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  • Quaid in Esurance's "Surprisingly Painless"

    Quaid makes commercial debut in new Esurance spot By Colin Costello      Aug 15, 2018

  • Premiering Sept 7 at Siskel Film Center

    Baseball drama "High & Outside" to premiere at Siskel By Daniel Patton      Aug 14, 2018

  • N.K. Gutiérrez

    N.K. Gutiérrez at Black Harvest Film Festival By Daniel Patton      Aug 15, 2018

  • "The Middle" spinoff ordered to pilot at ABC From The Wrap      Aug 15, 2018

  • Noir City returns for 10th run at the Music Box From The Music Box      Aug 15, 2018

  • Asian Pop-Up Cinema returns to Chicago September 12 From Asian Pop-Up Cinema      Aug 14, 2018

2018 Mosaic World Film Festival coming in August
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2018 Mosaic World Film Festival coming in August

From Mosaic World Film Festival Aug 13, 2018 0 Comment
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2018 Mosaic World Film Festival to screen Sundance award-winning film "Minding the Gap" and 55 short and feature film from around the world in Rockford, IL (Rockfo...
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Allstate’s Purple Purse creates experiential film
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Allstate’s Purple Purse creates experiential film

By Colin Costello Aug 13, 2018 0 Comment
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Explores Lyft passengers’ reactions when faced with domestic and financial abuse   This past June, Reel Chicago reported on the Allstate Foundation "Purple Purs...
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Sanicole Young at Black Harvest Film Fest
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Sanicole Young at Black Harvest Film Fest

By Daniel Patton Aug 10, 2018 0 Comment
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Besides writing, producing, directing and editing the short film "Training Wheels," Sanicole cast a first-time actor in the lead role. Filmmaker Sanicole Young tra...
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Restored “The Fog” haunts Music Box Halloween
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Restored “The Fog” haunts Music Box Halloween

By Colin Costello Aug 10, 2018 0 Comment
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  New 4K Restoration will roll October 26 in Chicago, LA and New York     New York-based Rialto Pictures will release John Carpenter’s landmark horror ...
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Chi Int’l Film Fest announces winning poster design
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Chi Int’l Film Fest announces winning poster design

From Cinema/Chicago Aug 10, 2018 0 Comment
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Graphic designer Michael Zhang's poster selected after global contest to represent festival, October 10-21   (Chicago) — Cinema/Chicago and the 54th Chicago ...
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​straight 8 shootout comes to the US for the first time
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​straight 8 shootout comes to the US for the first time

From straight 8 Aug 10, 2018 0 Comment
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straight 8 - the global one super 8 cartridge no editing film challenge from London - brings its ad industry charity ​shootout​ from Cannes to the USA   (8...
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Charles Andrew Gardner at Black Harvest Film Fest
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Charles Andrew Gardner at Black Harvest Film Fest

By Daniel Patton Aug 9, 2018 0 Comment
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"We are starting to have a way for our stories to be shared, told, and heard … it’s only gonna make us and the entertainment industry stronger … It’s time"...
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Digital Media Fund awards $100k to Chicago artists
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Digital Media Fund awards $100k to Chicago artists

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Voqal Fund and Chicago Filmmakers' Chicago Digital Media Production Fund presents a Showcase of Groundbreaking Projects from 2018 (Chicago — 8 August 2018) Vo...
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Chi Portfolio School plans move to former Google space
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Chi Portfolio School plans move to former Google space

By Colin Costello Aug 9, 2018 0 Comment
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”The new space has more than 45 meeting rooms, fantastic public hang-out spaces, and best of all… dog friendly!” CPS Director Jeffrey Epstein After dealing ...
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Black Harvest shares a wealth of American culture
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Black Harvest shares a wealth of American culture

By Daniel Patton Aug 7, 2018 0 Comment
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The Siskel Center's annual fest makes it clear: the next big thing in cinema will come from the African American community The Black Harvest Film Festival kicked of...
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The Mill Chicago hires Peter Hullinger as Exec Producer
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The Mill Chicago hires Peter Hullinger as Exec Producer

From The Mill Aug 7, 2018 0 Comment
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With experience on brands likes Gatorade, State Farm, and Bud Light, the former Beast GM will focus on "relationships" and "top-tier creative." (Chicago — 7 Au...
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Columbia College grad co-edits “Tales From the Hood 2”
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Columbia College grad co-edits “Tales From the Hood 2”

Aug 6, 2018 0 Comment
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John Quinn, who earned a B.A. in Film from Columbia College Chicago, played a key post-production role in the sequel to the 1995 cult classic   John Quinn...
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  • “The Middle” spinoff ordered to pilot at ABC
  • Noir City returns for 10th run at the Music Box
  • Asian Pop-Up Cinema returns to Chicago September 12
  • 2018 Mosaic World Film Festival coming in August
  • Mobius Awards Advertising Competition now open
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  • 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, August 21, 2018 – Hiring professional actors - SAG-AFTRA workshop
  • N/A, August 24, 2018 – August 26, 2018 – 2018 Mosaic World Film Festival
  • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, September 8, 2018 – CineTech 2018
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