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Carbon animated film ‘Repeater’ opens the OFFF Dach Design Festival

By Reel Chicago Dec 16, 2021

From creative production studio Carbon comes Repeater, the story of a world in which creatures speak in symbols and can turn those symbols into realities. The vibrant animated...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival announces Audience Award Winners

By Reel Chicago Nov 15, 2021

Over 1,000 vaccinated and masked film enthusiasts safely returned to the cinema this weekend for exclusive screenings and special guests, marking another successful year for Ch...

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Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival Live Screening Nov 10

By Reel Chicago Nov 4, 2021

The Big Teeth Small Shorts Film Festival is hosting an in-person, live screening at Twisted Hippo Brewing the evening of Wednesday, November 10th. Over the course of a c...

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JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival presents the Fall Virtual Fest

By Reel Chicago Oct 29, 2021

The JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival presents the Fall Virtual Fest with eight films over three weekends, including six Midwest and Chicago premieres. The Fall Virtual Fest...

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Full Spectrum official presenter of Chicago Underground Film Fest

By Reel Chicago Oct 26, 2021

Full Spectrum Features will be the official presenter at the 28th Annual Chicago Underground Film Festival this year in order to program more diversity, equity, and inclusion t...

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Winners of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Oct 25, 2021

The Chicago International Film Festival announces the winners of its 2021 competitions. Celebrating its 57th edition October 13 - 24, 2021, the Chicago International Film F...

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Winners of Reeling: The 39th Chicago LGBTQ+ Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Oct 25, 2021

The audience votes are in and the judges have spoken. The winning films of Reeling: The 39th Chicago LGBTQ+ Film Festival have been announced! The 39th Chicago LGBTQ+ Film ...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival announces full lineup

By Reel Chicago Oct 23, 2021

The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), today announces the complete lineup, schedule and special guests expected for the eighth Chicago Critics Film Festival, November 12...

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Full festival schedule for the 27th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Oct 15, 2021

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center announces the full festival schedule for its 27th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, which will take pla...

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57th Chicago International Film Festival announces Industry Days

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2021

The 57th Chicago International Film Festival announced the program for Industry Days, to be held October 14 - 17, 2021, with an impressive list of guest speakers to inspire and...

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Chicago Critics Film Festival returns to Music Box Theatre

By Reel Chicago Sep 24, 2021

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 the first ...

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Reeling 39 LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens tonight

By Reel Chicago Sep 23, 2021

Today is the Opening Day of Reeling 39! Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. The festival kicks off September 23 at 7 PM with Peeter Rebane's FIREBIRD at the Music B...

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Gene Siskel Center and Midwest Film Festival partner on MFF 2021 season

By Reel Chicago Sep 22, 2021

The Gene Siskel Film Center will partner with the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) as the host venue for the MFF 2021 film lineup. The partnership, which was set to roll out in e...

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Chicago International Film Festival announces full lineup of 57th edition

By Reel Chicago Sep 20, 2021

The Chicago International Film Festival announced the full lineup of its 57th edition, running October 13 - 24, 2021. This year’s Festival expands across the City, with s...

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The Chicago International Film Festival announces Opening Night film

By Reel Chicago Sep 14, 2021

The Chicago International Film Festival announced the opening night film at its Opening Night at the Drive-In presentation, and more highlights of the 57th edition, running Oct...

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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...

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Siskel Center names L’Soft as Black Harvest associate programmer

By Reel Chicago Sep 2, 2021

The Gene Siskel Film Center has named L'Soft (they/them) as its Black Harvest Film Festival Associate Programmer. In this new position for the Film Center, created with t...

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Reeling39 fest will have vaccine policy for theater screenings

By Reel Chicago Aug 31, 2021

Reeling39: The 39th Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival opens on September 23 at the Music Box Theatre and runs September 24 - 30 at the Landmark Century Centre Cinemas ...

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Asian Pop-up Cinema season 13 celebrates best Asian-centric cinema

By Reel Chicago Aug 24, 2021

Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Season 13 will present 30 films at an in-person and drive-in festival, with select titles available for online streaming. The festival opens September...

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Entering the festival circuit? Here’s some smaller film festivals we love

By Reel Chicago Aug 6, 2021

Our friends at KitSplit put together a list of some of the smaller film festivals that we love, with a focus on those that have deadlines coming up. In doing their res...

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