Some years ago, spot editor Yamus (real name Jim Mudra) was working on a PSA spot. The footage involved many children and atmospheres, related his friend and colleague Red Car e...
"HOMESICK BLUES", the 15-minute short that my wife Junko Kajino and I made in Osaka, Japan, will have its world premiere Oct. 8 at the Chicago International Film Festival. T...
No sooner back from south of the border shooting Rick Bayless' "Mexico One Plate at a Time" bowing Sept. 12 on Ch. 11, Luminair's George Elder headed for California for his seco...
After a surprisingly good summer for many production and post houses, all things considered, the question is: Will the steady flow continue throughout the fourth quarter? Wh...
Joe Swanberg's excruciatingly intimate portrait of post-collegiate relationships, "Kissing on the Mouth," plays the Montreal World Film Festival Sept. 1-3 ahead of its local deb...
IPA, The Editing House, the little post house on Webster St. that for two decades catered to independent producers has been closed for five years now, but don't tell Scott Jacob...
Daily Planet's motion graphics designers have found another outlet for their creativity. Last week they launched Teetsy.com, an online boutique selling $15 original-design T-shi...
Film lovers in Chicago (and 31 other select US States) will have the chance to see the next generation of filmmakers from around the world and vote for the film that they feel i...
John Severson and Jonathan Lacocque of Smiling Toad Productions are ramping up fast with their year-and-a-half-old company?between them they have an active production slate of n...
Frank V. Ross brings his third tale of suburban alienation to the big screen when his latest feature "Quietly on by" premieres Sept. 10 at the Film Center, with an encore screen...
Angry Local 600 Central Region members blame the guild's West Coast-based national president for the "devastating" departure of the business agent they called "the best we ever ...
When Olive Films relocates to St. Charles from Richland, Washington in late November, Facets Multimedia, which has enjoyed a quarter-century status as the area's premiere art fi...
RICHARD PARO of Mudgeonsoul Productions starts shooting his feature, now called "Untitled Fringe Film," this October. The dark romantic comedy tells four interwoven stories...
Nixon Olanya and Evelyn Apiyo were abducted from their childhood homes and forced into the service of the Lord's Resistance Army, Olanya as a soldier and Apiyo as a sex slave. ...
Farhad Hossain's independent feature "Za Thake Kopale" ("The Fate") could be his ticket to producing a 52-episode TV series here next year. Hossain, who runs the production ...
JOHN PIERSON, the noted indie film rep will be in Chicago on a rare visit with equally notable local filmmaker Steve James, to tell their experiences filming "Reel Paradise" at ...
"Omar and Pete," the latest film from Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentarian Tod Lending ("Legacy"), has its broadcast premiere Sept. 13 in the season finale of the nati...
A self-taught musician with perfect pitch, Jerry Soto specialized in music recording for celebrities to fledgling artists. "He could do everything," said Tim Powell of Metro Mob...
Resolution Digital Studios has completed the hiring of its management team with executive producer Mitch Apley, a 10-year veteran of Post Effects who starts his new position Sep...
After 43 years as Ogilvy & Mather/Chicago's anchor and biggest account, Hoffman Estates-based Sears cut the tie and gave its $640 million business to Young & Rubicam, effective ...
