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It’s opening night for the 62nd edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festival. Let’s take a quick look at The Chicago International Film Festival‘s full lineup of films and programs…
The Chicago International Film Festival today announced the full lineup of films and programs included in this year’s 62nd edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, unspooling October 14 – 25,…
Milwaukee Film is thrilled to reveal the online program guide for the 2026 Dialogues Documentary Festival, presented by Potawatomi Casino Hotel. The program guide includes a full schedule of film…
Media Burn is hosting a free and open to the public screening every third Thursday, beginning August 20 from 5pm-7pm. RSVP via the organization’s Eventbrite. As champions of vintage video,…
The Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) announces the lineup for its 33rd edition, which runs September 23–27 at the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Harper Theater. The program presents…
The Alternating Currents Film Fest has announced its 2026 Official Selections, featuring a diverse lineup of 28 independent original films spanning drama, horror, comedy, experimental and feature categories. Free screenings…
Chicago’s own Phil Donlon moves from the front lines of TV hit Chicago Fire to the executive producer’s chair in the highly anticipated four-part documentary series, Killing Grounds: The Gilgo…
June at Milwaukee Film’s historic cinemas features an abundance of themed programming, from two Pride Month series that explore various corners of queer media, to the return of Cinematic Sisterhood….
The Northwest Illinois Film Office just wrapped the Sixth Annual Northwest Illinois Film Festival: Shorts-A-Palooza 2026 at Morrison Tech, welcoming community members for an evening celebrating independent filmmaking from Northwest…
Cinema/Chicago, presenter of the Chicago International Film Festival, today announced the full lineup of films to be showcased at the 22nd edition of Summer Screenings, running June 3 – August 22,…
The RiverRun International Film Festival has announced the Audience and Jury Awards for the 2026 Festival. This year’s Festival ran April 17-25 and offered both in-person and virtual screenings. The…
Cinema/Chicago today announced the winning films presented at the 21st CineYouth Festival, which ran April 24 – 26 at FACETS and streams worldwide through May 3, 2026 with free virtual tickets online…
DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts will host its Second Annual AI in Film Education Conference on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the DePaul…
Ten awards totaling $50,000 in cash prizes were announced today by the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Full Frame is a qualifying event for nominations for the Academy Award® Documentary Short Film category and the…
TNT Sports, in partnership with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, has acquired the documentary feature ONE GOLDEN SUMMER. In the summer of 2014, a group of boys from the South Side of Chicago did…
On April 12, 2026, the Actor Empowerment Summit and CineCity Studios will host a brunch and screening of the Emmy Award–winning The Sing Sing Chronicles, marking the Chicago kickoff of The End…
Fifteen years ago, in May 2011, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) was held for the first time in Rio de Janeiro and quickly gained worldwide recognition. Now, the film…
Milwaukee Film is delighted to announce that the 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival (MFF26), presented by Associated Bank, will open on April 16th with the world premiere of Ueck, a brand new…
What do rollerskating rinks, the best steak ever and your Chicago Cubs have in common? They’re all right here as acclaimed filmmaker and Chicago native April Wright stops by for…
The 98th Academy Awards were filled with blockbuster moments! From “One Battle After Another” to the historical wins, here’s a recap from Hollywood’s biggest night. “One Battle After Another” took…
A short documentary more than a decade in the making is bringing the story of a determined endurance athlete to a global audience. Looking Forward is a film by Chicago/LA…
The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) will host its 5th Annual Film Forward Documentary Spotlight on February 6–7, 2026, featuring the locally produced documentary DRY BONES. The two-day, free public…
Sundance Institute announced the lineup for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival’s annual Beyond Film talks and events, a series featuring artist conversations and experts from various fields being held Friday, January 23–Friday, January…
Icelandic filmmaker Gríma Irmudóttir, whose work has earned international recognition for its cinematic precision and emotional depth, continues to expand her U.S. footprint with the acclaimed short “Minningaspor” / “Memory…
The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) today announces their 2025 award winners. Earning a record nine awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was named Best Film, also earning Best Director,Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del…
This year’s Doc Chicago mini-conference kicks off with a showcase of regionally produced short documentaries at Chicago Filmmakers on Friday, Dec 5, followed by an afternoon of documentary-focused panels, a case study,…
The separate camps inhabiting Brian Schodorf’s new documentary, Why Trump? Two Americas, are easy to recognize. One believes that racism harms the country. The other denies it exists at all. A…
The 14th Annual Key West Film Festival celebrated filmmakers and special guests in a joyful Awards Ceremony at The Studios of Key West. Congratulations to the KWFF 2025 Golden Key…
