News Archive
Month: October 2018
October 24, 2018
Audience Awards Announced For Chicago International Film Festival
Festival News
We're thrilled to announce this year's Audience Award winners! The Audience Award for Best English-language feature goes to George Tillman, Jr.’s powerful and moving The Hate U Give. Amandla Stenberg stars as Starr Carter, a young woman who is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor,...
October 19, 2018
Awards Announced for 54th Chicago International Film Festival
Festival News
Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro wins the Gold Hugo for its poetic cinematic language while Jia Zhangke’s latest masterpiece Ash is Purest White takes home the Silver Hugos for Best Director and Best Actress, with 3 of 4 top prizes going to women! The 54th Chicago International Film Festiva...
October 19, 2018
Attending Filmmakers: Julie Bertuccelli and Lynda Rutledge
Festival News
The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the director of Claire Darling, Julie Bertuccelli. Accompanying her is Lynda Rutledge, author of the book which the film is adapted from. Catherine Deneuve and daughter Chiara Mastroianni play mother and daughter in this famil...
October 18, 2018
Attending Filmmaker: Kwon Man-ki
Festival News
The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the director of Clean Up, Kwon Man-ki. Clean Up follows grief-ridden Jung-Ju as she passively toils at her cleaning job until the arrival of a newly hired ex-con shakes her out of her complacency. Although the young man doesn’...
October 18, 2018
Attending Filmmaker: Jason Reitman
Festival News
The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the director of the closing night film The Front Runner, Jason Reitman. The film follows the rise and fall of Senator Hart (Hugh Jackman), who was considered the overwhelming front runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential n...
