FILM FESTIVAL PHOTO GALLERY: Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s EMPTY METAL Opens The 2019 Chicago Underground Film Festival opened with a full complement of filmmakers
The 2019 Chicago Underground Film Festival opened on Wednesday night with Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s EMPTY METAL, with a number of filmmakers that had traveled from far and wide (Hungary, Australia, West Virginia, etc.) for the 26th edition of the critically acclaimed fest.
An enthusiastic group of filmmakers and film fans enjoyed a pre-screening cocktail party at the venerable Logan Theater prior to a musical performance by Chelsea Bridge and filmmaker Haley McCormick and the screening of EMPTY METAL.
ARTIST STATEMENT director Shayna Connelly (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Shayna Connelly (ARTIST STATEMENT) being interviewed (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Lonnie Martin, director of THE LAST OF THE MANSON GIRLS being photographed (Photo by Wildman)Lonnie Martin, director of THE LAST OF THE MANSON GIRLS (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)THE LAST OF THE MANSON GIRLS team: Producer and star, Cindy Marie Martin and director Lonnie Martin (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz) They drove to Chicago from West Virginia to make it to the film festival.Cindy Marie Martin (THE LAST OF THE MANSON GIRLS) being interviewed (Photo by Wildman)MEMORY director Monica Panzarino getting photographed (Photo by Wildman)Monica Panzarino, director of MEMORY (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)HER MOUTH WAS director Haley McCormick (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Haley McCormick (HER MOUTH WAS) being interviewed (Photo by Wildman)Director in a tutu: Haley McCormick (HER MOUTH WAS) (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Chelsea Bridge and Haley McCormick (HER MOUTH WAS) being photographed before their Opening Night performance (Photo by Wildman)Tutu twins: Chelsea Bridge with HER MOUTH WAS director Haley McCormick (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Performance Artist Chelsea Bridge (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Chelsea Bridge being interviewed (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)IT’S A MATCH director Annabella Schnabel travelled all the way from Hungary to come to CUFF (Photo by Wildman)IT’S A MATCH director Annabella Schnabel (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Australia’s Ian Haig, director of THE FOAMING NODE (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)THE FOAMING NODE’s Ian Haig describes his film (Photo by Wildman)Talking about his long flight to get to Chicago for CUFF, THE FOAMING NODE’s director Ian Haig, said he planned to try and stay on “Australian time” while he was here (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Jenna Carravello, director of FRONTIER WISDOM (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Jenna Caravello explains what FRONTIER WISDOM is about (Photo by Wildman)FRONTIER WISDOM director Jenna Caravello (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewics)36 HOURS director Adam Sekuler (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Adam Sekuler (36 HOURS) being interviewed (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Adam Sekuler (36 HOURS) reassures us that isn’t actually the length of his film (Photo by Wildman)Scott Stark, director of LOVE AND THE EPIPHANISTS (PART 1) (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)LOVE AND THE EPIPHANISTS (PART 1) director Scott Stark being interviewed (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Scott Stark (LOVE AND THE EPIPHANISTS – PART 1) (Photo by Wildman)Scott Stark (LOVE AND THE EPIPHANISTS (PART 1)) director, teasing what might be in parts 2, 3, 4, etc. (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz) Ellery Chalmers (JAMES R. THOMPSON CENTER) being photographed (Photo by Wildman)Ellery Chalmers, co-director of JAMES R. THOMPSON CENTER (Photo b Adam Blaszkiewicz)Ellery Chalmers, co-director of JAMES R. THOMPSON CENTER, being interviewed (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)JAMES R. THOMPSON CENTER co-director Ellery Chalmers talks about the coolness of coming back to the fest she used to volunteer for with her own film (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)MAKE OUT PARTY director Emily Esperanza getting her photo taken (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Emily Esperanza, director of MAKE OUT PARTY (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)MAKE OUT PARTY’s director, Emily Esperanza being interviewed (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)MAKE OUT PARTY’s Emily Esperanza promises that her film delivers on the promise – A LOT of making out in MAKE OUT PARTY… (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Taking a quick break from talking and connecting with all of the filmmakers he got to come to town for the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf steps in for a picture (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)CUFF’s Bryan Wendorf with Adam Khalil, the co-director of the evening’s Opening Night selection, EMPTY METAL (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)Co-director Adam Khalil’s film might be titled EMPTY METAL, but it played to a near full house on Opening Night at the Chicago Underground Film Festival (Photo by Adam Blaszkiewicz)EMPTY METAL co-director Adam Khalil being interviewed (Photo by Wildman)
FILM FESTIVAL PHOTO GALLERY: Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s EMPTY METAL Opens The 2019 Chicago Underground Film Festival opened with a full complement of filmmakers
