SCREENINGS, DISTRIBUTION & FEATURED WORK
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
3/5/2023 - Jazzatlán / Nuestra Herencia : Traditional Music Series + Preview Screening / Guanajuato 239, Col. Roma Norte CP. 06700 Ciudad de México
3/7/2023 - Lit & Luz Festival / La Casa del Cine MX / Nuestra Herencia : Complete Film Series / República de Uruguay 52, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México
3/5/2023 - Jazzatlán / Nuestra Herencia : Traditional Music Series + Preview Screening / Guanajuato 239, Col. Roma Norte CP. 06700 Ciudad de México
3/7/2023 - Lit & Luz Festival / La Casa del Cine MX / Nuestra Herencia : Complete Film Series / República de Uruguay 52, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México
DISTRIBUTION
2022 - Image Union - Wake Up / Do You See What I See? / Project Onward
2021 - Image Union - 50 Shots / Ben LaMar Gay / Walking for Water
2017 - Fusion Network - Nasty
2016 - Fusion Network - Do You See What I See?
2015 - Fusion Network - Wake Up
2022 - Image Union - Wake Up / Do You See What I See? / Project Onward
2021 - Image Union - 50 Shots / Ben LaMar Gay / Walking for Water
2017 - Fusion Network - Nasty
2016 - Fusion Network - Do You See What I See?
2015 - Fusion Network - Wake Up
PAST SCREENINGS
2/24/2023 - 18th Street Casa de Cultura / Community Screening / Nuestra Herencia : Complete Film Series / 2057 W. 18th St / Chicago / IL
10/12/2022 - National Museum of Mexican Art / World Premiere / Nuestra Herencia : Complete Film Series / 852 W 19th St / Chicago / IL
9/14 - 10/15/2022 - Tulum World Environment Film Festival / Official Selection / Walking for Water / Casa De La Cultura De Tulum / Tulum / Mexico
9/1/2022 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / Nuestra Herencia / Hamilton Park / 513 W 72nd St / Chicago / IL
9/2/2022 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / Nuestra Herencia / Harold Washington Playlot Park / 5200 S Hyde Park Blvd / Chicago / IL
11/2/2021 - 11/30/2021 - Aesthetica Film Festival / Official Selection + Gust Programme / The Grand Tour
9/5/2021 - 9/25/2021 - Chicago OnScreen Virtual Film Festival / Official Selection / Walking for Water
9/1/2021 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / Walking for Water
11/11/2020 - 11/19/2020 - DOC NYC 2020 / Official Selection / The Grand Tour
8/29/2020 - 9/19/2020 - Chicago OnScreen Virtual Film Festival / Official Selection / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
9/9/2020 - New Filmmakers New York Film Festival / Official Selection / The Grand Tour
8/29/2020 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
4/30/2020 - The First Lions Online Premiere / Co-hosted by On The Real Film + UIMA / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
4/15/2020 - Environmental Short Film Festival / Official Selection / Walking for Water
1/31/2020 - Volumes Book Cafe / World Premiere / Poetic Warriors
11/1/2019 - Avant Edge Film Festival / Winner Best Feature-length Film / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
11/18/2018 - The Purpose Summit San Francisco / World Premiere / Questing for Vision
11/7/2018 - REEL Recovery Film Festival - NYC Edition / Official Selection / Wake Up
10/25/2018 - REEL Recovery Film Festival - LA Edition / Official Selection / Wake Up
10/21/2018 - Elevate Chicago Dance 2018 / Chicago Cultural Center / In collaboration with Honey Pot Performance / Ways of Knowing
9/15/2018 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
8/11/2018 - Chopin Theatre / World Premiere / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
5/19/2017 - Chicago Archives + Artists Festival / Chicago Cultural Center / From Celluloid to the Pixel: Exploring Relationships between Documentation, Technology, and Time / New collaborative work from On The Real Film + Media Burn
4/30/2017 - Transition To Power : First 100 Day Screening + Artist Talk / MANA Contemporary / TRANSITION TO POWER
2/4/2017 - Transition To Power : A Dialogue with On The Real Film / Greenheart Transforms / TRANSITION TO POWER
1/20/2017 - Anti-Inauguration Screening / Mana Contemporary / TRANSITION TO POWER
10/9/2016 - New York Film Week / Best Documentary Short Film / Wake Up
9/13/2016 - Toronto Arthouse Film Festival / Official Selection / Wake Up
8/6/2016 - Prarie State Film Festival / Official Selection / Wake Up
5/4/2016 - Doc Your World, Chicago / Official Selection / Wake Up
5/1/2016 - The Spectacle 'Bae' Short Films for Strong Femmes, Chicago / Official Selection / Wake Up
5/1/2016 - NYC Independent Film Festival / Official Selection / Wake Up
3/4/2016 - Belleville Downtown Doc Fest, Ontario / Official Selection / Wake Up
2/26/2016 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Finalist / Do You See What I See?
