NIU Reality Bytes Film Festival

The Northern Illinois University Department of Communication is proud to sponsor this year’s Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival, which will take place April 11th, 12th, and 13th on the NIU campus in Cole Hall Jameson Auditorium. Anyone interested in film or media studies is encouraged to attend. This year's guest speaker will be NIU alum Christine Davila. Christine is currently workin

g as a Scripted Creative Executive at Stage13, a digital content company developing and producing short form series, backed by Warner Brothers Television Group’s Digital Networks division. In 2013 she established the nonprofit, Ambulante California, a traveling documentary film festival originated in Mexico by Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Pablo Cruz and Elena Fortes. She has over ten years of experience in film programming and curating at various top-notch festivals like Sundance Film Festival, where she has been a Programming Associate since 2008. Davila is also a Programmer of the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam, where she selects films for the Yellow Robin Award Competition, a section focused on discovering and supporting emerging Caribbean filmmakers. She tracks Latino films and the festival scene on her blog chicanafromchicago.com.