News Archive
Category: Behind the Scenes
October 10, 2024
Hidden Gems at the 60th #ChiFilmFest
Behind the ScenesFestival News
We’re thrilled to screen more than 120 feature films at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival, from great new international features to special retrospective screenings, to celebrate our 60th Festival. But we’ve also got an array of exciting features, documentaries, and shorts tha...
October 9, 2024
Director Spotlight: Jason Park on Transplant
Behind the ScenesFestival News
Jason Park is a Chicago-raised filmmaker whose award-winning short film BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop chronicles a young hustler in the streets of Chicago. We’re thrilled to present the World Premiere of his debut feature, Transplant, at the 60th #ChiFilmFest. We chatted with Jason about his inspirations...
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...
