In August, veteran filmmaker and environmental documentarian David McGowan will travel to war-torn Uganda to come lens-to-face with some of the world’s most dangerous, beautiful and endangered animals.
THAT THE TAX INCENTIVE BOOSTS BUSINESS was evidenced during August 7-19 when six spot houses took advantage of Illinois’ 20% film tax credit.
“PRISON BREAK” has broken through the ratings so strongly that Fox TV has given the go-ahead for nine more episodes for a total of 22. The producers are
THE FOUNDATION post house expanded this week by moving into a full, 6,000-sq. ft. floor with seven editing rooms at 200 E. Ohio, from 2,800-sq. ft. and four editing
USAMA ALSHAIBI’S in-progress documentary “Nice Bombs,” about returning to his native Baghdad during the U.S. occupation, has been selected as one of 29 projects to participate in the Tribeca All
WARNER BROS. SETS MAJOR FEATURE IN CHICAGO. A remake of a Korean movie now called “Il Mare” (“The Sea”) will start shooting in mid-March
PHIL DONLON’S Super 16mm short “A Series of Small Things,” which shot here last May, has its local premiere in a private screening Wednesday,
O’Connor Casting added full-time session director Lynn Ann Bernatowicz, a former play director for Goodman, Shattered Globe, Circle and University of Pittsburgh theatres. And
A second season of 13 “Soundstage” episodes launches June 17 on Ch. 11 and national PBS with a line-up of today’s hottest performers. First show is a Fleetwood Mac
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 film office
The Chicago Advertising Federation will bestow its prestigious Silver Medal Award upon Bob Scarpelli for his 27 years of dedication to the Chicago advertising community.
After a year’s hiatus, Terra Nova’s X Silver Images Film Festival returns as a streamlined Silver Images Film and Video Awards March 3 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
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Director Michael Ojeda (left) and producer Joel Goodman will attend the Feb. 27 world theatrical premiere
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