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October 3, 2024
1994
Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway opens the 30th Chicago International Film Festival, with David Mamet’s provocative Oleanna closing. The Festival presents a retrospective of the work of horror maestro Wes Craven, as well as tributes to Rod Steiger, Italian director Luchino Visconti, and Diane ...
October 3, 2024
1993
The Festival pays tribute to actors Tom Cruise and James Earl Jones. Highlights of the year’s program include Robert Altman’s Short Cuts, Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, and Jane Campion’s The Piano.
October 3, 2024
1992
At the Summer Gala, Oliver Stone receives the Director of the Decade Award. The Festival honors Jack Lemmon, Indian director Shyam Benegal, Israeli director Dan Wolman, documentarian Arthur Cohn, and Kathleen Turner. Alfonso Arau’s Like Water for Chocolate premieres, and the Festival presents Que...
October 3, 2024
1991
The Festival features a tribute to Chicago’s John Cusack, a celebration of 20th Century Fox’s CinemaScope classics, a retrospective of Spanish director Elias Querejeta’s films, and the World Premiere of Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho. Delicatessen, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Car...
October 3, 2024
1990
Earlier in the year, the Festival is honored at a week-long event in Moscow during Sovinterfest. The Festival opens with the World Premiere of Lina Wertmüller’s Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with star Sophia Loren on hand to receive the Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Programming highlights...
