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Category: Chicago Industry Exchange
December 21, 2023
Top Ten (+One!) Memorable Moments of 2023
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Celebrating our Year in Film 2023 will be remembered as a landmark year for film, with barrier-breaking box office hits and legendary auteurs returning to the big screen with masterworks. Our year at Cinema/Chicago was just as successful. The 59th Chicago International Film Festival sett...
November 2, 2023
The Pitch Winner Announced at the 59th Chicago International Film Festival
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Industry judges chose The Punk Show in Chicago as the winner of The Pitch at the Chicago International Film Festival’s 9th annual Industry Days! This fantastic comedy, written and directed by Erika Valenciana and produced by Anuradha Rana, with Christina Shaver as the executive producer,...
May 25, 2023
Chicago International Film Festival to Receive $30,000 Grant from the NEA
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The Chicago International Film Festival has been approved for a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the Chicago Industry Exchange program. This project will support the Industry Days conference and year-round artistic and professional d...
October 18, 2022
Winner of The Pitch Announced: James Choi’s All Things Considered
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The 58th Chicago International Film Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, announced the winner of The Pitch at the 8th edition of Industry Days: All Things Considered, written and directed by James Choi. The film follows a young Korean-American man whose spirited mother is determined to reconne...