Daily Planet Productions, in collaboration with the Chicago Blackhawks, is proud to announce the release of The Originals, the first episode in a four-part documentary series created to commemorate the Blackhawks’…
‘Far from Home’ a short documentary on Afghan refugees in India, is currently on a vibrant Oscar run for Best Short Documentary. The film is generating significant buzz ahead of…
This November, Milwaukee Film brings a vast array of programming to the historic Oriental Theatre, from the Wild & Scenic Film Festival: Water Tales shorts program co-presented by Milwaukee Riverkeeper, to an Epic…
The Chicago International Film Festival today announced the winning films at North America’s longest-running competitive film festival’s 61st edition, held from October 15 – 26, 2024. This year, 43 feature films competed…
The Chicago International Film Festival launched its 61st annual run on Wednesday night at the Music Box Theater. Featuring the world premiere of Chicago-made documentary One Golden Summer, the oldest competitive…
The 61st Chicago International Film Festival, presented by Cinema/Chicago, announced today the program and schedule for Industry Days, running October 16 – 19, 2025 in downtown Chicago. Now in its 11th year, the…
The Chicago International Film Festival today announced the full lineup of films and programs included in this year’s 61st edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, unspooling at venues across the…
The 61st Chicago International Film Festival, North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, today announced its International Competitions for this year’s edition, running October 15 – 26, 2025. This year’s competitive titles…
The 61st Chicago International Film Festival is set to open Wednesday October 15, 2025 with the World Premiere of ONE GOLDEN SUMMER, the true story behind Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team’s…
“Lions and tigers and bears, oh my” except “Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore”… we’re in Ukraine. That’s where Checkpoint Zoo, a documentary that follows the bold, brave rescue mission of 4,700 animals…
The longest-running underground film festival in the world, the Chicago Underground Film Festival builds on its history of discovering and presenting the most genre-defying, groundbreaking, and unique films emerging from…
Filmscape Chicago, the Midwest’s premier education event for film and television production, has announced its full slate of classes for the 2025 show, taking place June 21–22 at CineCity Studios…
“Shot on vintage Super 8mm film” is not a phrase you see very often in cinema these days, but it’s front and center in Adam Marshall Present’s directorial debut, the…
DOC CHICAGO, an initiative by and for local documentary filmmakers, is excited to partner with Chicago Filmmakers to launch a new series of quarterly screenings and discussions. The DOC CHICAGO@Chicago…
Sundance will have a new home in 2027, and it will be Boulder, Colorado. The festival declared today, “We’re on the move in 2027. We’re thrilled to finally reveal that…
A standing-room-only crowd of filmmakers celebrated Kartemquin Films’ housewarming event at the Kimball Arts center on February 6. Representing a motherlode of documentarian prowess, they dialed up the camaraderie with…
Today the Sundance Film Festival announced its final award for the 2025 edition: Come See Me in the Good Light in the Premieres category received the Festival Favorite Award, voted for by…
Today the 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards were presented at a ceremony for the jury and audience award–winning films at The Ray Theatre in Park City, where independent storytelling was…
As FACETS celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025, the iconic Chicago nonprofit art house cinema is unveiling exciting changes, including a new name, a fresh slate of programming and ambitious plans for…
As firefighters battle to tame the wildfires that have devastated the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods of Los Angeles, now may be the time to experience Hotshot. Before reading further,…
On January 20th, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America. With that in mind, there will be a virtual screening tonight at…
“Love and loss are universal.” This declaration by O’Connor Casting’s Virginia Anello is at the heart of the SXSW and Fantasia hit, Adrianne & The Castle. Virginia stopped by SCREEN…
What better time than now for a story of inspiration and perseverance? The World Premiere is here for Chicago filmmaker Devon Gulati’s documentary short film Looking Forward. Gulati and his…
The World Premiere is here for a powerful piece of filmmaking. For the Living is a poignant feature documentary that sheds light on the complex coexistence of dehumanization and empathy…
The Chicago International Film Festival closed the 60th edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festival on Sunday, October 27, and today announces the winners of its Audience Awards in four categories:…
Following the highly successful debut for “Sloane: A Jazz Singer” at the 2023 Santa Fe Film Festival, where it was named Best Documentary Feature, Director Michael Lippert’s debut feature has…
Why Trump?, the 2024 presidential documentary from Chicago-based filmmaker Brian Schodorf, is now streaming on Tubi. To answer the question posed in the title, Schodorf journeyed deep into the heartland…
The 60th Chicago International Film Festival, North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, today announced its International Competitions for this year’s edition, running October 16 – 27, 2024. This year’s competitive titles…
