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Columnist: Ed M. Koziarski

Little Cabin involved in big projects

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 9, 2011
A year and a half in business, corporate producers Little Cabin Films have added Garrett Popcorn to a growing stable of educational, real estate and fitness clients.“We’re j...
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Theatrical run set for “Blackmail Boys”

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 9, 2011
Joe Swanbert has a role in pseudonymous Bernard and Bichard Shumanski’s locally-shot “tender sexploitation flick,” “Blackmail Boys.” TLA Releasing picked it up for the...
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New web series on success entrepreneurship

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 1, 2011
This winter, Malachi Leopold of Left Brain/Right Brain Productions is rolling out the 24-episode entrepreneurship web series, “Trep Life,” which he says offers a “unique, ...
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Kalamazoo stands in for Eastern college town

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 24, 2011
A scene from Fine’s “Cherry” THE 2011 SEASON of the Midwest Independent Film Festival kicks off Feb. 1 with the dramedy “Cherry,” for which Jeffrey Fine put his suc...
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Michigan’s film incentives in jeopardy

By Ed M. Koziarski Nov 28, 2010
Michigan's film tax incentives, arguably the most aggressive of any state, are definitely in trouble under the administration of Republican Governor-elect Rick Snyder. What's n...
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Top L.A. production exec joins TicTock Studios
to help advance Michigan’s film industry

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 3, 2008
TicTock Studios of Holland, Michigan is en route to becoming Michigan's leading production company, with a feature by a major screenwriter in the works, and the addition of a to...
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“Crime Fiction” gains traction with 5-year DVD
and online distribution deal with Anthem Pictures

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 21, 2008
Chicago-made thriller, "Crime Fiction," is in distribution on DVD and online through a five-year deal signed with Anthem Pictures of Agoura Hills, Cal. that includes an initial ...
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Local features abound in Lake County Film Festival Feb. 28-March 3; focus on indies, fewer venues

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 19, 2008
The 5th annual Lake County Film Festival continues its steady growth this year to 17 narrative features, 17 documentary features and 100-plus short films.The festival, Feb. 28 ...
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It’s getting to be a habit: 4th SXSW premiere for Joe Swanberg with new “Nights and Weekends”

By Ed M. Koziarski Feb 19, 2008
Joe Swanberg makes history when the South by Southwest Film Festival premieres his fourth feature in a row ? "Nights and Weekends" -- March 9.He won't have much time to promote ...
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Special screening for Dow’s “Family Values” as part of MSI’s Black Creativity program Feb. 5

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 31, 2008
DEREK "PRETTY BOY" DOW'S debut feature "Family Values" returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center for a special screening presented by the Museum of Science and Industry, as part of...
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“Osso Bucco” star Mike Starr to appear at Midwest Indie FilmFestival screening

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 30, 2008
River West Films premieres their romantic-mob-comedy "Osso Bucco" at the Midwest Independent Film Festival on Feb. 5, followed by a theatrical self-release beginning Feb. 8 at t...
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Independent Production Roundup

By Ed M. Koziarski Aug 5, 2005
FILIP RYMSZA of M31 Films has wrapped production on his sophomore feature, the surreal HD drama "Dustclouds," the second part of the diptych that includes last year's DV "Sandca...
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Independent Production Roundup

By Ed M. Koziarski Jul 21, 2005
ERNIE HUDSON ("Oz," "Ghostbusters") stars in Phil Donlon's racially charged dramatic short "The Man in the Silo," which shoots in Los Angeles and Downstate Illinois in September...
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Independent Production Roundup

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 20, 2005
JULIA LING, who guested on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," has signed to play the lead role in Nathyn Masters' Hong Kong-style martial arts pic "Silvergun Samurai," slated to shoot ...
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Show Department to open RDS, 100% HD five-stage complex this spring

By Ed M. Koziarski Jan 28, 2005
When Resolution Digital Studios opens the doors to its $7.5 million facility this April, Chicago will have?for the first time ever?a brand new, from the ground up stage comp...
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Chicago Community Cinema changes identity, plans new theatre venue

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 13, 2004
After five years as Chicago Community Cinema, the monthly screening/networking event is reinventing itself as the Midwest Independent Film Festival. "It's time to take it...
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Husband-wife filmmaking team on the road making political doc, “Red, White and Blue”

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 13, 2004
Eric Anderson and Amelia Dellos are out to prove that America isn't as divided as it's made out to be.The husband-wife filmmaking team are poised to embark on a Midwest tour, in...
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Fatcake follows “Stuffed” with second Mexican-set travel pilot “Tracking Expats”

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 13, 2004
Fresh off Jeff Garlin's feature debut and the season premiere of CBS' "The Amazing Race," Misty Tosh of Fatcake Productions is on her way to Baja, Mexico to produce a pilo...
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Paul Cotter debuts short at Sundance Fest; “Swingers” producer developing his feature

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 13, 2004
It was five days before Richard Dresser's play "Wonderful World" would open at the Athenaeum Theatre, and director Paul Cotter had the day off.It was Sunday, Aug. 15 and Cotter ...
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Taproot’s bullfight doc attracts broadcasters at Santa Fe festival; will play Chicago Latino

By Ed M. Koziarski Dec 13, 2004
Taproot Productions' bullfighting documentary "The Bulls of Suburbia" has charged its way through the festival circuit this year, drawing broadcaster interest at the Santa...
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