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Columnist: Ed M. Koziarski

MWFF 2013 season opens with Looby’s ‘Be Good’ feature
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MWFF 2013 season opens with Looby’s ‘Be Good’ feature

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 1, 2013
TODD LOOBY’S FEATURE BE GOOD opens Midwest Independent Film Festival’s 2013 season Feb. 5.  The Chicago-made indie, written and directed by Looby, stars Amy Seimetz (of...
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Busy first year for Coat of Arms’ Lacocque and Lehmann

Busy first year for Coat of Arms’ Lacocque and Lehmann

by Ed M. Koziarski Feb 1, 2013
Over six-weeks in August and September, Coat of Arms provided editing, sound design, mix, music composition, color correction and delivery on two The Onion shows. They were...
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2012 shoot days of 1,808 up 45% over previous year

2012 shoot days of 1,808 up 45% over previous year

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 28, 2013
Chicago production had its busiest year ever in 2012.  A total of 406 total projects across all visual media shot 1,808 days.  This is up 45%, when 391 projects shot 1...
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Cooper’s ‘The Painter’ adds voice to child violence
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Cooper’s ‘The Painter’ adds voice to child violence

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 22, 2013
DIRECTOR KEVIN COOPER of Amarok Productions, who directed the family dog film I Heart Shakey, arguably the first stereoscopic 3D feature made in Chicago, tackles the tough ...
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‘You Don’t Know Jack’ wins Spike social game award

‘You Don’t Know Jack’ wins Spike social game award

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 10, 2013
Even Jellyvision Games staff were surprised when the Facebook version of their long-running trivia game You Don’t Know Jack won in the new Social Game of the Year category at ...
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Sinnotts rebrand company; host CoffeeCON II next May

Sinnotts rebrand company; host CoffeeCON II next May

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 4, 2013
Kevin and Patricia Sinnott of Warrenville-based production company Sinnott Productions are gearing up for next spring’s year two of CoffeeCON, which they bill as the first cof...
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New Canon EOS cameras, CN-E lenses at Magnanimous

New Canon EOS cameras, CN-E lenses at Magnanimous

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 3, 2013
With new acquisitions in late November, Magnanimous Media now offers the full line of Canon’s Cinema EOS cameras and CN-E prime lenses. Magnanimous has offered the C300, the f...
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Looby’s short ‘Lollywood’ doc screens at Slamdance
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Looby’s short ‘Lollywood’ doc screens at Slamdance

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 2, 2013
TODD LOOBY’S short documentary Lollywood, about a teenage filmmaker and war orphan at Liberia Mission, Inc. screens Jan. 20 and 23 in the Slamdance Film Festival.Looby’s nar...
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Paralympic sprinter Katy Sullivan stars in short film
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Paralympic sprinter Katy Sullivan stars in short film

by Ed M. Koziarski Dec 20, 2012
PARALYMPIC SPRINTER AND ACTRESS Katy Sullivan co-stars with Chicago veteran character actor Ron Dean in non-profit Blue Damen Pictures’ short film, Recalculating, directed by ...
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McNaughton/Jones return to horror with ‘The Harvest’

McNaughton/Jones return to horror with ‘The Harvest’

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 12, 2012
Director John McNaughton and producer Steven A. Jones were in lower Manhattan, poised to return to the horror thriller genre after a 20-year absence, when Hurricane Sandy struck...
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Music Box tops distributors in Spirit Awards nods

Music Box tops distributors in Spirit Awards nods

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 7, 2012
Chicago-based Music Box Films leads independents distributors Film Independent’s Spirit Awards with seven nominations, behind only Fox Searchlight’s nine nominations in over...
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Borowski’s ‘Panzram’ serial killer doc out on DVD
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Borowski’s ‘Panzram’ serial killer doc out on DVD

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 5, 2012
SERIAL KILLER SPECIALIST John Borowski (H.H. Holmes, Albert Fish) has released streaming and DVD versions of his third documentary, Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengea...
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American Masters broadcast for Hercules Joffrey doc

American Masters broadcast for Hercules Joffrey doc

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 30, 2012
Following his 2011 Bill T. Jones: A Good Man, Bob Hercules of Media Process Group will have his second American Masters premiere Dec. 28 when his documentary Joffrey: Mavericks ...
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Ross’ drama one of 5 nominees for Gotham fest prize
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Ross’ drama one of 5 nominees for Gotham fest prize

by Ed M. Koziarski Nov 26, 2012
MUMBLECORE PRACTITIONER Frank V. Ross’ romantic drama Tiger Tale in Blue is one of five nominees for the Nov. 26 Gotham Independent Film Awards’ Best Film Not Playing at a T...
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Siegel teams with Kartemquin for Muhammad Ali doc
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Siegel teams with Kartemquin for Muhammad Ali doc

by Ed M. Koziarski Nov 14, 2012
DOCUMENTARIAN BILL SIEGEL producer director of the Oscar nominated The Weather Underground is directing the ITVS-backed, Kartemquin-produced documentary The Trials of Muhammad A...
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Director Wexler develops thriller as his third feature
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Director Wexler develops thriller as his third feature

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 2, 2012
BORIS WEXLER (Roundabout American) of Escape Films is developing the thriller feature Chat, about a severely light-averse father searching the world of online adult chat for his...
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Rachel Cook’s doc opens Friday’s Social Change Fest
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Rachel Cook’s doc opens Friday’s Social Change Fest

By Ed M. Koziarski Oct 4, 2012
THE PREMIERE OF RACHEL COOK’S documentary, The Microlending Film Project, is being featured at the Oct. 5-7 Chicago International Social Change Film Festival The story is abou...
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Improv actor Alex Beh directs his first feature here

Improv actor Alex Beh directs his first feature here

By Ed M. Koziarski Sep 24, 2012
L.A.-based “Funny or Die” website regular and Winnetka native Alex Beh is back in town as writer, director and star of his debut feature Warren. The coming-of-age love story...
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’51º South’ web series visits remote Falkland Islands

’51º South’ web series visits remote Falkland Islands

By Ed M. Koziarski Sep 20, 2012
When former Columbia College classmates Jamie Gallant, now an associate producer at DDB, and British native Vern Cummins first visited the Falkland Islands last year, “we reco...
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Music Box hosts United Film Festival Sept. 22-27
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Music Box hosts United Film Festival Sept. 22-27

By Ed M. Koziarski Sep 19, 2012
THE UNITED FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Music Box Theatre Sept. 22-27 with a program that includes some 19 narrative and documentary features and 21 shorts. Some highlights are ...
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