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Submissions Now Open for Chicago Irish Film Festival
Annual festival of the best independent films created in the past year by Irish filmmakers working around the world and filmmaker from all over the world working in Ireland. For over two decades the festival has strived to create a program of inclusion that supports and celebrates diverse voices of Irish storytelling in animation, documentary...
Duluth Superior Film Festival
An incredible annual 4-day event. DSFF screens numerous independent films, produces music performances and hosts parties in an extravaganza of film, music and art. DSFF brings film directors and industry professionals to the Twin Ports for receptions hosted by the festival, Q & A sessions after screenings and panel discussions.
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival is the second longest-running film festival of its kind, and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBTQ+ films and videos each year. From award-winning international feature films to social documentaries to experimental shorts, Reeling has always presented a range of genres that demonstrate the rich diversity of work...
Chicago South Asian Film Festival
Founded in 2010, the Chicago South Asian Film Festival is the largest annual South Asian event in the heartland of America. #CSAFFestival is organized by the Chicago South Asian Arts Council Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is dedicated to enhancing diversity in Chicagoland through international cinema, conversation and culture. With premiere films, panel discussions,...
Dayton Independent Film Festival
DIFFs mission is to provide meaningful artistic and cultural programming to Dayton’s thriving community. It will inspire those to act on their passions in a place where passion always shines, the beautiful Gem City. DIFF celebrates regional filmmaking and stories from Midwestern filmmakers who offer their DIFFerent and unique vision. We believe that through impactful...
Chicago Horror Film Festival
The Chicago Horror Film Festival has become a Chicago institution. With a past that started with the historic 3 Penny Cinema and a future continuing to grow with new venues and special guests. What has once started with a simple one day festival to showcase Short Independent Horror films has now become a festival for...
3 events,
SEP 28: Facets Screen Gems Benefit Honoring Chaz Ebert
SEP 28: Facets Screen Gems Benefit Honoring Chaz Ebert
Entrepreneur, publisher, author, producer, and philanthropist Chaz Ebert has spent her career championing overlooked films and filmmakers, providing invaluable opportunities for new and diverse voices. Click here for tickets and full details. Her work as a film producer, most recently Rebecca Hall’s Passing, has been an important voice for diversity and change in the film...
3 events,
River Bend Film Festival
An annual 3-day celebration of independent cinema from around the globe laced with workshops and filmmaker coffee talks every Fall in beautiful downtown Goshen, Indiana.
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Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is a celebration of documentary storytelling and of the filmmakers who bring us their stories. Founded in honor of late filmmaker David Ponce, the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is proud to bring stories from around the world to Ohio's beautiful Chagrin Valley. This inspiring and highly attended documentary film festival...
3 events,
Heartland Film Festival
Heartland Film is a nonprofit arts organization founded in 1991 with the mission to inspire filmmakers and audiences through the transformative power of film. Since the inaugural Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) in 1992, the fest has grown from a 5-day event with less than 20 films to an 11-day celebration featuring 200+ visiting filmmakers...
3 events,
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival celebrates the best that cinema has to offer. Showcasing films from established masters and emerging storytellers, the Festival welcomes films from around the world. Offering an impressive selection of competitive and non-competitive programming, the Chicago International Film Festival brings films both domestic and international to silver screens in Chicago.
4 events,
Twin Cities Film Fest
Our mission is to build, support and enhance our visual arts community through providing local film artists with education, training, networking, and distribution and employment opportunities; provide art enthusiasts and advocates with access to regional and national film talent forging a rich social dialogue through film; and provide the state with a vehicle through which film production and exhibition can sustain the local film industry.
Nightmares Film Festival (Ohio)
Cheer! Shudder! Never sleep again! Audiences and filmmakers discover their new favorite genre films at the world’s premier program of horrific, dreadful and weird movies. Nightmares Film Festival. Nightmares Film Festival is a destination horror and genre fest conveniently held in the heart of the Midwest: easily reached, easily navigated and inclusive Columbus, Ohio. NFF...
2 events,
National Native American Heritage Month
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was...
National Veteran and Military Families Month
November was first declared as Military Family Month in 1996. Since then, November has been a time to acknowledge the tremendous sacrifices our military families make. They contend with separation from their families and make adjustments to new living situations and communities. Military Families embody strength, resilience, and courage. Care of military families and children...
5 events,
Black Harvest Film Festival
The Gene Siskel Film Center is now accepting submissions for its 28th Annual Black Harvest Film Fest! The festival invites Black, African American and African Diaspora-identifying filmmakers to submit their work for consideration. Submission Deadline: 7/15 Click here for full details!
FACETS 39th Annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
As the first Academy®-qualifying children’s film festival in the world, the CICFF presents the best, most innovative international films for kids, teens, and young adults ages 2-18 and 18-25. We seek out films that both entertain audiences and challenge them to widen their perspectives. More importantly, we invite film submissions that inspire and speak to...
Muscatine Independent Film Festival
We will have a NEW VENUE/THEATER for our 2022 event. This means we are truly stepping it up a notch! This will include shuttle service to and from the hotel/after party, on-site beverage/concessions, large screen, in a theater setting. Click here for more about this film festival in Muscatine, Iowa! MIFF is intended to be...