Shawnee College Host Venue for
SIU's 32nd Annual
Big Muddy Film Festival

2/3/10
Shannon Woodworth - Shawnee News Service

Ullin, IL, January 29, 2010: Shawnee Community College will be one of many host venues for Southern Illinois University’s 32nd Annual "Big Muddy Film Festival" A film/photography workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 24 at 6:00-9:00 PM, as well as a series of independent films on Saturday, February 27 at 8:00-11:00 AM. Both the workshop and screening will be held in the Educational Center on SCC’s main campus in Ullin, IL.

The Big Muddy Film Festival is one of the oldest student-run film festivals in the United States. It is dedicated to encouraging grassroots filmmaking in local communities, highlighting thousands of independent works that promote human rights, peace and justice topics, or environmental issues. The festival includes juried films in four categories -- animation, documentary, experimental, and narrative. The Big Muddy Film Festival provides upwards of $4,000 dollars in cash awards to the best works in competition in each category.

Admission to the event is free and open to the public. For more information about the Big Muddy Film Festival, please contact festival organizers within SIUC’s Department of Cinema & Photography at 618-453-8301 or by email at info@bigmuddyfilm.com.

About Shawnee Community College Educational Center-

The college is committed to putting forward culturally relevant events of artistic merit for the benefit and enjoyment of its students and for the community within its district. For more information about this and other events, please find us on the web at www.shawneecc.edu, or friend us at www.facebook.com/theedcenter. Call Brent Morrison at 618-634-7303 for a free brochure.