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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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April 1 - 9
All In A Day's Work

What can Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Agnès Varda, Michelangelo Antonioni, Sidney Lumet do with 24 hours (or less)? Join us for the 10-film All In A Day's Work series this April. Featuring 35mm prints and 4K restorations. View full series.

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GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE

From director Jacquelyn Mills, GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world, filled with arresting images and made with an activist spirit.

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March 1 - 31
Chicago European Union Film Festival

A celebration of emerging voices and a showcase of provocative perspectives from across the European Union. We welcome you to country hop with us all March long at the 26th Chicago European Union Film Festival and see the world on our screens.

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March & April Gazette

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

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January 31 - May 9
Gore Capitalism: Lecture Series

The Film Center is delighted to welcome the return of our long-running lecture series with GORE CAPITALISM. Tuesdays at 6pm. Lecture series led by SAIC's Professor Daniel R. Quiles.

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February 9 - April 24
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 Spring 2023 Program.

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canyon rocks with flash of light shining in middle
Deborah Stratman: LAST THINGS
Deborah Stratman2023
woman in lake holding up man floating in hands
GENTLE
László Csuja, Anna Nemes2022
man standing in smoky and foggy street holding video camera
JANUARY
Viesturs Kairiss2022
woman and child on beach with child playing in sand
SPLENDID ISOLATION
Urszula Antoniak2022
man walking through underground tunnel
BUNKER
Jenny Perlin2021
person walking through sandy hills and dunes wearing hiking gear with animal in background
GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
Jacquelyn Mills2022
girl standing in front of body of water wearing rain jacket
EL AGUA
Elena López Riera2022
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man wearing sweater and playing guitar at dinner table with woman
WALK UP
Hong Sangsoo / 2022
Man with cowboy hat walking down Western street
HIGH NOON
Fred Zinnemann / 1952
woman driving car smoking a cigarette with woman in backseat looking out window
NIGHT ON EARTH
Jim Jarmusch / 1991
group of people looking in reflection of broken mirrored glass
CLEO FROM 5 TO 7
Agnès Varda / 1962
animated girl drinking a soda standing by water on pier at night
THE NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL
Masaaki Yuasa / 2017
man wearing suit standing in crowded room looking ahead
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Sidney Lumet / 1975
man and woman standing in hallway in front of stairs in formal wear
LA NOTTE
Michelangelo Antonioni / 1961
man wearing sunglasses and suit holding a cigarette
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
Stanley Kubrick / 1964
woman's face up close behind a fence
QUO VADIS, AIDA?
Jasmila Žbanic / 2020
man walking down city street in casual clothes walking a dog
25TH HOUR
Spike Lee / 2002
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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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