IN THE GAME Will Screen At The Chicago Latino Film Festival In April As Part Of Kartemquin’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
IN THE GAME will have a special presentation at the 2016 Chicago Latino Film Festival on April 19 at 6pm in honor of Kartemquin's 50th anniversary. Additional student screening will be presented April 11-14. Details about the IN THE GAME screening can be found on the...
IN THE GAME Selected To Headline Tucker Center Film Festival
IN THE GAME has been selected by the prestigious Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport to headline their 6th Annual Tucker Center Film Festival! The film will screen on February 2 - get more information here. The festival is one of more than 1000 events...
HARD EARNED Wins 2016 duPont-Columbia Award
HARD EARNED, a riveting six-part documentary series, has been awarded a 2016 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award--one of the highest honors in broadcast journalism. Maria Finitzo, one of the directors of the series, will be attending the award ceremony with the...
IN THE GAME Screens At Harold Washington Library
The Chicago Public Library has selected IN THE GAME for inclusion in its popular "One Book, One Chicago" program. To kick off the partnership, IN THE GAME will have a free public screening at Harold Washington Library on Monday, October 5 at 6pm. In addition, the film...
Rave Reviews For IN THE GAME
We are excited for all the excellent reviews that have been pouring in following the IN THE GAME premiere at the Gene Siskel Film Center. According to this Newcity Film review, The first glimpse I had of Maria Finitzo’s wondrous “In The Game,” about fifteen minutes of...
Maria Finitzo and Kartemquin Films Announce Premiere of IN THE GAME
IN THE GAME will have its Chicago Premiere on August 22 – 27 at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Tickets are now on sale at www.inthegamedoc.com. For more information see this press release. Maria Finitzo was also invited to...
THOSE LEFT BEHIND Is At Picture Lock | Expected Release Date in 2016
THOSE LEFT BEHIND is at picture lock, thanks to the great editing from Stewart Reeves of Rock Paper Scissors. We are thrilled to have composer Samuel Murphy score the film! Matt Davies, from Studio Unknown has begun sound design and the sound mix. We are looking...
FilmArts Productions Exercises The Option To Alice Munro’s Story PASSION
FilmArts Productions is proud to announce that development is under way on adapting Alice Munro’s story PASSION for the screen. For more information, see the film page for THE PASSION OF GRACE.
Shooting Wraps On THOSE LEFT BEHIND
Principal filming for THOSE LEFT BEHIND wrapped today and the cast and crew celebrated. See photos on the project’s webpage. Look for behind the scenes shorts and a trailer soon!