DATES TO REMEMBER
April 18Opening Day of CIMMfest '13
April 19Friday @ CIMMfest
April 20Saturday @ CIMMfest
April 21Last Day of CIMMfest '13
GETTING HERE
ACME is the official Hotel sponsor of CIMMfest No.5
Vice Chair
Hillel Frankel
Hillel Frankel is the CEO of The Entertainment Law Office, PC. He’s on the advisory council for the Midwest Independent Film Festival. He represents Honky Tonk TV, Invisible Records, Movietrax Inc., Numero Group, Premonition Records, Silver Wrapper Productions, EsNtion Records, NoVo Records, and O.I.E Records. He’s also the Governer of the Chicago Chapter Board for the Recording Academy (Grammy Organization).
Secretary
Mark Vanecko
Mark Vanecko is an attorney in Chicago. He’s the legal counsel for C3 Productions and Lollapalooza.
Treasurer
Lawrence Berman
Lawrence Berman is the National Managing Director of Corporate and Institutional Sales at the Development Corporation for Israel. He was CIMMfest’s first official board member and is its longest serving member.
Steven A. Jones
Steven A. Jones is a Chicago-based movie producer, with credits including The Merry Gentleman, Mad Dog and Glory, and The Promotion. He is a producer in residence at DePaul University and is on the board of the Prop Theatre.
Scott Gelman
Scott Gelman is president of One Eleven Productions and is on the steering committee for Adbooks Online. He’s a PRO with the social networking site Rocket 21.
Louis Black
Louis Black is a co-founder of the SXSW Film and Music Conference and The Austin Chronicle.
John McNaughton
John McNaughton is a Chicago-based filmmaker whose credits include Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Wild Things. He is a board member of the Director’s Guild of America and a member of the Writer’s Guild of America.
Director/ Ilko Davidov
Director/ Josh Chicoine
Film Acquisition Director/ Carmine Cervi
Festival Manager/ Lucia Palmarini
Marketing Manager/ Gary Kuzminski
Music Program Manager/ Maxton Koc
Community Partnership Manager/ Tony Creed
CIMMcon Program Manager/ Dave Moore
Venue Coordinator/ Ben Taylor
Hospitality Coordinator/ Luli Buxton
Box Office Coordinator/ Anne Marie Malatesta
VIP Coordinator/ Layne Jackson
Travel Coordinator/ Erin Misiavag
Volunteer Coordinator/ Laura Bock
Artist Relations/ Rosie Howe
Filmmaker Relations/ Alyssa Ludwig
Film Programmer/ Edward Anderson
Music Video Programmer/ Amir George
Talent Aquisition/ Brian Keigher
Assistant to Director/ Biliana Grozdanova
Assistant to Festival Manager/ Aimee Brown
Program Content Manager/ Ashley Charleson
Assistant to Hospitality/ Stephanie Meyers
Film Programming Assistants/ Jessica Mattison, Marriah Kern
Production Assistant/ Jonathon Thomason
Archive Coordinator/ Jaquelin Stanford
Marketing Coordinators/ Eric Lauryn, Jessica Kocemba, Jordan Renee,
Katey Meyer, Lee Arroyo, Yessica Gamboa Guerrero
Program Designer/ WeiChin Cheng
Copy Editor/ Tressa Ferrella
Webmaster/ Joe Delci
Web Content Coordinator/ Nick Basile
Award Designer/ David Rocco Facchini
Graphic Design/ Eric Burton
PR Firm: Silverman Group, Cramer PR
Program Contributors:
Mark Frazel
Edward Anderson
Luli Buxton
John Cockrell
Pat Cavanaugh
Brandon Harris
Jeff Hill
Maxton Koc
Dave Moore
Lucia Palmarini
Ben Taylor
Laurie Glenn
Laurie R. Glenn is president & CEO of Thinkinc. and Th!nkArt. She works and plays in both the world of politics and art. She also sits on the Board of Directors of Personal Pac as well as is a member of the Arts Committee of The Union League Club of Chicago, the Cliff Dwellers Club and The Arts Club of Chicago.
Hank Lott
Hank Lott is a film financier and former professional baseball player.
Joe Shanahan
Joe Shanahan is the owner of the Metro and is on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Children’s Choir.
Tony Karman
Tony Karman is the director of KARMAN Projects, Inc. He’s the executive director of Exposition Chicago and is on the Board of Directors for Red Moon Theater.
