Ben Berkowitz and Ben Redgrave are fresh from a Sundance Film Festival that saw them make strides on their diverse feature projects.
At Sundance they attended
Fresh off receiving a major grant for his in-progress feature documentary “Nice Bombs,” Usama Alshaibi is releasing a DVD compilation of his short works Feb. 12 and preparing for what
Recognizing the increasing imperative of “change now or die,” Cinematographers Local 600 last month took a bold giant step towards changing the face and future of Chicago film unions.
A memorial service for multifaceted musician/composer Shelly Elias will be held Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. in the Alice Millar Chapel at Northwestern University.
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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
Two local feature docs head up an expanded presence for documentaries at the 13th Annual IFP/ Chicago Filmmakers Conference that begins Thursday, Oct. 21.
“The heightened
A Utah professor developing a robotic brain and the sponsor of an annual artificial intelligence contest are two of Ken Gumbs’ first interviews for his feature documentary “It’s Called the
TIMECODE MECHANICS is releasing a preliminary DVD of their biblical apocalyptic thriller “The 4th Beast: Mask of the Antichrist” Aug. 14. The DV feature, shot by director Nathyn Masters
Hundreds of scripts and works in progress will be represented in the second Indiefest Film Festival and Market July 30-Aug. 9, the only film market in the Midwest. This
Documentarian Faith Pennick was talking with her schoolteacher friend about abortion in the context of national elections when her friend made a statement that
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A bronze telly went to FIDO Films and Mark McCarville’s 19-minute documentary “HMX-1 55th Reunion,” a segment of FIDO ‘s two-hour in-progress doc “Marine
Elizabeth Donius, whose experience strides indie films and TV docs, was named executive director of IFP/ Chicago by the board of directors after a three-month
This is the second in a two-part survey of local documentarians, who they are, their background and credits. Ranging from national leaders like
Drawing on a rich tradition of bluntness and iconoclasm, Chicago is home to a wealth of documentarians, from TV powerhouses like Towers and Kurtis Productions to national theatrical and TV
Steve Ordower has a big idea to pay tribute to the legacy of his father, TV pioneer and civil rights activist Sid Ordower. He
THE FOUNDATION OPENS. When his 10-year Red Car contract ended, editor James Lipinsky decided the time had come to go into business for
Chicago made its mark in the 2004 Project Greenlight with five aspiring local filmmakers who beat 1,700 entrants to advance to the next tier, a select
Donnie Eichar interviewed former U.S. senator Paul Simon last December to mark the opening of the Jeanne and Paul Simon Braille Book Collection at the
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Discovery Health Network’s award-winning reality series, “Chicago’s
