News Archive
Month: October 2019
October 29, 2019
Audience Choice Awards Announced For 55th Chicago International Film Festival
Festival News
The ballots have been tallied. Voted by Festival-goers, we are thrilled to announce the winners of the Audience Choice Awards presented by Xfinity! The Audience Award for Best Feature goes to Destin Daniel Cretton's true story Just Mercy. The film chronicles young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Micha...
October 25, 2019
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE and VITALINA VARELA Win Top Awards At The 55th Chicago International Film Festival
Festival News
The 55th Chicago International Film Festival tonight announced during a ceremony at Chez, 247 E Ontario St., the winners of the Festival’s diverse competitions. Prizes were awarded to films in the following categories: International Feature Film Competition; New Directors Competition; Intern...
October 22, 2019
Director Spotlight: Marcelo Gomes On WAITING FOR THE CARNIVAL
Festival News
With insight and good humor, director Marcelo Gomes returns to the rural Brazilian city of his youth in Waiting for the Carnival, a documentary that introduces viewers to Toritama, a.k.a. “The Capital of Jeans.” Across garages and backyards, the town’s self-employed inhabitants toil over den...
October 21, 2019
Director Spotlight: P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes on HOUSE OF CARDIN
Festival News
Millions can identify the iconic logo, but few know the man behind the larger-than-life label. A chic and lively peek into the mind of Pierre Cardin and his epic design empire—from clothes to furniture to eyeglasses— House of Cardin is a globetrotting journey across the decades, examining the mod...
October 16, 2019
Director Spotlight: Arthur Franck On THE HYPNOTIST
Festival News
From Finnish filmmaker Arthur Franck comes The Hypnotist, a transfixing Cold-War docu-thriller about Olavi Hakasalo, a.k.a Olliver Hawk, Finland’s most famous hypnotist, who might—or might not—have been a key political operative for the nation’s ruling powers. A wild ride, full of subtle cont...
