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• FACETS: Anime Club

  • Start
    Thu, January 09, 2025
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  • End
    Thu, December 11, 2025
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    FACETS (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)

  

  Every second Thursday, FACETS Film Club Members are invited to explore the exciting world of anime with a mystery selection of OVAs, complete series, features, and short films, hand-picked with the help of our regular attendees.

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  Anime Club screenings are a Film Club Member ($15 /month or $150 /year) exclusive perk and include two free tickets, so that members can invite a plus one. This film series encourages community building and discussion around all things anime, featuring built in intermissions every month where members are invited to hang out in the FACETS Studio or Lounge to chat about the films, grab a drink, rent rare DVDs or VHS, and and let us know what other anime they’d like to see on the big screen by voting in our suggestion box. 

  Every month, we offer exclusive drink specials like Sapporo and hold a raffle where members can enter to win unique event posters and curated anime prizes. To enter the raffle, members must purchase a concession for $4 or more. Become a member today to join a community of cinephiles with exclusive access to rare, hard-to-find films and be the first to know about to all FACETS anime-related programming.

  Anime Club is programmed by Emma Greenleaf, FACETS‘ Marketing Manager & Nick Edelberg, FACETS‘ Program Operations Manager. 

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• FACETS: Cold Sweat

  • Start
    Fri, January 17, 2025
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  • End
    Fri, December 19, 2025
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    FACETS (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)

  
  

  

  FACETS’ new monthly COLD SWEAT series dives deep into the unnerving world of horror and cult cinema with unexpected, visceral double features designed to raise the hair on the back of your neck and make your lip quiver.

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  Each month, we’ll present a meticulously curated pair of films that push the boundaries of fear, blending classic chills with fresh, innovative scares. But this series isn’t just about the fright—it’s a journey into the psychology and physiology of horror. Why do we willingly subject ourselves to fear-inducing experiences? What is it about the adrenaline rush and the shivers that keeps us coming back for more? COLD SWEAT delves into these questions, exploring the complex relationship between our physical reactions and emotional responses when watching terrifying films. 

  
  

  Upcoming Double Features:

  eXistenZ + St. John's Wort (Fri. January 17 @ 7pm & 9pm)

  Possession + Tokyo Fist (Fri. February 21 @ 7pm & 9:30pm)

  The Skin I Live In + May (Fri. March 21 @ 7pm & 9:30pm)

  
  

  COLD SWEAT is programmed by Nick Edelberg, FACETS’ Program Operations Manager and Emma Greenleaf, FACETS’ Marketing Manager. 

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• Reel Film Club

  • Start
    Tue, January 28, 2025
  • End
    Tue, November 25, 2025
  • Schedule
    9 sessions
  • Location
    FACETS (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)

  
  

  

  Held on the last Tuesday of each month (except March, April and December), the Reel Film Club celebrates a themed night with a reception and screening showcasing films and filmmakers from around Latin America, Spain and Portugal followed by a post-screening discussion.

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  Now on its 17th year, the series kicks off with the CHICAGO THEATRICAL PREMIERE of Germán Kral’s Adiós Buenos Aires (January 28) and Ulisés Porra’s and Silvina Schnicer’s film about the tenuous relationship that exists between race, class, and family in the Dominican Republic, Carajita (February 25).

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• FACETS: Film Trivia

  • Start
    Thu, January 30, 2025
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  • End
    Thu, December 25, 2025
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  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    FACETS (1517 W Fullerton Ave.)

  

  Every last Thursday, it’s trivia at 24 frames per second!

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  Test your knowledge against your friends and fellow cinephiles for bragging rights and take-home prizes. Questions from the arthouse to the multiplex, from current cinema news to the nitrate nights of yesteryear. We’re here to push you until the celluloid snaps.

  Join us at 7:00 pm for Film Trivia, a free team-based game with winning teams taking home special prizes, including film memorabilia. Then stick around until 9:00 pm for a one-night-only screening curated by our trivia host.

