Producer Maya Ghosn of Lebanese-British production company Firehorse Films shot an episode on Chicago Baha'i here last November for the forthcoming Aljazeera series "Religious...
After five years as Chicago Community Cinema, the monthly screening/networking event is reinventing itself as the Midwest Independent Film Festival. "It's time to take it...
MICHAEL OJEDA'S debut feature "Lana's Rain" will be released Jan.18 on DVD by Chatsworth, Calif.-based Image Entertainment. Oksana Orlenko, who won best actress at the 200...
The 40,000-sq. ft. River North Orbis Building, under professional realty management, is succeeding in attracting permanent film-related tenants while keeping space open for shor...
The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) has received a $250,000 grant from The Oprah Winfrey Foundation for the innovative education program, DocuFest. The grant ...
Usama and Kristie Alshaibi were awakened one morning last winter by a massive explosion at a nearby police recruitment site in Baghdad."The explosion was so close it shook t...
Peter Riegert comes to town Dec. 14, not as the famous actor he is, but as co-writer, director/producer of "King of the Corner," his first indie feature. It will be screene...
Steve James' new documentary "Reel Paradise" has its world premiere in the 21st Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah."Reel Paradise" will premiere in...
DePaul University's year-old Digital Cinema Program leaps into the big leagues this summer when a mix of professionals and students from the program will produce a feature film ...
After a six month search, J. Walter Thompson named Tony Wallace as director of broadcast production. He joined the agency Nov. 29 after 14 years at FCB as senior producer. A ...
President George W. Bush on Oct. 22 signed into law H.R. 4520, the American Jobs Creation Act. The law supplies tax write-offs to film and television productions that have budge...
Swell's new company president Radi Akel said it's premature to talk about future plans under his stewardship for the post house, but strategy for change will be announced ...
HOT TICKET. A capacity crowd is expected at Joy Art's Dec. 15 Christmas party at the 410 Club. "We've planned a fun evening for the holidays," says Joy Art marketing direc...
Jonathan Bross plans a growing Chicago presence for his five-month old production company Velvet Steamroller. The company has a slate of up to six films for next year, at least ...
The ambitious $25 million initiative to launch a second comedy network from Chicago got the hook when a cable network distributor could not be signed. January 2005 had bee...
Chicago Community Cinema will announce a "relaunch" of the group at its Dec. 7 awards show that will "have a profound impact not only on CCC, but on independent filmmaking...
Local 476 president Mark Hogan reports that 476 business agent Paul Oddo, who was paralyzed as a result of a brain aneurism, "has full use of both legs and arms and he's talking...
Dreaming Tree Films continues its combination of heavy-hitting sponsors and teen apprenticeships with a city-funded feature and a major expansion of its Wrigley-financed "...
Hoffman Estates videogame designer High Voltage Software created two major releases this fall for very different audiences, and is working with Warner Bros. on a famous ch...
CRAIG JAMES PIETROWIAK of Squid Brothers and Scott Preston of American Stonehenge Films are joining forces to co-produce two back-to-back HD features next year. First up in ...
