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A Look Back: Retro screenings this summer & fall to celebrate our 60th anniversary

Published: August 1, 2024  |  Filed under: News & Announcements

We’re thrilled to announce multiple series of retrospective screenings honoring the 60 year legacy of the Chicago International Film Festival in the lead up to our 60th Festival this October.

We’re partnering with theaters and cultural organizations across Chicago to host four unique retrospective series of films that screened at the #ChiFilmFest: visionary directorial debuts at the Gene Siskel Film Center this August, a selection of films by Italian woman directors at the Italian Cultural Institute beginning this September, cinematic masterpieces that deserve to be seen on the big screen at the Music Box Theatre weekend mornings in September, and two days of animated classics at FACETS.[…]

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Chicago International Film Festival Secures $35,000 Grant from the NEA

Published: January 30, 2024  |  Filed under: News & Announcements

The Chicago International Film Festival is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $35,000.

This grant will support the 60th Chicago International Film Festival taking place October 16-27, 2024. In total, the NEA will award 958 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling more than $27.1 million that were announced as part of its first round of fiscal year 2024 grants.

“The NEA is delighted to announce this grant to the Chicago International Film Festival, which is helping contribute to the strength and well-being of the arts sector and local community,” said National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD.[…]

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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.[…]

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