  
  

  Upcoming Screenings:

  The Doom Generation (Thu. January 30th @ 9pm)

  Natural Born Killers (Thu. February 27th @ 9pm)

  Falling Down (Thu. March 27th @ 9pm)

  
  

  Film Trivia takes place in the FACETS Lounge and is programmed by CineRomero Productions.

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• Savoy Lumière

  • Start
    Thu, May 29, 2025
  • End
    Mon, June 02, 2025
  • Location
    Savoy 16 + IMAX (Savoy, IL)

    

  The first major event from the Chambana Film Society, the Savoy Lumière presents 14 screenings over 5 days, including independent, foreign, documentary, and short films. 

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• Summer Screenings: Rye Lane

  • When
    Mon, June 02, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

    
  

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Rye Lane: In this visually vibrant, exhilarating modern romance, a chance meeting between Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad breakups, sparks an electrifying day of soul searching in South London. The two form an unlikely connection as they help one another nurse their heartbreak, hoping to restore their faith in love.

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• Summer Screenings: From Hilde, With Love

  • When
    Wed, June 04, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About From Hilde, With Love: Berlin, 1942: Hilde and Hans are madly in love, but amid the passion there is grave danger. Hans becomes involved in the anti-Nazi resistance and, despite huge risks, the pregnant Hilde also decides to join the movement. When she is arrested by the Gestapo and sent to prison, she summons a quiet, inspirational strength and keeps fighting.

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• Summer Screenings: Silent Sparks

  • When
    Mon, June 09, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Silent Sparks: Recently released from prison, Pua returns to the criminal underworld in order to make ends meet. He also sets out in search of his former cellmate, Mi-ji. But life on the outside is more complicated. When their reunion doesn’t go as expected, the two men are forced to navigate a web of conflicting loyalties, obligations, and smoldering desires.

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• Summer Screenings: Born For You

  • When
    Wed, June 11, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Born For You: Luca has long dreamed of becoming a parent. When the newborn Alba, who has Down syndrome, is abandoned at the hospital, Luca is determined to fight against an archaic set of laws and societal expectations for his right, as a gay man, to adopt and care for her. Inspired by true events, this tender tale is a testament to love and family enduring against all odds.

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• The Midwest Film Festival: Rush the Suburbs

  • When
    Sat, June 14, 2025
  • Location
    Copley Theater (8 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora)

    

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• Summer Screenings: Cream

  • When
    Mon, June 16, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Cream: When the love of Dora’s life marries a different woman, she turns bitter heartache into sweet confections, opening a bakery that features pastries named for famous Hollywood break-ups. When the shop is threatened with closure, she’s offered a lifeline: a competition with a cash prize for family-run businesses. She has the business, now all she needs is the family.

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• Summer Screenings: The Girls Are Alright

  • When
    Wed, June 18, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About The Girls Are Alright: This playful meditation on love, art, and friendship follows a group of women who retreat to an idyllic, sunkissed village to rehearse a play. As they learn their lines and don their costumes, their personal lives—filled with summer flings and long distance loves—and those of their characters begin to merge to form a beguiling and poignant pastiche.

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• Summer Screenings: Sublime

  • When
    Mon, June 23, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Sublime: Sixteen-year-old Manuel and best friend Felipe have grown up together and are nearly inseparable. The friends spend long days at the beach, practicing with their fledgling rock band, and flirting with girls. Manuel has been spending time with Azul, but when things threaten to get serious, he begins to see his relationship with Felipe with new eyes.

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• Summer Screenings: The Queen of My Dreams

  • When
    Wed, June 25, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About The Queen of My Dreams: Azra has built a life for herself in Toronto, worlds apart from her conservative Muslim mother. When her father unexpectedly dies on a trip home to Pakistan, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined, from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming-of-age in rural Canada.

