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Street Heroines to screen as official selection at Chicago Latino Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Apr 27, 2022

Street Heroines, directed by Valiant Pictures’ Alexandra Henry, will return to screen April 30th as an official selection at the annual Chicago Latino Film Festival. The ...

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Midwest Film Festival presents Alternative Takes for May’s First Tuesdays

By Reel Chicago Apr 26, 2022

The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents Alternative Takes for May's upcoming First Tuesdays event. This collection of nine short films offer distinct atmospheres, each with th...

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Bye Bye Chicago world premiere at 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Apr 14, 2022

As the countdown for the 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, begins, organizers unveiled the list of films that will receive their World, North Americ...

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Haven Chicago accepting submissions for first annual Festival Au Cinema

By Reel Chicago Apr 2, 2022

The first annual Festival Au Cinema is Haven Chicago's platform for emerging and visionary media artists staking their claim in the future of storytelling, defying traditional ...

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The 32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival is this weekend

By Reel Chicago Mar 31, 2022

32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival in-person and online takes place March 31 - April 3, 2022! In-person screenings are held at Chicago Filmmakers firehouse cine...

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PrideArts Spring Film Fest Week 3 explores prejudice and discrimination

By Reel Chicago Mar 30, 2022

The PrideArts Spring Film Fest runs from March 14 to May 1, with 32 international LGBT short films grouped into four programs, followed by three feature-length documentaries. S...

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Midwest Film Festival presents Relative a film by Michael Glover Smith

By Reel Chicago Mar 29, 2022

The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents its second entry of their 2022 season. On Tuesday, April 5, at 7 pm, MFF will host an hour-long networking soiree before featuring the ...

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38th Chicago Latino Film Festival screens two films at Instituto Cervantes

By Reel Chicago Mar 28, 2022

The 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival announced two special screenings at Instituto Cervantes, 31 W. Ohio St.: Nicolás Postioglione’s feature debut Immersion on Sunday, Apri...

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Chicago Latino Film Festival Opening Night and Centerpiece screenings

By Reel Chicago Mar 23, 2022

The 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, announced today its selections for their Opening Night and Centerpiece screenings at ChiTown Movies Drive-In, ...

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Chicago Latino Film Festival late night screenings and closing film

By Reel Chicago Mar 23, 2022

The 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, announced its selections for their Closing and Late Night screenings at ChiTown Movies Drive-In, 2343 S. Throo...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival announces first seven films selected for 2022

By Reel Chicago Mar 17, 2022

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, announces today ...

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38th Chicago Latino Film Festival announces first wave of titles

By Reel Chicago Mar 8, 2022

38th Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF) April 21 - May 1, announces the first wave of titles from close to 100 feature and short length films from Latin America, Spain, Portug...

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Asian Pop-Up Cinema announces full line up for season 14

By Reel Chicago Mar 4, 2022

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 14 will present 28 films in downtown Chicago and the north suburbs, with select films available for online streaming. The joint virtual and in-perso...

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Chicago Filmmakers announces competition programs for Onion City Festival

By Reel Chicago Mar 2, 2022

Chicago Filmmakers announces the competition programs for the 32nd Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, which will take place March 31 to April 3. The five compe...

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Chicago Irish Film Festival returns with in-person and virtual screenings

By Reel Chicago Mar 1, 2022

The 23rd annual Chicago Irish Film Festival (CIFF) returns to offer the best features, shorts and documentary films from The Land of Storytelling. This year’s festival is...

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JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival is In-Theater and Online

By Reel Chicago Mar 1, 2022

The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival's 9th annual Spring Festival, running March 10 – 27, includes 18 films streaming online and in-theater that are largely about relationshi...

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25th Annual Chicago European Union Film Festival begins this week

By Reel Chicago Mar 1, 2022

As the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center prepares for its 25th Annual Chicago European Union Film Festival (CEUFF), they pause to pay tribute t...

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Watch the winning films from the 2021 Best of The Midwest Awards

By Reel Chicago Feb 25, 2022

Midwest Film Festival is kicking off the 2022 season with a screening featuring the winning films from The 2021 Best of The Midwest Awards! With stories that ran...

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One Earth Film Festival calls on audiences to Turn the Tide on climate crisis

By Reel Chicago Feb 24, 2022

One Earth Film Festival returns March 4-13, 2022 for its 11th festival season with 17 thoughtfully curated film events that will be streamed online, with a number of in-person ...

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FACETS announces submissions are now open for CICFF39

By Reel Chicago Jan 28, 2022

FACETS Chicago International Children's Film Festival announces that submissions are now open for CICFF39. CICFF is the first Academy-qualifying children’s film festival...