When ReelChicago last connected with Beth Aldrich of "For Her Information" in early 2005, the show was in its second season on the PAX network, and Aldrich was on the hunt for a...

Illinois native Brian Jun's "Steel City" is one of 16 films under the "New Directors Competition" heading at the Chicago International Film Festival. The filmmaker's $350,0...

SOLdesignfx worked its magic by placing a celebrity chef in virtual sets in two Applebee's spots for Draft/FCB Group. In one spot, the team designed a kitchen around chef and...

Although producer Thea Flaum was one of only a handful of women in television in 1976 when she paired Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in a movie theater balcony, she doesn't conside...

A "commercial" for the Chicago International Film Festival produced by two DDB creatives will be part of the Festival's Oct. 5 opening festivities at the Chicago Theatre. ...

A group of graduates from University of Chicago, not exactly a hotbed of filmmaking, earn high marks for their indie feature that began while they were at school and grew in bud...

There are dime-a-dozen dumps that you wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. And there are the never-knew-it-existed hole-in-the-walls that you come upon unexpectedly. These are ...

The film that best portrays realistic images of aging will win the $2,500 cash prize from Terra Nova Film's Silver Generations Images Award during the Chicago Internati...

For the second consecutive year, Chicago will see a reel of 101 prize winning commercials from New York's prestigious 2006 One Show when it screens Oct. 10 at AMC River East 21...

A "commercial" for the Chicago International Film Festival produced by two DDB creatives will be part of the Festival's Oct. 5 opening festivities at the Chicago Theatre. ...

CIFF'S CHICAGO AWARD deservedly went to "Street Thief: A Filmed Record," winning over 12 other Chicago made films. Malik Bader of the Bader Brothers directed, and edited by Ou...

INSURANCE EXEC FRED BEYER, whom filmmakers turn to for production insurance, will open his firm's first downtown office Jan. 1 in 5,000-sq. ft. space at 6 W. Hubbard. Be...

Creative Dave Straus Japanimation film, "Futagoyaro," won Best Film, out of 41 entries in Element 79's "Curiousity-"themed 3rd annual Film Festival. The third annual fest playe...

Outsider is breaking barriers and forging new frontiers in the delivery of post services as it settles into top-to-bottom renovated space at 230 E. Ohio. Now occupying the en...

Today I have the pleasure of introducing Reel Chicago readers to Chicagoland's first, for- profit, web-based short film distribution company. Founded less than a year ago, Ev...

Gary Taylor and Fred Blurton, two well-known and respected producer-directors of high-end corporate films and meetings, have mastered the "reverse engineering" production proce...

PIXEL BROTHERS has started video production of two weekly podcasts with the goal of leading the Chicgo market in emerging technology content. Host Ellen Fox, an arts and en...

Rhythm Caf? did what it's done for the past 10 years when four top composers produced stellar demo tracks for a State Farm/DDB spot package. The difference was that the com...

Two years ago comedy filmmaker Willy Laszlo exchanged his everyday production job for a chance to fulfill his dreams. He moved to L.A. In part two of this cautionary tale,...

Trio Video is expanding its fleet for the second time in less than two years with the infusion of a $10 million investment from two venture capital companies. Management of ...