The Community Builders Grant is a short-form film fund and production resources grant sponsored by Camera Ambassador. Their mission is to help build bridges between filmmakers...
Angie Gaffney, Executive Director of the IFA wants to hear from you.
As we all know, visual storytelling is a powerful medium in which to delve into diverse experiences that...
Knickpoint Ventures, owner of the sprawling 22-acre former Marshall Field’s warehouse complex on the Northwest Side, plans to create a film production campus on the site.
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35 years later, Ferris Bueller returns to Chicago for Chicago Public Library's Live From the Library.
Matthew Broderick returns to Chicago virtually this morning live on CPL...
Film Independent announced nominations for the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Not just another pretty face on the awards circuit, the Spirit Awards are the primary fundra...
Dirk Wales 1931 - 2020
In true dramatic fashion, on November 27th Dirk Wales moved on to his next great adventure. He was 89 years young.
Dirk was born in New York c...
Molly Given, of the Philly Metro interviews Chicago filmmaker Steve James about his latest film, 'City so Real'
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James' (Hoop Dreams, ...
Filmed at locations throughout Valparaiso, Crown Point, and Chicago’s suburbs, The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater is produced by Binary Star Pictures, LLC.
It tells th...
Applications are now open for the 2021 cycle of the Chicago Film Office's Chicago Independent Producers Lab. Participating producers will have the chance to work with industr...
Reeling announces the winners of the 38th annual Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival.
The festival was held virtually this year from September 24 to Oct...
Dreaming Grand Avenue, produced by Newcity's Chicago Film Project, is the story of Maggie and Jimmy, who have never met, but they keep showing up in each other’s dreams. As t...
Next week begins the 56th Chicago International Film Festival and Reel Chicago will bring you coverage of the films.
This year, we can look forward to two award-winning fi...
Reel Chicago met with Justin Jackola, as he shares his experience creating a film, roadblocks of selling that film, and the best way to accomplish distribution.
The creativ...
In honor of Latino Heritage Month, we sat down with actress, model and philanthropist Alex Meneses.
Alex is a Chicago native living in Los Angeles, who fell in love wi...
Join Midwest Film Festival and The Gene Siskel Film Center on Tuesday, September 29th at 6:00pm at the CHI-Town Movies Drive-In with a brand new themed night to celebrate the...
It is always difficult to hear of a fellow filmmaker passing, especially someone as wonderful and influential as Andrew Beisen. Those who knew him best say that Andrew was tale...
Chicago Humanities Festival has announced the entire digital line-up for the month of September.
In addition to already-announced speakers Claudia Rankine and Jill Lepore, ...
Reel Chicago goes Behind the Scenes with Manuela Hung on the making of her fascinating documentary, Handpan Journey premiering at Midwest Film Festival’s Female Filmmaker Ni...
In an announcement today from the Board of Free Spirit Media, Jeff McCarter has officially step down from his role as the executive director.
As reported earlier, McCarter ...
