More than 2,000 guests are expected to descend on historic Franklin, Indiana, a three-hour drive from Chicago, Sept. 26-28, as the town hosts over 110 films, 20 educational semi...
THE FIRST "INDUSTRY NIGHT PARTY" is a grand opportunity for people in all segments of the arts and entertainment industries to mix it up Sept. 19, with drinks, hors d'ouvres ...
Last week, audio maven Hank Neuberger was part of a crew asked to go to St. Paul to shoot up and shoot an unannounced surprise show by our friends, Rage Against the Machine, on ...
Opening Friday, Sept. 15 at a computer near you is "Assisted Living," semi-improv comedy webisodes from Dave Miller's new ViralFilmVideo (VFV), which is deep into producing vid...
TeamWorks Media takes its seven-year-old partnership with the Big Ten Conference to a new level, with a massive PSA series bowing during the opening games of the NCAA football g...
With a scant two months before the most critical presidential election in U.S. history, adman Tom Ungar is putting his money where his heart is. Ungar has called upon like...
OLYMPIAN MICHAEL PHELPS and other gold medalists were taped by a Flashpoint Academy team last week, as they followed the champions around Chicago for a webcast. During the ...
According to Michigan Film Office director Janet Lockwood, film production within the state is booming. Five movies have been finished, three are in production, three in prep ...
IFO premieres Joe Swanberg's "Nights and Weekends," his fourth feature, on Video On Demand Sept. 28 before its theatrical debut Oct. 10 at the IFC Center in New York, followed b...
POLITICOS WEREN'T ALONE IN THE SPOTLIGHT at the recent Democratic and Republican Conventions. Producer Carey Lundin's alter ego, "Citizen Kate," star of the increasin...
DEBBIE BECK RETIRED from the Chicago Film Office last week without fanfare, after a remarkable and dedicated 28 years serving the film community. "Debbie's warm, unaffe...
AFTER A REMARKABLE 28 YEARS, DEBBIE BECK retired Friday from the Chicago Film Office without fanfare. She had joined in June, 1980 a scant three months after the office...
Business has never been better for HMS Media, the 20-year-old company that specializes in performance art video. "The economy has had so much fluctuation, but if anybody ever n...
Fortunately for film lovers, Chicago abounds with festivals for every taste while giving filmmakers fresh opportunities to showcase their work and make a name for themselves. ...
With recapitalization recently completed, full-service commercial post house Avenue plans to gear up and aggressively move into the areas of internet content and spot production...
Forty-three experts will bring the future of new media in all its forms into the present for the 1,500 attendees expected to attend the Sept. 15-16 Chicago New Media Summit at t...
Siskel/Jacobs' "real time" recreation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is so groundbreaking that the History Channel will air it without commercial interr...
Three Illinois state legislators, who have been champions of the Illinois filmmakers tax incentives since the beginning, will be honored at a special reception hosted by the boa...
Lynn Steadman has a busy two months ahead of her. The newly named interim executive director of the Independent Feature Project/Chicago is working on two big, important and almo...
THE PRESSURE IS OFF for another six months so the actors' unions and the ad industry can hammer out a mutually satisfactory Commercials Contract. SAG, AFTRA and adverti...
