House votes to add film incentives sunset clause
In a surprising move, orchestrated by the House majority leadership and pushed through in Wisconsin-like speed without forewarning or debate, the Illinois House voted to kill the no-sunset clause of
In a surprising move, orchestrated by the House majority leadership and pushed through in Wisconsin-like speed without forewarning or debate, the Illinois House voted to kill the no-sunset clause of
STEPPENWOLF’S FEATURE, “The Last Rites of Joe May, was selected among a record 5,624 films for screening at the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It will compete
“Salvaging,” the short film that won IFP’s 2010 Production Fund Competition, was written and directed by Joe Lyons, who works as a Local 476 union electrician and grip.
“I’ve always wanted
After a dismal and unpredictable 2009, the local visual media industry didn’t know what business twists and turns to expect when 2010 dawned.
“Business had taken
R. KELLY’S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO that recently went out into the world is as close to an all-Chicago production as one could ask for from a globally popular artist
A MULTIMEDIA WHIRLPOOL PROJECT for Leo Burnett turned out to be STORY’S biggest job in terms of duration ?- 17 days of shooting stills and motion for the
WOMEN IN FILM has made a righteous choice to honor broadcast trailblazer, talk show host, news anchor and community activist Merri Dee as its 2010 Focus
COMMA MUSIC was the only Chicago honoree among the hundreds of bi-coastal commercial companies that swept the 19th annual AICP Show June 8 held annually at New
MOVIE AND TELEVISION STARS will abound this month as they headline gala fund-raisers to support the city’s culturally important visual arts organizations.
PILOT UPDATES. Networks this week began screening and evaluating 68 pilots that were shot during the first quarter for possible prime-time fall series slots. Here’s
“ARE YOU THE ONE?” is the question the State of Illinois is asking in a cross-platform campaign to alert men to get tested to combat the spread of HIV.
LOCAL MEMBERS OF AICE are being asked for $1,000 each to be used to fund an advertising and PR campaign to combat competition from agency in-house
SWEET HOME CHICAGO was a spectacular success Monday at the Le Grande Orange restaurant in Santa Monica, when 350 Chicagoans in the industry turned out for a
HOLLYWOOD MAKEUP ARTIST MAURICE STEIN is helming a Local 476 makeup techniques seminar today through Monday at Essanay Studios, organized by member/makeup artist Helen Marchfield. Stein
TYLER JAY, recently with the 2016 Committee, joined Dictionary Films as an executive producer of content.
While he was with the 2016 Committee, Jay
With the election last week of a union executive to lead the Illinois Production Alliance, the six-year old trade organization has signaled its intention to focus on the Illinois filmmaker’s
Non Fiction Films of L.A. was the first customer to use the 3,000 sq. ft. first floor space to prep for a two day location shoot for Ford, followed
DIRECTOR HAROLD RAMIS receives the “Just for Laughs” Lifetime Achievement Award at the red carpet screening of Columbia Pictures’ “Year One” at the Music Box, June 16.
IFO DIRECTOR BETSY STEINBERG is optimistic that Chicago will enjoy “a very busy summer” of Hollywood entertainment projects, based on the calls the offices has been fielding
LOVE IS IN THE AIR for the first Hollywood project to be shot in Chicago so far this year, breaking the nine-month dry spell and portending more