MICHAEL OJEDA’S debut feature “Lana’s Rain” will be released Jan.18 on DVD by Chatsworth, Calif.-based Image Entertainment. Oksana Orlenko, who won best actress at
Three Hollywood stars from Chicago will be honored at Showtime’s 8th annual Black Perspectives “Homecoming Celebration” Saturday, Oct. 16 at Thorne Auditorium.
Honorees are
Ruth Leitman’s feature documentary, “Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling,” is one of four Chicago-made features that will premiere
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
Half a year after leaving Bucktown Pictures, independent producer Leigh Jones is keeping a high profile with five films and an educational video series in
Producer Leigh Jones returned from Slamdance invigorated and justifiably excited as the indie feature she produced for director/writer Hurt McDermott claimed the Jury Honor for Excellence in Writing.
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Director Michael Ojeda (left) and producer Joel Goodman will attend the Feb. 27 world theatrical premiere
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Four-figure “Nightingale” one of 12 features competing at SlamdanceAmong the many Chicagoans at Park City, Utah this week is Leigh Jones. She’s not at Sundance, however, but at Slamdance 2004, where the film REELSCREEN: News & Notes 1/7/04MARTIN ON HIS OWN. Ace editor Alarick Martin amicably departed Spots BME after three-and-a- half years to work as an independent editor. “It was November an event filled monthPut your roller skates, get out your notepads and party clothes for the busiest, most informative and social November we’ve seen in years. See details in Calendar. ‘Barber Shop 2’ to film here—if Chicago Studio City stages remain openIf Chicago Studio City is sold before the July start date, “Barber Shop 2” could be filmed in in Los Angeles. “Of course, we’d try to find another place in Chicago,”               |