BEAST EDITORIAL has been rockin’ lately with more than its usual major advertising spot work. To wit: It edited a major doc that will showcase at the <a
The 47th Chicago International Film Festival, Oct. 6-20, pays homage to its home city by opening with the “The Last Rites of Joe May,” a quintessential Chicago-set drama, shot in
Three films produced by local filmmakers and one from a director with Chicago ties took the Audience Choice Awards at the just concluded 46th annual Chicago International Film Festival.
Six Columbia College alums will proudly walk the red carpet Saturday night when their ambitious first feature premieres at the Chicago International Film Festival.
Director Quentin Tarantino will receive a special tribute at the Chicago International Film Festival’s 2009 Summer Gala Aug. 18, along with the Chicago premiere screening of Tarentino’s wildly awaited “Inglourious
Locally-made features by Carl Seaton, Joe Swanberg and Tom Gustafson, a feature doc about an underground rocker, and 10 shorts shine in the Spotlight Illinois section of the 44th Chicago
SINCE MICHAEL KUTZA began the Chicago International Film Festival as the first competitive film festival in North America in 1964, the local festival scene has steadily grown
THE DEBUT SHORT FILM of writer/poet Vignette Nicolle Lammott, Foundation’s new media director, produced and directed by Foundation’s Anna Patel, landed in the 44th Chicago International
All 440 seats at the IMAX Theatre at Navy Pier have been sold out for the Chicago International Film Festival’s July 16 Chicago premiere of “The Dark Night.”
What would have been the 4th annual Silver Images Generational Award for the best film portraying the process of aging went missing from the 43rd Chicago International Film Festival.
Plucked from more than 200 entries, the work of seven local filmmakers will be screened at the Chicago International Film Festival’s specially-cultivated, “Home Grown Shorts” program starting Oct. 7.
Twelve films produced by area filmmakers are among the 145 films from established and new filmmakers showcasing at the 42nd Chicago International Film Festival now through Oct. 19.
The film that best portrays realistic images of aging will win the $2,500 cash prize from Terra Nova Film’s Silver Generations Images Award during the Chicago International Film Festival.
The film that best portrays realistic images of aging will win the $2,500 cash prize from Terra Nova Film’s Silver Generations Images Award
A “commercial” for the Chicago International Film Festival produced by two DDB creatives will be part of the Festival’s Oct. 5 opening festivities at
Illinois native Brian Jun’s “Steel City” is one of 16 films under the “New Directors Competition” heading at the Chicago International Film Festival.
The filmmaker’s
RON FLEISCHER’S debut eight-minute animated short “Lemmings” took home the Chicago Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. Fleischer was an animator for “Animaniacs,” “Tiny Toon Adventures,” and
After garnering a strong response at the Tribeca, UrbanWorld and New York Latino International film festivals, Marisol Torres’ debut feature “Boricua” has its first
Ruth Leitman’s feature documentary, “Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling,” is one of four Chicago-made features that will premiere
This year the Chicago Irish Film Festival celebrates 25 years of Irish filmmaking excellence with an amazing selection of drama, documentaries and short films. The festival takes place in-person, February
