C-FAM - Children's Film Academy of Madison

04/09/2024

Casting for Wrestling Season (a short film) , directed by Kat Hawkins and starring Madilyn Peach (2024 State Wrestling Champ). Mostly we are asking for about 4 hours of time, a few roles will be slightly more, each role is on set 1 day.

Speaking Roles:
Dean Staten - 18-21 Older brother of the lead character. He wrestles in college. Shoots Sept 20

Coach - 30-50 male or female shoots Sept 22

Referee - 30-50 male or female, bonus if you have the uniform, shoots Sept 22,

Father of Wrestler - 30-50 male, shoots Sept 22
Mother of Wrestler - 30-50 female, shoots Sept 22

Featured Roles:
High School Wrestlers, boys and girls - Shoots Sept 22
- other wrestlers will be teammates of the main character and on opposing teams - no wrestling experience is necessary

Background Roles:
High School kids of all types - Shoot Sept 22
All Ages to watch the wrestling match - Sept 22

Please send a headshot and resume to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.

29/08/2024

This holiday weekend catch up on our films from last year. Snow White was our second College-Crew production and was a selection in the UW Madison Spring Digital Art Salon. Filmed on location in Spring Green, with youth from Dane and Sauk County and from Illinois.

-Snow White is our version of the classic fairy tale. This production is the second film of our College-Crew Series; directed by UW Whitewater senior Ryan Cu...

27/08/2024

It’s with great pleasure to share the first film from last years season, That Be Pirates! Written by and starring Verona Freshman Yusti Xander, produced and directed by Julia Ruda.
This film went to the L.A. Lift-Off, Children Cinema Awards, Chicago Filmmaker Awards, and the World Film Festival.
We hope you will enjoy it, and stay and watch our previous films. Like and Subscribe! It helps us get grants!

This cute film follows the struggles of a family of Pirates as they try to make ends meet in todays economy..... Thar Be Pirates! was written by and stars Ve...

02/08/2024

If you’re in the area….

TONIGHT FILM PREMIERE, AUG 2 at 6:30PM. This summer's film workshop students created a short along the Wisconsin River! Come support their premiere and learn more about their experience! Open to the public--donations accepted. A partnership between PCA's Zona Gale Young People's Theatre and C-FAM - Children's Film Academy of Madison!

21/07/2024

We had a great time make a movie with the kids in Portage last week, keep an eye out for “A Sand County Summer” coming soon!

20/07/2024

Yet another great surprise. Thar Be Pirates has been SELECTED at the LIFT-OFF GLOBAL NETWORK - LA 2024!⭐️🤩❤️🎬🏆⭐️ Our C-FAM movie is making a splash!🌊

LIFT-OFF GLOBAL NETWORK
https://liftoff.network/

Thank you for everyone's continuous support!

Stay tuned!
Your C-FAM Team

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16/07/2024

Our C-FAM movie Thar Be Pirates became a Nominee at the MLC Awards and a Finalist at the Children Cinema Awards, gaining a lot of positive feedback and securing yet another IMDB listing! 😎🏆🎬⭐️🎥 Fingers crossed, we can get into the Selections and win!🍀🍀🍀

MLC Awards
https://www.mlcawards.com/

Children Cinema Awards
http://kids.cawards.org/

We are excited about all of our completed and upcoming productions!

Stay tuned!
Your C-FAM Team

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28/06/2024

Come make a movie! We will be in Portage July, it’s a beautiful historic location for storytelling!

Are you a student age 12-18 interested in FILM--as an actor, writer, director, or crew member?! Join us July 15-19 for a Film Bootcamp and learn new skills while creating a short film! All experience levels welcome! www.portagecenterforthearts.com

26/06/2024

Great words from
A great artist. It’s about more than just an image, content matters most.

24/06/2024

Example of color grade from Small Town Rock Stars. We are always excited to work with the talented Brian Hollendyke!

20/06/2024

Some photos of C-FAM’s first Filmmaking Bootcamp. Keep an eye out for our mystery, “ Finding Jori”.

08/06/2024

Technology advances change our culture and society. Is it something we should fight or accept? It will be very interesting to see what happens in the next few years, has film seen its heyday?

23/05/2024

Attention friends near Portage!! C-FAM filmmaking boot camp at the Portage Center for the Arts this July 15-20, 1-5pm, $150. Here is the registration link; we are excited to make a film in this beautiful city, come out and join the fun!

https://www.portagecenterforthearts.com/theatre-workshops

11/05/2024

We are so very close to making our fundraising goal!! We have a few hours left if you can contribute! This is a great story and a wonderful cast who has been rehearsing and gearing up for our shoot. Please Help!

This short film produced by Children's Film Academy of Madison is a coming of age/coming out story set is the 80s in Racine, WI.

