a survey of small American towns and their roadside attractions. They directed a narrative feature, Headless, and produced segments for the Independent Film Channel’s Split Screen from 1997-2000. In 2001 and 2002, Elizabeth served as the communications coordinator for the PBS documentary showcase P.O.V.

Vicki Milewski is the director of the Chicago Instructional Television Foundation. CITF is a non-profit corporation that provides instructional programming to schools in Chicago area. CITF’s mission is to contribute to the education of students by providing compelling, quality programming that reflects the diversity of the human experience; to support educators and students with timely, relevant resources and the opportunity for growth.

Molly Hansen, Outreach Coordinator, IFP/Chicago. Ms. Hansen recently returned to Chicago from New York where she worked at the IFP/Market and on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Her strong belief in community began while attending film school in Chicago and holding numerous internships throughout the city including Check Please, Chicago Filmmakers, and the Discovery Channel. Believing that Chicago is the greatest American city, Ms. Hansen is dedicated to helping filmmakers get their films made here in the Midwest.

Tom Voegtle: A native of Chicago, Voegtle teaches Film Study and English at Carl Schurz High School, his Alma Mater. After classes, he sponsors the school's film/video club and Gay Straight Alliance, and is advisor to the school's award-winning newspaper, Schurz Times. After hours, Voegtle works with Schurz's After School Matters programs in art and video, and moonlights as Vice-President of the Scholastic Press Association of Chicago. In his spare time, he likes to sit and ask himself: "Why do I do this to myself?"

Kasia McDermott, Program Marketing Manager, Chicago Shakespeare Theater - Kasia McDermott attended Indiana University where she earned her BA in English with Minors in Philosophy and Film Studies. After slaving away in commercial and b-to-b advertising as a copywriter, Kasia decided to use her powers for good in the non-profit sector working to raise awareness and appreciation of international children's cinema as the Marketing & Development Coordinator for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, a program of Facets Multi-Media. Since then, she has signed on with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater as their Program Marketing Manager helping to establish Chicago as the nation's premiere destination for the world's best international and children's theater.

Mike Bancroft is the founder/executive director of Co-op Image, a youth arts education non-profit based out of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. He is also the owner-operator of Milc Productions (Money Is Like Crack) which provides creative consultation and multimedia production services from pre to post. He has shown his own work in a variety of venues and mediums ranging from traditional to illegal. Mike has been teaching media production in Chicago since 1998 through a variety of organizations such as Center for Communications Resources, Street-Level Youth Media, and currently teaches the independent producers workshop at Columbia College in Chicago.