Festival Venue: Gene Siskel Film Center

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Festival Venue: Gene Siskel Film Center

The Gene Siskel Film Center is Chicago’s premier art house cinema in the heart of the theater district, bringing film lovers together for an unparalleled movie-going experience.

Gene Siskel Film Center

164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
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Exterior of a grey concrete building with sign for the Siskel Film Center
Audience members in an indoor movie theatre

Public Transit, Parking & Accessibility

The Lake Red Line Station is located right outside the main entrance and is an accessible station with an elevator. The State/Lake Brown, Orange, Purple, Green, and Pink Line Station is within 400 feet of the venue, but is not a physically accessible station as it does not have an elevator. The #2, #10, #29, #146, and #148 CTA buses have stops within 300 feet of the venue.

Both theaters are equipped with T-Coil hearing loops, headset and transmitters are available at the box office.

Select Screenings at the Gene Siskel Film Center

Fri Oct 18 5:00pm
A claymation little fella, they wear a hat with googly eyes.

Best of the FestSnapshots

Memoir of a Snail

Adam Elliot  |   Australia

Sat Oct 19 8:30pm
Two men stand together looking camera left. Behind them the multicolored lights of a carnival ride.

City & StateSnapshots

Okie

Kate Cobb  |   United States

Mon Oct 21 5:00pm
A black and white image of a man sitting in the rain. He clutches a bouquet of flowers, two people stand in the background.

International Competition

Grand Tour

Miguel Gomes  |  Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China

Mon Oct 21 5:30pm
A group of people gather around an older man, praying over him.

Documentary

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Petra Costa  |  Brazil, United States, Denmark

Wed Oct 23 8:30pm
A man lays on his side in a rocky field.

Documentary

No Other Land

Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal  |  Palestine, Norway

Thu Oct 24 1:00pm
A woman with long dark hair sits along concrete steps, looking down at the notebook in her hand.

Spotlight

By the Stream Suyoocheon

Hong Sangsoo  |   South Korea