Kicking off a new season, The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) shines a spotlight on the winning short films of the Best of The Midwest Awards in a great opportunity to celebrate th...
XL Film Festival 2024 will run from August 15-18.
According to festival founder Troy Pryor, next year’s film festival will evolve into a more expansive storytelling exp...
The 29th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival will be held in person at the Gene Siskel Film Center November 3–16, 2023.
Since 1994, the Black Harvest Film Festival&nbs...
FACETS 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), the first Academy Award qualifying international children’s film festival in the world, open...
Black Alphabet, a nonprofit committed to promoting equity awareness on behalf of the Black LGBTQ+ community through the use of media and the arts, announced the 10th Annual B...
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival unspools 41 feature films and 12 short film programs over the following 10 days with virtual stream...
If you want to follow a rising star, keep your eye on connector, builder, innovator, Troy Pryor.
Five years ago Creative Cypher, founded by Pryor, launched an accelerat...
Creative Cypher’s XL Film Fest has released its official lineup for the three day festival beginning August 17th until August 20th. Founder Troy Pryor has created a unique op...
The One Club for Creativity opened the call for entries for the 2023 edition of ONE Screen, the original short film festival for the global creative community that unites and...
The 13th Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) will be held at Chicago Filmmakers, 1326 W. Hollywood Avenue in Chicago, from July 14-22.
The 2023 festival will sho...
While Juneteenth 2023 has wrapped, here's a recap of the 1865 Fest and the talent that performed at the event.
The Westside Cultural Alliance (WCA) reports that the third a...
Presented by FACETS Anime Club, the Anime Auteurs series highlights 5 films from influential anime filmmakers on July 20-22.
The works shine a light on films that have he...
FACETS 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), one of only two Academy Award qualifying international children’s film festivals in the world, a...
The Chicago Japanese Film Collective (CJFC), now entering its third year, is back with a lineup of carefully selected, powerful independent feature films.
The Chicago Japan...
The Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals (CAFF) was launched on June 6, 2023 by FACETS, home of the almost 40-year-old Chicago International Children’s Film...
It's time for another Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Fest.
The Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival screens quarterly in Chicago. They will return to their old stomping groun...
Creative Cypher will host the XL Film Festival Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20, and continue to host events throughout the year.
XL Festival/Creative Cypher founde...
The Garfield Park 1865 Coalition will host a 3-day African-American cultural festival celebrating Juneteenth Emancipation Day, from Friday, June 16th-Sunday, June 18th.
Thi...
In celebration of FACETS' 48th anniversary, Film Program Director Charles Coleman has selected four Cannes Film Festival favorites that both he and FACETS' late founder Milos S...
Presented as an annual collaboration with the Foundation for Asian American Independent Media and now celebrating its 26th year, the Asian American Showcase, hosted at the Gene...
