Women in Film/Chicago has elected a new president, who is a partner in a new post house, and five new board members to guide the organization over the next two years. T...
The inspiration for sci-fi drama "Convergence," a new webseries from brothers Curtis and Corey Gilbert of p3 mediaworks, came from a chemical cloud that Curtis Gilbert saw ...
THEATRE TALK SERIES, hosted by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) and the Music Box Theatre, selected “Cartel Land” for its July 10 screening. Directed by M...
A joyously narrated and illustrated tribute to honor the life of her dog, Lucy, garnered DePaul University graduate student Zoe Lubeck the top U.S. Student Film award at the r...
The Chicago Federation of Musicians (CFM) is holding meetings with ad agencies to inform them about the new, breakthrough union contract provision that saves money on original ...
STIR POST AUDIO crafted the signature sound for Energy BBDO’s new global 5 Gum campaign, “Life Happens in 5,” that targets Millennials and features them in each of...
Former Filmworkers’ media specialist Zachary Rudd and actor Clayton Fox created and produced a pilot for an off-beat comedy TV series that premieres Thursday, July 9, at the...
“THE CITY AS STUDIO: the State of the Art” is the theme of Chicago Artists Month (CAM) Oct. 1-Nov. 15, inviting local artists and arts organizations to participate in the 2...
Historically, pharma creative campaigns don’t make the cut at Cannes Health. Some say pharma campaigns are just not at the same level as consumers’ like “This Girl Can...
For the past six months, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Tim Novak and Chris Fusco have taken potshots at the Chicago film industry in their “Watchdogs” articles. The most...
Beware! Be informed! There’s a looming possibility of a nearly 10% Illinois advertising tax being imposed to help stanch the state’s need for new and more revenue...
Last week definitely was not a good week for Chicago advertising, with major accounts moving to New York agencies and leaving the Chicago ad market bereft of $420 million in bil...
Registration is now open for one of the best weekends of the summer for filmmakers at all levels of skill — the 13th annual 48 Hour Film Project Chicago, Aug. 14-16....
Angela Gaffney, executive director of Stage 18, will preside at the Tuesday launch of Stage 18, an ambitious film industry incubator, during an invitation-only event for commu...
WRITER/DIRECTOR LUCIA MAURO’S “In My Brother’s Shoes,” won “Best Short Film” in the prestigious ‘il Pesce d’ Argento’ (the Silver Fish) award from the Mir...
HY Connect Chicago’s office, mainly a healthcare agency since 2002, has gone the way of many other independent, medium-sized agencies with its recent sale to Boston-based Myel...
When Otis Gibson’s GERTRUDE global branding and marketing agency was relaunching client I.W. Harper’s bourbon, they brought in a 1928 Ford Model A truck used by bootleggers...
The expansion of Michael Nehs and Jonathan Bross’ full-service Periscope Post and Audio over a full floor at Cinespace that began in May is expected to be finished in t...
Claire Simon Casting will be making the first major change to its business since Claire Simon opened its doors 19 years ago, by moving into what she claims will be “the Taj ...
AbelsonTaylor SVP/ECD Stephen Neale spent a week of nine-hour days judging global entries for the second annual two-day Cannes Lions Health Festival (June 19-20) and the openi...
