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Tag: Indie film

Reeling 39 LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens tonight
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Reeling 39 LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens tonight

By Reel Chicago Sep 23, 2021
Today is the Opening Day of Reeling 39! Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. The festival kicks off September 23 at 7 PM with Peeter Rebane's FIREBIRD at the Music B...
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Gene Siskel Center and Midwest Film Festival partner on MFF 2021 season
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Gene Siskel Center and Midwest Film Festival partner on MFF 2021 season

By Reel Chicago Sep 22, 2021
The Gene Siskel Film Center will partner with the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) as the host venue for the MFF 2021 film lineup. The partnership, which was set to roll out in e...
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Chicago International Film Festival announces full lineup of 57th edition
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Chicago International Film Festival announces full lineup of 57th edition

By Reel Chicago Sep 20, 2021
The Chicago International Film Festival announced the full lineup of its 57th edition, running October 13 - 24, 2021. This year’s Festival expands across the City, with s...
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Award-winning The Road Up screening at Gene Siskel Film Center
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Award-winning The Road Up screening at Gene Siskel Film Center

By Reel Chicago Sep 9, 2021
The Road Up, the inspiring documentary feature from Siskel/Jacobs Productions (No Small Matter, Louder Than a Bomb) will open October 8 at Gene Siskel Film Center.  The Ro...
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Facets returns to in-person programming with Anne at 13,000 Ft
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Facets returns to in-person programming with Anne at 13,000 Ft

By Reel Chicago Sep 3, 2021
FACETS announced that the 46-year-old organization has selected the film Anne at 13,000 Ft. by Canadian director Kazik Radwanski to mark its long-awaited return to in-person ...
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My Little Renaissance Girl to film in Chicago, partners with Full Spectrum
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My Little Renaissance Girl to film in Chicago, partners with Full Spectrum

By Reel Chicago Aug 20, 2021
Producers of My Little Renaissance Girl, an original feature film written by Amy Heller, announce a partnership with Full Spectrum Features NFP for fiscal sponsorship. Toute...
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AbelCine & IFA collaborate on The Hub @Cinespace for Indie filmmakers
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AbelCine & IFA collaborate on The Hub @Cinespace for Indie filmmakers

By Reel Chicago Aug 6, 2021
The Independent Film Alliance of Chicago (IFA) and AbelCine are collaborating on the development of a community center on the Cinespace Chicago Film Studios lot. Programming wi...
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Annual Blue Whiskey Film Festival opens this weekend
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Annual Blue Whiskey Film Festival opens this weekend

Jul 20, 2021
The 11th Annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) returns this weekend with nightly screenings of the festival’s 2021 official selection films running July 24-30...
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Camera Ambassador announces Builders Grant winner
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Camera Ambassador announces Builders Grant winner

By Reel Chicago Jun 30, 2021
After months of careful consideration & hundreds of community votes, Camera Ambassador introduces this year's 2021 Community Builders Grant winner Link Wolfe.  His ...
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‘I Dream of a Psychopomp’ announces Chicago premiere
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‘I Dream of a Psychopomp’ announces Chicago premiere

By Reel Chicago Jun 18, 2021
How Bizarre Pictures just announced the red carpet world premiere screening event for writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr.’s debut feature-length supernatural drama/horror an...
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Chicago filmmakers’ Monuments opens at Siskel Center
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Chicago filmmakers’ Monuments opens at Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2021
This Friday, June 4, is the exclusive Chicago streaming engagement of Monuments, from local filmmaker and Gene Siskel Film Center alum Jack C. Newell (...
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MFF celebrates Homecoming Night virtual showcase
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MFF celebrates Homecoming Night virtual showcase

By Reel Chicago May 25, 2021
Join the Midwest Film Festival for a special evening celebrating Homecoming Night, a virtual gathering of homegrown Midwestern talent and stories. The evening begins Thurs...
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Chicago filmmaker Kamelya Alexan screens doc at MFF
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Chicago filmmaker Kamelya Alexan screens doc at MFF

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2021
Chicago Producer/Director Kamelya Alexan is no stranger to the film festival world. Having an award winning short, Before the Fall screened around the world, filmmaking never s...
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Chicago director, Christian Taylor screening at GI Fest
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Chicago director, Christian Taylor screening at GI Fest

By Megan Penn May 7, 2021
The directorial debut of Chicago native Christian Taylor with The Girl Who Wore Freedom is an education on empathy. This documentary being shown at the GI Film Festival San Die...
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Motherhood ‘The Toughest Job in the World’ short film
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Motherhood ‘The Toughest Job in the World’ short film

By Reel Chicago May 7, 2021
In celebration of Mother’s Day, 2021, directors Coco Fernandez and Kristen Tepper, co-founders of of 3AM Thoughts Production, in collaboration with International Spoken Word ...
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The Tattooed Torah produced & animated by 11 Dollar Bill
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The Tattooed Torah produced & animated by 11 Dollar Bill

By Reel Chicago Apr 29, 2021
The Tattooed Torah, brilliantly animated and produced by 11 Dollar Bill, is based on the children’s book by Marvell Ginsburg. Like the book, the film is meant to educate ...
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DePaul grad screens ‘Tom of Your Life’ at Music Box
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DePaul grad screens ‘Tom of Your Life’ at Music Box

By Reel Chicago Apr 15, 2021
Written and directed by acclaimed singer-songwriter Jer Sklar, Music Box Theatre will screen Chicago comedy Tom of Your Life from May 7-13. Featuring an original soundtrac...
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She’s in – Katharin Mraz to direct comedy You’re OUT!
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She’s in – Katharin Mraz to direct comedy You’re OUT!

By Colin Costello Apr 12, 2021
Asian American filmmaker and Reel Chicago contributor, Katharin Mraz has been bucking the predominantly white, male cisgender industry for over two decades.  In this, her ...
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‘Color of Tomorrow’ promotes unity in the face of unrest
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‘Color of Tomorrow’ promotes unity in the face of unrest

By Reel Chicago Mar 23, 2021
The National Museum of Mexican Art invites the public to a virtual screening of the award-winning animated short 'Color of Tomorrow' as part of its Storytellers 4 Unity Film F...
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Chicago Latino Film Fest adds Riera’s film Rita Moreno
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Chicago Latino Film Fest adds Riera’s film Rita Moreno

By Reel Chicago Mar 19, 2021
The 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, announced today its Centerpiece presentation of Mariem Pérez Riera’s Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decid...
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