1/24/2016 - Slamdance Film Festival, Park City / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Best Use of Social & Political Winner / World Premiere / Do You See What I See?
12/19/2015 - Hammerbrook Film Fest, Hamburg / Official Selection / Wake Up
10/4/2015 - Toronto Indie Doc Fest / Official Selection / Wake Up
9/10/2015 - Docuwest International Film Festival, Denver / Official Selection / Wake Up
8/5/2015 - San Francisco Film Awards / Winner Best In Show Art Film / Wake Up
6/4 + 6/5/2015 - SF DocFest, San Francisco / Official Selection / Wake Up
6/1/2015 - Springfield LGBT Film Festival, Massachusetts / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
5/30/2015 - Mumbai International Queer Film Festival / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
2/12/2015 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Finalist / Wake Up
1/26/2015 - Slamdance Film Festival, Park City / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Best Use of 1st Person Winner / World Premiere / Wake Up
11/28/2014 - Chéries-Chéris Festival, Paris / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
9/21/2014 - CMG Film Festival, Los Angeles / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
7/2014 - International Artists Gathering, Morocco / A Hitchhike to Utopia
12/11 + 12/12/2013 - Nightengale Theater, Chicago / ‘Out of Site 2013’ Series
8/10/2013 - Cinbodega / 119 / Various works
11/2012 - Chicago Bicycle Film Festival / Chicago Bicycle Love
11/2012 - ‘More Is More ’ Hauser Gallery, Chicago / Somnia : An Installation
6/12/2012 - Millenium Park, Chicago / Chicago Bicycle Love
2/24/2023 - 18th Street Casa de Cultura / Community Screening / Nuestra Herencia : Complete Film Series / 2057 W. 18th St / Chicago / IL
10/12/2022 - National Museum of Mexican Art / World Premiere / Nuestra Herencia : Complete Film Series / 852 W 19th St / Chicago / IL
9/14 - 10/15/2022 - Tulum World Environment Film Festival / Official Selection / Walking for Water / Casa De La Cultura De Tulum / Tulum / Mexico
9/1/2022 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / Nuestra Herencia / Hamilton Park / 513 W 72nd St / Chicago / IL
9/2/2022 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / Nuestra Herencia / Harold Washington Playlot Park / 5200 S Hyde Park Blvd / Chicago / IL
11/2/2021 - 11/30/2021 - Aesthetica Film Festival / Official Selection + Gust Programme / The Grand Tour
9/5/2021 - 9/25/2021 - Chicago OnScreen Virtual Film Festival / Official Selection / Walking for Water
9/1/2021 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / Walking for Water
11/11/2020 - 11/19/2020 - DOC NYC 2020 / Official Selection / The Grand Tour
8/29/2020 - 9/19/2020 - Chicago OnScreen Virtual Film Festival / Official Selection / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
9/9/2020 - New Filmmakers New York Film Festival / Official Selection / The Grand Tour
8/29/2020 - Chicago OnScreen / Official Selection / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
4/30/2020 - The First Lions Online Premiere / Co-hosted by On The Real Film + UIMA / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
4/15/2020 - Environmental Short Film Festival / Official Selection / Walking for Water
1/31/2020 - Volumes Book Cafe / World Premiere / Poetic Warriors
11/1/2019 - Avant Edge Film Festival / Winner Best Feature-length Film / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
