Chicago International Film Festival
Home of the Chicago International Film Festival, North America's longest running international competitive film festival and Chicago's year-round arts and education non-profit.| Cinema Chicago
Home of the Chicago International Film Festival, North America's longest running international competitive film festival and Chicago's year-round arts and education non-profit.| Cinema Chicago
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Esta Isla is your debut narrative feature. How did your previous work prepare you to make this film, and what did you learn about filmmaking through this project?| Cinema Chicago
As a global crisis escalates, a young man in Seoul counts down the hours to his impending military service, reflecting on his choice to enlist.| Cinema Chicago
James Choi is an award-winning Chicago-based filmmaker and an assistant professor at DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts. He’s produced multiple award-winning films, including Made in China, which won our Silver Hugo in 2009, and Saint Frances, which won the SXSW Special Jury Award in 2019. He also won our 2022 CIX:Lab pitch with his project All Things Considered, and his 2024 short film Resonancia screened at our 60th Festival in the City & State program.| Cinema Chicago
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The 61st Chicago International Film Festival, North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, announced its International Competitions for this year’s edition, running October 15–26, 2025. This year’s competitive titles include two world premieres, 14 feature films making their North American premieres, and another 13 holding their U.S. premieres, with titles from countries around the world including Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Germany, Tajikistan, Poland, Japan, Italy, Thailand, I...| Cinema Chicago
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Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is pleased to announce that the organization has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $40,000. This grant will support the artistic programming and professional development at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival, Industry Days conference, and associated public programming. The NEA will award 1,127 Grants for Arts Projects awards nationw...| Cinema Chicago
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William Goldenberg is known as the editor behind some of the biggest hit films of the last 25 years, from The Insider and Zero Dark Thirty to National Treasure and Argo, for which he won the Oscar for Best Editing. But now he’s taking to the directing chair, bringing his directorial debut Unstoppable—a stirring sports drama about a wrestler defying the odds, starring Jherrel Jerome of Moonlight—to the Chicago International Film Festival, with star Jerome and subject Anthony Robles joini...| Cinema Chicago
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