River West Films premieres their romantic-mob-comedy "Osso Bucco" at the Midwest Independent Film Festival on Feb. 5, followed by a theatrical self-release beginning Feb. 8 at t...
Apart from his WGN Ch. 9 news anchor duties, Robert Jordan has a non-broadcast production business for an exclusive clientele that can afford the cost of big budget videos. ...
The Independent Feature Project/Midwest has made no little plans. Foremost among them is the possible acquisition of the 15-year old eclectic Chicago Underground Film Festival...
An auction for bankrupt payroll service company Axium International is scheduled to take place Jan. 31, with an opening bid of $2.5 million, according to court appointed truste...
AS SUNDANCE EXCITEMENT ENDS, South by Southwest Film Festival takes center stage, March 7-15, 2008 in Austin, Texas where the work of three of Chicago's best indie filmmakers...
Wisconsin's only studio complex is under construction and Fletcher Chicago has announced it will open a branch there. Third Coast Studios, comprised of two former manufact...
SCREENWRITERS WILL GET A CHANCE to quiz L.A. screenwriting consultant Phillippa Burgess on how to move their careers forward and other vital breakthrough info Dec. 7 at th...
Patrick Friel, who left Chicago Filmmakers last fall after 11 years as its programming director, hasn't strayed far from his roots. He has started White Light Cinema, which h...
CHEVY CHASE hosts an evening at Sundance for the world premiere of Phil Ranstrom's doc, "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell St. Urban Blues" Jan 25 at Harry O's in Park C...
USAMA ALSHAIBI'S "Nice Bombs" will have its broadcast premiere this March on the Sundance Channel. Producer Ben Berkowitz negotiated the deal with Sundance and also with Seven...
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...
