News Archive
Month: October 2023
October 23, 2023
50/50 Raffle Winner
Festival News
We have our first official 50/50 Raffle Winner for the 59th Chicago International Film Festival! The winning ticket number is 99000025192 If this is your number, you have won $940.73! To claim your prize, call 312.683.0121 or email vteng@chicagofilmfestival.com. Thank you everyone...
October 17, 2023
Film Spotlight: Billy Dec & Michele Josue on Food Roots
Festival News
Chicagoans may know Billy Dec from his restaurant Sunda or his appearances on the Today Show, Criminal Minds, and Empire. But many may not know that Dec has Filipino heritage – and that’s what he decided to explore in making the documentary Food Roots. We chatted with Billy Dec and fellow Fili...
October 13, 2023
Director Spotlight: Eric Seals on Bike Vessel
Behind the ScenesFestival News
Eric D. Seals is a Chicago-based director and cinematographer who’s worked on projects from live sports and Netflix documentary series to ads. His directorial debut, Bike Vessel, follows a bike trip he took from St. Louis to Chicago with his father after his dad changed his lifestyle following th...
October 10, 2023
Hidden Gems from the #ChiFilmFest Programming Team
Behind the ScenesFestival News
We’re thrilled to screen more than 100 feature films at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, including new works from acclaimed directors including Todd Haynes, Emerald Fennell, Radu Jude, Alice Rohrwacher, George C. Wolfe, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, among many others. But we’re jus...
October 9, 2023
Director Spotlight: Minhal Baig on We Grown Now
Behind the ScenesFestival News
Minhal Baig is a Chicago native whose first film, Hala, screened at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival in 2019. We’re thrilled to present the U.S. Premiere of her next feature, the Chicago-set coming-of-age story We Grown Now, for Opening Night of our 59th Festival. We chatted with Minh...