Following up on last year’s successful relocation to Chicago’s South Side, the Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF), the longest-running underground film festival in the world, returns September 11-15, 2024. Turning…
Metro Chicago will be rockin’ this Thursday, August 15th… in more ways than one. Both stage and screen will be on full blast as Metro will be hosting a Premiere…
Filmmaker Kelly Rundle took a risk to help make the world a better place. During a new interview with Screen, the director explains how the Mississippi mud forced him into an…
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A record-breaking crowd of film, television and advertising professionals descended upon CineCity Studios for Filmscape Chicago this past weekend. More than 1,000 attendees – a 40% increase from last year’s…
What do 90s hip hop, four WNBA superstars, and the best pepperoni pizza ever have in common? They’re all right here as sports documentary Shattered Glass director, Ohio filmmaker, and…
The inaugural Taiwan Pride Film Festival will be held June 29th in Chicago, it was announced today by festival producers Zatori Films and the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office. This year’s program features shorts and…
Invisible People is an animated documentary series showcasing Malaysia’s stateless and refugee communities, chronicling their struggles and fights for systemic change. It explores individual stories beyond monolithic news headlines, uncovering diverse…
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Northwestern University’s Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab launches the Chicago Mental Health Film Showcase – two days of films, conversations, and a creative film workshop….
Black Cinema Collective (BCC), a cinema programs organization based in Seattle that centers local and global works by African and Afro-Diasporic filmmakers has launched a national call for their second microgrant…
The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Award winners…
CMP, Chicago’s leading organization dedicated to supporting social-impact documentary film, today announced the full slate of films being showcased at the 9th annual Doc10 documentary film festival running May 2 – 5,…
Chicago Filmmakers is pleased to announce the competition programs for the 34th edition of the Onion City Experimental Film Festival, which will take place Thursday, April 4 to Sunday, April 7 at…
Filmmaker and screenwriter Ava Duvernay once stated, “In documentaries, there’s a truth that unfolds unnaturally, and you get to chronicle it.” Through its Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking, a six-week intensive class from April 3rd – May…
Plus Seven Company announced today that 13 short films have been selected for screening at 815HORTS: A 5HORT Film Festival, including Academy Award nominee Bing Liu’s Rockford premiere of “What the Hands…
This year’s edition of the free Doc Chicago mini-conference begins Friday with “A Conversation with Gordon Quinn,” featuring filmmaker extraordinaire, fair use advocate, and mentor to numerous other documentarians: Kartemquin…
World-renowned singer, the late Carol Sloane is the subject of the new feature-length documentary, Sloane: A Jazz Singer, directed by Michael Lippert. The film recently took First Prize in the Feature…
In a groundbreaking cinematic endeavor, the gripping documentary Hotshot unveils the harrowing reality of Hotshot firefighters, the unsung heroes who combat wildfires without water. With the current fires in Hawaii…
Cinema is often at its strongest when we find ourselves inspired by individuals displaying extraordinary courage and conviction. Such is the case with Chicago filmmaker Brent Huffman’s latest documentary feature…
Mezcla Media Collective announced that Co-Founder Colette Ghunim is among the first cohort of 100 emerging changemakers selected to participate in the Obama Foundation’s Leaders USA program. The Obama Leaders…
If you loved the Barbenheimer theater-going extravaganza this month, we have another thrilling film to add to your calendar. The Gene Siskel Film Center is presenting a Chicago premiere run…
When Hulu’s The Bear dropped last summer, it took the internet and the Chicago food scene by storm. Filmscape Chicago is the largest film and television expo in the Midwest…
As you begin making plans for the Summer, there is one weekend you can confidently ink into your calendar. Filmscape Chicago is set for June 24-25 at CineCity Studios. Today,…
Last night, The Chicago Headline Club announced that WTTW has been honored with nine Peter Lisagor Awards for 2022. The winners were selected by an independent chapter of the Society…
In celebration of Haitian Heritage Month in May, Chicago Filmmakers and the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) will co-present Chicago filmmaker Jack C. Newell’s feature documentary HOW (NOT) TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN HAITI on Thursday,…
Exciting news for documentary fans, a new film is about to hit your screens! The documentary, titled How (Not) to Build a School in Haiti, explores development, history, and colonialism…
Born In Chicago, the music documentary with deep roots in the Chicago music and production communities, has won “Best of Fest” at the 2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award…
The Chicago Media Project (CMP), a premier social impact documentary funder in the Midwest, and producer of the annual Doc10 documentary film festival which has become known as a nonfiction…
Sundance is live and in-person once again! Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the slate of independent films selected across the feature film categories for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival….
