By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Aug 25, 2008 at 11:25 AM

Milwaukee Film, the new independent film festival in the city, hosts its first screening, "The Milwaukee Show," on Oct. 23. Milwaukee County residents are encouraged to submit short films for consideration in this showcase of local films by Sept. 19.

"This is a great opportunity for local filmmakers to showcase their work, and a really engaging way for the community to experience all that our city's growing film industry has to offer," said Jonathan Jackson, artistic director for Milwaukee Film, in a statement. "We are excited to kick off our first screening in October by highlighting locally-made films."

Official submission forms are available on the Milwaukee Film group Facebook page, by calling (414) 775-1965 or e-mailing MilwaukeeFilm414@gmail.com.

Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.

He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.

With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.

He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.

In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.

He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.