WOJCIECH LORENC'S short "And Now A Word From Our Sponsors" is the sole local film to be screened in the Polish Film Festival in America, the world's largest Polish film fest. ...
Don't let the fact that only three local companies?none of the big ones you'd expect to be represented?deter you from attending the 15th annual AICP Show Nov. 16 at the Chicago ...
MARK EGMON decided to step down as president of AICP's Midwest chapter after an intense six years of service "to focus more intensely" on his growing branded entertainment comp...
After a 20-year run, Broadview Media has technically closed its doors?although negotiations are underway that would allow its former key employee to continue serving clients. ...
hosted Grammy-winning guitarist Zakk Wylde and his Black Label Society band for a music video shoot. The "Blood is Thicker than Water" video is the band's next planned single f...
Paul Kampf, artistic/executive director of Breadline Theatre Group, is launching the film development and acquisition company Midcoast Development, which plans to acquire 20 scr...
Considering the high-profile competition among the more than 350 members of the L.A.-based Casting Society of America, it was a real honor for Chicago 's Claire Simon Casting to...
Surmounting the biggest hurdle of all in indie filmmaking?"Selling Your Film"?was the hottest topic at the recent IFP Midwest Filmmakers Summit. Producer Leigh Jones mode...
A workshop on motion picture makeup?the first ever to be given in Chicago?will be conducted by production makeup expert Abiiba Howell of Dominion Films Nov. 12-14. "The focus...
HOMBRE FILMS' horror short "The Look" has been chosen by votes cast at www.ifc.com to screen on the Independent Film Channel's "Media Lab Uploaded," Nov. 11 at 7:20 a.m. and No...
I like to unearth little gems all on my own, so when there's when mad talk about a trendy new restaurant, I lose interest and head off in a different direction. Hence the ...
The Chicago Comedy TV Pilot Competition, designed to embellish Chicago's stellar reputation for comedy, will bow at the Music Box Theatre next July. Presented by Wits' End P...
Chicago's status as a talent center has been elevated to the national level with bi-coastal Innovative Artists' purchase of Sharon Wottrich's 17-year old Voices Unlimited. ...
Electronic Arts, one of the world's biggest developer and publisher of interactive entertainment?$2.95 billion in revenues in fiscal 2006?unveiled its latest game within the coo...
Screen Actors Guild will hold two special meetings Nov. 9 led by SAG's L.A.-based Zino Macaluso, national director, agency relations. The general educational seminar will ...
Three advertising veterans have formed a new branded entertainment company as a one-stop shop to create, produce and distribute content for proliferating new media outlets. ...
Most Chicagoans think of Michigan cities that curl around Lake Michigan as summer destinations, unaware perhaps that Holland is home to one of the biggest production companies ...
MARK EGMON decided to step down as president of AICP's Midwest chapter after an intense six years of service "to focus more intensely" on his growing branded entertainment comp...
SATURDAY, 10 a.m. ? "Film Festival Strategies," panel with Doug Jones, Los Angeles International Film Festival, Milton Tabbot, IFP, New York and Phil Bajoret, Chicago Internati...
