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The Gene Siskel Film Center selects and presents significant world cinema in a non-commercial context that sets aesthetic, critical and entertainment standards. Can't find what you're looking for? Contact us.

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7 Films • Sept. 29-Oct. 12
One and Done

The One and Done series highlights seven gifted filmmakers who, for myriad reasons, never directed another feature film again. We invite audiences to appreciate the rarity while imagining what might have been. View full series.

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New 4K Digital Restoration
Farewell My Concubine

New 30th anniversary 4K Digital restoration of Kaige's long-out-of-print masterpiece, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE. A Palme d'Or-winning epic featuring incredible lead performances from international stars Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, and Gong Li. Learn more here.

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Mami Wata

Visually sumptuous, C.J. Obasi's MAMI WATA is a hypnotic, gripping folk tale that must be seen on the big screen. One week only. Playing exclusively at the Film Center. Learn more here.

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November 3-16
The 29th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival

The 29th Black Harvest Film Festival celebrates “Revolutionary Visions.” Stay tuned for the full lineup, coming in early October. Get your Black Harvest festival pass today. 

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September/October Gazette

Read the latest issue of the Gazette! Read the September/October edition online now and pick up a copy at your next visit to the Film Center. Read Now!

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Begins September 7
Conversations at the Edge

Organized by the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank, Conversations at the Edge is an ongoing series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists. All events free for SAIC students. View the fall 2023 program.

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September 5 - December 12
Fall Lecture Series

Our fall Lecture Series, hosted by Professor Daniel Eisenberg celebrates 30 years of essential contributions to moving-image culture that alums from the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (FVNMA) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have produced. View full series.

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African woman with tribal jewelry and face paint
MAMI WATA
C.J.2023
woman laying down in geisha garb
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Chen Kaige1993
man standing outside with cowboy hat and bolo tie
TRUE STORIES
David Byrne1986
woman standing in subway station with hands on hips
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T.
Leslie Harris1992
man in field wearing spacesuit and blowing blue smoke
PHASE IV
Saul Bass1974
family crouched in corner with woman holding rifle
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
Charles Laughton1955
man in formal dress hanging off clock on tall building
SAFETY LAST!
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor1923
four people sitting on chairs facing wall
THE UNSTABLE OBJECT II
Daniel Eisenberg2022
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close up of woman smiling with mans face superimposed
L'ATALANTE
Jean Vigo / 1934
woman wearing floral cap riding in car turning around
WANDA
Barbara Loden / 1970
woman and child looking at skyline in distance pointing
THE ART OF MEMORY
Various directors / 1991, 2021
man and woman walking down flight of stairs
Želimir Žilnik: Short Films
Želimir Žilnik / 1971, 1977
people sitting in living room with bubble in front of them
Želimir Žilnik: MARBLE ASS
Želimir Žilnik / 1995
woman with mud on face and wet hair emerging from body of water
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
Herk Harvey / 1962
people hanging gallery picture of the girl with the pearl earring
VERMEER – THE GREATEST EXHIBITION
David Bickerstaff / 2023
four men standing in field looking at piece of paper
Želimir Žilnik: LOGBOOK SERBISTAN
Želimir Žilnik / 2015
side profile of bald man wearing glasses
UNSEEN
Set Hernandez / 2023
man on platform with Stalin statue behind him
PERSISTENCE
Daniel Eisenberg / 1997
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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. IL Arts council 

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