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Announcing Our June Membership Drive!

Published: June 3, 2019  |  Filed under: Festival News

EVERY MEMBERSHIP LEVEL ON SALE ALL MONTH LONG!

Cinema/Chicago memberships are 15% off for all of June. Plus, receive a complimentary “item of the week” with your purchase!

You’ll also be automatically entered into our Drawing of the Week. We’ll give away one special prize each week including show tickets, a restaurant gift card and more!

Why Become a Cinema/Chicago Member?

Cinema/Chicago members come from all walks of life and have one very important thing in common: the love of film.[…]

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See the 2019 CineYouth Award Winners!

Published: May 3, 2019  |  Filed under: Festival News

CineYouth Festival announced award winners for the 2019 edition led by Best Overall Film winner No Such Sunrise by 22 year olds Dana Brandes-Simon, Laura Li, and Cella Wright from Oberlin, OH. The Audience Award was won by 22 year old Kylie Murphy of Shrewsberry, NJ for her short film Mad Lib Pixie Dream Girl which screened in the “She Persisted: Women in Cinema” program. Select prize-winning films will be screened together at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival, October 16–27, 2019 as well as on WTTW in the fall.[…]

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March Education Screenings: Documentary Science Fair

Published: March 25, 2019  |  Filed under: Festival News

Cinema/Chicago’s Rosie Galicia and guest speaker Clayton Brown speak with CPS students following our March screening of Science Fair

As part of our monthly Education Screenings Program, Cinema/Chicago hosted 9 CPS schools at Columbia College Chicago for Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster’s documentary Science Fair. Filmmakers followed nine high school students from around the globe as they competed at an international science fair and faced off against 1,700 of the smartest teens from 78 countries – with only one honored as Best in Fair![…]

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