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CMM at Market at the Square

Saturday, July 26, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Champaign Movie Makers will have a booth at Urbana's Market at the Square in Downtown Urbana. Come say hi and help spread the word to recruit new filmmakers and film audiences.

Location (Building)

Urbana's Market at the Square, 250 E Illinois St., Urbana, IL

CMM at Market at the Square

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 7:00 AM

Champaign Movie Makers will have a booth at Urbana's Market at the Square in Downtown Urbana. Come say hi and help spread the word to recruit new filmmakers and film audiences.

Location (Building)

Urbana's Market at the Square, 250 E Illinois St., Urbana, IL

CMM Monthly Mixer, May 2025

Monday, May 19, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A monthly gather to meet other filmmakers in the area, discuss upcoming projects, find crew, or just general mingling.

Location (Building)

Esquire Lounge 106 N Walnut St, Champaign, IL 61820

CMM Monthly Mixer, April 2025

Monday, April 21, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A monthly gather to meet other filmmakers in the area, discuss upcoming projects, find crew, or just general mingling.

Location (Building)

Esquire Lounge 106 N Walnut St, Champaign, IL 61820

Pens to Lens Student Screenwriting Workshop

Saturday, March 08, 2025 - 1:00 PM

Local filmmakers are hosting a free workshop for K-12 students to teach them the art of screenwriting. Students will learn the basics of storytelling and how to specifically write a story for film. The students will then come up with their own stories and turn them into a screenplay. Prompts will be available to help the students brainstorm if needed as well as guidance from filmmakers. By the time they leave, each participant will have a finished screenplay that will be submitted to the 2025 Pens to Lens Student Screenwriting Competition.

Students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Location (Building)

The Idea Store, 125 Lincoln Square, Urbana, IL 61801

Pens to Lens 2025 Deadline Extended

We have gotten multiple requests to push back the submission deadline for the Pens to Lens Student Screenplay Competition, and so, we've done just that. The new deadline is 11:59 PM on Sunday, March 9. This gives students two more weekends to work on their screenplays.

Now only that, but we're also adding a screenwriting workshop to the calendar on Saturday, March 8. Details will be coming soon!

CMM Monthly Mixer, March 2025

Monday, March 17, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A monthly gather to meet other filmmakers in the area, discuss upcoming projects, find crew, or just general mingling.

Location (Building)

Esquire Lounge 106 N Walnut St, Champaign, IL 61820

Pens to Lens Turn-in Deadline Feb. 28!

CMM's biggest event of the year, Pens to Lens, is kicking off! The student screenwriting competition is accepting submissions now, but the form will close at 11:59 PM on February 28, 2025. There is still time for students to write a screenplay for consideration. So, if you know any students from K-12, spread the word!

CMM Monthly Mixer, Feb. 2025

Monday, February 17, 2025 - 7:00 PM

A monthly gather to meet other filmmakers in the area, discuss upcoming projects, find crew, or just general mingling.

Location (Building)

Esquire Lounge 106 N Walnut St, Champaign, IL 61820

Pens to Lens Retrospective - PostMark Urbana

Saturday, February 08, 2025 - 12:00 PM

As part of 40 North's PostMark Urbana series, we'll be presenting a retrospective screening of Pens to Lens shorts at the Urbana Free Library.

Location (Building)

Urbana Free Library

Lewis Auditorium

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