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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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Annual Blue Whiskey Film Festival opens this weekend

Jul 20, 2021

The 11th Annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) returns this weekend with nightly screenings of the festival’s 2021 official selection films running July 24-30...

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37th Chicago Latino Film Audience Choice Award wins

By Reel Chicago Apr 22, 2021

The 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival announces the winners and runners-up for the Audience Choice Awards. The Audience Choice Award for Best Feature went to The Heist of t...

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Chicago Humanities Festival presents line-up of events

By Reel Chicago Apr 20, 2021

Chicago Humanities Festival is announcing an exciting line-up of virtual programs with award-winning writers, groundbreaking scholars, and cultural icons in late-April and May....

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Chicago Latino Film Fest adds Riera’s film Rita Moreno

By Reel Chicago Mar 19, 2021

The 37th Chicago Latino Film Festival, presented by Corona Extra, announced today its Centerpiece presentation of Mariem Pérez Riera’s Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decid...

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Black Harvest Film Festival honors Chadwick Boseman

By Reel Chicago Nov 25, 2020

2020 Black Harvest Film Festival closes on November 30th with a tribute to the illustrious career of Chadwick Boseman. The Kill Hole, Boseman's first starring feature film ...

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Opening Night: 26th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Nov 6, 2020

A Black Harvest Feast, opening night program on Friday, November 6 at 7:30 pm, is hosted by NBC Chicago’s LeeAnn Trotter, our Master of Ceremonies, and features a unique para...

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Lake County Film Festival complete lineup through Nov 16

By Reel Chicago Nov 6, 2020

The 10th Annual Lake County Film Festival (LCFF) has announced the full and complete lineup and details for this year’s 10th Anniversary edition of the film festival, taking ...

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37th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Fest

By Reel Chicago Oct 26, 2020

The full schedule was announced for Facets 37th Annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF37) one of only two Academy Award-qualifying international...

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CIFF screens Chicago-made film ‘Finding Yingying’

By Reel Chicago Oct 16, 2020

Chicago made, award-winning feature documentary, Finding Yingying is screening tonight at the Chicago International Film Festival. Produced by Kartemqui...

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