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Faith to be found in Rachel Gordon’s film ‘Broken Bird’
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Faith to be found in Rachel Gordon’s film ‘Broken Bird’

By Laura Day Mar 10, 2020 0 Comment
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Rachel Harison Gordon just got back from the Berlin International Film Festival. For her short film, Broken Bird to be screening at festivals across the world is difficult for ...
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‘Stand!’ makes US Premiere at Chicago Jewish Film Fest
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‘Stand!’ makes US Premiere at Chicago Jewish Film Fest

Mar 2, 2020 0 Comment
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Canadian playwright Danny Schur’s musical, Strike!, was doing just fine until film director Robert Adetuyi got his hands on it. An up-tempo depiction of a love story that take...
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The Colonie’s Keith Kristinat edits ‘Two Dum Micks’
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The Colonie’s Keith Kristinat edits ‘Two Dum Micks’

Feb 24, 2020 0 Comment
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Two Dum Micks — an offbeat comedic short film, written, directed, and produced by D.B. Sweeney and edited by Keith Kristinat at The Colonie - is sweeping the festival circuit ...
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MFF launches 2020 season under new director Duffy
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MFF launches 2020 season under new director Duffy

By Katharin Mraz Feb 23, 2020 0 Comment
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Erica Duffy, a transplant from San Francisco, has been part of the Chicago film community for 6 years and counting. No stranger to film production, she’s the proud owner of C...
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Howard, Daufenbach join Sheen series production team
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Howard, Daufenbach join Sheen series production team

By Reel Chicago Feb 20, 2020 0 Comment
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Dr. Peter Howard and Lawrence Daufenbach have joined the producing team for a Bishop Fulton Sheen TV series currently in development. A Chicago-based production partner to the ...
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Chi Comedy Fest to screen ‘Waikiki PD’ at March show
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Chi Comedy Fest to screen ‘Waikiki PD’ at March show

By Reel Chicago Feb 14, 2020 0 Comment
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Aaward-winning filmmaker, Jeff Orig, wrote, directed, edited, and produced his first feature film, Waikiki PD, which was just selected for the Chicago Comedy Film Festival. A Cr...
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Michael Glover Smith’s ‘Relative’ filming in May
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Michael Glover Smith’s ‘Relative’ filming in May

By Reel Chicago Feb 7, 2020 0 Comment
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Relative Film LLC announces today the cast of Relative, the fourth feature film from Michael Glover Smith (Rendezvous in Chicago, Mercury in Retrograde), which is scheduled to s...
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Goldwyn gets ‘Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band’
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Goldwyn gets ‘Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band’

By Reel Chicago Feb 7, 2020 0 Comment
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Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that the company has acquired North American rights to Tod Lending’s feature documentary Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band (aka ...
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Fahey, Gray take Archbishop Sheen TV series to market
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Fahey, Gray take Archbishop Sheen TV series to market

By Reel Chicago Feb 4, 2020 0 Comment
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Writer/filmmakers Sean Fahey and Dieterich Gray began developing a series about Archbishop Fulton Sheen in 2014. Now they are taking the pilot episode to agencies and networks. ...
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At Sundance w/Kartemquin’s Steve James & Zak Piper
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At Sundance w/Kartemquin’s Steve James & Zak Piper

By Pamela Powell Feb 2, 2020 0 Comment
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Reel Chicago correspondent, reporter, and film critic Pamela Powell interviews Kartemquin Films' Oscar-nominated director Steve James and Emmy Award-winning producer Zak Piper a...
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Onion City opens with Beatrice Gibson March 12
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Onion City opens with Beatrice Gibson March 12

By Reel Chicago Jan 30, 2020 0 Comment
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The Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival is pleased to partner with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Conversations at the Edge series for the inaugural scre...
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Nebula Creatives launches inclusive incubator
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Nebula Creatives launches inclusive incubator

By Reel Chicago Jan 28, 2020 0 Comment
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Nebula Creatives will soon offer Chicago's independent film community an inclusive incubator studio at the forefront of its endeavors. Led by Thai female director and producer R...
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Eight indie projects aim to spark change at Sundance
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Eight indie projects aim to spark change at Sundance

By Reel Chicago Jan 27, 2020 0 Comment
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The Sundance Institute, in collaboration with global philanthropic organization Luminate, today announced six new projects supported by the Sundance Institute | Luminate Fund. ...
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‘The Dawn’ sends shivers from Minnesota to California
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‘The Dawn’ sends shivers from Minnesota to California

By Reel Chicago Jan 23, 2020 0 Comment
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Executive Producers Chris Charles and John W. Bosher have expanded their Midwestern canon with the award-winning paranormal psycho-thriller The Dawn, which was released in selec...
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Hal ‘Corky’ Kessler hosts $20K screenplay competition
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Hal ‘Corky’ Kessler hosts $20K screenplay competition

By Reel Chicago Jan 22, 2020 0 Comment
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Chicago Entertainment Lawyer Hal "Corky" Kessler, a partner at Rubenstein Business Law, is connecting Illinois filmmakers with an opportunity to win much-needed services in an u...
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Chicago-made x-ray spider mutant creeps into Sundance
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Chicago-made x-ray spider mutant creeps into Sundance

By Reel Chicago Jan 22, 2020 0 Comment
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Chicago Filmmaker Brian Andrews' new film, Hominidæ, about an x-ray spider mutant, will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24th at 8:00 p.m. at Th...
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Bow + Arrow helps Trickshooter Social Club come alive
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Bow + Arrow helps Trickshooter Social Club come alive

By Daniel Patton Jan 13, 2020 0 Comment
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Bow + Arrow Films director Ted Lega combined live rock-n-roll with mesmerizing drama to create a retro-flavored video for “If I Could,” a new single by Trickshooter Social C...
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‘Chicago Overcoat’ picked up for second run
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‘Chicago Overcoat’ picked up for second run

By Daniel Patton Jan 4, 2020 0 Comment
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Ten years after its world premiere, the locally-produced mob thriller Chicago Overcoat has been picked up for a second run by Indie Rights. A re-mastered version of the 2009 fi...
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‘Moving Parts’ to premiere at Siskel Center in January
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‘Moving Parts’ to premiere at Siskel Center in January

By Reel Chicago Dec 20, 2019 0 Comment
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The Gene Siskel Film Center will screen the Chicago premiere of the award-winning film, Moving Parts, on January 3rd, 6th, and 7th. Sponsored by IFP Chicago, Moving Parts is a ...
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Beyond the red carpet of ‘Work in Progress’
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Beyond the red carpet of ‘Work in Progress’

By Daniel Patton Dec 18, 2019 0 Comment
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Abby McEnany and Tim Mason have inspired much more than an impending cultural sensation with their new Showtime comedy series,
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