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Premiere of Chicago-based doc SKATE OR DIE at the Music Box Theatre
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Premiere of Chicago-based doc SKATE OR DIE at the Music Box Theatre

By Reel Chicago May 19, 2022
The Music Box Theatre and Flyback Productions present the Chicago Premiere of director Ryan Ferguson’s Chicago-based skateboarding doc SKATE OR DIE, with Cast and Crew Q&...
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Filmed in Chicago: Bleed American picked up by Cow Lamp for distribution
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Filmed in Chicago: Bleed American picked up by Cow Lamp for distribution

By Reel Chicago May 18, 2022
Chicago Director, Tre Manchester announces that his indie feature, Bleed American has been picked up by Cow Lamp Films in Chicago for national distribution, with a release date...
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Chicago filmmakers premiere their first feature ‘That Night’
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Chicago filmmakers premiere their first feature ‘That Night’

By Reel Chicago Apr 18, 2022
Broken Bulb Productions, a new Chicago film production company, premieres their first feature film, That Night, on Saturday, April 30th at Logan Theatre.  The comedy, writ...
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Chicago based Spoltz Productions screens its first LGBTQ+ musical
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Chicago based Spoltz Productions screens its first LGBTQ+ musical

By Reel Chicago Apr 13, 2022
Spoltz Productions, a Chicago based independent production company specializing in film, audio, and digital media productions, announced that it will be screening its first LG...
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The ACC and EEC host screening of ‘Plastic Bag Store: The Film’
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The ACC and EEC host screening of ‘Plastic Bag Store: The Film’

By Reel Chicago Feb 24, 2022
The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Edgewater Environmental Coalition (EEC) are pleased to co-host an in-person screening and discussion of Plastic Bag Store:...
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IFA partners with SeriesFest and Second City Film School for Pitch-A-Thon
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IFA partners with SeriesFest and Second City Film School for Pitch-A-Thon

By Reel Chicago Jan 28, 2022
SeriesFest’s Pitch-A-Thon is on the road to Chicago! The program provides independent content creators with an opportunity to participate in an exclusive live pitch session w...
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The Cotton Club: The Musicians’ Story released for streaming
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The Cotton Club: The Musicians’ Story released for streaming

By Reel Chicago Jan 28, 2022
Champaign-based Transcendence Broadcasting, a Telly Award-winning TV production studio, with deep roots in Chicago, has completed post-production for its latest documentary fil...
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Chicago Film XLerator Program for BIPOC creators announces 2022 winner
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Chicago Film XLerator Program for BIPOC creators announces 2022 winner

By Reel Chicago Jan 25, 2022
The Chicago Film XLerator, a Creative Cypher Project is a content lab intended to discover new BIPOC talent and increase creative pipelines in the entertainment industry. F...
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‘Always Jane’ Amazon’s trans coming-of-age docuseries premieres today
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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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