Cinema/Chicago News
Cinema/Chicago News
TAKE 2: What to See in Theaters and Stream in October and November 2022
Published: October 28, 2022 | Filed under: Festival News
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Winners Announced for Audience Choice Awards, Presented by Xfinity!
Published: October 27, 2022 | Filed under: Festival News
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58th Chicago International Film Festival Announces Award Winners
Published: October 21, 2022 | Filed under: Festival News
The 58th Chicago International Film Festival, North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, today announced the winners of its 2022 edition in categories including International Feature Film Competition, New Directors Competition, International Documentary Competition, OutLook Competition, and Short Film Competitions, as well as the Chicago Award for an outstanding program in the Festival’s City & State program, and the Roger Ebert Award, awarded to a film competing in the New Directors Competition in recognition of a filmmaker with a fresh and uncompromising vision.[…]
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Winner of The Pitch Announced: James Choi’s All Things Considered
Published: October 18, 2022 | Filed under: Chicago Industry Exchange, Industry Days, News & Announcements
The 58th Chicago International Film Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, announced the winner of The Pitch at the 8th edition of
Industry Days: All Things Considered, written and directed by James Choi. The film follows a young Korean-American man whose spirited mother is determined to reconnect with her son and help him with his depression through a “fake funeral” ritual that promises to deliver people from their despair.
All Things Considered will receive an awards package of in-kind goods and services worth tens of thousands of dollars.[…]