Bold and impactful voices are poised to be amplified in the new year. Chicago’s revered documentary filmmaking house Kartemquin Films is at the heart of that amplification. After a year-long…
Doc Chicago is here, and we have the founder with us today to tell you why you should be heading to the Chicago Cultural Center this Saturday. The schedule for this year’s…
Documentary filmmakers from across the Midwest will be en route to Downtown Chicago next weekend. The schedule for this year’s DOC CHICAGO – the free mini-conference for and by Midwest documentary filmmakers…
Kartemquin Films has named award-winning filmmaker, curator and programmer Amir George its artistic director to lead the artistic vision of the organization and to work collaboratively in strategic planning, advocacy…
The Chicago International Film Festival today announced that award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Katie Couric, executive producer of NO ORDINARY CAMPAIGN, will appear at an encore presentation of her film. Meanwhile, two new…
Two talented and vital Midwest voices are about to be amplified. Kartemquin Films is pleased to announce the first two projects supported by the Zhao-Chen Family Charitable Fund: Untitled Scientist Project…
“A rousing tribute to grassroots activism with the visceral impact of all six ROCKY movies and a couple of CREED films put together.” So says Michael Phillips of the Chicago…
April Wright fell in love with movies growing up north of Chicago where she went to the Waukegan Drive-in, The Grayslake Outdoor, and the Keno across the border in Kenosha,…
Chicago Filmmakers is pleased to announce that the Chicago Digital Media Production Fund (CDMPF) has awarded cash grants ranging from $3,000 to $20,000 to seven Chicago artists for the production…
Flow is a state of mind. And when you’re in flow, you’re expressing the deepest parts of you. Such is the message at the heart of Flowing with Fire, the new…
Think TED Talk meets Shark Tank meets Kickstarter. The Great Chicago Pitch took center stage this month, showcasing diverse, emerging documentary storytellers and celebrating the power of community. The GCP…
For this documentary film, winning a national award is notable, but only if it helps raise awareness of the atrocities on which it centers. Such is the case for director Brent…
The Doc10 documentary film festival enjoyed a stellar seventh round celebrating bold and brave voices this month. The festival engaged audiences from May 19 – 22 at the Davis Theatre…
Doc10 is Chicago’s only all-documentary film festival and provides a one-of-a-kind experience for its audiences, reaching thousands of local cinephiles over the last several years. The festival runs through this Sunday,…
Chicago-based Questar Entertainment is partnering with California Pictures this Spring to bring a large catalog of Questar originals, travel content, and independent films and TV to the 75th Cannes Film Market. …
Full Frame announces the official festival selections for the virtual 25th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which takes place online April 7–10, 2022. The NEW DOCS lineup and Invited Program…
The biggest film festival in Texas launched a powerful and thought-provoking collaboration between two Lone Star State stalwarts. Texas-based charlieuniformtango teamed up with Austin Director Gretchen Stoeltje’s on her compelling…
Kartemquin Films and the Community Film Workshop of Chicago has announced the six new 2022 Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) fellows. Welcoming the 9th cohort, DVID is a professional mentorship…
Leaping from one legend to another. Chicago filmmaker Bob Hercules, who co-directed the Peabody-winning American Masters bio-documentary of the legendary poet and activist Maya Angelou, is set to co-produce and…
GoTraveler, an OTT app and linear channel with the world’s largest collection of professionally produced travel shows and series, announced today that some of their top-rated shows are now included…
After nine days, 84 feature films and 59 short films, the juries have deliberated and the audience has voted, and tonight the 2022 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards were announced. The…
