"I am elated!" said Local 476's Mark Hogan, exulting over the virtually unanimous state legislature's passage of the 30% filmmakers' tax incentives Thursday, and how it will rei...

Although it isn't officially open for business, commercial work has been pouring into The Colonie, the new editing house formed by three Avenue Edit veterans in mid-October. ...

"Sometimes I worry, should I cry in this scene? Is it too obvious a choice? A wise director told me once, ?It's not important that I cry ? it's important that you cry.' But some...

Razorfish, one of the world's largest interactive marketing and technology companies, has a Chicago office employing 170-plus digital specialists, who work with top brands like ...

Twenty-two of the best Midwestern films from a year's worth of the Midwest Independent Film Festival will be honored Dec. 2 at a gala awards ceremony ? not at its usual Century ...

You don't have to be discouraged about the economy's affect on potential investors for your film project when you get little-known help from Uncle Sam. Thanks to Section 18...

"MEALS FOR MONOLOGUES," Claire Simon Casting's third annual food drive benefiting a number of charities, is a way to give back to the community "and it's also a lot of fun for...

Atencion Spanish-speaking broadcasting professionals! Your multi-lingual skills are being sought to fulfill the need for the growing numbers of Hispanic broadcast outlets. ...

Even the rocky economy can't stop a good show and a great party as attested by the tide of RSVPs to the Nov. 20 17th Annual Midwest AICP Show honoring the uber best of the bes...

Emmy-winning producer Joan O'Connor is suffering culture shock. Recently returned here after spending two decades toiling in the Los Angeles reality TV trenches, she says, "...

An estimated 1,000 guests are expected for the 17th Annual Midwest AICP Show, advertising's year-end gala and screening of the world's best commercials Nov. 20 at the Chicago H...

FLASHPOINT ACADEMY'S FIRST ENDEAVOR when it opened in September, 2007, was Dean Paula Froehle leading the production of an 8-minute short with students and faculty as a tes...

David Rosen is giving Vitamin a dose of zest as executive producer of Vitamin, the design-driven production division of Filmworkers club. He is helping to further amplify and...

"The First Breath of Tengan Rei," the feature film Ed M. Koziarski wrote, produced and directed with his wife Junko Kajino, will have its Chicago theatrical premiere Nov. 21, 2...

In talent agent Dawn Gray's first two months of business, she placed one actor in a Broadway show and another in a Lifetime Movie of the Week, not to mention booking some of he...

Attention Oliver Stone and Michael Moore! Composer/producer David Steele of Chez Groove has a prize-winning song he wants you to hear ? and maybe use it in the films you plan ...

SARAH PALIN SHOWS GOOD TASTE in her choice of movie faves. Interviewed by "Access Hollywood's" Billy Bush, Palin dissed "celebrity-dom endorsements" of candidates as not re...

THANKS TO THE TRIBUNE for giving the film industry a huge boost with its recent strong editorial supporting a 30% hike in the filmmakers tax credit. The critical incent...

Chicago studio Popcorn Island 's disturbing trailer will front the online buzz campaign for Stephen King's new short story collection, "Just After Sunset". The accolade is al...

Developing an interactive web series is currently the goal of many Midwest producers, but delivering a profitable hit is proving elusive. Malachi Leopold, president of Left...