With third feature “Realization,” Split Pillow continues the evolution of its collaborative film concept as a series of filmmakers build consecutively on each other’s work to build a continuous narrative
Early the other morning Emoto Music’s executive producer Paul Schultz got a harried call from Cramer/Krasselt clients. They needed to tweak a sound track Emoto had produced. Could the change
Everyone knows the unparalleled on-court antics of the Harlem Globetrotters, but few today are aware of the team’s pivotal role in shattering basketball’s color barrier and transforming the sport in
NATHYN MASTERS’ debut feature, the apocalyptic thriller “The Fourth Beast” about a former army ranger taking on the forces of the Antichrist, was released on DVD Feb. 15 by York
Composer Paul Libman, a multiple award-winner for his thousands of commercial jingles and industrial film scores, has found glory in another arena.
The 35-year veteran of
You’re an early-stage company with a great idea for a new business but lack financing? The Illinois Venture Capital Association’s all-day Midwest Venture Summit 2005 is the place to make
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
WARNER BROS. SETS MAJOR FEATURE IN CHICAGO. A remake of a Korean movie now called “Il Mare” (“The Sea”) will start shooting in mid-March
After five tough weeks of negotiations, SAG and AFTRA agreed to a new contract with studios and networks worth $200 million over the next three years.
Figures released last month by Actors Equity Association (Equity) confirm that Chicago once again fueled Equity’s 13-state Central Region to a record-setting year, as measured by total work weeks booked
After five years as Chicago Community Cinema, the monthly screening/networking event is reinventing itself as the Midwest Independent Film Festival. “It’s time to
PHIL DONLON’S Super 16mm short “A Series of Small Things,” which shot here last May, has its local premiere in a private screening Wednesday,
Usama and Kristie Alshaibi were awakened one morning last winter by a massive explosion at a nearby police recruitment site in Baghdad.
“The explosion was so close
CRAIG JAMES PIETROWIAK of Squid Brothers and Scott Preston of American Stonehenge Films are joining forces to co-produce two back-to-back HD features next year.
First up
NATHYN MASTERS’ guerilla style apocalyptic thriller “4th Beast: Mask of the Antichrist” has been picked up for DVD release by York Entertainment of Sherman
Columbia College production program director Paula Froehle has been awarded IFP/Chicago’s $100,000-value Production Fund grant to produce her experimental narrative “Up On The Rope.”
Froehle
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
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
Taking a rare break from a year-long festival tour that has taken him to Marrakech, Venice, Bangkok and beyond, Hakim Bellabes is back in town to
JOIN LOCAL JAZZ GREATS. Ch. 25 has launched a new “Play on Cabaret” jazz series that airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. You’re invited to be part of the taping of
