Columnist: Carey Lundin

Award-winning producer Carey Lundin introduces the new Holiday Channel that will celebrate the myriad of holidays, from the obvious to the obscure, year-round, that’s now se...

Producer/director Carey Lundin attended some of CIMMCon’s panel discussions last Saturday and shares some of the information she gained there. “Logline, Demo and Pitch” ...

For the first time, CIMMfest is appealing to the advertising industry by featuring a panel directed weekend’s CIMMfest.  Its May 3 CIMMCon panel features “How to Tell S...

In September, Kartemquin Films will celebrate its 46th anniversary, having traveled from a ‘60s hippy-ish “film collective” to its current status as one of America’s mos...

Now in its tenth year, the SilverDocs Film Festival, held June 18-24 in Silver Springs, Maryland attracts 27,000 cinefiles who come to catch the world’s buzziest documentaries...

Documentary films are where the action is these days.  As features become chiefly high-concept driven comic book cartoons, the doc genre is where human stories can be told....

“Chicagolicious,” a new Style Network docu-series being filmed here, hosted a launch event offering makeovers to anyone who got in line early enough. In the spirit of journa...

Maria Finitzo makes films that wrestle with complex social issues, like Terra Incognita, about how stem cells are mapped, and In The Game, how Title IX rules affect women and sp...

There’s going to be a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on when movies about punk rockers like The Mekons, Detroit’s MC5 and The Stooges and special appearances by musicians, fi...

If there is one thing Chicago is known for, aside from the blues, our corrupt politicians and the world’s best hot dogs, it’s our architecture.   So it’s fitting...

After 10 years of frustration, determination and not taking no for an answer, the reality show created and persevered by executive producers Gary Sherman and Bob Schneiger will ...

So you live in the Midwest, and you have a killer idea for a reality show, what does it take to get it on the air? To answer this question to 60 eager producers assembled t...