Shirley MacLaine receives a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Summer Gala, and the Chicago Youth Media Festival becomes the Future Filmmakers Festival, screening more than 50 shorts. In October, the Festival opens with Susan Sarandon greeting fans for the debut of Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown. The program includes Anand Tucker’s Shopgirl, Noah Baumbach’s The Squid and the Whale, and Stephen Frears’ Mrs. Henderosn Presents, and Terrence Howard and Nicolas Cage make appearances.
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