Author name: Kasey Martin

Here are the films chosen for the International, New Directors, and Documentary competitions for this year’s Chicago International Film Festival! Head to Screen Daily for the exclusive. The films in our competition programs compete for the Festival’s jury awards including the Gold Hugo for Best Film.

Many films will be making their North American and US premieres at the Festival. Several films being screened will represent their country at the Oscars as submissions for the Best International Feature Film including Corpus Christi (Poland), Instinct (The Netherlands), Our Mothers (Belgium), and Spider (Chile).[…]

This Friday the 13th we’re thrilled to announce the After Dark program at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival! From blood-splattering gore to suspenseful sci-fi to the outrageously wild, weird and wicked, this lineup of boundary-pushing horror and fringe films from around the world will blow your mind and keep you up late. See the full lineup announcement in the AV Club.

Prepare to squirm with anxiety when attending this year’s haunting After Dark program. This year’s selection is lead by the highly anticipated Zombieland: Double Tap, reuniting the infamous band of zombie apocalypse survivors 10 years later.[…]

You can now vote for the Chicago International Film Festival in the first round of voting for the Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago 2019 poll!

In the Reader’s poll, Chicagoans can vote for their favorite places, people, and things to do in the city. The top four vote-getters for each ballot question will duke it out in a runoff. This current first round of voting ends Friday, September 13, so get your votes in now!

Head over to the Chicago Reader’s website to vote.[…]

Want to join our superstar team? If you are 18 years of age or older, we want you to join the volunteer team at the Chicago International Film Festival, where you can be part of the oldest competitive film festival in North America, which is dedicated to serving Chicago’s diverse and under-served citizenry by providing access to world-class cinema.

We have opportunities ranging from merchandise to theater operations to hospitality. There is something for every skill-set! Our brilliant and committed volunteer teams are the core of what makes the work of Cinema/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival possible year, after year.[…]