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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


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

​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​

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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​
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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 
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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 
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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