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‘Always Jane’ Amazon’s trans coming-of-age docuseries premieres today

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2021

Amazon Prime Video has ordered the four-part coming-of-age docuseries Always Jane - a production of Amazon Studios, Mutt Film, and Union Editorial. The series follows tra...

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Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival Live Screening Nov 10

By Reel Chicago Nov 4, 2021

The Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival is hosting an in-person, live screening at Twisted Hippo Brewing the evening of Wednesday, November 10th. Over the course of a c...

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Thanksgiving release of ‘An Intrusion’ by Chicagoan Sam Logan Khaleghi

By Reel Chicago Nov 4, 2021

An Intrusion a feature film from Chicago producer Sam Logan Khaleghi, Northwestern University Alumnus will release nationwide on Thanksgiving weekend. The crime thriller A...

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OTV partners with Estudio Teorema for #BraveFutures Film Race

By Reel Chicago Oct 29, 2021

Chicago-based OTV has partnered with Guadalajara’s Estudio Teorema for its latest #BraveFutures Film Race in an effort to democratize the film industry. A rare opportunity...

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PrideArts Fall Film Festival will stream in four weekly programs

By Reel Chicago Oct 28, 2021

PrideArts announces the PrideArts Fall Film Festival, a month long festival of 32 films from 9 countries that will stream online in four segments, each available online for one...

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Full Spectrum official presenter of Chicago Underground Film Fest

By Reel Chicago Oct 26, 2021

Full Spectrum Features will be the official presenter at the 28th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival this year in order to program more diversity, equity, and inclusion t...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival announces full lineup

By Reel Chicago Oct 23, 2021

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), today announces the complete lineup, schedule and special guests expected for the eighth Chicago Critics Film Festival, November 12...

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A chat with the writer of Yolonda Ross short film, Desmond’s Not here Anymore

By Megan Penn Oct 22, 2021

Desmond’s Not Here Anymore is a harrowing short film about a mother battling Dementia and a daughter carrying a trauma she ironically cannot forget. Penned by first-ti...

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Chicago filmmakers release crime drama/mystery ‘The Cleaner’

By Reel Chicago Oct 15, 2021

Chicago filmmakers release the Indie crime drama feature, The Cleaner. Distributed by 1091 Pictures, the story follows a middle-aged house cleaner who gets caught up in a viole...

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Chicago Film Society is back screening difficult movies for difficult people

By Reel Chicago Oct 8, 2021

After spending the pandemic experimenting with new hobbies--bread-baking, zine-making, whittling, etc.--Chicago Film Society returns to "the only thing we ever knew how to do" ...

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‘Born in Chicago’ pays loving tribute to the origins of Chicago blues

By Reel Chicago Oct 1, 2021

Born In Chicago, the music documentary with deep roots in the Chicago music and production communities, will have its U.S. premiere October 11, 2021 at the 44th Mill Valley Fil...

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Award-winning The Road Up screening at Gene Siskel Film Center

By Reel Chicago Sep 9, 2021

The Road Up, the inspiring documentary feature from Siskel/Jacobs Productions (No Small Matter, Louder Than a Bomb) will open October 8 at Gene Siskel Film Center. The Ro...

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Facets returns to in-person programming with Anne at 13,000 Ft

By Reel Chicago Sep 3, 2021

FACETS announced that the 46-year-old organization has selected the film Anne at 13,000 Ft. by Canadian director Kazik Radwanski to mark its long-awaited return to in-person ...

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My Little Renaissance Girl to film in Chicago, partners with Full Spectrum

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2021

Producers of My Little Renaissance Girl, an original feature film written by Amy Heller, announce a partnership with Full Spectrum Features NFP for fiscal sponsorship. Toute...

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Annual Blue Whiskey Film Festival opens this weekend

Jul 20, 2021

The 11th Annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) returns this weekend with nightly screenings of the festival’s 2021 official selection films running July 24-30...

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Chicago doc ‘Diary of a Bodybuilder’ screens at festivals

By Reel Chicago Jul 19, 2021

Documenting the true-life story of former Chicago Bodybuilding Champion Joseph Anthony Quinn, Diary of a Bodybuilder has been selected to screen July 26th, 2021 in Las Vegas at...

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Camera Ambassador announces Builders Grant winner

By Reel Chicago Jun 30, 2021

After months of careful consideration & hundreds of community votes, Camera Ambassador introduces this year's 2021 Community Builders Grant winner Link Wolfe. His ...

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‘I Dream of a Psychopomp’ announces Chicago premiere

By Reel Chicago Jun 18, 2021

How Bizarre Pictures just announced the red carpet world premiere screening event for writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr.’s debut feature-length supernatural drama/horror an...

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Chicago filmmaker Kamelya Alexan screens doc at MFF

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2021

Chicago Producer/Director Kamelya Alexan is no stranger to the film festival world. Having an award winning short, Before the Fall screened around the world, filmmaking never s...

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Arianna Lexus’ indie feature wraps production

By Colin Costello May 14, 2021

Local Chicago actress and producer Arianna Lexus, has announced that her first produced independent feature, Hyde Out, has wrapped production. "I'm extremely excited to ann...

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