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David Hauptschein revives Spoken Word Café series at Chicago Filmmakers
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David Hauptschein revives Spoken Word Café series at Chicago Filmmakers

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2025
Acclaimed writer and artist David Hauptschein is again reviving his legendary Spoken Word Café, a series he ran at Chicago Filmmakers in the 80s-90s. In keeping with the showâ...
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CAFM gears up for its 16th Annual Holiday Hurrah
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

CAFM gears up for its 16th Annual Holiday Hurrah

By Barbara Roche Dec 11, 2024
The Chicago Acting in Film Meetup (CAFM) is gearing up for its 16th Annual Holiday Hurrah, a festive fundraiser and networking night scheduled for December 15, 2024. Taking...
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Film Workers’ Holiday Market pop-up back by popular demand
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Film Workers’ Holiday Market pop-up back by popular demand

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2024
Back by popular demand, it's the 2nd Annual Film Workers’ Holiday Market Pop-up! Come shop and support Chicago's talented film workers! The market will take place on Satu...
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Asian Pop-Up Cinema & Chicago Film Office present The Midsummer’s Voice
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Asian Pop-Up Cinema & Chicago Film Office present The Midsummer’s Voice

By Reel Chicago Sep 3, 2024
The Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema in collaboration with the Chicago Film Office, will present the Chicago premiere of Zhang Yudi’s acclaimed film The Midsummer's Voice on Septe...
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The Daily Show heads to the Democratic National Convention
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The Daily Show heads to the Democratic National Convention

By Reel Chicago Aug 14, 2024
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show is headed to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and is bringing along its tail-wagging event series – The Daily Sh...
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CSU and Illinois Film Office host Film Workforce Training Event
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CSU and Illinois Film Office host Film Workforce Training Event

By Reel Chicago Jun 18, 2024
Chicago State University is partnering with the Illinois Film Office, Kennedy King College and Filmscape to host the Illinois Film Industry Workforce Training Conference on ...
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Filmscape 2024 list of classes and map of the showroom
  • FILMSCAPE

Filmscape 2024 list of classes and map of the showroom

By Reel Chicago Jun 13, 2024
Filmscape Chicago brings together filmmakers, artists, technicians, and students from across Chicago and the greater Midwest for two days of networking, education, and training...
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Chicago neighborhoods begin celebrating Juneteenth this weekend
  • Juneteenth

Chicago neighborhoods begin celebrating Juneteenth this weekend

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2024
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is celebrated annually on June 19. Finally recognized as a Federal Holiday in June of 2021, Juneteenth has ...
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Media Burn hosts free weekend of Chicago-based filmmaking
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Media Burn hosts free weekend of Chicago-based filmmaking

By Reel Chicago Apr 12, 2024
Media Burn Archive is hosting the Guerrilla Television: The Revolutions of Early Independent Video Symposium – featuring newly-digitized works from the movement and offering ...
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Chicago-made documentary The Murals screening at Loyola
  • CHICAGO MADE

Chicago-made documentary The Murals screening at Loyola

By Reel Chicago Feb 29, 2024
The Loyola University Damen Cinema is holding a screening of The Murals the Chicago-made documentary about the Uptown Post Office Murals, the artist who created them, and the a...
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‘Commodity Trading: Dies Irae’ premieres at Chicago Filmmakers
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‘Commodity Trading: Dies Irae’ premieres at Chicago Filmmakers

By Reel Chicago Feb 8, 2024
Chicago Filmmakers will host the theatrical premiere of COMMODITY TRADING: DIES IRAE on March 15. This is the fourth feature film by acclaimed, underground filmmaker and mult...
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The Chicago White Sox hold ‘Fitted in Black’ screening event
  • CYPHER NEWSROOM

The Chicago White Sox hold ‘Fitted in Black’ screening event

By Reel Chicago Feb 2, 2024
Join the Chicago White Sox, in partnership with NABJ and XL Film Festival, for a special screening of Fitted In Black celebrating more than a half century of Hip-Hop and how it...
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IFA holds ‘In Focus With’ Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry
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IFA holds ‘In Focus With’ Oscar winner Matthew A. Cherry

By Reel Chicago Jan 2, 2024
The Independent Film Alliance Chicago (IFA) is starting the year off by holding an intimate, in-person conversation and Q&A with Oscar-winning filmmaker, Chicago native Mat...
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IATSE 476 holds Film Workers’ Holiday Market
  • HOLIDAY SPIRIT

IATSE 476 holds Film Workers’ Holiday Market

By Barbara Roche Dec 7, 2023
The IATSE 476 Women's Committee has organized the Film Workers' Holiday Market on Sunday, December 17 in support of out-of-work film workers. Just in time to pick up a uniqu...
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IFA + Second City SeriesFest Pitch-A-Thon Roadshow: Chicago Oct 25
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IFA + Second City SeriesFest Pitch-A-Thon Roadshow: Chicago Oct 25

By Reel Chicago Oct 11, 2023
The Independent Film Alliance Chicago, SeriesFest and The Second City Film School are excited for the return of the SeriesFest Pitch-A-Thon Roadshow: Chicago on October 25. ...
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Daufenbach & CAFM reunite for On-Camera Actors On Cameras
  • PRODUCTION CENTRAL

Daufenbach & CAFM reunite for On-Camera Actors On Cameras

By Reel Chicago Aug 30, 2023
Actors and camera operators came together for a lively night August 14th when the Chicago Acting In Film Meetup NFP (CAFM) met at Daufenbach Camera for an evening of education...
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Chicago Filmmakers reveals program for CHICAGO SEEN VOLUME 16
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Chicago Filmmakers reveals program for CHICAGO SEEN VOLUME 16

By Reel Chicago Jul 28, 2023
Chicago Filmmakers presents CHICAGO SEEN VOL 16, showcasing original and exhilarating cinematic art from the Chicago independent & DIY film communities. Programmed ...
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Recap of an outstanding weekend at Filmscape 2023
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Recap of an outstanding weekend at Filmscape 2023

By Barbara Roche Jun 26, 2023
Filmscape 2023 scored high points as they wrapped up their annual two-day event that just keeps getting better every year. It was an outstanding weekend, bringing our film...
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John Cusack hosts a screening of High Fidelity followed by Q&A
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John Cusack hosts a screening of High Fidelity followed by Q&A

By Barbara Roche Jun 15, 2023
Chicago's own John Cusack will be in town to host an intimate screening of one of his most memorable films -- High Fidelity, followed by a discussion about his career, the maki...
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Seed&Spark 30-Min Mentor: Christie Marchese on Distribution for Indies
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Seed&Spark 30-Min Mentor: Christie Marchese on Distribution for Indies

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2023
Seed&Spark is holding another 30-Min Mentor event for independent filmmakers. The trickiest part of making a film is actually making sure you have the right audience. Bu...
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