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Blue Whiskey Independent Film Fest postponed to 2021

By Reel Chicago Aug 9, 2020

Due to the ongoing global health crisis, the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) Board of Directors have made the decision to postpone the 10th annual festival until...

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Midwest Film Festival resumes with a night at the drive-in

By Reel Chicago Aug 7, 2020

Come and enjoy an amazing line-up for Female Filmmaker Night. The ChiTown Drive-in opens at 7:00pm and the screening begins at 8:15pm, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers...

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Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ Int’l Film Festival goes virtual

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020

The 38th edition of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival will be held as an online virtual event. Festival Dates: September 24 - October 4, 2020 Chicago F...

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Chicago-made ‘I Used to Go Here’ has drive-in premiere

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2020

The Chicago premiere of the critically acclaimed, bittersweet comedy I Used To Go Here, featuring in-person Q&As with Chicago-based writer/director Kris Rey, will take plac...

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Chicago Filmmakers announces Film Education Program

By Reel Chicago Jul 17, 2020

Chicago Filmmakers announces the launch of Masterwork: Industry Conversations, a series of virtual interviews designed to provide insight into the careers of long established a...

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Eleven04 has re-launched their First Backer Initiative

By Katharin Mraz Jul 8, 2020

Do you have a creative project you’re dying to get off the ground? Looking for a space and equipment for your next pitch video? If so, then you should be very exc...

Kate Kane will be replaced, not killed off in ‘Batwoman’

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2020

Last month, we reported that the star of the CW's Batwoman, Ruby Rose, would be leaving the series and recast. Like most, we speculated that the character would simply be recas...

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Chicago Film Office begins issuing permits for filming

By Reel Chicago Jun 4, 2020

In the following statement, the Chicago Film Office announces that it will begin issuing permits for filming, with specific guidelines. The City has indicated that Chicago's...

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Kartemquin Films issues statement of solidarity

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2020

We at Kartemquin Films stand in solidarity with Black communities against the unchecked brutality, state-sanctioned violence, and pernicious racist ideology alive deep in the s...

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Chicagoan, Sam Logan Khaleghi to release next feature

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2020

Sam Logan Khaleghi carries a lot of titles in this town. The Northwestern University grad, former Chicago resident, and Chicago Emmy Nominee, is the writer, producer, director,...

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The first Indie Film Town Hall meeting on Thursday

May 13, 2020

On Thursday, May 14th, the Independent Film Alliance Chicago, the Chicago International Film Festival and Industry days are hosting their first Indie F...

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HULU/Kartemquin Accelerator announce two films

By Reel Chicago May 7, 2020

Kartemquin Films announced the two projects that will participate in the first year of the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator: Traces of Home by director Colette Ghunim and Tres...

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Life imitates art in Chicago-made ‘Working Man’

By Reel Chicago May 3, 2020

The story of a life-long factory worker who searches for purpose after his plant closes, Working Man arrives at an unexpectedly poignant moment for America's working ...

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New emergency fund to aid Chicago cinema workers

By Reel Chicago Apr 13, 2020

As efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 shutter cinemas across the nation, concerned members of Chicago's film community launch a fund to benefit laid off cinema workers from...

‘Empire’ airs 100th episode tonight on Fox

By Colin Costello Apr 7, 2020

What does Fox's Empire, now in its sixth and final season, have in common with NBC’s Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. have hit E.R. and even Showtime's Sham...