The NAACP has nominated Alex LeMay's "Desert Bayou" for an Image Award for best documentary, just in time for the film's DVD release on Jan. 29. Fox will broadcast the awards c...
Soni Aggarwal of 358, Inc. is wrapping post-production on her feature documentary "Whatever Happened to Hip-Hop?" Over the past two years, Aggarwal interviewed local and nati...
Chicago enjoyed a banner year across all areas of film, TV and commercial production in 2007, according to figures released by the Chicago Film Office. A total of 469 produ...
Armed with a $1.5 million grant from the Wallace Foundation, Oscar nominee Tod Lending is in production on a feature-length documentary about principals turning around their tr...
Tying in with a Milwaukee-based national theatre chain has intensified Wisconsin's competitive stance by offering guaranteed theatrical runs on some of its screens to features ...
THE TAX EXTENSION IS ON ITS WAY! The Illinois House voted 107-7 to extend Illinois' generous 20% tax credits. The bill was introduced to the House by speaker Michael Madiga...
MPG's doc "Senator Obama Goes to Africa" won't have its world premiere and only public showing at the Gene Siskel Center as announced. The Siskel Center cancelled the sch...
Film Wisconsin wasn't the only one shocked by Axium International's Jan. 10 filing for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy dissolution in Los Angeles. Axium had been "imminently expected...
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Contrary to the old adage, there was plenty of smoke but no fire at Essanay Studio & Lighting when a battery charging overnight exploded early Wednesday morning. The onl...
Chris M. Burritt had taught image design and lighting as a part-time faculty member of Columbia College for a decade while he remained in demand as a producer, director and cam...
MARK HARRIS of 1555 Films has written, produced and directed his third independent feature, "I Used to Love Her," an urban dramedy/romance that mixes hip hop and faith-based ...
Forget those gloomy economic reports, at least for a while, as the Chicago film industry looks forward to upbeat and expansive business in 2008 ? strikes notwithstanding. ...
Casting is being is finalized for Catherine Rubey's debut indie feature, "Holiday Baggage," scheduled to shoot in Chicago suburbs for 16 days starting at the end of January. ...
THE TAX EXTENSION IS ON ITS WAY! The Illinois House voted 107-7 to extend Illinois' generous 20% tax credits. The bill was introduced to the House by speaker Michael Madiga...
Flashpoint Academy students and faculty had front row center seats at the school Jan. 7 for a million dollar performance of one of the world's most acclaimed composer/singer an...
When one of her butter ideas melted before she had a chance to spread it around, "Citizen Kate" webisode creator/producer Carey Lundin wasn't as mad as she was chagrined. ...
The guy who responds to "how are you today" with "not bad for a beginner" will receive a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the 27th annual Chicago Music Awards Jan. 2...
Star Farm Productions, creators of the phenomenally successful "Edgar and Ellen" children's TV and web series, is developing new properties that also will evolve into multimedi...
Illinois and Wisconsin are among the 31 states listed below that have legislated generous incentives to entice the motion picture industry away from the Coasts and spend some o...
