DP Jens Bojehegn will be on the other side of the camera when he hosts a segment about his historical Old Town house to be featured on HGTV's popular "Small Space, Big Style" se...
You've got a short film to sell, so you need to understand that the expanding reach of broadband Internet access has changed literally every aspect of film distribution. New...
Grants of $125,000 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and $107,000 from ITVS will cover Tod Lending finishing costs of "Aimee's Crossing." But there's an obstacle. Oscar-no...
Film incubator Split Pillow premieres its fourth collaborative feature "Realization," a seven-part riff on physics and the surrealist game Exquisite Corpse on April 19 at Facets...
Sun-Times sports columnist Rick Telander hosts a night of short films headlined by a film from Jason Reitman ("Thank You for Smoking") at the second annual Asbury Shorts Chicago...
BRIAN LEVIN is in development on his debut feature "The Grand McNally," which he described as "a Coen Brothers film for a younger generation." "It's a dark comedy thriller i...
KISMET FILMS OF SINGAPORE hired Product Productions as its local production company on a commercial for Unilever's Sun Silk shampoo. The three-day shoot takes place this w...
A FIRE AT THE THEATRE BUILDING last week, ignited by an apparent electrical/computer surge, caused significant smoke and water damage to the box office and second floor admini...
Literary manager-turned-filmmaker Sean Carr shoots the location photography for his debut feature "He's Such a Girl" here this month. The Chicago-set comedy shoots here Apri...
On smoke breaks from his job as creative director at Covenant Communications, Steven R. Luce would gather with friends under the bridge at Bryn Mawr and Kedzie. "We talked ...
DDB Chicago client Emerson Electronics, a $17 billion global technology and engineering giant, was more apt to advertise in obscure trade journals than on television. But th...
IFP/CHICAGO on April 10 presents Meet the Funders, a panel discussion with representatives of documentary funding agencies. With Cleo Wilson of the Playboy Foundation, Enca...
When Betty Hoeffner, a PR specialist, heard editor Ernie Schubert's horror stories of medical goofs and errors observed during a lengthy stay in a suburban hospital, she said to...
Lifelong labor movement proponent Eileen Willenborg, who believes that the labor movement brings out the best in human nature, was named Labor Woman of the Year by the Chicago F...
Wisconsin catapulted to the top tier of the most film friendly states March 31 when the Legislative Joint Finance Committee voted 15-1 to approve the Film Wisconsin tax credit i...
One of the most important surveys of national advertisers conducted over the last decade shows that before long new media and technologies will radically alter the way their TV ...
What could have been the driest first quarter for Hollywood production has been relieved by an April shower of business. "ER" generally spends a long weekend in Chicago filmi...
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" co-star Jeff Garlin premieres his feature directorial debut, Chicago-and-L.A.-shot "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With," at the Tribeca Film Festival, whic...
Elysium Films' Ed Blair and Constant Walker are going deep into Delta blues country to direct and post a series of concerts with famous blues stars. The venue is Ground Ze...
After 27 years of business, Del Hall Video will close its doors on June 1 and owners Ginger and Del Hall will transition into a smaller, more personalized phase of video product...
