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Tag: Gene Siskel Center

The 29th Black Harvest Film Festival opens tonight
  • BLACK HARVEST
  • FESTIVALS

The 29th Black Harvest Film Festival opens tonight

By Reel Chicago Nov 3, 2023
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...
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Asian American Showcase celebrates its 26th year at Gene Siskel Center
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Asian American Showcase celebrates its 26th year at Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago May 12, 2023
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...
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Midwest Film Festival screens Greener Pastures at the Gene Siskel Center
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Midwest Film Festival screens Greener Pastures at the Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Apr 20, 2023
Midwest Film Festival (MFF) features Greener Pastures at the Gene Siskel Film Center on April 24th at 6:30pm. This documentary follows the lives of four dairy farmers and t...
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MFF presents the Chicago premiere of Good Guy With A Gun
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MFF presents the Chicago premiere of Good Guy With A Gun

By Reel Chicago Feb 24, 2023
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents the exclusive Chicago Premiere of Chicago Made Good Guy With A Gun on February 27th to a sold out audience at the renowned Gene Siskel ...
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Siskel Center creates Sergio Mims Fund for Black excellence in filmmaking
  • FILM

Siskel Center creates Sergio Mims Fund for Black excellence in filmmaking

By Reel Chicago Feb 15, 2023
With the passing of celebrated film critic and Black Harvest Film Festival co-founder and consultant Sergio Mims last fall, the Gene Siskel Film Center announced the establishm...
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MFF’s Best of the Midwest Awards returns to Gene Siskel Center
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MFF’s Best of the Midwest Awards returns to Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Jan 23, 2023
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. These films exemplify what our re...
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Gene Siskel Film Center to honor Executive Director Jean de St. Aubin
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Gene Siskel Film Center to honor Executive Director Jean de St. Aubin

By Reel Chicago Jan 10, 2023
After 20 remarkable years, Gene Siskel Film Center Executive Director Jean de St. Aubin will resign this winter; her last day at the Film Center will be February 15. The Fi...
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Full Spectrum Features and WBEZ present the Community Storytellers
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Full Spectrum Features and WBEZ present the Community Storytellers

By Reel Chicago Nov 6, 2022
This year’s world premiere of Community Storytellers is presented by Full Spectrum Features and WBEZ, in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center. The Community Story...
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28th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival full lineup
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28th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival full lineup

By Reel Chicago Oct 21, 2022
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center announces the full festival schedule for its 28th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival, which will take pla...
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Chicago legend Sergio Mims passes at the age of 67
  • In memoriam

Chicago legend Sergio Mims passes at the age of 67

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2022
Co-founder of the Black Harvest Film Festival, Gene Siskel Legacy Award winner, long-standing member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, and contributor to RogerEbert...
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MFF’s First Tuesdays celebrates ADCom Night for Chicago creatives
  • Midwest Film Festival

MFF’s First Tuesdays celebrates ADCom Night for Chicago creatives

By Reel Chicago Sep 16, 2022
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) First Tuesdays in October, shines a spotlight on a variety of creative artists in Chicago's most prominent advertising and commercial hubs, show...
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Chicago made doc Let the Little Light Shine opens at Gene Siskel Center
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Chicago made doc Let the Little Light Shine opens at Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Aug 8, 2022
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center will present the exclusive U.S. Academy Award-qualifying run of Chicago filmmaker Kevin Shaw’s critical...
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Chicago filmmaker Michael Smith premieres fourth feature at Siskel Center
  • CHICAGO MADE

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,...
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Matt Damon to receive Gene Siskel Renaissance Award at special event
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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’...
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Gene Siskel Center presents Black Harvest Film Festival prize
  • 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. ...
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Full festival schedule for the 27th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival
  • 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...
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Gene Siskel Center and Midwest Film Festival partner on MFF 2021 season
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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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Conversations at the Edge: Fall Season at Gene Siskel Center
  • 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. ...
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Siskel Center names L’Soft as Black Harvest associate programmer
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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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Full Spectrum Features announces selections for Chicagoland Shorts
  • 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, ...
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