After a year’s hiatus, DOC CHICAGO returns to bring Chicago-area documentary filmmakers together to learn from each other, exchange ideas, and connect. The free hybrid mini-conference runs Friday, Nov 5
Women-directed films win audience choice best feature and best documentary for the second year in a row Icíar Bollaín’s Yuli and Gretchen Hilebrand’s Decade of Fire honored as 2019
“Chicago Fire” and “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” are among the shows that have filmed in the 2,200 sq.-ft. loft on South Michigan Ave. Filmmaker Cyrus Dowlatshahi was inspired
CHEVY CHASE hosts an evening at Sundance for the world premiere of Phil Ranstrom’s doc, “Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell St. Urban Blues” Jan 25
THE CHICAGO DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL returns in its biennial incarnation with more than 100 docs screening between March 30 and April 8 at eight venues throughout the city.
For Chicago’s burgeoning community of active and creative independent filmmakers, 2005 was a very good year. The number of films?feature, short, doc, animation, experimental?enlarged, along with some decent distribution
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The 40th Chicago Latino Film Festival is presenting eight World, nine North American and one US Premieres. Featuring close to 100 short and feature-length films from Mexico, Central and South
Media Burn Archive is hosting the Guerrilla Television: The Revolutions of Early Independent Video Symposium – featuring newly-digitized works from the movement and offering a rare opportunity to discuss them
Sundance Institute x Chicago 2024, spotlighting titles from the renowned Sundance Film Festival, will feature artists programs, and film screenings and events across the city. It will be an opportunity to
This year the Chicago Irish Film Festival celebrates 25 years of Irish filmmaking excellence with an amazing selection of drama, documentaries and short films. The festival takes place in-person, February
The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC), producer of the Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF), announced that Missouri-based digital artist and videographer James Klein is the winner of the festival’s
Comedy Talent from Second City, Steppenwolf, Key & Peele, RoseAnne, and Strangers With Candy to star in new Jon Silver Indie Feature Film, The Premiere. The Premiere, a new Comedy/Drama
FACETS 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), as the first Academy-qualifying children’s film festival in the world, announced the recipients of its Special and Jury Prizes. Throughout the 40-year history
FACETS 40th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), the first Academy Award qualifying international children’s film festival in the world, opens this Friday, Nov. 3 and runs through Sunday, Nov.
Following a successful film festival run, the award-winning Mixtape Trilogy: Stories of the Power of Music is coming to Chicago for a one-time-only screening. The music documentary showcases one of
The Independent Film Alliance Chicago, SeriesFest and The Second City Film School are back in partnership with the second SeriesFest Pitch-A-Thon Roadshow: Chicago LIVE, an event giving comedic independent creators
Daily Planet Productions announces the Chicago premiere of Get Away, an electrifying short horror film directed by Michael Gabriele. The film will be showcased at the Chicago International Film Festival
The Independent Film Alliance Chicago, SeriesFest and The Second City Film School are excited for the return of the SeriesFest Pitch-A-Thon Roadshow: Chicago on October 25. This event gives comedic
The Independent Film Alliance of Chicago (IFA) announces its 2023 fundraiser, Magic Hour. on Thursday, November 30, at Wildman Boiler & Tank Co. and will celebrate Chicago’s independent filmmakers. The gala aims to invigorate
