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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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Chicago producer, director offers NFT distribution

By Laura Day May 14, 2021

Chicago Producer Anthony Gibson and Director Zach Lona are introducing a new distribution mode with their feature film He Who Lives in Hidden Lakes, a wacky mockumentary comedy...

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Chicago director, Christian Taylor screening at GI Fest

By Megan Penn May 7, 2021

The directorial debut of Chicago native Christian Taylor with The Girl Who Wore Freedom is an education on empathy. This documentary being shown at the GI Film Festival San Die...

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Motherhood ‘The Toughest Job in the World’ short film

By Reel Chicago May 7, 2021

In celebration of Mother’s Day, 2021, directors Coco Fernandez and Kristen Tepper, co-founders of of 3AM Thoughts Production, in collaboration with International Spoken Word ...

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Second City Teacher, Marine Vet screens film in GI Fest

By Megan Penn Apr 30, 2021

Chicago filmmaker and Marine Corps veteran Jonah Saeson is featured in this years GI Film Festival. This veteran turned actor and filmmaker is the director of the GI Festival c...

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Chicago Independent Producers Lab selects 5 producers

By Reel Chicago Apr 26, 2021

Full Spectrum Features, the Chicago-based non-profit committed to driving equity into the film industry, announced the five producers selected for its second annual Chicago Ind...

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DePaul grad screens ‘Tom of Your Life’ at Music Box

By Reel Chicago Apr 15, 2021

Written and directed by acclaimed singer-songwriter Jer Sklar, Music Box Theatre will screen Chicago comedy Tom of Your Life from May 7-13. Featuring an original soundtrac...

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Chicago filmmaker releases feature length sci-fi adventure

By Reel Chicago Mar 5, 2021

From Gravitas Ventures, Cinestone’s newest feature film, Exodus, is in the realm of sci-fi adventure with hints of thriller elements and post-apocalyptic themes. Througho...

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‘100 Days to Live’ directorial debut for Chicago filmmaker

By Reel Chicago Jan 18, 2021

Cinedigm has announced the release date for its recently acquired film - 100 Days to Live, a taut psychological thriller set in the world of suicide prevention and mental heal...

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Byron Allen snags distribution for Healing from Hate

By Reel Chicago Dec 30, 2020

Freestyle Digital Media, the on demand and theatrical distribution division of Byron Allen’s global media company Entertainment Studios has secured U.S. distribution rights f...

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The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater released today

By Reel Chicago Oct 30, 2020

Filmed at locations throughout Valparaiso, Crown Point, and Chicago’s suburbs, The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater is produced by Binary Star Pictures, LLC. It tells th...

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Applications open for Chicago Independent Producers Lab

By Reel Chicago Oct 19, 2020

Applications are now open for the 2021 cycle of the Chicago Film Office's Chicago Independent Producers Lab. Participating producers will have the chance to work with industr...

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Camera Ambassador Grant winner Raju faces challenges

By Dominique Chestand Oct 14, 2020

This past summer, director and writer Sean Sankalp Raju won the Camera Ambassador Community Builders Grant for his project A Nickname. The autobiographical short film tells the...

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Chicago-made web series ‘All-American Sex Offender’

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2020

CMA Digital Studios and Proteá announce the release of its bad-girl web series ALL-AMERICAN SEX OFFENDER. All six-episodes, directed by Chloe Lenihan (writer: HOW FAR S...

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Coalition of South Asian Film Festivals program lineup

By Reel Chicago Oct 2, 2020

The Coalition of South Asian Film Festivals (CoSAFF), a first-of-its-kind event to bring together seven established South Asian film festivals from the US and Canada, announces...

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