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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 ...

FESTIVALS

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...

FESTIVALS

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...

FESTIVALS

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...

FESTIVALS

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 ...

FESTIVALS

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...

Events

Reel Black Filmmakers’ final segment of South Side Short Film Series

By Reel Chicago Mar 21, 2022

Reel Black Filmmakers, a program of the Community Film Workshop of Chicago, will conclude this year’s South Side Short Film Series on Wednesday, March 23rd from 7-8:30pm via ...

FESTIVALS

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 ...

Events

FACETS celebrates Halfway to Halloween with a weekend of horror flicks

By Reel Chicago Mar 14, 2022

In celebration of Halfway to Halloween, the halfway point to all things scary, FACETS has selected five films for audiences to satisfy their craving for spooky cinema on the ...

FESTIVALS

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...

Events

Cinespace and Resolution Digital Studios sponsor Film Showcase

By Reel Chicago Jan 17, 2022

The 5th Annual Patrick Lives On Film Showcase sponsored by Resolution Digital Studios and Cinespace Chicago Film Studios takes place at Resolution Studios on Saturday, March 12...

FILM

FACETS announces late night series: Alternative Horror Essentials

By Reel Chicago Sep 17, 2021

FACETS, newly reopened and welcoming back the Chicago film community, will present a new late night screening series starting Thursday, October 7, 2021. The series comes ...

FILM

Conversations at the Edge: Fall Season at Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Sep 17, 2021

Conversations at the Edge’s fall 2021 calendar begins Thursday, September 23 with a season of virtual and in-person screenings and talks by groundbreaking media artists. ...

Events

Chicago Humanities Festival announces star-studded Fall line-up

By Reel Chicago Sep 9, 2021

Chicago Humanities Festival announced a star-studded line-up of Hollywood celebs, South Side legends, and global newsmakers in a wide-ranging celebration of Chicago that w...

CITY NEWS

Pritzker announces $10M Tourism Attractions and Festivals Grant program

By Reel Chicago Aug 10, 2021

Governor Pritzker announced a new $10 million grants program aimed at revitalizing the hard-hit tourism industry by bringing back new and returning tourism attractions and fest...

CITY NEWS

Groundbreaking film program builds inmates skills

By Reel Chicago Oct 19, 2020

The International Children’s Media Center (ICMC), has been invited back into Cook County Jail to present the groundbreaking program, WorldScene. Once a week, detainees en...

Events

Hyde Park Jazz Fest announces free online “JAZZ KITCHEN”

By Reel Chicago Sep 18, 2020

Hyde Park Jazz Festival announces free online program “JAZZ KITCHEN: A Conversation Series Celebrating Food and Jazz" In Chicago, Our most cherished institutions, celebrat...

Events

Chicago Humanities Festival has exciting Sept calendar

By Reel Chicago Sep 4, 2020

Chicago Humanities Festival has announced the entire digital line-up for the month of September. In addition to already-announced speakers Claudia Rankine and Jill Lepore, ...

Reel Indie

Blue Whiskey Independent Film Fest postponed to 2021

By Reel Chicago Aug 9, 2020

Due to the ongoing global health crisis, the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) Board of Directors have made the decision to postpone the 10th annual festival until...

MUSIC

Hyde Park Jazz Festival’s adapted 2020 Programming

By Reel Chicago Jul 20, 2020

To keep our community and artists safe, the Hyde Park Jazz Festival announces new and adapted programming for the 14th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival and summer/fall 2020. ...