11/18/2018 - The Purpose Summit San Francisco / World Premiere / Questing for Vision
11/7/2018 - REEL Recovery Film Festival - NYC Edition / Official Selection / Wake Up
10/25/2018 - REEL Recovery Film Festival - LA Edition / Official Selection / Wake Up
10/21/2018 - Elevate Chicago Dance 2018 / Chicago Cultural Center / In collaboration with Honey Pot Performance / Ways of Knowing
9/15/2018 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
8/11/2018 - Chopin Theatre / World Premiere / The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
5/19/2017 - Chicago Archives + Artists Festival / Chicago Cultural Center / From Celluloid to the Pixel: Exploring Relationships between Documentation, Technology, and Time / New collaborative work from On The Real Film + Media Burn
4/30/2017 - Transition To Power : First 100 Day Screening + Artist Talk / MANA Contemporary / TRANSITION TO POWER
2/4/2017 - Transition To Power : A Dialogue with On The Real Film / Greenheart Transforms / TRANSITION TO POWER
1/20/2017 - Anti-Inauguration Screening / Mana Contemporary / TRANSITION TO POWER
10/9/2016 - New York Film Week / Best Documentary Short Film / Wake Up
9/13/2016 - Toronto Arthouse Film Festival / Official Selection / Wake Up
8/6/2016 - Prarie State Film Festival / Official Selection / Wake Up
5/4/2016 - Doc Your World, Chicago / Official Selection / Wake Up
5/1/2016 - The Spectacle 'Bae' Short Films for Strong Femmes, Chicago / Official Selection / Wake Up
5/1/2016 - NYC Independent Film Festival / Official Selection / Wake Up
3/4/2016 - Belleville Downtown Doc Fest, Ontario / Official Selection / Wake Up
2/26/2016 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Finalist / Do You See What I See?
1/24/2016 - Slamdance Film Festival, Park City / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Best Use of Social & Political Winner / World Premiere / Do You See What I See?
12/19/2015 - Hammerbrook Film Fest, Hamburg / Official Selection / Wake Up
10/4/2015 - Toronto Indie Doc Fest / Official Selection / Wake Up
9/10/2015 - Docuwest International Film Festival, Denver / Official Selection / Wake Up
8/5/2015 - San Francisco Film Awards / Winner Best In Show Art Film / Wake Up
6/4 + 6/5/2015 - SF DocFest, San Francisco / Official Selection / Wake Up
6/1/2015 - Springfield LGBT Film Festival, Massachusetts / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
5/30/2015 - Mumbai International Queer Film Festival / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
2/12/2015 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Finalist / Wake Up
1/26/2015 - Slamdance Film Festival, Park City / Official Fusion Doc Challenge Best Use of 1st Person Winner / World Premiere / Wake Up
11/28/2014 - Chéries-Chéris Festival, Paris / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
9/21/2014 - CMG Film Festival, Los Angeles / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
7/2014 - International Artists Gathering, Morocco / A Hitchhike to Utopia
12/11 + 12/12/2013 - Nightengale Theater, Chicago / ‘Out of Site 2013’ Series
8/10/2013 - Cinbodega / 119 / Various works
11/2012 - Chicago Bicycle Film Festival / Chicago Bicycle Love
11/2012 - ‘More Is More ’ Hauser Gallery, Chicago / Somnia : An Installation
6/12/2012 - Millenium Park, Chicago / Chicago Bicycle Love
PRESS
11/2022 - Nuestra Herencia: Adelante Chicago with Lourdes Duarte / WGN NEWS