10/05/2024

Snow White was an official selection for the UW Madison Digital Salon, the exhibit is in the Hellen C White Library. Congrats to cast and crew! And the UW students who helped who are graduating this weekend! 🎉🎥🍾

06/05/2024

Calling teens and teen adjacent! Come join us for 2 hours on set this Sunday morning in Madison! We are filming a quick fun scene creating a high school feel. We’ll be done before noon so you can spend the rest of the day with Mom! (Happy Mothers Day!) Reach out to [email protected] for more details and info.

23/04/2024

This survey video was made for community partners and sponsors, as well as to help C-FAM expand services. It also gives a good impression of the work we do and impact we have. Thank you to Marcus Point Cinema for providing a wonderful space for our young stars to see their work!

23/04/2024

Super-excited to announce that our movie THAR BE PIRATES became a Semi-Finalist at the CHICAGO FILMMAKER AWARDS!😎🏆⭐️🎬🎥 Crossing fingers and hoping to win it! Thank you to everyone for your continuous SUPPORT! ❤️

Chicago Filmmaker Awards:
http://cifawards.net/
https://www.instagram.com/chicagofilmmakerawards/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

-FAM - Children's Film Academy of Madison

22/04/2024

More impressions from the Screening event at the Point Cinema (Marcus Theaters) in Madison! 🎬🏆🎥❤️

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-FAM

15/04/2024

Meet the Stars of "Small Town Rock Stars" and if you can, support this wonder film and youth arts education in filmmaking.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/507597753/small-town-rock-stars?ref=creator-nav

12/04/2024

We are super excited to have become Nominees and Finalists at the WORLD FILM FESTIVAL in CANNES, France!🥳🎬🏆🎥🎉🤩

We have been presented on their website:
https://www.world-film-festival.com/en/february-2024-nominees/ #

And we will receive IMDB film data bank credits:
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0025279/2024/1

Stay tuned! More awards to come!

-FAM

08/04/2024

We are very excited about our next film "Small Town Rock Stars," find out more and give some support at our kickstarter. If you can help get the word out and share the link we'd greatly appreciate it.

This short film produced by Children's Film Academy of Madison is a coming of age/coming out story set is the 80s in Racine, WI.

31/03/2024

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and a perfect day to share the short film we produced with Daniel Ratcliff. This film went to several festivals, including the Wisconsin Film Festival, it won awards, and was honored with a screening at the state capital.

Nora, a star volleyball player, deals with backlash for who she's friends with, and with a state championship on the horizon alot is on the line. Can she be ...

12/03/2024

It’s more impressive to make a film with no money than all the money in the world…. Thoughts?

In this video, I pitch what it would actually take to create the Microbudget Filmmaker version of the Oscars--the Microbudget Film Awards. These are my ideas...

02/03/2024

CASTING NOTICE:
Short Film: SMALL TOWN ROCK STARS

Written and directed by Dave Durbin
Produced by C-FAM - Children's Film Academy of Madison in partnership with Racine Video Production Workshop

We encourage anyone to submit for an audition. You do not have to have the identity of the character to audition for that character. We believe all actors bring something unique and special to any role. Specifically an actor need not identify as gay or straight or undecided to play any role; nor are you required to ever share that information with casting. Filming will be 2 days in May TBD. Please submit a headshot and resume (no experience necessary) to [email protected]

DAVE (14-18): a shy, quiet, insecure kid struggling with his sexuality, self belief and the confinement of a small midwestern city. He’s more intelligent and funny than his environment would allow. This character could be played by a female or female identifying individual.

BEN (14-18): a funny, hip, street smart kid. Far more comfortable and daring with his sexuality and himself than most other kids around him.

CHRIS (17-22): a local, middle class girl who has an interaction with Ben and Dave in the middle of the film.

SUE (17-22): best friend of Chris. She is also part of the interaction with Ben and Dave.

JOCK 1 (14-18): a tough, popular high school quarterback kid who interacts with Ben and Dave in the beginning of the film.

JOCK 2 (14-18): a popular athletic kid included in the early interaction with Ben and Dave.

JOCK 3 (14-18): a popular athletic kid included in the early interaction with Ben and Dave.

LEADER 1 (14-18): a confident high school kid who selects a couple male students for his basketball team.

LEADER 2 (14-18): a confident high school kid also selecting students for his basketball team.

25/02/2024

Check out the Poster for one of this years films from C-FAM! Looking forward to sharing this story with you all!!

23/02/2024

Interesting article on the relevancy of film, has it passed its prime? Thoughts?

"There's a liberation to it, in having your art not be a popular art," the May December actress admitted. "You can really explore what's interesting to you. It becomes much more about passion than about commerce. And interesting, too, to beware of it becoming something elitist. I think all of these art forms, when they become less popularized, you have to start being like, 'OK, who are we making this for anymore?'" Natalie Portman

"If you ask someone my kids’ age about movie stars, they don’t know anyone compared to YouTube stars or whatever," the actress said.