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October 3, 2024
2004
In May, Cinema/Chicago presents the inaugural Chicago Youth Media Festival, to showcase the work of filmmakers 21 years old and younger. Liam Neeson walks the 40th Chicago International Film Festival opening red carpet to bring Kinsey to Chicago. Audiences get a first look at Marc Forster’s Findi...
October 3, 2024
2003
In October, the Festival honors Nicolas Cage, Robert Benton, Robert Downey, Jr., and Taye Diggs. Stars Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott also attend, along with international auteurs Tsai Ming-liang and Peter Greenaway. Crimson Gold, from Iranian director Jafar Panahi, takes home the Gold Hugo f...
October 3, 2024
2002
Clint Eastwood is honored at the Summer Gala, and Pierce Brosnan opens the Festival with his EVELYN at the Chicago Theatre. The program includes several seldom-screened classics including Harold Lloyd’s Hallelujah, I'm a Bum and Speedy, with orchestra accompaniment. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch D...
October 3, 2024
2001
Faye Dunaway’s directorial debut The Yellow Bird opens the Festival, and the actress is honored at a lavish celebration at Marshall Field’s Walnut Room. Halle Berry wins the Black Perspectives Award, going on to win the Best Actress Academy Award for Monster's Ball. Premieres include Jean-Pierre ...
October 3, 2024
2000
Lord Richard Attenborough, hometown hero Harold Ramis, Asian auteur Sabu, and science fiction and horror director Joe Dante all receive tributes. Laurence Fishburne receives the Black Perspectives Tribute, and Richard Gere is honored with a Career Achievement Award on Opening Night, when Robert A...
