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Update: Indie production, premieres

By Ed M. Koziarski May 21, 2004

David Miller of Mindlight Films, who runs the Sangamon St. Studios in the former Orbis facility, is producing "Finding Preet," an HD romantic comedy feature, for IV Enter...

DVD release of “The Company” calls for a talk with Barbara Robertson

May 21, 2004

Chicago's Joffrey Ballet will dance on in millions of homes with the June 1 Sony Pictures Classics' DVD release of Robert Altman's "The Company," a documentary-like look a...

I-Cubed’s Arturo only local editor to score among top 12 AICE winners

May 21, 2004

While three Chicago editors ranked among the 34 finalists in the 3rd Annual AICE award show held May 13, only I-Cubed's Arturo Cubacub rode into the elite winners' circle of 13....

Telling Truth in Chicago:
A Survey of Local Docmakers, Part II

May 21, 2004

This is the second in a two-part survey of local documentarians, who they are, their background and credits. Ranging from national leaders like Kartemquin, Towers and Kur...

$350,000 murder mystery in 35mm is filmmaker Mike Merrill’s third feature

By Ed M. Koziarski May 21, 2004

Mike Merrill of N'Site Films will direct his third feature in twelve months this July when he begins production on the $350,000 35mm murder mystery "August." Merrill, who found...

REELSCREEN: News & Notes – 05/21/04

May 21, 2004

MICHIGAN'S LEGISLATURE stepped up to the incentive plate and knocked home a financial incentive package that's "a first for Michigan," said an elated Janet Lockwood, Michigan ...

Top prizes to two diverse agencies

May 21, 2004

PENCILS? DDB and Leo Burnett, high-ranking winners in every competition they enter, were the only Chicago agencies to win prestigious Pencil Awards from New York's One Show hono...

33 Degrees opening new film studio, closing four-feature production deal

By Ed M. Koziarski May 21, 2004

Production company 33 Degrees is poised to open a new one-stop production facility and is on the verge of closing a multi-picture film deal including the sale of their fea...

Telling Truth in Chicago:
A Survey of Local Docmakers, Part I

By Ed M. Koziarski May 21, 2004

Drawing on a rich tradition of bluntness and iconoclasm, Chicago is home to a wealth of documentarians, from TV powerhouses like Towers and Kurtis Productions to national theatr...

Michigan’s Purple Rose comes here in June to produce $1 million feature

By Ed M. Koziarski May 21, 2004

"Dee Dee Rutherford," the third film from Bob Brown and Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Films, shoots here in June. "Dee Dee" is a comedy about the black sheep of a blue blood family ...

Chicago filmmakers advance to Top 10 in Project Greenlight competition

May 13, 2004

Scott SmithDuane Edwards Two of the original six Chicago Project Greenlight contestants have advanced to the elite Top Ten, competing to direct a $1 million horror/mystery fe...

Modeling industry sendup “Runaway Divas” is directors’ debut feature film

By Ed M. Koziarski May 12, 2004

Monika Szewerniak spent a week working at a local modeling agency that she said gave their clients false expectations to scam them out of fees."The amount of people they tak...

A Survey of Chicago Soundstages

By Ed M. Koziarski May 12, 2004

Looking for a stage? How big? Where do you want to shoot? To help you make that determination, ReelChicago scouted around to identify a surprisingly large list of 38 st...

Movieside marks video release of fest organizer Nails’ debut feature

By Ed M. Koziarski May 12, 2004

Movieside Film Festival organizer Rusty Nails launches the video release of his debut feature "Acne" with a screening of the film May 15 at Movieside, which also features ...

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