10/2022 - Nuestra Herencia: Legacy Film Project on Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons / WBEZ
8/2018 - The First Lions Co-Director Erin Babbin on WBEZ's Newscast during Weekend Edition / WBEZ
8/2018 - Newcity Art picks The First Lions for their September Art Top 5 / Newcity Art
8/2018 - The First Lions Film listed in the top 50 Things to Do in Chicago in August / Chicago Magazine
8/2018 - August Art Picks 'The First Lions' Film / Sixty Inches From Center
8/2018 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Presents LIONS Review – Engaging Time Capsule / Picture This Post
12/2016 - Local Documentary Web Series Gives Voice to Arts Community Post-Election / Columbia Chronicle
11/2016 - Chicago Artists Respond to 2016 US Presidential Election Aftermath in New Documentary Web Series, 'Transition to Power' / Shadow & Act
12/2015 - Presenting Fusion Doc Challenge finalists Erin Babbin and Michael Sullivan / Aud News
5/2015 - Meet Erin Babbin + Michael Sullivan of On The Real Film / Aud News
4/2015 - Presenting Filmmaker Erin Babbin / Aud News
11/2022 - Nuestra Herencia: Adelante Chicago with Lourdes Duarte / WGN NEWS
10/2022 - Nuestra Herencia: Legacy Film Project on Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons / WBEZ
8/2018 - The First Lions Co-Director Erin Babbin on WBEZ's Newscast during Weekend Edition / WBEZ
8/2018 - Newcity Art picks The First Lions for their September Art Top 5 / Newcity Art
8/2018 - The First Lions Film listed in the top 50 Things to Do in Chicago in August / Chicago Magazine
8/2018 - August Art Picks 'The First Lions' Film / Sixty Inches From Center
8/2018 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Presents LIONS Review – Engaging Time Capsule / Picture This Post
12/2016 - Local Documentary Web Series Gives Voice to Arts Community Post-Election / Columbia Chronicle
11/2016 - Chicago Artists Respond to 2016 US Presidential Election Aftermath in New Documentary Web Series, 'Transition to Power' / Shadow & Act
12/2015 - Presenting Fusion Doc Challenge finalists Erin Babbin and Michael Sullivan / Aud News
5/2015 - Meet Erin Babbin + Michael Sullivan of On The Real Film / Aud News
4/2015 - Presenting Filmmaker Erin Babbin / Aud News
FEATURED WORK
4/24/2019 - Newcity Art / Breakout Artists 2019: Roni Packer
11/2018 - Northwestern University Block Museum / Installation View: Up is Down video
8/3/2018 - 9/30/2018 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art / Lions Exhibition Installation Video /
Excerpt from The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
1/2018 - VICE / Miami Art Week Focus on Puerto Rico artist & install photos
12/2017 - Artsy / Exquisite Corpse installation photos
6/2017 - ABC 7 Ñ Beat / Miguel Aguilar : Kane One video excerpts
2/2017 - South Side Weekly / The Renaissance Society performance photos
2/2017 - Net TV Now / WebSeries Wednesday / TRANSITION TO POWER
8/2016 - Jaded In Chicago / Not DIY Chi / Post Child Getting Closer Official Music Video
12/2015 - Blowup - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival / Official Nomination / Wake Up
6/2015 - Mishka NYC / Chi City Hip Hop / Home Grown Radio / Via Rosa Signs Official Music Video
5/2015 - Audience Awards Music On Film Contest / Winner 2nd Place / Four / Seven
4/2015 - Audience Awards Real Montana Places / Winner 2nd Place / Missoula, Montana!