The Sundance Film Festival is underway, virtually so, with filmlovers (and hopefully filmbuyers) experiencing world premiere cinema from the small screens in their respective living rooms. The festival has marked…
Sundance is live and in-person once again on the snowy streets of Park City this January. The lineup is here, and anticipation is in the air. The festival, which will…
More than twenty years in the making, the highly anticipated Kanye West documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy from Netflix leads the lineup of feature films set to premiere at the…
Kartemquin Films, the award-winning Chicago-based documentary nonprofit organization, today named Betsy Leonard as Executive Director. Leonard will begin on December 1st, overseeing all aspects of operations, programs, and serving as…
The Documentary Emmy Awards Ceremony is set for tonight, Wednesday, September 29th, at 7 pm Central, and Chicagoans have reason to watch and cheer this evening. Jiayan “Jenny” Shi and…
Kartemquin Films, the award-winning Chicago-based documentary not-for-profit organization, will host its third annual Empowering Truth Benefit, taking place virtually on November 3rd at 7:00pm CT, streaming live on YouTube. Click…
Are you ready to be inspired? The next project from two Oscar-nominated cornerstones of the Chicago documentary is here. Diane Quon, producer of Best Documentary Nominee Minding the Gap, and…
The Telluride Film Festival is underway now, and here’s the lineup. TFF’s celebration of artistic excellence brings together cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, and artists to discover the best in world cinema…
It was quite an accomplishment for the filmmakers from Sarofsky, Kartemquin Films, Museum + Crane, their partners at digital-native agency closerlook, and global immunology company argenx, when the first installment…
Meet Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation. Through their lens, UNAPOLOGETIC provides an inside look into the ongoing movement…
With over fifteen years of experience in the independent film industry and a lifelong love of the movies, Lisa Trifone has built a career across a varied list of job…
The partners behind “A Mystery to Me,” an original documentary series created to raise awareness of the rare neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis (MG), are extremely proud to have earned this…
You need to know who Tyshun Wardlaw is. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Tyshun Wardlaw has shined an unforgettable light on the Black youth experience in Milwaukee, and HBO MAX…
In the wake of a tumultuous moment for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities nationwide comes a much needed – and delicious – morsel of hope. This Saturday, May…
Jewish Story Partners (JSP), a new Los Angeles-based film foundation, has launched with an ambitious vision with $2,000,000 in funding, and will soon announce its first round of grantees. Jewish Story…
“I feel China has become this major superpower and these stories are not being told, especiallynot in the US.” So says Chicago-based documentary filmmaker Brent Huffman regarding his latest film…
That’s a wrap on Sundance 2021, and it’s Questlove’s world now, we are all just living in it. Best known as frontman for the hip hop band the Roots, or…
The Sundance Film Festival lineup is set, and representation is paramount for 2021 showcase of new independent work selected across the Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier…
The explosive and controversial documentary IMMIGRATION NATION is now on Netflix and rattling viewers on both sides of this national debate. Screen Correspondent Joanna Kay sat down with co-directors Christina…
Here is a look at news from throughout the documentary filmmaking community in Chicago… WORLD PREMIERE SET FOR UNAPOLOGETIC: Kartemquin Films is excited to announce the world premiere of Ashley…
Nearly 20 years after the scandal, the story is finally out about the $24 million McDonald’s Monopoly fraud. “We’re just happy somebody told the story,” an FBI spokesman said, at…
Chicago director Rob Christopher has announced the World Premiere of ROY’S WORLD, about the childhood of Chicago born/bred writer Barry Gifford, at the 16th Glasgow Film Festival February 26 –…
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