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Stream Q-Hugo Award Winners for Pride Month

Published: June 1, 2021 | Filed under: Festival News

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CineYouth Festival is Streaming May 6-13!

Published: May 6, 2021 | Filed under: Festival News

This week the Chicago International Film Festival’s CineYouth Festival presents its most expansive lineup yet with 102 extraordinary short films from around the world streaming virtually through May 13!

With the selection spread across 14 short film programs, all are free to stream and available globally to all audiences. This year’s selection presents a range of genres and themes from family-friendly animation to new work from rising Chicago-based filmmakers to a selection of films responding to the pandemic as experienced around the world.[…]

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Watch: Director Talks for Women’s History Month

Published: March 8, 2021 | Filed under: Festival News

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Watch the International Oscar Contenders Round Table, Co-Presented with IndieWire

Published: February 2, 2021 | Filed under: Festival News

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Celebrate Black History Month with Director Talks

Published: February 1, 2021 | Filed under: Festival News

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Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is a year-round non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to fostering better communication between people of diverse cultures through the art of film and the moving image. We serve Chicago’s diverse and under-served citizenry by providing access to world-class cinema. We aim to enrich Chicago’s cultural environment by presenting film in contexts that encourage discussion and debate.