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• Summer Screenings: Kangaroo Island

  • When
    Wed, July 02, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Kangaroo Island: Struggling Hollywood actress Lou (Rebecca Breeds) accepts a ticket from her estranged father and returns home to the ruggedly beautiful Kangaroo Island. Their reconciliation is complicated by the revelation of family secrets and the resurgent fallout of a love triangle. Emotional depth and humor meld to form a stirring portrait of the power and fragility of family.

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• Summer Screenings: Love in the Big City

  • When
    Mon, July 07, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Love in the Big City: Roommates Jae-hee, whose devil-may-care attitude and sharp tongue make her the target of vicious gossip, and Heung-soo, who lives in fear of being outed, are both looking for love. The two find strength in their unlikely friendship, but—together or apart—can they survive the emotional whirlwind of modern romance in Seoul?

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• Summer Screenings: Love Affair(s)

  • When
    Wed, July 09, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Love Affair(s): Daphne and boyfriend François escape to the idyllic French countryside where they are joined by his lovelorn cousin Maxime. François has to rush back to Paris on business, leaving Daphne and Maxime on their own. The two form an instant, intimate connection, and the first of many overlapping love triangles takes form in this quintessential French comedy-romance.

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• Summer Screenings: I Dream in Another Language

  • When
    Mon, July 14, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About I Dream in Another Language: Martín, a young linguist, travels into the jungles of Mexico in hopes of documenting Zikril, a language in peril. The language’s last two surviving speakers, Evaristo and Isauro, haven’t spoken to one another in over 50 years. As he attempts to reconcile the two in order to record their speech, Martín uncovers the heartbreaking history of their bitter feud.

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• Summer Screenings: Salvador

  • When
    Wed, July 16, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Salvador: 1985. Bogotá. A pall of paranoid insecurity hangs over the capital city, where tailor Salvador leads a solitary life. His quiet routine is shattered by the arrival of Isabel, the new elevator operator in his building. The two embark on an awkward love affair until jealousy and suspicion (as family members start disappearing) begin to cloud his judgment.

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• Summer Screenings: Jippie No More!

  • When
    Wed, July 23, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Jippie No More!: Jaap Peter, a lively 16-year-old boy, eagerly prepares for his older sister’s wedding at their grandfather’s country home. As the family rallies together to create the perfect celebration, Jaap Peter falls in love for the first time. When he realizes the girl of his dreams is smitten with his younger sister, he must rediscover his footing in the family and in the world.

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• The Midwest Film Festival: EVENT TBD

  • When
    Mon, July 28, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)

    

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• Summer Screenings: U Are the Universe

  • When
    Wed, July 30, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About U Are the Universe: When the Earth is destroyed by war, an astronaut believes he is the last living human in the universe. His solitary existence is interrupted, though, when he receives a signal from another ship—another astronaut is alive and adrift in space. The two form an instant connection over the radio, and embark on a harrowing journey across the cosmos and toward one another.

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• Summer Screenings: A Man

  • When
    Mon, August 04, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About A Man: Recently divorced, Rie finds a new lease on life when she remarries the loving—if enigmatic—Daisuke. When Daisuke dies tragically, Rie begins to realize that she hardly knew the man she married. With the help of attorney Kido, she embarks on a sprawling investigation to uncover the true identity of the man she loved in this mesmerizing, noir-inflected mystery.

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• Summer Screenings: A Date for Mad Mary

  • When
    Wed, August 06, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About A Date for Mad Mary: Released after a short stint in prison, Mary finds everything and everyone around her changed. Her best friend Charlene is engaged, but, convinced she’ll never find a date, refuses Mary a “plus one” at the wedding. Incensed, Mary sets out to prove Charlene wrong… but is she? A tough and tender comedy about friendship, first love, and finding your true self.

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• Summer Screenings: The Umesh Chronicles

  • When
    Mon, August 11, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About The Umesh Chronicles: Radha, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a privileged, middle class home in the 1980s, is surrounded by family, books, and music. She has limited contact with Sundar, a boy who works for her family but whose presence opens her eyes. At once intimate and epic, this coming-of-age drama is a tender portrait of familial love and personal growth in a changing society.

