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Cinema/Chicago Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant of $65,000

Published: December 9, 2014  |  Filed under: Year-Round News

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

Published: October 27, 2014  |  Filed under: Festival News

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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The 50th Chicago International Film Festival Honored the Past and Celebrated the Future of Cinema

Published: October 24, 2014  |  Filed under: Festival News

CHICAGO (October 24, 2014) – In the last 50 years, the Chicago International Film Festival has presented over 10,000 features selected from over 80,000 entries, and has taken place over a period of 100 weeks while audiences have enjoyed over 1.5 million bags of popcorn. The Festival’s enduring tradition has demonstrated that everybody loves movies, especially those offering unique visions and stories seen as they were meant to be seen—on the big screen.

The 50th Chicago International Film Festival wrapped up its golden anniversary celebration on Thursday, October 23 with the Closing Night presentation of Jean-Marc Vallée’s and Nick Hornby’s adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling book “Wild,” starring Reese Witherspoon in an Oscar®-worthy performance.[…]

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One Day Only! Encore Presentation of the Top Festival Winners at the Best of the Fest

Published: October 20, 2014  |  Filed under: Festival News

CHICAGO, IL (October 20, 2014) – You have one more chance to see the winners of the 50th Chicago International Film Festival’s competitions as well as some Festival favorites and special screenings during Best of the Fest. The screenings will be held Wednesday October 22 at the AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.).

The evening will feature a screening of the 25th anniversary restored edition of Michael Moore’s groundbreaking documentary, “Roger and Me,” originally presented at the Festival’s 25th anniversary celebration in 1989.[…]

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