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312UAV: City’s only store devoted to drone filming

By Ruby Thompson Nov 18, 2016

Tucked away in a small retail store in Wicker Park is the next game changer for the film industry. Owner / photographer / VFX pro Stan Miskiewicz opened 312UAV two years ago as ...

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HistoryMakers’ Jarrett TV talk to air on national PBS

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 18, 2016

“AN EVENING WITH VALERIE JARRETT,” a presentation of The HistoryMakers, the massive archive of interviews with notable African American leaders now part of the Library of Co...

Filmmaker van Davis scores feature funding at AFM

By Colin Costello Nov 16, 2016

Award-winning Chicago filmmaker and screenwriter, Jeffrey van Davis, left the breath-taking panorama of snow-capped mountains of his adopted home of Überlingen, Germany to atte...

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VFX artists Davis and Tiffany join Sarofsky’s staff

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 16, 2016

TWO FREELANCE VFX DESIGNERS were hired by design-driven company Sarofsky: Visual effects and finishing artist Cory Davis and designer Dan Tiffany, Erin Sarofsky and EP Steven An...

PianoForte venue offers A/V music recording rentals

By Pamela Powell Nov 16, 2016

Executive director / founder Thomas Zoells’ PianoForte Studios on Michigan Avenue is a place where serious professional musicians can rehearse, record audio and video, buy a q...

Quriosity’s Lumpkin producing the AICP Show

By Daniel Patton Nov 14, 2016

When Quriosity senior producer Jennifer Lumpkin attended her first AICP Show at the Cultural Center four years ago, she was “overwhelmed” and remembers thinking, “It was g...

OTSC luncheon raffle ticket could win you 4 Cubs seats

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 14, 2016

To help raise money for Off the Street Club at its Thursday, Dec. 1 annual Holiday Luncheon, one of the two big raffle prizes is Cubs tickets for four Wrigley Field dugout seats...

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Local agency tops Ad Age’s 50 Best Places to Work 2016

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 14, 2016

CHICAGO AGENCY BE FOUND ONLINE was ranked Number One in Advertising Age’s Best Places to Work 2016, topping a list of 50 ad agencies throughout the US, including 18 New Y...

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Timely doc “Raising Bertie” screens at Siskel Center

By Marla Seidell Nov 13, 2016

THE FIRST THEATRICAL RUN of Kartemquin’s and Beli Film’s award-winning feature doc, “Raising Bertie” produced and directed by Margaret Byrne, screens Nov. 18-19, at the ...

First Pop Culture Con Nov. 26-27 a blast from the past

By Pamela Powell Nov 13, 2016

The first-ever, exciting, enormous Chicago Pop Culture Show & Sale takes place Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26-27 at the Pheasant Run Mega Center in St. Charles, giving visito...

Find indie films and crews on JJack’s new ETC site

By Ruby G Thompson Nov 11, 2016

Filmmaker Justin Jackola’s JJack Productions’ recently launched “Expose the Crew” (ETC), a double-duty online platform that showcases the latest films produced by local ...

Facets premiering Wilmette filmmaker’s first feature

By Colin Costello Nov 11, 2016

Wilmette writer / director / cameraman, Sam Kretchmar just wanted to make something to keep his creative juices flowing. His writing partner and producer, Michael Covino, wanted...

Jackson co-stars in sci-fi epic to film here in 2017

By Colin Costello Nov 11, 2016

It’s never too early to announce a-major film production planning to shoot in Chicago in 2017, especially when the film is a $130 million sci-fi adventure.The film is “Inver...

SAG-AFTRA’s renovated KMRC now ready for use

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 11, 2016

SAG-AFTRA members’ home-away-from-home, its place to work, record, rehearse, audition and connect — the 15-year old Kaufherr Members Resource Center (KMRC) — has reopened ...

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Jane Lynch to accept a Comedy Film Fest award

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 9, 2016

A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD will be presented to actress/comedian Jane Lynch, a Chicago area native, by the Chicago Comedy Film Festival (CCFF) and the Second City’s Harold R...

BAM Studios expands to 5th ADR facility at Cinespace

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 9, 2016

Recording company BAM Studios, a major provider of ADR to many of the network TV series and Hollywood features filming here, has opened its fifth ADR studio at Cinespace, after ...

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Pitching a 3D animated wise guys series at the AFM

By Colin Costello Nov 9, 2016

Producer Joe Orlandino of Chicago’s Atlas Media Group, hopes that the investors and distributors at the current American Film Market (AFM) make an offer his people can’t ref...

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New CIFCC: Diversity among multi-platform film critics

By Pamela Powell Nov 9, 2016

The new Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, (CIFCC) dedicated to giving a voice to local film critics working in new media, held its first film showcase last weekend, Nov. ...

A 5th Marvel-ous 3D title project from Sarofsky design

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 7, 2016

Chicago-based Sarofsky created, designed and produced the opening title sequence for Marvel Studio’s latest hit movie, “Doctor Strange,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch in t...

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Filmmaker scores funding at AFM for his Cubs’ feature

By Colin Costello Nov 7, 2016

That long-awaited and exciting Chicago Cubs 10-8 World Series victory over the Cleveland Indians not only elated millions of Cubs fans, but it instilled confidence in one filmma...

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