June 2 – Aug 20, 2025
Summer Screenings
Free films all summer long!
Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.
Summer of Love
Love has long been a thematic obsession of the cinema from the art form’s earliest days. (Think of Thomas Edison’s 1896 The Kiss!) It’s a force that connects us and divides us, that binds us and breaks our hearts, that lifts us up and devastates us.
This year’s program features films that explore the many ways in which love manifests in our lives… and on screen—from winning rom-coms to tender examinations of family to smoldering stories of yearning to dramas that celebrate friendship. This series explores what it means to love and be loved around the world.
Films are unrated. Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages including nudity and violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Free Tickets
All Summer Screenings are free and open to the public.
Tickets are released every Monday at 10:00am for the following week’s film(s). Doors open at 5:45pm. Seating is general and on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to theater capacity. Theater is overbooked to ensure a full house. Admission is not guaranteed
If an event is sold out online (standby only) this means that advance tickets are no longer available. You can pick up a numbered Standby Card at the screening starting at 5:45pm. Open seats will be made available to Standby Card holders starting at 6:15pm. Subject to availability.
Accessibility
The McCormick Theater at the Chicago History Museum and the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center are physically accessible venues, with no-step entrances, accessible bathrooms, and limited wheelchair and companion seating. Learn more about accessibility at Summer Screenings…
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
Chicago Cultural Center
All Monday screenings will take place at:
Chicago Cultural Center
Claudia Cassidy Theater
78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602
Learn more about this location…
Chicago History Museum
All Wednesday screenings will take place at:
Chicago History Museum
McCormick Theater
1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614
Learn more about this location…
2025 Summer Screenings Schedule
Special Thanks 2025
Cinema/Chicago’s Summer Screenings Program would not be possible without the support of the following individuals and organizations:
Consulate General of The Argentine Republic in Chicago Lucas Andres Gioja, Consul General; Jorge Manghi, Cultural Attaché
Australian Consulate-General, Chicago Chris Elstoft, Consul-General; Sigourney McDonald, Policy Officer
British Consulate-General, Chicago Richard Hyde, Consul-General; John Murphy, Deputy Consul-General
Consulate General of Canada in Chicago Colleen Duke, Senior Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Services Officer
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth
Chicago Film Office Alex Vazquez and Natalia Salazar
Chicago History Museum
Consulate General of Colombia in Chicago Diego Alexander Angulo Marínez, Consul General; Jonnathan Gamboa, Vice Consul
Dutch Culture USA / Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United States
Goethe-Institut Chicago Dr. Leonhard Emmerling, Director; Leah Gallant, Program Curator
Consulate General of Hungary in Chicago Dr. Balázs Mártonffy, Consul General; Erzsebet Máté, Cultural Affairs
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Consulate General of India in Chicago Ambassador Somnath Ghosh, Consul General
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago María Luisa Santos, Executive Director, Executive Director; Teresa Hernando, Cultural Program Curator
Consulate General of Ireland, Chicago Brian Cahalane, Consul General; Padraig Manning, Vice Consul; Sandra Hamilton, Public Diplomacy Officer
Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Mario Alberto Bartoli, Interim Director; Fabiola Tosi, Associate Director of Programs
Japan Information Center at the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Masashi Mizobuchi, Consul-General; Hiroshi Ohoka and Byron Ovalle
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chicago Junghan Kim, Consul General; Kwanhyun Kim, Consul and Jihyun Choi, Cultural Coordinator
Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago Ambassador Reyna Torres Mendivil, Consul General
Swedish American Museum Karin Moen Abercrombie
Honorary Consulate of Sweden – Chicago Karin Moen Abercrombie and Anna Engstrom Patel
Consulate General of Switzerland in Chicago Pascal Bornoz, Consul General; Célie Landry, Operations & Project Coordinator
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago Dennis Yen-Feng Lei, Director General
Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Ministry of Culture, ROC (Taiwan) Hui-Chun Chang, Director
Consulate General of Ukraine in Chicago Serhiy Koledov, Consul General
Villa Albertine & the Consulate General of France in Chicago Axelle Moleur, Cultural Attaché; Laurence Geannopulos, Coordinatorurence Geannopulos
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