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Columnist: Ed M. Koziarski

Directors to produce Japan documentary this spring
  • Indie Focus

Directors to produce Japan documentary this spring

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 29, 2011
JUNKO KAJINO and I are headed to northern Japan this spring to begin production on our new documentary, Uncanny Terrain, through Homesick Blues Productions.We will follow organi...
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“You Don’t Know Jack” trivia game back in new forms

“You Don’t Know Jack” trivia game back in new forms

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 25, 2011
Responding to growth in social and family gaming for consoles, and in mobile games, Jellyvision Games released new versions of its cheeky game show-style trivia game, You Don’...
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Catania regroups to produce psychological thriller

Catania regroups to produce psychological thriller

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 21, 2011
Lance Catania was one day into the Michigan production of his psychological thriller Cables last fall when he made what he calls “the toughest decision I’ve ever made.“I s...
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Byrne doc follows Tamale’s bid for Leather Queen
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Byrne doc follows Tamale’s bid for Leather Queen

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 19, 2011
When Tamale, an interdisciplinary artist and comedian, invited filmmakers C. Bryne and Nadia Oussenko to document her bid for the crown in the 25th annual International Ms. Leat...
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Sundance Institute’s ShortsLab comes to Chicago May 7
  • Indie Focus

Sundance Institute’s ShortsLab comes to Chicago May 7

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 11, 2011
MANY HOLLYWOOD AND LOCAL EXPERTS will lead seminars and panels May 7 during the Sundance Institute’s ShortsLab:Chicago at Columbia College, showing how filmmakers can show and...
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Music and Chicago architecture rocks in doc

Music and Chicago architecture rocks in doc

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 5, 2011
In his new, $400,000 in-progress documentary, Parallax Sounds, Augusto Contento explores the influence of Chicago’s landscape on six musicians who started out in the ‘90s he...
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Fink of Glee co-stars in Adloff’s new feature

Fink of Glee co-stars in Adloff’s new feature

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 3, 2011
Nathan Adloff begins production this May on his second feature film as director, the bittersweet comedy Nate & Margaret, starring Ashley Fink (Glee) and Natalie West (Rosean...
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Cohon’s AF100 camera fits the bill for a variety of projects

Cohon’s AF100 camera fits the bill for a variety of projects

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 3, 2011
Jonathan Cohon has been getting a lot of mileage out of his recently acquired Panasonic AF100. He has completed corporate and narrative projects shot on the 4/3 sensor HD camcor...
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Films by Chicago crew members at MoFest, April 16-17
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Films by Chicago crew members at MoFest, April 16-17

By Ed M. Koziarski Apr 3, 2011
THIRTY FILMS BY CHICAGO CREW MEMBERS are featured on Industry Night, April 16, in the 6th annual MoFest festival and party, and features, The Beekeeper, by filmmaker Sean J...
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Many local films play in April 1-14 Latino Film Fest

Many local films play in April 1-14 Latino Film Fest

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 28, 2011
The emphasis of the April 1-14 Chicago Latino International Film Festival “is on new talent, with more than 20 features made by first time directors,” says Pepe Vargas, foun...
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Doc tells of “Perfect Soldier” combating land mines

Doc tells of “Perfect Soldier” combating land mines

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 28, 2011
“A real-life ‘Hurt Locker’ with more tension” is the reaction audiences have had to “A Perfect Soldier,” says producer/editor Jonathan Lacocque of the documentary h...
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Columbia College hosts May-July YouTube Creator Institute

Columbia College hosts May-July YouTube Creator Institute

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 27, 2011
Columbia College Chicago is one of two sites nationwide, along with the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, for the new YouTube Creator Institute.The pro...
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O’Keefe’s short posted online before fest run gets 30,000 hits
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O’Keefe’s short posted online before fest run gets 30,000 hits

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 26, 2011
IN ITS ONLINE RELEASE, director Eddie O’Keefe’s short film, The Ghosts, garnered 30,000 hits in two weeks. It’s a dreamy, black and white, rock-infused ‘50s-style tale o...
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O&M’s Diedrich hits a home run with “Ballhawks” doc

O&M’s Diedrich hits a home run with “Ballhawks” doc

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 24, 2011
Mike Diedrich was videotaping outside a Cubs-Pirates game in 2004 when there were two home runs in the first inning.  “There were four or five ballhawks out there,” Die...
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Theatre company’s video plays expand to new media

Theatre company’s video plays expand to new media

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 21, 2011
Silk Road Theatre Project is rolling out a new series of short-form video plays designed to be accessible to mobile device and tablet users, shot cinematically, on theater sets,...
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Alshaibi’s “Profane” bows at Boston Underground
  • Indie Focus

Alshaibi’s “Profane” bows at Boston Underground

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 17, 2011
USAMA ALSHAIBI’S button-pushing feature “Profane,” starring Manal Kara, as a devout Muslim dominatrix, has its U.S. premiere March 26 and 29 at the Boston Underground...
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SolidLine Media grows with corporate, doc work, doubles facility size

SolidLine Media grows with corporate, doc work, doubles facility size

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 16, 2011
Just in time for their 10th anniversary this August, full service video production company SolidLine Media is moving its office a half mile north to a Loop penthouse nearly twic...
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Ron Lazzeretti’s feature opens Lake County Fest, March 17-31
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Ron Lazzeretti’s feature opens Lake County Fest, March 17-31

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 15, 2011
WRITER/PRODUCER RON LAZZERETTI'S Something Better Somewhere Else is the opening feature of the lean, stripped down 8th annual Lake County Film Festival, March 17, and running th...
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One at Optimus Martin Agency spots urge teens not to text and drive
  • MEDIA

One at Optimus Martin Agency spots urge teens not to text and drive

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 12, 2011
ONE AT OPTIMUS produced two pro bono spots for client The Martin Agency of Richmond, Va. to run on Project Yellow Light's website.  The spots' purpose is to inspire teens t...
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‘Playboy’ pilot result of past good experience with Fox

‘Playboy’ pilot result of past good experience with Fox

By Ed M. Koziarski Mar 11, 2011
Positive experiences on The Chicago Code and Prison Break, the 30% Film Tax Credit, and the story’s Chicago setting clinched the Playboy series pilot for a shoot here, studio ...
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