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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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The School of the Art Insitute of Chicago
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BLACK HARVEST FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES

ENTRY DEADLINE: August 20, 2021 | FESTIVAL DATES: November 5 - December 2, 2021

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LECTURE SERIES
Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures presents year-round, multi-week cinema seminars and lectures led by filmmakers, scholars, critics, and community partners, providing curious cinephiles the opportunity for deeper engagement with the moving image through the exploration of film genres, auteurs, eras, and themes.  All conversations will have the option for closed captioning

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Virtual Filmmaker Discussions: Screen to Screen

Enjoy interactive, virtual Q&As with filmmakers, cast, and crew, as well as film critics and other community leaders...all from the comfort of your sofa (and sweatpants).

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VIRTUAL FILM CENTER
Film Center from Your Sofa

With our doors closed, you may be missing the Gene Siskel Film Center -- but we don't want you to miss out on the latest art house films

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If you have the means consider investing in the future of the Gene Siskel Film Center. While our theatrical programming is suspended there are many ways that you can continue to support the Film Center!

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EUROPEAN UNION FILMS
EUROPEAN UNION FILMS

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gene Siskel Film Center will pause its critically acclaimed Chicago European Union Film Festival, usually slated for March, in what would have been the event’s 24th year. With the pandemic derailing production deadlines, European distributors have fewer films available, with many remaining titles held for theatrical release or released direct to streaming services, limiting festival options. However, to still offer Chicago cinephiles a taste of EU cinema, the Film Center--which presents EU titles year round-- has scoured its sources and partnered with the Goethe-Institut Chicago in an effort to amp up its selection of European films in March.

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shirtless person sitting down with light incoming behind
THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN
Kaouther Ben Hania2020
two people looking into a lighted box
BETTER DAYS
Kwok Cheung Tsang2019
Person with flower crown in a field of flower, eyes closed
OSCAR NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Various directors2020
Small child looking through a gate
OSCAR NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS
Various directors2020
Person holding a bagel, looking upset
SHIVA BABY
Emma Seligman2021
older person wearing all black walking
THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT'S A RESURRECTION
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese2019
Two people sitting and sharing drinks
OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS
Various directors2020
Person in a field
ROSE PLAYS JULIE
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor2019
Two hands open feeling for rain
małni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
Sky Hopkina2020
Child and adult
A FEBRE
Maya Da-Rin2019
Person's face pertruding out of gravel
WOJNAROWICZ
Chris McKim2021
Dog looking curiously
STRAY
Elizabeth Lo2020
person climbing a roof
MARTHA: A PICTURE STORY
Selina Miles2019
Person and two children walking down a dirt road
GIPSY QUEEN
Hüseyin Tabak2019
person looking into camera with a helmet on
BORN IN EVIN
Maryam Zaree2019
Two people conversing in a red room
THE INHERITANCE
Ephraim Asili2020
two people looking at the camera surrounded by tech gear
THE VASULKA EFFECT
Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir2020
A person with a beard and hat picking a tree
A SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
Lisa Marie Malloy and J.P. Sniadecki2020
Person in foreground smiling and three people on a balcony dancing
KINO! GERMANY NOW SHORT FILM PROGRAM: POWER GAMES
Various directors2020
Denzel Washington reading with a person looking over his shoulders
IMAGES OF THE BLACK MALE IN AMERICAN CINEMA
Various directors2021
Person with bicycle
WORLD CINEMA OF THE 1940S WITH JONATHAN ROSENBAUM
Various directors2021
Two people embracing with their eyes closed
LEONA
Isaac Cherem2021
Two children conversing
UN FILM DRAMATIQUE
Eric Baudelaire2019
another round
ANOTHER ROUND
Thomas Vinterberg2020
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ABOUT THE FILM CENTER

The Film Center’s programming includes annual film festivals that celebrate diverse voices and international cultures, premieres of trailblazing work by today’s independent filmmakers, restorations and revivals of essential films from cinema history, and insightful, provocative discussions with filmmakers and media artists.

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