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The NIU Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy will present its second annual Environmental Film Festival at the historic Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb. Doors open at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 26. The first film will screen at 4 p.m. This year’s theme, “Developing an Earth Ethic,” honors the legacy of...

The NIU Department of Communication is preparing to raise the curtain on its popular Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival at the Jameson Auditorium, located inside the university’s newly renovated Cole Hall. Free and open to the public, the 11th annual festival will feature student-film screenings from 9 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, and...

NIU’s second annual Latino Film Festival returns March 27. Organizers will screen three films. First on the docket is the award-winning documentary “Maquilapolis: City of Factories,” which will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Room 121 of the Latino Center, 515 Garden Road. The Spanish-language film examines the struggle of two women to...

The Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb will host the Tournées Film Festival, a showcase of contemporary European cinema, from Sunday, March 25, through Thursday, March 29. Organized by the Northern Illinois University Film Society, the event is supported by grants from the French Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the NIU College of Liberal Arts and...

Five years ago, two women met on the campus of Northern Illinois University and agreed to join forces — one an accomplished documentary filmmaker, the other a prominent activist on the issue of homelessness. Their plan: to film and produce a documentary on the little-known issue of homeless women and children. Their path would later...

NIU’s Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy will host its first environmental film festival Tuesday, April 19, and Wednesday, April 20, at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. 2nd St. “Is Change a ‘Dirty’ Word?” is the theme of this year’s festival, which will feature four environmental documentaries, an environmental art exhibit and a...

The NIU Department of Communication has announced this year’s Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival, which will take place Tuesday, April 5, through Thursday, April 7, on the NIU campus. The 10th annual festival is free and open to the public, and anyone with an interest in film is encouraged to attend. It was originally started...