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Horror Underground Film Festival @horrorfilmfestival.bsky.social Various options to submit to the Festival. A HYBRID model. Cinema screenings for audience feedback video.Blog and podcast interviews. And bonus Virtual screening (optional!).
https://filmfreeway.com/horrorunderground
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Action/Crime/Mystery Film & Screenplay Festival @crimemystery.bsky.social This festival now takes place every single month, giving filmmakers 4 tiers to showcase and promote their film. In-person public events also take place.
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Under 5 Minute Film Festival @under5minutefest.bsky.social Submit your short film that's 5 minutes or less and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Short Film Festivals in Los Angeles and Toronto. A monthly film festival event!
http://under5minutefilmfestival.com/
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Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival @environmentalfest.bsky.social A festival designed to showcase the best of new environmentally themed films (shorts, features) and screenplays (shorts, features, TV pilots) from around the world. We accept any genre.
https://filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFestival
LGBTQ+ Toronto & LA Film Festival @lgbtlatoronto.bsky.social Monthly festival showcasing the best of LGBTQ+ films and screenplays from around the world, using the audience feedback format.
https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTTorontoFilmFestival
Festival Reviews .org @festivalreviews.bsky.social Daily posts about film & film festivals. From mainstream to Indy movies.
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Humanities Research Institute at Illinois @hriatillinois.bsky.social Fostering interdisciplinary study in the humanities, arts, and social sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We incubate bold ideas, build bridges between communities, and shape conversations nationally and internationally.
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
He/him
Chicagoan, stroke survivor, dev, moving further to the Left as I get older & more pissed off.
I probably repost too damn much.
And make too many grammatical errors & tpyos.
Also @refrag@mastodon.cloud, but that's dormant.
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Scott Solomon, PhD @scottsolomon.bsky.social Director, Center for Science Communication & Public Engagement & Teaching Professor of Biosciences at Rice University. Author of Becoming Martian & Future Humans. Host of the podcast Wild World With Scott Solomon. Views=own
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Washington Blade, Washington Post, Reuters, Huffpost
Public Policy masters student at UMD College Park
Baltimore, MD Queer
Kelli Caldwell @kellicaldwell.bsky.social My essay "Mom's Last Gun" @ The Marshall Project | Mental health and GV advocate | Substack: kellicaldwell | Award-winning Songwriter | Kids' music profile is @kelliwellikids | Grammy voter | JLSC Grand Prize | ISC Win | JMA Win
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NYC PROUD!
The Lovejoy Desk @sunk3npress.bsky.social In the mid-1830s, abolitionist propagandist and local journalist, Elijah Lovejoy lost four of his prints before he was martyred for speaking against slavery. We carry his legacy through journalism and media literacy.
John Burke @johnrburke.bsky.social Lower Salford Committee person
We need to overrule Tison v. Arizona. Passing anti lynching legislation is a NEED
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Based in NYC.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918
Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social #Documentary Filmmaker/Professor
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Whitney Zahnd @whitneyzahnd.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy at UIowa| UIUC alumna | Posts about rural health, cancer disparities, access to care, faith, cats, and women’s basketball| Opinions are mine, not my employer’s | Website: https://www.acre-lab.org
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BP @firesdie.bsky.social From Chicago.
Claire Woodcock @clurrese.bsky.social I write about the politics of information. Words @404media @edsurge @motherboard & @npr member stations. Performative Bills fan. Based in CO. 👻.
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Susan @kremepuff.bsky.social “A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.”
— Aristotle
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Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
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