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‘100 Days to Live’ directorial debut for Chicago filmmaker

By Reel Chicago Jan 18, 2021 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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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Justin Jackola shares details on making of ‘Hunters Creed’

By Jessica Velle Oct 1, 2020 0 Comment

Reel Chicago met with Justin Jackola, as he shares his experience creating a film, roadblocks of selling that film, and the best way to accomplish distribution. The creativ...

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Chicagoan Jay Paul Deratany has hit with Foster Boy

By Reel Chicago Sep 10, 2020 0 Comment

UPDATE: There will be a special one-night-only Chicago Premiere of FOSTER BOY, followed by an exclusive Q&A after the film with actors Shane Paul McGhie a...

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Asian Pop Up Cinema: Season 11, drive-in & streaming

By Reel Chicago Sep 2, 2020 0 Comment

Celebrating its 5th Anniversary, Asian Pop Up Cinema: Season 11 will present 22 movies and one of its strongest lineups with its first joint virtual and drive-in film festiva...

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Gardner’s ‘Long Ride Home’ plays Bentonville Fest

By Colin Costello Aug 12, 2020 0 Comment

Charles Andrew Gardner's Long Ride Home will compete for Best Short Film this week at Academy Award® winner Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival. In...

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Blue Whiskey Independent Film Fest postponed to 2021

By Reel Chicago Aug 9, 2020 0 Comment

Due to the ongoing global health crisis, the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) Board of Directors have made the decision to postpone the 10th annual festival until...

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Midwest Film Festival resumes with a night at the drive-in

By Reel Chicago Aug 7, 2020 0 Comment

Come and enjoy an amazing line-up for Female Filmmaker Night. The ChiTown Drive-in opens at 7:00pm and the screening begins at 8:15pm, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers...

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Chicago-Made doc screens at Gene Siskel Film Center

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020 0 Comment

The Gene Siskel Film Center will host virtual screenings of the new locally-produced documentary “Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm” beginning Friday, August 14. Set ...

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Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ Int’l Film Festival goes virtual

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020 0 Comment

The 38th edition of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival will be held as an online virtual event. Festival Dates: September 24 - October 4, 2020 Chicago F...

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Cutters Studio releases indie feature “before/during/after”

By Reel Chicago Jul 24, 2020 0 Comment

The leaders of international creative company Cutters Studios join their fellow filmmakers in celebrating the World Premiere for indie narrative feature before/during/after as ...

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Chicago-made ‘I Used to Go Here’ has drive-in premiere

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2020 0 Comment

The Chicago premiere of the critically acclaimed, bittersweet comedy I Used To Go Here, featuring in-person Q&As with Chicago-based writer/director Kris Rey, will take plac...

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Nelson Algren documentary premieres on WTTW

By Reel Chicago Jul 17, 2020 0 Comment

Montrose Pictures has announced that Algren, the feature length documentary about the award-winning writer, Nelson Algren, will premiere on WTTW, Chicago's PBS station, this ...

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Chicago’s Mauro wraps production on ‘I Have a Name’

By Reel Chicago Jul 13, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago writer-director Lucia Mauro has completed post-production on I Have a Name, a one-hour documentary co-produced by Jacqueline C. Hayes – founder & president emerit...

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DePaul alum’s, “Waiting by the Phone” now online

By Reel Chicago Jul 10, 2020 0 Comment

“Waiting by the Phone,” the award-winning animated film written/directed/produced by DePaul University alum Olivia Jensen, is now available online after a successful year-l...