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

By Laura Day Mar 10, 2020 0 Comment

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

Mar 2, 2020 0 Comment

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’

Feb 24, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Katharin Mraz Feb 23, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Feb 20, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Feb 14, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Feb 7, 2020 0 Comment

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’

By Reel Chicago Feb 7, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Feb 4, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Pamela Powell Feb 2, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Jan 30, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Jan 28, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Jan 27, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Jan 23, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Jan 22, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Jan 22, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Daniel Patton Jan 13, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Daniel Patton Jan 4, 2020 0 Comment

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

By Reel Chicago Dec 20, 2019 0 Comment

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’

By Daniel Patton Dec 18, 2019 0 Comment

Abby McEnany and Tim Mason have inspired much more than an impending cultural sensation with their new Showtime comedy series,