Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Film Office were both presented with the IFA Chicago Visionary Leadership Award at the 2024 Magic Hour Event held at Wildman Boiler & Tank
The Independent Film Alliance of Chicago (IFA) announces its 2023 fundraiser, Magic Hour. on Thursday, November 30, at Wildman Boiler & Tank Co. and will celebrate Chicago’s independent filmmakers. The gala aims to invigorate
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and DCASE announced Jonah Zeiger as Deputy Commissioner for the Chicago Film Office. Zeiger replaces Kwame Amoaku who served in this role since 2019 and recently
Chicago State University is partnering with the Illinois Film Office and DCEO to host the Illinois Film Industry Workforce Training Conference on August 10th. The event will take place at Chicago
In a follow-up to Reel Chicago’s story on the plans for the Quad Cities to contend for a spot in the state’s booming film and television industry, the city of
Rock Island is working on plans to set up a Quad Cities Regional Film Office. This past week, the City Council approved hiring a consultant, with the hope that eventually
This morning, Director of the Chicago Film Office, Kwame Amoaku, announced that he would be resigning from his position on Friday, June 3. He made the announcement on his Facebook
Kwame Amoaku, the beloved Director of the Chicago Film Office, was brutally attacked in the early hours of Thursday morning. He posted on his Facebook page that he is currently
With the world slowly reopening, the film, advertising and TV industries are in search of answers, especially with COVID-19 and demonstrations still ongoing. With economic and political uncertainty pushing insecurities,
In the following statement, the Chicago Film Office announces that it will begin issuing permits for filming, with specific guidelines. The City has indicated that Chicago’s key health metrics are
The Chicago Film Office, Rubinstein Law, and Emanuel Congregation present a new screenwriting competition for Chicago-based feature and television scripts. Accepting Features and TV Pilots The Chicago Film Office, Rubenstein
The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) plans to invest $500,000 through the Illinois Film Office Workforce Training Program to enable more women and minorities to access job
Versatile 25-year vet is the first African-American appointed to vital and visible leadership role The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) today announced Kwame Amoaku as Director of
The man who arranged gunfights on the el, demolition in the loop, and “Transformer” battles on Wacker Drive explains how the CFO got it done Rich Moskal helped to present
Christine Dudley rarely goes to the movies. That may seem odd for the Director of the Illinois Film Office, but she’s dedicated to a job that begins before most of
The producing team of Bea Cordelia and Daniel Kyri has been selected to be the 2018 Filmmakers in Residence by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (DCASE). Commissioner Mark Kelly
“If you build it they will come” is the plan for the recently opened Champaign County Film Office the only other official state film office outside of Chicago.
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Come Oct. 1, 2016 Michigan’s film incentives that generated revenues of $1.3 billion against a cost of $450 million since 2008, when the
In this season of gilt-edged motion picture awards, it is gratifying and rewarding that Chicago is making an appearance among the innumerable
The new director of the Illinois Film Office is Christine T. Dudley, a long-time Republican political, public
