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Windy City Fest to premiere Wertheimer’s “Skippers”

By Joey Filer Jul 11, 2018

“Listen to the wind. Listen to the leaves and the water brushing the sand. When a stone speaks to you, you bend down and you pick it up.” Carver from "Skippers"...

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Cap Gun Collective lands Director Jake Kovnat

From Cap Gun Collective Jul 11, 2018

The "adrenaline junkie" with millions of YouTube views to his credit is "stoked" to be the latest addition to the company's "high caliber roster." Commercial prod...

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Madalinski’s “Two in the Bush” premieres at LA Outfest

By Joey Filer Jul 11, 2018

"Just because you haven't read this in a book, or seen it in a movie to tell you it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong. Only you know what's right for you." Di...

Creative philosophy is all about passion, responsibility

By Steffan Postaer Jul 11, 2018

It all comes down to the brain - creativity done well is a balance between passion and responsibility “With great passion comes great responsibility.” Recentl...

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Work that caught our eye week of 7/9

Colin Costello Jul 11, 2018

A summertime collection of spots and trailers that recently caught staff writer Colin Costello's eye. There is a thrilling amount of commercial and film prod...

Talking hues with Company 3 Senior Colorist Tyler Roth

By Daniel Patton Jul 11, 2018

One of Chicago's busiest color pros looks ahead while remembering the past As a Senior Colorist at Company 3, Tyler Roth operates in a s...

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Cinespace adds new Chicago facility

By Daniel Patton Jul 9, 2018

Each of the 31 stages on the 1.5 million sq.-ft. original campus are booked, so the studio had to expand. "It's a good problem to have," says President Alex Pissio...

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“Kappa Force” to deliver punch at Logan on July 29

By Joey Filer Jul 6, 2018

The new web-series features five sorority sisters fighting the patriarchy, one frat boy at a time Kappa Force is a satirical web series about a crime-fighti...

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2112, Canadian Consulate help MDIIO come to Chicago

From 2112 Inc. Jul 6, 2018

Songistry's community-based collaboration, social, workflow, and metadata management resource is opening an office in the Windy City (Los Angeles / Edmo...

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Chicago-based “Seeds” among Best at SeriesFest

From Shatterglass Studios Jul 6, 2018

The "seriously entertaining" show about four college-aged black women is on its way to the prestigious New York Television Festival (Chicago — 5 July ...

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R+K ups McClendon to Sr Acc’t Mgr, hires White in AMP

From R+K Connect Jul 6, 2018

The Naperville-based agency promotes an Account Manager in Public Relations (PR) and adds a new staffer in Account Management + Planning (AMP). (Naperville...

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Merge hires Leo B vet Michael Plunkett as Director

From Sapka Communications Jul 2, 2018

The “Consummate pragmatist” known for demystifying analytics "has already put his stamp on the Merge roster." Merge, a unified media and creative age...

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Midwest Indie Film Fest names Amy Guth Exec Director

By Reel Chicago Jul 2, 2018

The Midwest Independent Film Festival (MIFF) — the year-round film festival dedicated to celebrating and strengthening the Midwest filmmaking community — today na...

Save the Farms: Adland creativity epidemic

By Steffan Postaer Jul 2, 2018

Adland agencies moving at the speed of business isn’t justification for creating a sweatshop Many farms in Adland are still fruitful places for creativity to...

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New leadership for The Mill in Chicago

From The Mill Jul 2, 2018

The Mill Chicago announces new Managing Director and Creative Leadership The Mill has appointed three new leadership roles to its Chicago studio....

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Reel Women: Joyce Porter, Actor

From Joyce Porter Jul 2, 2018

Joyce Porter is a busy and well-known actor in the Chicago film community. After receiving her M.A. in Theater from Northwestern, she had a long and satisfying career as a profe...

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Calabash helps Airstream launch new Nest trailer

From Right Word Media Jun 29, 2018

A clever multifaceted initiative features original animated hummingbird characters Gigi And Dave (Chicago — 29 June 2018) Airstream has been making its in...

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Promoting Chicago

By Scott Terry Jun 29, 2018

The DDB Chicago production manager who started out shooting images on an iPhone recently took over the @NavyPierChicago and @SkydeckChicago Instagram accounts for a day ...

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Leffel of Big Spoon stirs up milk with DFA spot

By Joey Filer Jun 29, 2018

Leffel and crew filmed the activation on World Milk Day, handed the footage to Cutters for editing, and pushed out the video almost immediately. Recently,...

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¡Filmmakers: Fox wants you to pitch an ‘Alien’ short!

By Colin Costello Jun 29, 2018

Fox wants a wholly original story with completely new characters (that) draw on all the things that made the original "Alien" so groundbreaking. How many times ha...

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