Three years ago, when the Chicago Public Library announced it was clearing out its collection of 5,000 16mm titles, producer Nancy Watrous wanted to acquire it.
Donius presided over her first IFP Filmmakers Conference Oct. 21-24, featuring an expanded four-day schedule, a higher-profile roster of national figures and attendees from
Ch. 11’s 50-year archive of public TV content should be available online by early next year, through a new agreement with media asset management firm MediaRecall.
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A video celebrating the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary was created by Swell’s Bazooka graphics division entirely from archival materials, via agency Ebel
Jeff Garlin kept a 14-year-old promise to Pete Biagi that the local DP would shoot the comedian’s debut feature.
Garlin, a co-star and executive producer of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” was
Man-Sung Son of SMS Productions said the 35mm feature he’s producing, “Missed It,” could shoot here or in Columbus next January.
Director Brian Southers has secured locations
Call it the battle of the big agencies shooting it out for honors at the recent second annual Chicago Creative Club Awards show. Four big agencies won 29 of
One of the films was made in India and one of the directors lives in L.A., but with 12 films ? four features and eight shorts
The glitz and glamour of the Chicago International Film Festival (Oct. 7-21) ratchets up to ultra high as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, founded by artistic
“Outing Riley,” Pete Jones’ independent followup to his 2002 Project Greenlight movie “Stolen Summer,” has its world premiere Oct. 10 at the Chicago International
Chicago’s three Tony Award winning theatre companies are ramping up the star power for the opening shows of the season. The smallest of the
When the Trio cable network rolled out its first original comedy series “Pilot Season” on Labor Day, it was local DP T.W. Li behind the verit?-style
L.A. Audition Workshop, conducted by Dori Zuckerman, one of the indie feature world’s most active casting directors, will be held in Chicago for the first time Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
Local underground auteur James Fotopoulos screens his suburban gothic feature “The Nest” in its Chicago debut at the Chicago Underground Film Festival Aug. 22.
Fotopoulos continues his trademark minimalist terror with
The Moonlight Caf? in Bucktown Thursday night was packed solid with nearly 200 filmmakers who came to honor the talents of Chicago’s seven contenders who made it into the upper
Seven films by Chicago filmmakers out of 25 features, documentaries and shorts will be screened at the 10th annual Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, Aug. 7-19, at
Elizabeth Donius is two months into her job as IFP/ Chicago executive director, the first full-time director in at least 10 years, and she’s excited about enlarging
Minnesota filmmaker and Columbia College alumnus Steven J. Foley is returning to his native Chicago for the local premiere of his debut feature, the HD-cam
Hollywood reached out to West Chicago-based Syntax Media to edit a feature called “Working Title,” written and directed by Robert Foreman and John Norton of
The Film Center’s Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video marks its tenth year Aug. 7- 19 with an unprecedented six local productions making
