ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The only independent film festival of its kind in Northern Indiana, the IUSB IVFF is held on the beautiful campus of Indiana University South Bend.

Sponsored by the IUSB Film Club and supported by the IUSB Alumni Association and the non-for-profit Mid America Filmmakers, this non-competitive festival is open to anyone who makes shorts or features, on video or film, including high school and college students.

We began this festival to give Midwest filmmakers a forum to screen their works and meet other regional filmmakers. We also have received films from across the country as well as Canada, China and England.

FESTIVAL LOCATION

Wiekamp Hall, Room 1001 (main lecture hall) and room 1135 on the IU South Bend campus. Visit www.iusb.edu for directions.

2007 CALL FOR ENTRIES

Download the submission form. Deadline is January 20, 2007. Late deadline is January 30, 2007 for an additional $5.00 fee per late entry. 

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2006 FILM SELECTIONS

Look under FILMS to check out the listing of films selected for the 2006 festival. Also, under SCHEDULE you can see the past event schedule.

2006 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

in 2006 we will be featured the campy horror flick Confederate Zombie Massacre! by Indiana's own Deviant Pictures which has screened at over 30 festivals to date. We'll also be screened Infidel by South Bend filmmaker Peter O'Keefe, whose previous films have screened internationally.

A few other Midwest films we screened include Coma Care, Oh No! Zombies, Veena Slide, A World At Waste, Zen's Ank, Fly, Jesus II (by Laporte high school students),and Yankee Doodle: Archibald Willard & "The Spirit of '76."  We also screened five shorts created for the New World Arts 24-5 film festival where Goshen area filmmakers wrote, shot and edited five films in 24 hours.

We received a lot of awesome films from around the country as well. They included the hilarious comedy Fleetwood by California high school filmmaker Candace Infuso (winner of our Committee Choice Award 2006), the parody Deliverance: The Musical, and a variety of phenomenal comedy shorts by a talented group of  New York filmmakers called Rag Tag Productions.

We were also pleased to screen Still Living by British filmmaker Kit Shah, who co-directed this short film with his uncle Kiran Shah who recently appeared in The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings. 

IVFF 2005

You can see what went on at IVFF 2005 here.

2007 FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS

Our workshop sessions are on Saturday morning and afternoon and will include Screenwriting by Tom Joachim (WKRP, Charlie's Angels), Producing Microcinema by Tino Marquez Jr. of Bunk Films, Art & Special Effects by Andrew Swisher (THE DORK OF THE RINGS,TRIPPIN')and more instructed by professional Midwest filmmakers and artists. Read in WORKSHOPS for more details about our past presenters and workshops.

2006 BENDIE AWARD WINNERS

COMMITTEE CHOICE AWARD 2006
Fleetwood by Candace Infuso

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD 2006
TIE: Teenage Superhero Pregnancy Scare by Steven Tsapelas and Oh My God! by John Bryant