2/2015 - Hip Hop Midwest / Music On The Dot / Hugh Lee & Yung Curt The Family Official Music Video
1/2015 - Best of 2014 Audience Awards Showcase / Winner 2nd Place / One Two Three Two One
11/2014 - The Online Film Festival / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
10/2014 - The Chicagoist / Honey Pot Performance / Juke Cry Hand Clap documentation
10/2014 - Audience Awards Avant-Garde Showdown Short Film Competition / Winner 2nd Place / One Two Three Two One
10/2014 - Hip Hop Vibe / Hip Hop ND / Who Am I? Official Music Video
2013-2017 - Sixty Inches From Center / Video Content Contributor
9/2014 - Autism Speaks / On The Real Film Teaches Film Camp
9/2014 - Hip Hop ND / Hip Hop Vibe / Hugh Lee One Day Official Music Video
8/2014 - Hip Hop Vibe / OK Tho / Hip Hop Ruckus / Hugh Lee Trippin' Official Music Video
11/2013 - Chicago Sun-Times / Wesley Willis & Ricky Willis Joy Bus Ride
6/2013 - Vice Creators / Robots That Create Art : Harvey Moon's Drawing Machines / Harvey Moon : A Portrait
2012-2013 - Addicted Chicago / Various Works
2012 - Brooklyn Vegan / Loud Loop Press / The Deli Press / Hollows Golden Chain Official Music Video
2012 - Count Me Out / Loud Loop Press / The Deli Press / Leafbird True Lies Official Music Video
4/24/2019 - Newcity Art / Breakout Artists 2019: Roni Packer
11/2018 - Northwestern University Block Museum / Installation View: Up is Down video
8/3/2018 - 9/30/2018 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art / Lions Exhibition Installation Video /
Excerpt from The First Lions : Founding the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
1/2018 - VICE / Miami Art Week Focus on Puerto Rico artist & install photos
12/2017 - Artsy / Exquisite Corpse installation photos
6/2017 - ABC 7 Ñ Beat / Miguel Aguilar : Kane One video excerpts
2/2017 - South Side Weekly / The Renaissance Society performance photos
2/2017 - Net TV Now / WebSeries Wednesday / TRANSITION TO POWER
8/2016 - Jaded In Chicago / Not DIY Chi / Post Child Getting Closer Official Music Video
12/2015 - Blowup - Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival / Official Nomination / Wake Up
6/2015 - Mishka NYC / Chi City Hip Hop / Home Grown Radio / Via Rosa Signs Official Music Video
5/2015 - Audience Awards Music On Film Contest / Winner 2nd Place / Four / Seven
4/2015 - Audience Awards Real Montana Places / Winner 2nd Place / Missoula, Montana!
2/2015 - Hip Hop Midwest / Music On The Dot / Hugh Lee & Yung Curt The Family Official Music Video
1/2015 - Best of 2014 Audience Awards Showcase / Winner 2nd Place / One Two Three Two One
11/2014 - The Online Film Festival / Official Selection / One Two Three Two One
10/2014 - The Chicagoist / Honey Pot Performance / Juke Cry Hand Clap documentation
10/2014 - Audience Awards Avant-Garde Showdown Short Film Competition / Winner 2nd Place / One Two Three Two One
10/2014 - Hip Hop Vibe / Hip Hop ND / Who Am I? Official Music Video
2013-2017 - Sixty Inches From Center / Video Content Contributor
9/2014 - Autism Speaks / On The Real Film Teaches Film Camp
9/2014 - Hip Hop ND / Hip Hop Vibe / Hugh Lee One Day Official Music Video
8/2014 - Hip Hop Vibe / OK Tho / Hip Hop Ruckus / Hugh Lee Trippin' Official Music Video
11/2013 - Chicago Sun-Times / Wesley Willis & Ricky Willis Joy Bus Ride
6/2013 - Vice Creators / Robots That Create Art : Harvey Moon's Drawing Machines / Harvey Moon : A Portrait
2012-2013 - Addicted Chicago / Various Works
2012 - Brooklyn Vegan / Loud Loop Press / The Deli Press / Hollows Golden Chain Official Music Video
2012 - Count Me Out / Loud Loop Press / The Deli Press / Leafbird True Lies Official Music Video
