Chicago Media Angels · since 2015
We finance and executive-produce independent films.
Chicago Media Angels backs filmmakers from development through release, with films that have screened at Tribeca, SXSW, Slamdance and Chicago International.
35+Films
141Festival selections
76Awards
2015Founded
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BRB2026 · Honorable Mention – Breakouts Feature Grand Jury Prize
Once Upon a River2019 · Golden Efebo
Disfluency2021 · Jury Prize – Best Narrative Feature
Her Shark Story2025 · Best Director – International Feature Documentary
Pools2024 · Audience Award
The Year Between2022 · Grand Jury Prize – Best New Directors Feature
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About CMA
Founded in 2015 by Ted Reilly, Mark Glassgow and Kelly Waller, Chicago Media Angels is a boutique film finance and executive production company. We bring financing and creative teams together and help independent stories get made, many of them in Chicago and the Midwest.
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