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Chicago filmmaker Michael Smith premieres fourth feature at Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Jun 3, 2022

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center will co-present the world theatrical premiere of Chicago filmmaker Michael Smith’s fourth feature film,...

Events

Matt Damon to receive Gene Siskel Renaissance Award at special event

By Reel Chicago May 31, 2022

The Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced that actor, producer and screenwriter Matt Damon will be honored with the Film Center’...

AWARDS

Gene Siskel Center presents Black Harvest Film Festival prize

By Reel Chicago Nov 5, 2021

The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago announces the 2021 winners of the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Black Harvest Film Festival Prize. ...

BLACK HARVEST

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...

Events

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...

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. ...

REEL MOVES

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...

FILM

Full Spectrum Features announces selections for Chicagoland Shorts

By Reel Chicago Aug 31, 2021

Full Spectrum Features (FSF) announces the films and filmmakers selected to take part in Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 7, an annual short film collection featuring boundary-pushing, ...

FILM

Gotham winner ‘Identifying Features’ comes to Siskel

By Reel Chicago Jan 15, 2021

The acclaimed, gripping Mexican border thriller from debut Mexican filmmaker Fernanda Valadez, Identifying Features, will open January 22 with Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center...

REEL MOVES

Barbara Scharres retires from Gene Siskel Film Center

By Reel Chicago Nov 25, 2020

After more than 45 years of service, Barbara Scharres (MFA 1972) will retire from her position as Director of Programming at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gene...

FILM

Transgender doc ‘Born to Be’ opens in Chicago 11.20

By Reel Chicago Nov 12, 2020

Born to Be follows the work of Dr. Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon at the groundbreaking Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery in New York City-where, for t...