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Blue Whiskey Independent Film Fest postponed to 2021

By Reel Chicago Aug 9, 2020 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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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Chicago filmmaker Kris Rey talks about her 4th feature

By Reel Chicago Aug 5, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago filmmaker, Kris Rey talks with Reel Chicago about the making of her newly released indie feature "I Used to Go Here" opening today at the Music Box. It’s always f...

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Chicago-Made doc screens at Gene Siskel Film Center

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020 0 Comment

The Gene Siskel Film Center will host virtual screenings of the new locally-produced documentary “Seasons of Change on Henry’s Farm” beginning Friday, August 14. Set ...

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

By Reel Chicago Jul 31, 2020 0 Comment

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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Cutters Studio releases indie feature “before/during/after”

By Reel Chicago Jul 24, 2020 0 Comment

The leaders of international creative company Cutters Studios join their fellow filmmakers in celebrating the World Premiere for indie narrative feature before/during/after as ...

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

By Reel Chicago Jul 23, 2020 0 Comment

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’s Mauro wraps production on ‘I Have a Name’

By Reel Chicago Jul 13, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago writer-director Lucia Mauro has completed post-production on I Have a Name, a one-hour documentary co-produced by Jacqueline C. Hayes – founder & president emerit...

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DePaul alum’s, “Waiting by the Phone” now online

By Reel Chicago Jul 10, 2020 0 Comment

“Waiting by the Phone,” the award-winning animated film written/directed/produced by DePaul University alum Olivia Jensen, is now available online after a successful year-l...

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Eleven04 has re-launched their First Backer Initiative

By Katharin Mraz Jul 8, 2020 0 Comment

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...

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Indie Film Town Hall: Legal and Insurance Challenges

By Reel Chicago Jul 2, 2020 0 Comment

The Indie Film Town Hall series brings together Chicago’s independent film and media-making community during these difficult times. In a series of lunchtime meetings...

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Free Spirit Exec Director Jeff McCarter placed on leave

By Reel Chicago Jun 26, 2020 0 Comment

In a written statement from the Board of Free Spirit Media, Executive Director Jeff McCarter has been placed on leave while "serious allegations" against McCarter are examined ...

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Chicago filmmakers treat us to Vanlife at its Lowest & Best

By Reel Chicago Jun 12, 2020 0 Comment

Chicago filmmakers, Andrew Morgan and co-director Nick Nummerdor set out to make a film about the reclusive, and enigmatic American automotive subculture known as “vanning.�...

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Indie Film Town Hall: Production and New Protocols

By Reel Chicago Jun 8, 2020 0 Comment

The Indie Film Town Hall series brings together Chicago’s independent film and media-making community during these difficult times. In a series of lunchtime meetings over...

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‘Judy & Punch’ director Foulkes and Damon Herriman

By Pam Powell Jun 5, 2020 0 Comment

Reel 360 Zoom interview with writer/director Mirrah Foulkes and lead actor Damon Herriman in the dark comedy/drama, 'Judy & Punch' Remember the old puppet show Punch a...

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Kartemquin Films issues statement of solidarity

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2020 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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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Full Spectrum Features supports diversity in Indie Films

By Katharin Mraz May 14, 2020 0 Comment

Asian Americans know that having talent and skills in the entertainment industry is [not nearly] half the battle. Every film needs financing; whether it’s raised through ...

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Life imitates art in Chicago-made ‘Working Man’

By Reel Chicago May 3, 2020 0 Comment

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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‘Shooting Heroin’ is hosting a Virtual Live Red Carpet

By Reel Chicago Apr 2, 2020 0 Comment

Shooting Heroin, one of the first narrative feature films on the current opioid epidemic in North America, is hosting a virtual Live Red Carpet Premiere with cast and crew on A...