CHICAGO, April 7, 2015 – Cinema/Chicago and the Chicago International Film Festival are pleased to announce that Chicago advertising legend Tom Burrell and investigative journalist Jay Levine will be honored at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards Ceremony April 22, 2015 at the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile (633 N. St. Clair St). Burrell and Levine join post-production house Whitehouse as distinguished honorees for the event, which will be hosted by WGN’s Dan Ponce and ABC/WINDY CITY LIVE’s Ji Suk Yi.[…]
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Dan Ponce and Ji Suk Yi to Host 51st Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards
CHICAGO, March 26, 2015 – The 51st Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards, now in its 51st year, is pleased to announce that Ji Suk Yi of ABC /Windy City LIVE and Dan Ponce of WGN-TV will be hosting this year’s Awards Night Gala on Wednesday, April 22nd at the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile.
For over five decades, the Chicago International Television Awards have honored the inspiring programs, beloved personalities and powerful creatives that have shaped unforgettable moments of television.[…]
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2015 Award Winners
Photo courtesy Timothy M. Schmidt
Thank you to our 2015 CineYouth Award Partners!
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Cinema/Chicago Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant of $65,000
Chicago, IL (December 9, 2014)— National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced December 2, 2014 that Cinema/Chicago is one of 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Cinema/Chicago is recommended for a $65,000 grant to support the 51st Chicago International Film Festival and the 12th annual International Screenings Program.
Cinema/Chicago is the parent organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, the oldest competitive international film festival in North America. Seeking out the best in world cinema, the Festival is dedicated to discovering new talents and opening windows to a world of film previously or otherwise unavailable in Chicago.[…]
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50th Chicago International Film Festival Announces the Audience Choice Awards, Presented by Wintrust Community Banks
CHICAGO (October 27, 2014) – The 50th Chicago International Film Festival proudly announces the winners of the Audience Choice Awards, presented by Wintrust Community Banks. Each member of the audience received a ballot at every public screening during the two-week Festival, so each film had an equal opportunity to win. Audiences ranked films on a five-point scale, votes were tallied and averaged, and the films that received the highest averages were declared the winners.
And the winners are:
Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative English-Language Feature:
THE IMITATION GAME (UK/USA), Director: Morten Tyldum
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII.[…]
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