News Archive
Author: Kasey Martin
October 24, 2020
36 Hours of Festival at Home
Festival News
With only two days to go, we’re here to help you to maximize your viewing experience and strategize so you can make the most of your time before Festival viewing ends this Sunday at 11:59pm CT. With a frigid Saturday and a rainy Sunday in the Chicago forecast, the elements are conspiring to e...
October 21, 2020
Director Spotlight: Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden on BECOMING MONA
56 Films
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival is excited to welcome directors Sabine Lubbe Bakker and Niels van Koevorden to our fair city for the premiere of their film Becoming Mona. This poignant tragicomic journey of courage follows Mona from early childhood when she is inculcated to be a ...
October 19, 2020
Director Spotlight: Jiayan “Jenny” Shi on FINDING YINGYING
Festival News
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival is excited to welcome director Jiayan "Jenny" Shi to our fair city for the premiere of her film Finding Yingying. In April 2017, idealistic Chinese student Yingying Zhang came to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to study agriculture. ...
October 17, 2020
Director Spotlight: Bruno Santamaria on THINGS WE DARE NOT DO
Festival News
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival is excited to welcome cinematographer-turned-director Bruno Santamaria to our fair city for the premiere of his film Things We Dare Not Do. In the small town of El Robolitio, 16-year-old Ñoño has a secret that runs counter to the local culture defi...
October 15, 2020
Director Spotlight: Ignacio Márquez on THE SPECIAL
Festival News
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival is excited to welcome director Ignacio Márquez to our fair city for the premiere of his film The Special. In this thoughtful and uplifting debut, the profoundly charming Chuo is having to navigate the challenges of early adulthood with Down Syndrom...
