Community
Cinema
Presented by Wintrust
Community Cinema brings free screenings and post-film conversations to neighborhoods across Chicago. The program spotlights compelling stories and ignites conversations around timely social and cultural themes, while upholding the artistic excellence of the Festival. At its core, Community Cinema is about access, inclusion, and building community through the power of film.
This year, Community Cinema screenings will be hosted at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen and Kennedy-King College in Englewood.
Free Tickets
All Community Cinema screenings are free and open to the public.
Venue doors will open 30 minutes prior to screening time. Please arrive early as seating is general, on a first-come, first-served basis, and is limited to theater capacity. The theater is overbooked to ensure a full house. Admission is not guaranteed.
Accessibility
All Community Cinema venues are fully wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair and companion seating reservations, interpreter requests, and other accommodation requests can be made through our accommodation request form. Learn more about accessibility at Community Cinema…
To make a reservation or for any general questions or comments about accessibility at Summer Screenings, please fill out our request form, email us at access@chicagofilmfestival.com, or call us at 312.683.0121 x108.
Screening Venues
Upcoming Community Cinema Screenings
Down in the Delta
Facing urban disinvestment and addiction in Chicago, a mother finds healing when sent to her family home in the Mississippi Delta.
Oca
On a spiritual mission, a young nun haunted by prophetic dreams gets lost in a strange landscape, where extraordinary encounters change the course of her destiny.
Finding Your Laughter
In this joyful, moving documentary, Chicago comedian Arlieta uses improv comedy techniques to care for her father as he battles Alzheimer’s.
Sad Girlz
Chicas tristes
The bond between teen best friends is tested when they react in drastically different ways to a traumatic event in this intimate coming-of-age.
Recent Community Cinema Screenings
A Raisin in the Sun
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