Monday is the last chance to join the Fresh Films Weekly Filmmaking Program partnering with Fremantle Media. If you know any students who enjoy writing scripts, framing shots, directing actors,
Fresh Films is shooting the TV pilot for “Dearly Departed” this week with 14 local teenagers working every position on the set. (Rock Island, IL — 19 July 2018)
More than a year after premiering at a White House educational event in Washington D.C., Augustana College-based Fresh Films has released its second feature, Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission. Starring
Fresh Films’ teen sci-fi adventure feature, “Traveling Without Moving” premieres Tuesday, Nov. 1 at a non-traditional venue: Von Steuben High School, where many of its
Kelli and Estlin Feigley’s Dreaming Tree Films non-profit division, Fresh Films, <span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;
Although Champaign has no discernible film industry (as yet) a Champaign County Film Office was recently established to attract filming to the its scenic locations and facilitate their
Halloween is synonymous with horror, and no other franchise has embodied the essence of this spooky holiday quite like the Halloween movie series. Launched by director John Carpenter in 1978,
Vision Films, Inc announces the VOD release of the Chicago centric rom-com Pretty Crazy from director Maurice ‘Mo Jones on March 14. The film was co-written and produced by Jones with niece, Leslie Jones (Chicago
Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan has joined the directorial roster of the Chicago and L.A.-based Tessa Films. Already busy with a variety of projects under the Tessa banner, her commercial work
All-female red carpet helps launch reinvigorated Windy City tradition The Chicago International Film Festival opened with an all-female red carpet ceremony at the AMC River East last Thursday night.
Her work in commercials, short films and music videos taps comedy, emotion and storytelling with a distinctively quirky sensibility. (Chicago & Los Angeles — 12 November 2018) Tessa Films
Aiming to create a new approach to food, beverage and restaurant brands, the company taps agency veteran Ivo Knezevic as Executive Producer. (Los Angeles, Chicago — 25 September 2018) Director
Reeling Film Festival, founded by Brenda Webb of Chicago Filmmakers and now in its 32nd year, opens Sept. 18 at
THIRTY FILMS BY CHICAGO CREW MEMBERS are featured on Industry Night, April 16, in the 6th annual MoFest festival and party, and features, The Beekeeper, by filmmaker Sean Jordan
The Illinois(e)Makers program of six locally made features — showcasing the best features, documentaries and short films with their roots in our home state ? figures prominently at the Chicago
Fortunately for film lovers, Chicago abounds with festivals for every taste while giving filmmakers fresh opportunities to showcase their work and make a name for themselves.
Most
A lot has happened to filmmaker D.P. Carlson since he started shooting his pseudo-doc, “Johnny Dodgeball,” with a bunch of junior high school boys back in 2001.
Today I have the pleasure of introducing Reel Chicago readers to Chicagoland’s first, for- profit, web-based short film distribution company.
Founded less than a year ago, Evanston-based
With his feature “8 of Diamonds” just finished and fresh from the Cannes Market, director/producer Scott Prestin has his next film slated for an August shoot, and a third in
Fresh off signing domestic and international video deals for their HD horror pic “Cup of My Blood,” Lance Catania and Noel Olken headed to the Cannes Film Market to promote
