Brent Green’s dark, disturbing short film Weird Carolers fictionalizes Beethoven’s last days as he slowly went deaf, yet still composed symphonies.

Jan. 15: Chicago Filmmakers hosts a screening of Mike Plante’s Lunchfilm short film series that includes films by Naomi Uman, David Fenster and more.

At the 2009 AFI Fest, Mike Plante screened 13 amazing short films from his Lunchfilm project, including films by Naomi Uman and Brent Green.

The 2009 AFI Film Festival is screening a bunch of great underground films, including Mike Plante’s Lunchfilms, films by Don Hertzfeldt, Jim Finn and more.

Film journalist and festival programmer Mike Plante has collected an amazing array of short films for his Cinemad Almanac.

The 16th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival will run on Sept. 10-17 at the Gene Siskel Film Center and screen films by Usama Alshaibi and more.

Lunchfilm is an ambitious and fun short film project organized by film journalist Mike Plante and includes work by Martha Colburn, David Fenster and more.