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...

Special Guests Include Actor-Director Michael Shannon, Producer-Writer James Schamus; Filmmaker Minhal Baig CHICAGO, Illinois (September...

WE GROWN NOW Opens, THE BIKERIDERS Closes 59th Edition of North America’s Longest Running Competitive Festival, Running October 11 - 22,...

Director Jeff Nichols Set to Receive Festival’s Artistic Achievement Award Chicago, Illinois (September 13, 2023) – The Chicago...

By Abbey White September 13, 2023 Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders has been selected as the closing night film for the 2023 edition of the...

SALTBURN Selected as Centerpiece of North America’s Longest-Running Competitive Festival Chicago, Illinois (September 6, 2023) – The 59th...

Minhal Baig’s Exploration of Joys and Hardships of Two Boys Growing Up in 1990s Cabrini-Green Launches Festival October 11, 2023 Chicago,...

By Michael Phillips August 30, 2023 The U.S. premiere of writer-director Minhal Baig’s “We Grown Now” — a gentle, powerful coming-of-age...

Audiences Embraced 2022 Lineup With Historically High Ratings, Full Houses CHICAGO, Illinois (October 27, 2022) – The Chicago...

FALCON LAKE, ALIS, CLOSE Take Gold Hugos in Their Competitions CHICAGO, Illinois (October 21, 2022) -- The 58th Chicago International...

Addition of Maria Schrader’s SHE SAID and Lila Neugebauer’s CAUSEWAY brings total number of feature films in Women In Cinema program to...

Joining the Festival: Sarah Polley, Rev. Al Sharpton, director JD Dillard, and More CHICAGO, Illinois (September 28, 2022) – Today, the...

Special Guests Include Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, Composer Mychael Danna, Musician and Filmmaker Kris Bowers, Screenwriters Tarell Alvin...

A COMPASSIONATE SPY Opens, WHITE NOISE Closes 58th Edition of North America’s Longest-Running Competitive Festival, October 12 - 23, 2022...

By Jeremy Kay September 16, 2022 Jafar Panahi’s No Bears, Alice Diop’s Saint Omer, and Sergei Loznitsa’s The Natural History Of...

Chicago Luminary Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy” Opens North America’s Longest-Running Competitive Film Festival with First-Ever...

By Michael Phillips September 14, 2022 Starting with a Southport Avenue block party (food trucks!) for the Oct. 12 opening night, this...

Ogilvy Won Ad Industry Equivalent of EGOT for 2021 Festival Campaign CHICAGO, Illinois – Today Cinema/Chicago, the presenter of the...