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2 days ago · Talking Screens, A Week In Chicago Film, May 3-May 9, 2024. Two fine, compact festivals overlap this week, the ten-film nonfiction showcase, DOC10 (May 2-5) in its ninth edition at the Davis and the Film Center; and the Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 3-9) at the Music Box (more below).
2 days ago · By Graham Meyer. May 2, 2024, 6:00am CT. The organizers of Chicago's Doc10 Film Festival have a strong track record of curating documentaries eventually recognized by the Oscars. Among the films ...
15 hours ago · The 35-minute documentary is just one of the many featured in this year's Chicago Palestine Film Festival, which showcases filmmakers worldwide. The festival, now underway at the Gene Siskel Film ...
3 days ago · In fact, I can personally vouch for a handful of those films playing at this year’s fest, and not just the rep screenings of Little Women, Bringing Out The Dead, and Ghost In The Shell 2. Here ...
1 day ago · By Barbara Roche. May 3, 2024. Chicago-based actor, director and writer Arti Ishak is embarking on a very personal journey with her new short film project titled HALF. The themes in HALF navigate around race, ethnicity, culture, and religion within a multi-cultural and interracial relationship. HALF is being produced by Chicago filmmaker Jack C ...
4 days ago · Tell us about a film that you consider a guiding influence (whether it has informed your overarching vision as a filmmaker, directly informed the title you're bringing to the festival, or both). Marlon Riggs’ body of work in general, and his film Tongues Untied in particular, is a huge influence for me.
3 days ago · The full festival runs about two hours with a couple of intermissions. This year, students chose 12 films for the festival. “When a filmmaker is present for the screening of their film, and they hear the audience gasp or laugh at a joke, it’s a spectacular thing to witness for the filmmaker,” Knipp said.
