THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE, THESIS ON A DOMESTICATION, MISTRESS DISPELLER Take Gold Hugos in Their Competitions; A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY...

THE PIANO LESSON Opens, HERE Closes 60th Edition of North America’s Longest-Running Competitive Festival October 16 - 27, 2024 Highlights...

North America’s Longest-Running Competitive Film Festival Presents 43 Features In Various Competitions, Including 28 World, North...

Retrospective Program Presents Six Seminal Films; Writer-Director to Receive Tribute and Career Achievement Award Chicago, Illinois...

By Richard Roeper September 12, 2024 Image courtesy Sony The Oscar-winning director and son of Chicago will be back home on Oct. 27 to...

Legendary Director To Receive Founder’s Legacy Award October 27, 2024 For the First Time in 30 Years, HERE Reunites the Director, Writer,...

Director & Co-Writer Malcolm Washington, Actor John David Washington To Receive Honors as Festival Opens October 16, 2024 Chicago,...

By Mike Fleming Jr. September 6, 2024 EXCLUSIVE : The 60th Chicago International Film Festival has named the Netflix film The Piano...

Comedian Dave Foley to Host “An Evening with Mike Myers,” Co-Presented with The Second City CHICAGO, Illinois (August 9, 2024) -  Comedy...

Gene Siskel Film Center, Music Box Theatre, FACETS, Italian Cultural Institute Honor North America’s Longest-Running Competitive Festival...

By Michael Phillips May 21, 2024 Reilly, an Oscar nominee for the 2002 film version of the musical “Chicago,” joined previous Chicago...

Celebrating 60 Years of the Chicago International Film Festival with Host Al Roker, June 1, 2024 CHICAGO, Illinois (May 21, 2024)...

20th Annual Free Screenings Program Celebrates 60 Years of Showcasing Women-Directed Films at the Chicago International Film Festival,...

Details Announced for Year-Long Celebration Including CineYouth, Summer Screenings Program, Retrospectives, and the 60th Anniversary Gala...

Audiences Embraced 2023 Lineup With Historically High Ratings, Full Houses CHICAGO, Illinois (October 25, 2023) – The Chicago...

One Last Chance to Screen 59th Edition Award Winners CHICAGO, Illinois (October 20, 2023) - The Chicago International Film Festival today...

THE BURDENED, THE ECHO, MONSTER Take Gold Hugos in Their Competitions; Minhal Baig’s WE GROWN NOW Receives Chicago Award CHICAGO,...

Five New Projects Selected for Year-Long Lab and The Pitch 2024 CHICAGO, Illinois (October 16, 2023) - The 59th Chicago International...

Journalists, Filmmakers, and Scholars to Decide Winners of Gold Hugo for 2023 CHICAGO, Illinois (October 16, 2023) - The Chicago...

Spotlight Presentation to Be Held Friday October 20 CHICAGO, Illinois (October 6, 2023) - The Chicago International Film Festival today...