Entrants from 25 countries won 48 Mobius Awards for television and 30 Certificates and of these, only ONE Chicago ad agency took home a TV prize. Lou Beres & Associates won ...

OPTIMUS ADDED MATT DALY as visual effects director Jan. 18, as part of its graphics department restructuring. He'd been Digital Kitchen's visual effects director. One of ...

Michael Markowski and his DV camera became such a fixture at local protests in the past few years that rumors started flying among activists that Markowski was spying for the go...

Three hundred and fifty actresses in five cities including Chicago auditioned in 2000 for a feature film called "Moving Still." That film hasn't been made yet, but you can c...

MARTIN WHITEHEAD of Seattle's Wooly Head Productions premieres his Chicago-shot debut horror pic "The Promise Keeper" at L.A.'s Pan African Film & Arts Festival Ric Walker, ...

Tripod Films' horror feature "Drawing Blood" hits stores Feb. 7 as part of "Mental Maniacs," a six-film DVD box set in the inaugural release slate from Brain Damage Films' n...

L.A. POST HOUSE HIRES are Therese Hunsberger, Optimus' executive producer overseeing all operation, while Cutters added editor Fernando Villena, both for their respective Santa...

Film Wisconsin's bill #SB563?an aggressive package of film incentives considered one of the best in the nation?is gaining momentum in the state assembly with a roster of bi-part...

THE FIRST L.A. SCREENWRITERS CONFERENCE in at least five years arrives in Chicago Feb. 11-12, with an impressive roster of L.A. literary agents, managers and studio representati...

Dean Williams said he wasn't surprised, he was "SHOCKED" ?at the 400 people who attended the second meeting Jan. 19 of the new, private Springfield Film Commission. The ...

The fate of the proposed Central City Studios, the largest studio complex between the coasts, is in the hands of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The Governor's Office is in the proces...

Murray Allen's 30 years of serving as sound designer for the international Grammy Awards will be recognized Feb. 8 during the Grammys' In Memoriam segment. Mr. Allen, o...

While Illinois positively glowed with an estimated $90 million from Hollywood features and TV shows last year, 2006 could be a lackluster year, dimmed by new state competitors f...

Ever since I blew through the Greek Islands on a solo-backpacking trip a few years ago, the sinful tastes of Greek village food have haunted me?until I found a place here that's...

At least seven films and one seminar with local ties are playing at the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals that run concurrently in Park City, Utah. Three of the 16 fe...

The Illinois Film Office estimated that state production revenues reached $90 million in 2005, up from $77 million reported in 2004 and $25.6 million in 2003. Projections for 20...

Intertwining certain foods can cause my taste buds to go berserk, like the sassy little appetizer known as goi cuon. I've had an infatuation with these Vietnamese spring r...

DAVID SCOTT HAY'S "Hard Scrambled" will have its world premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival March 1-12 in San Jose, Calif. "This has been eight years from writing the pl...

BRUCE WOOD'S supernatural mystery "The Door" has its world premiere Jan. 19 at the Beloit International Film Festival in Beloit, Wisc. Wood, the owner of Fenway Gallery, return...

What's your take on how spot business will shape up in the New Year? Boom or bust? Breakthrough or same old, same old? Glass half full or half empty? Being a "glass half ...