News Archive
Category: Festival News
October 15, 2018
Attending Filmmaker: McKenzie Chinn
Festival News
The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the writer, producer, and lead actress of Olympia, McKenzie Chinn. Featuring quirky animation and a revelatory central performance, Olympia is a heartfelt story for anyone who’s ever felt adrift on the rough seas of adulthood....
October 14, 2018
Attending Filmmaker: Kent Jones
Festival News
The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the director of Diane, Kent Jones. Mary Kay Place (The Big Chill, Big Love) delivers a stunning career-best performance as Diane, a woman weighed down by the simmering guilt of a past transgression. Now, after years of regret,...
October 13, 2018
Screenings Cancelled – As I Lay Dying
Festival News
All screenings of AS I LAY DYING have been cancelled during the Chicago International Film Festival. Refunds will be available from your point of purchase.
October 13, 2018
Attending Filmmaker: William Friedkin
Festival News
Oscar®-winning, Chicago-born director William Friedkin will be attending the Chicago International Film Festival to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition is the North American premiere of Friedkin Uncut, the illuminating documentary showing the director’s unwavering commitment to ...
October 5, 2018
Attending Editor: Aaron Wickenden
Festival News
The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the editor of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Aaron Wickenden. The documentary that chronicles the last 15 years of Orson Welles life. The film stars Peter Bogdanovich, Steve Ecclesine, and Oja Kodar, to name a few. The docume...
