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Tag: Indie film

Midwest Film Festival hosts the Midwest Premiere of Code of the Freaks
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Midwest Film Festival hosts the Midwest Premiere of Code of the Freaks

By Reel Chicago May 28, 2022
Midwest Film Festival's (MFF) June First Tuesdays event will feature Salome Chasnoff's Code of the Freaks. This documentary challenges the realism of Hollywood's portrayals of ...
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FACETS: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Memoria, and Happening
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FACETS: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Memoria, and Happening

By Reel Chicago May 27, 2022
FACETS presents encore in-person screenings of Everything Everywhere All At Once (June 4-5), Memoria (June 18-19), and Happening (June 25-26) along with special film se...
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Chicago Film Critics Association announces 2022 Audience Award Winners
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Chicago Film Critics Association announces 2022 Audience Award Winners

By Reel Chicago May 20, 2022
The Chicago Film Critics Association, the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the Audien...
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Premiere of Chicago-based doc SKATE OR DIE at the Music Box Theatre
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Premiere of Chicago-based doc SKATE OR DIE at the Music Box Theatre

By Reel Chicago May 19, 2022
The Music Box Theatre and Flyback Productions present the Chicago Premiere of director Ryan Ferguson’s Chicago-based skateboarding doc SKATE OR DIE, with Cast and Crew Q&...
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Filmed in Chicago: Bleed American picked up by Cow Lamp for distribution
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Filmed in Chicago: Bleed American picked up by Cow Lamp for distribution

By Reel Chicago May 18, 2022
Chicago Director, Tre Manchester announces that his indie feature, Bleed American has been picked up by Cow Lamp Films in Chicago for national distribution, with a release date...
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Critically acclaimed The Alien Report lands here for a one day sneak peek
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Critically acclaimed The Alien Report lands here for a one day sneak peek

By Reel Chicago May 17, 2022
If you're a UFO enthusiast, this is one opportunity not to be missed. Experience an alien encounter in a sneak peek of The Alien Report screening at the Patio Theater. Chica...
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The Chicago Film Society begins their 28th Season
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The Chicago Film Society begins their 28th Season

By Reel Chicago May 13, 2022
The Chicago Film Society begins their 28th Season with screenings at NEIU and the Music Box Theater throughout the summer from May 11 thru August 31. See the full schedule ...
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Katharin Mraz preps her next feature and launches Ladie K, LLC
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Katharin Mraz preps her next feature and launches Ladie K, LLC

By Colin Costello May 12, 2022
Katharin Mraz, a Chicago-based film director, commercial producer, actress and model, has announced the launch of a new venture: Ladie K, LLC.  The new entertainment compa...
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Free Spirit Media announces premiere screening of Bermuda at IFA Chicago
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Free Spirit Media announces premiere screening of Bermuda at IFA Chicago

By Reel Chicago May 10, 2022
Free Spirit Media announces its first in-person public screening in over two years. In association with IFA Chicago, Free Spirit Media presents the premiere of Bermuda, a short...
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Street Heroines to screen as official selection at Chicago Latino Film Festival
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Street Heroines to screen as official selection at Chicago Latino Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Apr 27, 2022
Street Heroines, directed by Valiant Pictures’ Alexandra Henry, will return to screen April 30th as an official selection at the annual Chicago Latino Film Festival. The ...
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Midwest Film Festival presents Alternative Takes for May’s First Tuesdays
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Midwest Film Festival presents Alternative Takes for May’s First Tuesdays

By Reel Chicago Apr 26, 2022
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents Alternative Takes for May's upcoming First Tuesdays event. This collection of nine short films offer distinct atmospheres, each with th...
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Chicago filmmakers premiere their first feature ‘That Night’
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Chicago filmmakers premiere their first feature ‘That Night’

By Reel Chicago Apr 18, 2022
Broken Bulb Productions, a new Chicago film production company, premieres their first feature film, That Night, on Saturday, April 30th at Logan Theatre.  The comedy, writ...
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Bye Bye Chicago world premiere at 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival
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Bye Bye Chicago world premiere at 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Apr 14, 2022
As the countdown for the 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, begins, organizers unveiled the list of films that will receive their World, North Americ...
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Take Me to the River, a live music and cinematic experience
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Take Me to the River, a live music and cinematic experience

Apr 14, 2022
Fans of New Orleans music and culture are in for a very special musical and cinematic experience as the new film Take Me To The River New Orleans is headed to Chicago on May 1...
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Chicago based Spoltz Productions screens its first LGBTQ+ musical
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Chicago based Spoltz Productions screens its first LGBTQ+ musical

By Reel Chicago Apr 13, 2022
Spoltz Productions, a Chicago based independent production company specializing in film, audio, and digital media productions, announced that it will be screening its first LG...
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FACETS 47th Anniversary Celebration packed with special features
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FACETS 47th Anniversary Celebration packed with special features

By Reel Chicago Apr 12, 2022
FACETS announces May 2022 programming for their 47th Anniversary Celebration packed with special features. The program will include a special screening of Steve James’ L...
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Reel Women: Angie Gaffney, Executive Director at IFA Chicago, film producer
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Reel Women: Angie Gaffney, Executive Director at IFA Chicago, film producer

By Reel Chicago Apr 6, 2022
Editor’s Note: They are leaders. They are inspirational. They are mentors. They are visionaries. They are, quite frankly, badasses. They are our 2022 REEL WOMEN. During Wo...
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Haven Chicago accepting submissions for first annual Festival Au Cinema
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Haven Chicago accepting submissions for first annual Festival Au Cinema

By Reel Chicago Apr 2, 2022
The first annual Festival Au Cinema is Haven Chicago's platform for emerging and visionary media artists staking their claim in the future of storytelling, defying traditional ...
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The 32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival is this weekend
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The 32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival is this weekend

By Reel Chicago Mar 31, 2022
32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival in-person and online takes place March 31 - April 3, 2022! In-person screenings are held at Chicago Filmmakers firehouse cine...
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Midwest Film Festival presents Relative a film by Michael Glover Smith
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Midwest Film Festival presents Relative a film by Michael Glover Smith

By Reel Chicago Mar 29, 2022
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents its second entry of their 2022 season. On Tuesday, April 5, at 7 pm, MFF will host an hour-long networking soiree before featuring the ...
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