IFA provides the programming and resources needed in order to build a diverse, sustainable film industry in Chicago. Housed at Cinespace Film Studios.
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Joined June 2015
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HAPPENING NOW! The Chicago South Asian Film Festival is in full swing! Visit our Events Calendar at screenmag.com for more about this festival and all the great fests underway this weekend!
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. @cinespacechicag Happening now; @IFAChicago ‘s Business of Filmmaking case study with @YingyingFilm ‘s director Jiayan Shi | #womeninfilm #ifachicago #documentary #indiefilm | cc @mtvdocs
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Pls RT! McKenzie Chinn to Be Honored at @IFAChicago Gala December 1st: screenmag.com/ifa-chicago-an…
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BIG EVENT TONIGHT! Ironheart Director and Emmy Winning Chicagoan Samantha Bailey speaking at @IFAChicago, get tix here: screenmag.com/ironheart-dire…
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IN ONE HOUR: Join #ChiFilmFest for The Pitch at Industry Days as 5 filmmakers competing for an awards package w/ judges Gigi Pritzker, Brenda Robinson, Greta Talia Fuentes. In partnership w/ @panavision, @lightiron, @PeriscopePA @IFAChicago
More info: bit.ly/3Msq2sI
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HBO's @southsidechi is working w/@replateyourmeal to donate surplus food from their film set to orgs that have clients needing a healthy meal. Co-creator of the show, Diallo Riddle, hopes this is a start to reducing food waste in the city's film industry: bit.ly/3SLMnDE
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A TV spec script is a clean way to show — and build — your skills as a writer. Having a few in your writing portfolio will arm you with more opportunities to show the industry what you can do
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The past few months have been packed with exceptional under-the-radar films. These 10 indies make the case for looking beyond the summer blockbuster, @davidlsims writes:
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To celebrate #NationalCameraDay we’re giving away $500 in #Peerspace credit and a #Canon Rebel T7 camera! Visit our Instagram post to enter to win!
instagram.com/p/CfZpb96lL9z/
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From @DailyActor and @ChrisMckit - Julia Garner on Preparing for a Day On Set and How She Uses Body Language for Her Role in ‘Ozark’ ow.ly/bCw250Jt140
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As Roe v. Wade Is Overturned, Netflix, Disney, Comcast and Other Hollywood Companies Vow to Cover Travel for Abortions hollywoodreporter.com/news/p…
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Walt Disney Co., Netflix, Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures are among the Hollywood companies that are stepping in to help employees who will need to travel for abortion care in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. latimes.com/entertainment-ar…
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On #InternationalWomensDay as we continue to #BreakTheBias 🙅🏽♀️ our focus equally is on much-needed #solidarity with #UkraineWomen and girls caught in conflict. Please mobilize your community for #IWD2022 to donate to the considerable relief efforts underway bit.ly/IWDhelp
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Thank you for spreading the word @reelchi_reel360— @SeriesFest's Pitch-A-Thon is on the road with @IFAChicago, @TheSecondCity & Ed Toolis!
All the details you need to submit by February 25 on our website at seriesfest.com/submissions/p… 👍
reelchicago.com/article/ifa-…
Independent Film Alliance Chicago retweeted
Calling all filmmakers. The regular deadline to submit to Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 8 is coming up on Friday, November 5. Submit your film now!
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Often the key to good dialogue is not what the character says, but what they do NOT say. #screenwriting
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So you want to bring your script back from the dead? We're giving away (5) copies of Final Draft software. And (2) of those winners will get a free submission to @finaldraftinc Big Break Screenwriting Contest. Enter to win here: blumhouse.com/blumfestsweeps… #BlumFest31DaysOfGiveaways
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Reminder: Tonight is the Early Bird deadline!
Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 8 is now open for submissions! In addition to having your film screened across Chicago and the country, selected filmmakers will participate in professional development sessions to help them towards their next film project.
filmfreeway.com/ChiShorts