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The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the editor of They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Aaron Wickenden. The documentary that chronicles the last 15 years of Orson Welles life. The film stars Peter Bogdanovich, Steve Ecclesine, and Oja Kodar, to name a few.  The documentary is also being screened in conjunction with Welles’s last film ever produced, The Other Side Of The Wind.

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) tells the provocative story of legendary director Orson Welles during the final 15 years of his life when he struggled to make a Hollywood comeback with one last radical gamble.[…]

The director of Entrepreneur  is scheduled to attend the Chicago International Film Festival for both screenings of the documentary. Virpi Suutari is from Finland and has founded her career in the documentary industry. We are very excited to welcome her and even more excited to screen her great film!

Entrepreneur 

Troubled father Jani journeys across the countryside, running a small street fair and selling meat from a food truck. Helsinki business partners Maija and Reetta are about to launch a new oat-based meat substitute that could change the world.[…]

The Chicago International Film Festival is very excited to welcome the star of Sibel, Damla Sönmez to this year’s festival! Sönmez is a Turkish actress and an award-winning actor of international distinction. She has been acting since she was young and her career is still growing.

Sibel
“The latest collaboration between Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti offers a nicely shaded, satisfying tale of female empowerment with a striking central performance from Damla Sönmez. ” –Screen Daily

In this moving story of empowerment and acceptance, the free-spirited and beautiful Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded mountain village.[…]

Director Joe Chappelle is scheduled to attend this year’s Festival for the world premiere of his film, An Acceptable Loss. The film was written and directed by Chappelle and stars Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis. Joe Chappelle is known for his work on shows like The Wire and Chicago Fire. We are very excited to welcome Chappelle, who has worked in film and television for over 2o years. Producer Colleen Griffen is also scheduled to attend.

An Acceptable Loss
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The Chicago International Film Festival has added two films to our 2018 lineup!

Fresh off its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Vox Lux stars Natalie Portman and Jude Law and is directed by Brady Corbet. The film begins in 1999 with teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor, who survive a violent tragedy. The sisters transform their grief into something great by performing and composing a song about their experience – while also catapulting Celeste into stardom. Now 2017, Celeste is 31 and a mother of a teenage daughter of her own.[…]