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September 4, 2015
City & State Program Revealed
Festival News
2015 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS SUPER-SIZED CITY & STATE PROGRAM HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY, FOR GRACE, and SYL JOHNSON: ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS Headline Record-Breaking Showcase of Illinois-Made Films …
September 2, 2015
51st Festival Poster Revealed
Festival News
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS POSTER COMPETITION WINNER 275 submissions were received from 41 countries The 51st Chicago International Film Festival is thrilled to announce the winner of its first-ever …
September 1, 2015
Science Panel: Refresh My Memory
Panels
October 17, 2015 From “Memento” to “The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” amnesia is a common trope in movies—a powerful launching point to explore issues such as identity and …
August 20, 2015
Festival reveals first list of official selections
Festival News
2015 CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS FIRST LIST OF OFFICIAL SELECTIONS Featuring Premieres from directors Todd Haynes, Paolo Sorrentino, Nanni Moretti, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jacques Audiard, Peter Greenaway, and many more! …
August 12, 2015
2015 Festival Passes On Sale Now
Festival News
Passes for the 51st Chicago International Film Festival, Oct 15-29, are on sale now! Our Moviegoer Pass gets you admission to 10 regular film screenings and our Passport Pass gets you admission …
August 12, 2015
Win passes to see TOM AT THE FARM
Giveaway
Enter for a chance to win passes to see Xavier Dolan’s critically acclaimed psychological thriller TOM AT THE FARM at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St, Chicago. To enter: …
August 3, 2015
Gigi Pritzker To Be Honored at Industry Days
Festival News
CHICAGO, IL (August 3, 2015) – Cinema/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival announce Industry Days to run alongside the 51st Film Festival. Industry Days will serve as the central hub for …
August 3, 2015
Now Accepting Entries for INTERCOM 2015
Festival News
CHICAGO, IL (July 20, 2015) – The Chicago International Film Festival’s International Communications Video & Interactive Media Competition (known as INTERCOM), now in its 51st year, is accepting entries in the following …
August 3, 2015
Enter the Chicago International Film Festival’s Poster Competition
Festival News
CHICAGO, IL (July 9, 2015) – The Chicago International Film Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, is excited to announce the launch of an international poster design competition in advance of its 51st Festival. …
August 2, 2015
A Conversation with Producer-Writer-Directors Steve Pink and Jeff Garlin, moderated by Seth Abramovitch
Panels
October 24 2015 Producer-director-writer Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine, High Fidelity, New Girl) and actor-producer-writer Jeff Garlin (Wall-E, Curb Your Enthusiasm) have served in a variety of impressive roles …
August 2, 2015
State of the Art-house: A Conversation with Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker
Panels
October 23, 2015 As Co-President and Co-Founder of Sony Pictures Classics, Michael Barker (with Tom Bernard) has distributed (and often produced) some of the finest independent movies over the past 30 …
August 2, 2015
Power Players: How Women Producers & Executives are Changing the Entertainment Business
Panels
October 24, 2015 Though women are under-represented in the entertainment industry, a number of prominent female producers and executives are successfully leveling the scales. This panel will focus on the ways …
August 2, 2015
The Foreign Language Film Crisis: Are Subtitled Movies Fading on U.S. Screens?
Panels
October 24, 2015 The U.S. box office for foreign-language films has declined precipitously in the last several years. And with cable and VOD outlets not particularly hospitable to subtitled movies either, …
August 2, 2015
How to Build a Booming Chicago Film Industry
Panels
October 24, 2015 Film and TV production in Chicago has tripled over the last five years. To continue this growth, what can the city, the state, and its local industry do …
August 2, 2015
Is the Future of Indie Film in TV and on the Web?
Panels
October 23, 2015 As more filmmakers turn to producing content for television and online, this panel addresses the career and creative opportunities provided by new media outlets, and the implications and …
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