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• Summer Screenings: Last Dance

  • When
    Wed, August 13, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Last Dance: Recently widowed at 75, Germain is struggling with solitude and overwhelmed by his anxious, overbearing children’s constant worry. Craving escape and determined to honor a long-kept promise to his late wife, he secretly takes her place in a contemporary dance troupe. Last Dance is a deeply-felt, tenderhearted portrait of enduring love.

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• Summer Screenings: Olympia

  • When
    Mon, August 18, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Olympia: Chicago’s own McKenzie Chinn stars as a struggling artist, navigating work and romance in the Windy City. When her boyfriend asks her to drop everything and move cross-country, she soon discovers that she might be the biggest obstacle to her own happiness. Featuring a revelatory central performance, Olympia is a sensitive look at the challenges of embracing adulthood.

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• Summer Screenings: Swoon

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    Wed, August 20, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

    

  Summer Screenings is Cinema/Chicago’s annual free film series that casts a spotlight on a different country’s national cinema each week all summer.

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  About Swoon: A timeless tale of bitter family rivalries and forbidden love takes new form in this wondrous musical fantasy. 1940 Stockholm. John and Ninni—both heirs to their families’ competing amusement parks—fall hard for each other amidst the whirling world they inhabit. Can their love survive generations of animosity, nasty pranks, and an encroaching war?

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• The Midwest Film Festival: EVENT TBD

  • When
    Mon, August 25, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)

    

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• The Midwest Film Festival: EVENT TBD

  • When
    Mon, September 29, 2025
  • Location
    Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)

    

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• 61st Chicago International Film Festival

  • Start
    Wed, October 15, 2025
  • End
    Mon, May 25, 2026
  • Location
    AMC NEWCITY (1500 N. Clybourn Ave.), Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.), Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.), Chicago History Museum (1601 N. Clark St.), Reva and David Logan for the Arts (915 E. 60th St.), National Museum of Mexican Art (1

    

  Celebrating its 61st edition October 15 - 26, 2025, the Chicago International Film Festival is North America's longest-running competitive international film festival.

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  Showcasing acclaimed and exciting new films from around the world, the 61st edition will be held in person in theaters and venues around the city, featuring a select program of films with open and closed captions. From dramas and thrillers to documentaries and comedies, the Festival’s lineup spans a wide range of genres. Signature competitive sections and curated programs include Black Perspectives; International Comedy; Women in Cinema; OutLook; After Dark; and the City & State program, showcasing films made in Chicago and throughout Illinois.

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• The Midwest Film Festival: EVENT TBD

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    Mon, October 27, 2025
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    Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.)

    

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• The Midwest Film Festival: The Best of the Midwest Awards

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    Sat, November 01, 2025
  • Location
    CineCity Studios Chicago (2429 W. 14th St.)

    

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• Little Fort Environmental Film Festival

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    Sat, June 20, 2026
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    Sun, June 21, 2026
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    Waukegan, Illinois

  
  

  
  

  A 2-Day International Film Festival on the Shores of Lake Michigan, Little Fort Film Festival Premieres June 20-21, 2026 in Waukegan, Illinois!

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  The June 20-21, 2026 festival will be at three venues in the City of Waukegan, promoted in both English and Spanish and is an inclusive event for all. If you are interested in climate change, environmental protection, plastic pollution, invasive species, drinking water, access to health, environmental justice or agricultural pollution, submit your film to Little Fort Film Festival

  Este festival se realizará en tres sedes en la ciudad de Waukegan, se promocionará tanto en inglés como en español y es un evento inclusivo para todos. Si está interesado en el cambio climático, la protección ambiental, la contaminación plástica, las especies invasoras, el agua potable, el acceso a la salud, la justicia ambiental o la contaminación agrícola, envíe su película al Little Fort Film & Music Festival

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