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VIDEO: Director: Lucy Walker talks about Waste Land
Winner of more than a half-dozen top prizes from Sundance to Berlin, this rightfully exalted documentary about the transformative power of art is one of the most inspiring films this year. Acclaimed filmmaker Lucy Walker (Blindsight, Countdown to Ze...
VIDEO: Black Perspectives Tribute honoring Forest Whitaker
On Saturday, October 9, the Chicago International Film Festival presented Forest Whitaker with the Career Achievement Award. 2010 Black Perspectives Tribute honoring Forest Whitaker from Cinema Chicago on Vimeo.
VIDEO: Opening Night of the 46th Chicago International Film Festival
Missed your chance to attend Opening Night? Want to live your experience? Check out the highlights from Opening Night festivities of the 46th Chicago International Film Festival. Chicago International Film Festival Opening Night 2010 from Cinema Chi...
VIDEO: 46th Chicago International Film Festival Trailer!
Here is your chance to see the new 46th Chicago International Film Festival created by Ken Nordine. Click the below video to check it out!
Chicago Film Festival adds OUTrageous Award to Alan Cumming
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival is celebrating its diverse array of programming this year by presenting honorees in several special programs. The Black Perspectives program (Seven feature films) is honoring Forest Whitaker, the Cin...
Life Is Short! So Make It Entertaining...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival announces a stellar line up of short films, from homegrown talent to weird and wonderful animated tales to the striking debut work of actor-turned-filmmaker, James Franco. Also featured are documentary short...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival Welcomes the World and International Premieres of Documentaries in Chicago
As documentary films gain ever-increasing recognition in theaters around the world, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival announces the 2010 lineup of its Docufest documentary program and new series for true movie buffs, “Film on Film.&rdq...
46th Chicago International Film Festival Sneak Preview
SNEAK PREVIEW Click here to download a PDF of the 2010 Sneak Preview! SEE THE BIG PICTURE. Each year, we scour the globe to find new, unconventional voices in film and bring them to Chicago. Nothing quite compares to the electrifying s...
Upcoming Member Screening: SOUL KITCHEN
Wednesday, August 25SOUL KITCHENLandmark Century Centre Cinema | 2828 N. Clark St.SYNOPSIS:Young restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai, his Soul Kitchen customers are boycotting the new gourmet chef, an...
Upcoming Member Screening: CAIRO TIME
Thursday, August 12CAIRO TIMEAMC River East 21 | 322 E. Illinois St.SYNOPSIS:Juliette, a fashion magazine editor in her 40s, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark, a UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably de...
Stars coming out to honor Ron Howard at film festival gala
June 10, 2010 BY BILL ZWECKER Sun-Times ColumnistStar-watchers will be in for a treat Saturday night at the Museum of Science and Industry. Word has it, a number of actors who have worked with Ron Howard will be on hand to honor the director and former...
Your chance to pre-bid on all the exciting items from our Summer Gala's SIlent Auction!
Autographed film memorabilia. One-of-a-kind Chicago adventures. Fine art. Haute furniture. For the first time ever, the Chicago International Film Festival is giving Gala patrons and the public a chance to pre-bid on our exciting lineup of silent aucti...
Upcoming Cinema/Chicago Member Screening: PRINCESS KAIULANI
Tuesday, May 18PRINCESS KAIULANILandmark Century Centre | 2828 N. Clark St.Set against the dramatic island backdrop of Hawaii and based on the inspiring true story, Princess Kaiulani is a breathtaking romance about an unlikely heroine and her unwaverin...
Ron Howard to Receive Career Achievement Award
46th Chicago International Film Festival’s Summer Gala, June 12, 2010
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will honor Ron Howard with its Silver Hugo Career Achievement Award on June 12, 2010. During the Festival’s annual Summer Gala, the acclaimed actor, producer and director will receive the award, in rec...
Upcoming Member Screening: THE ART OF THE STEAL
**This event is sold out! We are currently not selling tickets or taking anymore RSVPs**Monday, March 1, 7:00PMTHE ART OF THE STEALdirected by Don ArgottAMC River East | 322 E. Illinois St.THE ART OF THE STEAL chronicles the long and dramatic struggle...
45th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Audience Choice Awards!
The centerpiece film of the 45th anniversary Chicago International Film Festival, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, was named the Festival’s Audience Choice Award winner Friday. “Like everyone else who’s see...
45th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners Announced!
CHICAGO, October 17, 2009 – Michael Kutza, Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago International Film Festival, Mimi Plauché, Head of Programming, and Jesse Berkowitz, Documentary and Short Film Programmer, proudly announce the winner...
Chicago's Windy City Rollers show their support of the Chicago International Film Festival!
Members of the Windy City Rollers (including Cinema/Chicago's own Education Program Administrator Rebecca Fons aka Doris Day of the Dead) take to the street in support of the Chicago International Film Festival. Skaters and referees street teamed in th...
Scenes From Past Chicago Film Festivals
Experience the excitement of red carpets and gala tributes. Watch directors and stars - Clint, Sophia, Liza, Faye, Shirley, Viggo, Sarandan, Tom, Jodi, Douglas, Dustin, Spielberg, Cage to "Slum Dog Millionaire's" director Danny Boyle. 123
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